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We live in a social media driven world that tells us, without actually telling us, that we must be perfect! But truthfully, the perfection we see is a facade that hides what's really going on in most people's lives! That's why perfection as a goal is a losing proposition. The only way to experience peace and joy in this world is to focus, not on perfection, but on truly being the person you were created to be. This week I have the honor of sharing the microphone with my wife Susanne as we discuss the danger of pursuing perfection and the goals that carry us forward. Follow Me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeremystalneckerofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremystalnecker/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jstalnecker Also at: https://jeremystalnecker.com/

Rima Truchanas learned to swim in Tasmania's Lake Pedder and watched on with her family when 50 years ago it drowned to make way for the Hydro-Electric Scheme . Her early life was shaped by her parent's involvement in the campaign to save it. Now, there are plans to restore the Lake to its former glory.  Frances Green has produced a documentary for RN's History Listen about the campaign which spearheaded the Greens political movement in Australia. For Victoria's Kulin nation Autumn is wombat season. For Jonathan, the Fall is the perfect time take a stroll through Melbourne's Botanic Gardens with Tim Entwisle.  Together they ponder the philosophy of flowers, and Jonathan discovers a new pocket of the garden: the compost yard.  Whether it's mashed, fried, baked, or boiled the humble potato is an endless source of tasty treats. Chef Annie Smithers takes Jonathan into the kitchen for a meditation on spuds in this edition of Kitchen Rudimental. Is the potato the perfect vegetable? Colin Bisset's Iconic Design this week takes us to the ancient Confucius Mansion in Qufu, a village in China's Shandong province. Confucius (aka Master Kong), died over two and a half thousand years ago but the venerable sage's impact on Chinese life was immense and long-lasting and it's still possible to visit the home of his descendants.

What you'll learn in this podcast episode As the business world makes an overdue shift from shareholder to stakeholder capitalism, is it possible that we will see an erosion of innovation? How does a company's purpose impact its success? In this episode of the Principled Podcast, LRN Chief Advisory Officer Ty Francis MBE talks about how corporate purpose and stakeholder capitalism fuel innovation with Mark R. Hatch, CEO of clean energy startup SiLi-ion, Inc., an instigator of the maker movement with the founding of TechShop, author of The Maker Movement Manifesto and The Maker Revolution, and researcher on the influence of “organizational purpose” on innovation and business transformation at Pepperdine University. Mark has dedicated his career to educating the business community on innovation and advanced manufacturing and has spoken at the White House on these topics. Listen in as the two discuss what it means to help people—and companies—around the world do the right thing.   Featured Guest: Mark Hatch Mark R. Hatch is an advanced manufacturing entrepreneur, writer, and sought-after speaker and advisor on innovation, the maker movement, digital strategy, and advanced manufacturing. He has held executive positions for innovation, disruptive technology, entrepreneurship, and intrapreneurship in various industry sectors. Mark is the CEO of clean energy startup SiLi-ion, Inc. and an advisor to Studio MFG, an advanced spatial-web innovation consulting and manufacturing design firm. Mark has dedicated his career to educating the business community on innovation and advanced manufacturing and has spoken about these topics to various audiences—including the White House, TEDx, Global Fortune 500 firms, and Harvard University. He has appeared on prominent media outlets such as ABC, CBS, NBC, Bloomberg, CNN, and Fox, and has been quoted in Bloomberg Business, FastCompany, Forbes, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The LA Times, and The San Francisco Chronicle among other publications. An avid researcher on the influence of “organizational purpose” on innovation and business transformation, Mark is working on his DBA at Pepperdine University and is a faculty member for digital innovation and strategy at Pepperdine's Graziado School of Business. He is also an entrepreneur in residence at UC Berkeley. Mark holds an MBA from the Drucker Center at Claremont Graduate University and a BA in economics from UCI.   Featured Host: Ty Francis Ty Francis MBE is a Welsh-American business development, operations executive, and subject matter expert in Corporate Governance, Ethics, Compliance and Culture and is currently LRN's Head of Advisory Services, and a member of the Executive Team as a Special Advisor to the CEO.  Ty has utilized his expansive network of industry experts and thought leaders to help companies enhance corporate character, culture, D&I and transparency and has launched E&C programs and forums in the US, UK, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Brazil, Singapore, Brazil and the Middle East. He spent over a decade in New York City where he was EVP of Global Programs at the Ethisphere Institute and prior to that led the Corporate Board member business at the New York Stock Exchange's Governance Services division.  