Ep 22 – Jullien Gordon – Helping People to Freedom

Jullien Gordon is an entrepreneur who is passionate about freeing people from their day jobs to live a life on their own terms. Jullien tells the story of his near death experience, and how that changed his outlook on success. We look at how each step he has taken in his career, has developed his ability to lead others. He relays the power of of Socratic introspection to self examine how we show up in the world and what lights us up. He also relays the really cool businesses he is in the process of building and how they all ladder up to his dream of empowering others to become entrepreneurs and do what they love. I really love Jullien’s energy, mission and his approach to building his business through building up others’ purpose led missions. Episode Highlights: * Socratic Introspection * He asked him self why am I really here? * Daily journaling was a powerful process where he asked himself: * What did I enjoy today?” * ” How did I show Up? * The power and synchronicity of decided to graduate from UCLA in 3 years * Leadership lessons from running a non profit running 30 part time people * 4 levels of leadership * Self * Inspiration * Motivation * Movement * His venture Masterminds.org, which encourages people to align with other smart motivated people to support each other’s progress * The Freedom School * We want the freedom to give our gift to the world, since we don’t really want money * You giving your gift to the world is your purpose * If you have faith, your spiritual source will provide for you * Front End vs. Back End business * People, processes and products are assets * Email is not where business gets done * Need to focus on what’s important * High performers look for the most important work to do – workaholics just do more work * 8 Cylinders for Success * I Don’t Know – 3 most powerful words, but the intention is important – an escape route vs. curiosity Bio Jullien Gordon is the Founding Partner at New Higher, a high performance consultancy for organizations, individuals, and teams that want to increase employee performance, motivation, engagement, and retention. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Pepsi and PricewaterhouseCoopers and business schools such as Cornell, Michigan, and the University of Maryland.  Jullien’s work began in the talent recruitment and development industry in 2007 with his work as the Associate Director of Talent Recruitment for Management Leadership for Tomorrow where he recruited diverse talent at the college and MBA level. From there, he went on to start his own high performance consultancy called New Higher. As the Founding Parter of New Higher, Jullien uses his interviewing process to help companies understand what motivates their employees. New Higher’s mission is to motivate, engage, and retain talent to increase presence, productivity, and profit. Jullien’s inquiry-based “innerviewing” trainings and tools help professionals fully align who they are with what they do so they can make their highest unique contribution in the world. He has been featured on MSNBC, Forbes, TED, and Black Enterprise for his work helping thousands of professionals be more present and perform higher in their lives and careers. Jullien trained at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he focused on organizational behavior, high performance leadership, strategy, and entrepreneurship. He is also the author of four books on business, professional, and individual development. Jullien Gordon is originally from Oakland, California and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Links