The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

164: Jonathan Fields - How To Live A Good Life

Oct 2, 2016
Jonathan Fields, founder of the Good Life Project and best-selling author, dives into what it truly means to live a good life. He emphasizes unique immersion in passions and relationships that energize us. The conversation reveals his journey from law to entrepreneurship, drawing insights from life's trials. Fields shares how he helps others find fulfillment through his project and discusses the importance of leadership in embracing processes and obstacles. He even touches on the significance of side projects and cultivating a personal creed for meaningful living.
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ADVICE

Treat Work As Experiments

  • Treat projects as experiments to remove fear of failure and focus on learning each iteration.
  • Frame outcomes as data so you can iterate whether the project scales or not.
ANECDOTE

Small Core, Rotating Team Model

  • Good Life Project runs with a small core team plus contractors and a rotating faculty for events like Camp GLP.
  • Jonathan and his wife now form the full-time nucleus and collaborate on building the venture together.
ANECDOTE

Burnout Sparked Career Change

  • Jonathan worked as an SEC enforcement attorney and at a big New York law firm before his body broke down and he rejected partnership life.
  • Emergency surgery and lack of desire to become a partner catalyzed his exit to entrepreneurship.
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