In 2019, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business by the UK's Solent University for his outstanding contribution in the field of corporate governance and international trade. In 2017, Ty was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), by Queen Elizabeth II, in recognition of services to business.  Ty also studied at Stanford's Rock Centre for Corporate Governance and Oxford University's Said Business School and is a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP).    Principled Podcast Transcription Intro: Welcome to the Principled Podcast, brought to you by LRN. The Principled Podcast brings together the collective wisdom on ethics, business and compliance, transformative stories of leadership, and inspiring workplace culture. Listen in to discover valuable strategies from our community of business leaders, and workplace change makers. Ty Francis: As the business world makes an overdue shift from shareholder to stakeholder capitalism, is it possible that we'll see an erosion of innovation? How does a company's purpose impact its success? Hello, and welcome to another episode of LRN's Principled Podcast. I'm your host, Ty Francis, Chief Advisory Officer LRN. Today I'm joined by Mark Hatch, an accomplished entrepreneur, advanced manufacturing expert, and sought after speaker on topics of innovation, disruptive technology, and the future of work. Mark holds an MBA from the Drucker Center at Claremont Graduate University. And is presently pursuing a DBA, a doctor of business administration, from Pepperdine University. We are going to be talking today about corporate purpose, stakeholder capitalism, and what it means to help people, and companies around the world do the right thing. After several successful decades in business, Mark is now researching the influence of organizational purpose on innovation and business transformation at Pepperdine, while simultaneously serving as CEO of the clean energy startup, SiLi-ion, amongst other things. Mark Hatch, thanks for joining me on the Principled Podcast. Mark Hatch: Thank you very much, Ty. It's great to be here. Ty Francis: Okay so, for those of us saying to ourselves, "Where have I heard this name before," please tell us a little bit about your professional history. Now, we know you as the founder of TechShop, and an instigator in the maker movement. What else? Oh, yes, you've spoken at White House about advanced manufacturing, and at the Clinton Global Initiative, something my wife [inaudible 00:01:58] was actually involved in during her time at Swiss Re. Mark Hatch:   Oh, how fun. Ty Francis: Yeah, she was at Swiss Re for about 10 years and worked very closely with President Clinton. So, that's a name, it's all too familiar in my household. But I also know you're involved in the Singularity University, which sounds very Star Trekky, which is an interesting side note, especially since we're talking about purpose today. So, I've given an overview, but can you give us a little bit more about your backstory Mark? Mark Hatch:   Oh, hit a couple high points. I'm a former green beret, so I was in the army for three years coming out of high school, which was quite entertaining. And then, I started my first company, an interactive multimedia company back in '80s. One of the things I've discovered that I'm really good at is jumping into something way too early. And then, getting beaten up for years and years until it becomes the obvious next thing. The interesting thing about that interactive media though, was that John McAfee of McAfee Antivirus was one of my first investors. I actually got to know John before he became infamous, I guess. I spent a little bit of time at Avery Dennison, a big package goods company. A little bit of time at Kinkos, where I launched the e-commerce portion for Kinkos. And pulled T1 lines around the United States to wire them all up. Spent a little bit of time doing a health benefits ASP and so forth. But most people, if they know who I am at all, is from the maker movement days wrote a couple books in it, and spent a lot of time traipsing around the globe trying to get people to make things again. Ty Francis: Well, I want to touch a couple of those things. So now, you aren't the average professor, as we've just heard, because you've got some real bites to your bark. Within what you just told me, I did read that you raised over $20 million and turned TechShop into that leading brand in the maker movement, growing it from 1 to 12 locations. And more impressively membership and revenue 20X in five years. I got that right, 20X? Mark Hatch: 20, yeah. As long as you start from a very small base, it's really easy to hit those high numbers. Ty Francis: I think you and I have got a different definition of the word easy.  