For Purpose & Profit

What are the key secrets to a happy, healthy, and successful marriage? 💍

Without a doubt, this is one of the questions we get asked the most by our friends and fellow entrepreneurs.

Marriage isn't an easy road, and it has the ability to become even more challenging when your spouse is simultaneously your business partner.

So, in episode 008 of the For Purpose & Profit podcast, we're sharing the 3 keys that have completely transformed our marriage for the better.

If you and your spouse vow to live by these 3 key teachings — whether you're in business together or not (but ESPECIALLY if you are) — then you've got a recipe for success!

You'll have a marriage that is built upon a strong, long-lasting foundation that is unshakeable 👩‍❤️‍👨

We all like to think of ourselves as people who do what we say we believe in.

We all want to be deemed as someone of true conviction.

But how many of us really ARE those people?

Are YOU one of those people?

We often hear people say, "I'm 100% committed to taking my business to the next level!"...

But then when it comes time to take action and invest in themselves, they jump back onto the fence without realizing they just contradicted the conviction they just proclaimed they had.

For a long time, we were right there with them, so I know it's not an easy decision to make  — but it's a necessary  and simple one.

Either you're 100% committed or you're not...

There is no success in entrepreneurship without some level of risk and uncertainty, so trying to evade it is futile.

It's black or white  —  hot or cold...

There is no grey or lukewarm.

So, are you fooling yourself or are you REALLY committed to your higher purpose?

It's no secret that the majority of millennials are feeling unfulfilled and frustrated with the state of their lives and the greater world.

 Unlike the preceding generations, millennials aren't content with the status quo and so they're going to great lengths to question and find the real purpose of their lives — of their existence on this planet.

They don't want to attend post-secondary — a system that is already outdated and irrelevant to many new career options that have only come into existence over the past 5-10 years. 

They don't want to work at a soul-sucking 9-5 job for 40+ years that overworks them, underpays them, and undervalues them.

They don't want to be disconnected and powerless in a world full of self-seeking authorities that truthfully couldn't care less about the future of their youth.

They want their work to reflect a human soul that didn't just exist to make a living.

They want their work to reflect a human soul that exemplifies a life well-lived  —  a life that is honourable, compassionate, and world-changing.

Some may call them entitled, over-idealistic, or even crazy.

We call them Social Entrepreneurs.

On today's episode, we're talking about "Conscious Capitalism" — a philosophy stating that businesses should serve all principal stakeholders, including the environment. It does not minimize profit-seeking but encourages the assimilation of all common interests into the company's business plan. 

Did you know that there over 1.5 million nonprofit organizations in the U.S. alone? 

Did you also know that over 700 of them go out of business every single day?

That sad truth is that these nonprofit organizations, along with many "for profit" organizations as well, fail because they don't know how to maximize both of the necessary bottom lines — Social impact AND profit.

The nonprofits' good intentions are capped and undermined due to a lack of financial resources, while the large corporations acquire an abundance financial resources at the cost of the well-being of their employees, their consumers, the greater society, and the environment.

Nonetheless, companies like Sevenly, Toms shoes, and Panera are breaking the current system and doubling down on BOTH their bottom lines for the good of all.

 A new wave of conscious capitalism is on the rise. 

I once heard a quotation that stated, “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”

I truly believe that true happiness ― joy ― can only be achieved through contribution. By giving something of great value to others without expecting anything in return.

Even when we know this, however, it can still be difficult to know wholeheartedly just what that gift is that we must give away, and who would most benefit from receiving it.

In Episode 002: What’s Your Purpose?, we propose some important questions about how we can know our true purpose, and how we can stay encouraged to fulfill it even through the most trying of challenges.

Thanks For listening! 

In Episode 001, we share our vision behind “For Purpose & Profit” — why exactly we believe it’s time for the relationship between purpose and profit to revolutionize.

In today’s world, there is a strict divide between companies and organizations that are “for purpose” and those that are “for profit”. We’ve come to accept that these two objectives are separate and cannot coexist. We’re either for meaning or money. It’s one or the other.

We’re here to tell you that you, in fact, can — and must — be for both. Without purpose, there is no real, lasting contribution to the world. Without profit, impact will be crippled and held at the mercy of large, often corrupt, corporations.

Together, we — social entrepreneurs — will unite purpose and profit for the betterment of all humanity and the rest of the natural world.