If that wasn't impressive enough, you also grew that $200 million business at Kinkos by 18%. But I think more impressive than that, and someone who runs a P and L you cut costs by 15 million in a single year. Mark Hatch: In a single year, yeah. Ty Francis: That is both impressive. And I get, your students get a kick out of all that experience. We had a pre-conversation before. And I mentioned that I'm lucky enough to know Sir Richard Branson. And he told me years ago how he went into a bookshop, and pulled a bunch of books off the library that were about business. I think the first 20 he counted, none of the authors had actually been in business, or run a business, and were anecdotal at best. Looking at what you've done and what you've succeeded, how has that happened? And how has that paradigm shifted to you now? Mark Hatch: One, I do actually tend to live in the future. It's a bad habit. I've got a very, very clear view of what I believe is going to happen. And I clearly did not take my desert training in the Special Forces very well, where they beat into your head, never mistake a clear view for a short distance. It will kill you. So, I saw interactive multimedia early. I saw dot com early. I've seen many of these things. What I managed to do with TechShop was raise funds, and grow the base quickly enough so that we actually survive for a solid 10 years. But what I do is innovation. My entire career has been on the edge between in a research and development, or the most recent trends, and then commercializing them, turning them into something that a consumer can understand, and acquire. Ty Francis: So, I am seeing a Star Trek theme in all of this, by the way. Seeing into the future. A Q-esque type person here. But this is fascinating. And you, obviously, have an incredible foundation [inaudible 00:06:08] what you are doing, looking at the past, predicting the future. But I do want to tap more into the research you're doing at Pepperdine. And as part of your DBA, again, I'm looking at this and I have an honorary doctorate, and I feel very, very small right now. Mark Hatch: Congratulations. That's quite impressive actually. Ty Francis: Yeah, but apparently when the air cabin crew asks if there's a doctor on the plane, I'm not allowed to raise my hand. When they say, "What can you help this person with?" I can say, "Well, I've got an interesting anecdote about business." So the DBA you're pursuing right now, I mean, I particularly admire the notion of going back to school for an advanced degree. I've had a limited amount of business success. And during the lockdown, I took three courses, one at a side business university at Oxford, one at Stanford, and one at the London School of Economics. The recurring theme through all of those courses... One was executive leadership. One was DEI and leveraging business through it. And the other was international relations and global politics. Organizational purpose was a common theme through all of those postgraduate and diplomas. And it was fascinating how that was a theme, and linking back into business. So, I want you to talk about your work on organizational purpose. But first of all, can you give me, or us a definition of your definition of organizational purpose? Mark Hatch:    There are like three versions of what purpose means. But to get a little bit technical, the short version is really simple. Like the single word, the single concept is why a corporation exists. That's what purpose means, why? Now, usually, when you use the term, what is your corporate purpose? You're not thinking of the single thing that the word means. You're thinking of a corporate purpose statement, or a development of a series of concepts. Or, as they say in business speak, it's a construct. So, I have adopted George et al's from 2021, which is interesting. Most of this good work has happened just in the last few years. So, purpose in the for profit context captures the essence of an organization's existence by explaining what value it seeks to create for its stakeholders. So, you're creating value. But then he goes on and defines it a little bit more, which I like. "In doing so purpose provides a clear definition of firm's intent, creates the ability for the stakeholders to identify with and be inspired by the firm's mission, vision, and values, and establishes actionable pathways, and an inspirational outcome for the firm." Sorry, that's very technical, but that's the best broad version that includes mission, vision, and values, which people tend to associate with purpose when you ask them what a corporate purpose is. But let me back up a little bit. So, the reason I got intrigued with this was, well first of all, I'm very purpose driven personally. I was, usually, involved with technologies that I found intriguing, and could improve humanity in some way. But my experience at TechShop was at a completely different level. People were joining because of the purpose of this idea that we could remake our lives by going to a shop that had, basically, democratized access to the tools of the industrial revolution. We were giving the average Joe access to tools that they had never had access to, unless they were 80 years old, had come up at three machine shop or something. But we were giving them laser cutters, and 3D printers, and so forth.  And I personally got a level of satisfaction out of that. And I got my staff members to perform at levels I had never seen before. We had members that are evangelists. I mean, it seemed like sometimes they would go out on the street and tell people, "Have you heard of this place? You've got to come in." We had this one member, he quit his job. And he didn't have a great job to begin with, but he quit his job as a night watchman, came up and couch surfed. Like that was a thing for a while, couchsurfing.com where you could go and spend the night at somebody's house randomly. This was well before hotel folks came along. He would evangelize each couch that he slept on became a member, like not the couch, the people. Every place that he went, we got new members. And we thought about maybe paying him just to hang around, and sleep on a new couch every night because he was our best attractor. And so, this got me really interested in this concept of what is your corporate purpose? And how does it play out and impact the organization at large? Ty Francis: I think the biggest question that we have, and I have is when people are talking about this concept, how organizations are dealing with this, how are you articulating this to companies, to brands, to leaders, and how to actually put this into practice? Because many of the conversations I have with boards, with GCs, with anyone, they understand the problem. They see what's happening. They read and they see blogs, and they have conversations with the fellow board members. But it's actually the tangibility of creating a strategy that puts this into place. And something they can follow. I guess what's the sticky sauce? What's the magic wand that you throw over your clients, your peers on how do I actually put this into play? Mark Hatch: So the research that I'm doing specifically came out of kind of the question, how do I deal with the naysayers? How do I convince a board, or a C-suite folks that are like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever, whatever, whatever. I've got my ESG guy and they're going to keep me between the lanes, and everything's going to be fine." I started down this path as like, what do we actually know about corporate purpose? Where did it spring from? Actually, I go all the way back. What's the original concept of a corporation? Where did that come from? And it goes all the way back. It's crazy. It goes all the way back to pre-Babylonian times. And I won't bore you with all of that, but it turns out you couldn't have a corporation without having a purpose of some kind. It wasn't allowed. The state would not allow it. The king would not allow it. I've got a great quote out of the Law of Corporations 1702, "The sole purpose of a corporation is to improve the society and support the king." Full stop. You can't say, "Okay, I'm here to do like, blah, blah, blah. And I'm going to make this." No, no, no, no. How are you going to help your customers? How are you going to improve society? And how are you going to support the king? And if you don't have an answer to that, I'm sorry, not only will I not give you corporation, if I happen to have given you one, and you have strayed too far, I will shut you down. And this was actually the norm up to about 1880 globally. And there's this great quote. It was Massachusetts Bay Company and they charged this poor sod 200 pounds for overcharging his customer. And then, on Sunday morning, the preacher got engaged talking about the egregious greed, and what can happen. And it was simply against the law. And then, things changed with the 14th amendment, some other bizarre things. But we've had this like weird era, and that's how I would describe it, between 1886 to about 1950, we were set loose. You didn't have to have a purpose at all. You actually didn't need any purpose at all. You could just go down to Delaware and say, "I want to set up a company." And they go, "Great." They still would ask, what are you going to do? And so, in your mind, you had to at least have a customer, or somebody you were going to steal money from. You had to have some idea. So even today in your charters, you have to say, "Okay, I'm going to be in this industry segment," which by the way, you just send them a note and that can change. But about around 1950, that started to shift. So, that was a long winded way of saying, so how do we deal with these guys? And what I wanted to do, and what I'm doing is I'm a practical guy, I'm a practitioner. I don't want to sell them something that doesn't work. What does that mean for your purpose? And so, I'm really intrigued with this idea of empirically based management tools. How do you know something works? Not one of those 19 books that Sir Branson was talking about, but the one that comes out of the trenches. So, I've gone back and I've done a fairly significant review of all of the literature on corporate purpose. What's actually known from a theoretical perspective from doing interviews, which I don't put a lot of weight into because you get what you want out of your interviews. But actual empirical work that's been done in this space. And it turns out those corporations that do have a purpose that's more than simply serving customers, they have substantially superior financial returns. And actually, I think your firm is an example that promulgates that point of view based on research you guys have done in the past. Ty Francis: Our tagline is, principle performance. And I'll add that some research we did last year echoes most of what you're saying. I mean, all of what you're saying. My own advisory team released a report alongside our marketing team. And we called it our LRN Benchmark of Ethical Culture, which is a multi-year, it's a collaborative research effort, which draws data from nearly 8,000 employees, 17 industries, 14 countries. And that study conclusively proves that ethical cultures don't just protect corporate reputations, but they propel the bottom line. Companies with the strongest ethical cultures, strongly outperform by approximately 40% those with weakest ethical cultures. And that was across all measures of business performance, customer satisfaction. You talked about employee loyalty, innovation, adaptability, and growth. It's very simple, and you can make a lot of links to this. But if you keep people happy, if people believe in what you are doing, they will stay. If they stay, they will not leave. If they will not leave, they will not take IP with them. They will not go somewhere else. So, all that money you've invested in hiring them, training them, making them better people they will not take that somewhere else. Mark Hatch: Yeah, your brand positioning, your ability to [inaudible 00:16:32]. The theory is actually pretty well illuminated. Actually, the step that I'm taking... I think we have, in fact, proven that having a higher purpose can, or will result in superior financial success. So, there's my answer to the naysayers. This is really simple besides being the right thing to do, and to feel good about yourself, and your company when you go home at night, and you talk to your kids about what you're doing, your returns are higher. But the next question that I asked is, okay, show me how? Just throwing a purpose together and announcing it from the mountaintop is not the right answer. Now, we are getting results, so kudos to the companies that are executing. But I'm trying to answer the question, okay, how do you operationalize a superior purpose? What are the actual specific financial drivers that create superior firm performance? Innovation, and then specifically radical innovation is historically the largest way that firms create superior returns by far. There are other ways of doing it: brand, financial management, operations, Six Sigma, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But the number one way of improving your financial performance is actually to do innovation. And then radical innovation in particular. That's my little chunk that I'm chewing on is can I show that firms with a higher aspirational purpose actually get superior innovation returns and superior radical innovation returns? And the quantitative numbers have come in. I'm now working on writing it up. And it's clear like it's 0.0001 chance that it's false. In fact, a higher purpose does drive radical innovation in a very significant way. It explains 30% of the variance of that. And like 35 to 37% of all variance in your innovation. It's huge. So, my answer is, okay, install, purpose, and innovate. Point this amazing effort that you've created, point this missile down the range at radical innovation because you're going to get an enormous return out of it. Ty Francis: You've actually answered the next question I was going to ask about, what this means for the future of business, and what is your vision for how company leaders can apply these insights? As you said, it's not enough for somebody to read in a book about what's happening. It's how they can relate that and put that into practice to change the dynamic of their own companies. We're not just talking about this. Investors are asking companies point blank, define your purpose. What are you doing to make the world around you better? Larry Fingers, writing to CEOs every single year. In the UK, the banking industry are asking, "Yes, we get it. You're raising capital for people, but what else are you doing?" It's a little bit, what have you done for me lately kind of thing. Mark Hatch: We've come full circle now. In 1886, we decided, okay, you don't have to have a purpose. But now, we are rewriting the laws. The SEC in the US, the UK, as you mentioned, the French have done it. The Italians have done it. The Germans did it ages ago. But there's an enormous amount of pressure now on corporations to be able to explicitly measure what their social good is. They don't necessarily call it your purpose, but that's what they're getting at. When I came at this, of course, I have the context of working at Singularity University as a speaker. And I know, I know a friend of mine is Salim Ismail, who's driving this whole exponential organization's effort globally. And, in it, he said, sidebar conversation. "So Mark, I've tried to do these exponential innovation efforts without a massively transformative purpose at the beginning of the effort because the corporation was like, 'Yeah, you're making me feel kind of weird about this idea of changing the world and all that. We're an X company, let's just do the execution part and skip the massively transformative purpose part.'" And he said, "Every single time we did that, it failed. Every single time. We got nominal innovation out of it." And it actually makes sense when you think about the internal resistance of individuals in their risk profiles. Typically, you go to work and you want to have things normal. And then, what's going to happen all day long, and you're competent and so forth. But when you start doing innovation and, particularly radical innovation, you don't know what tomorrow looks like. You don't understand who your customer is. You don't know what the value is per se. And you're thrown in the deep end and you got to figure it out. Now, it's not quite that bad, but it is substantially different than your day-to-day. And it's hard. Doing radical innovation is the hardest part of being in business because you don't know how it's going to come out. That as a background, is like, "Oh my goodness, you're kidding me. You just told me that one of the keys to being able to execute this isn't actually reaching for the stars." It's not like, can we get a 15% increase in this? Or can we cut costs by 10% or 5%? It's can you cut cost by 50%? Can we double our market share? Can we open up an entirely new market segment? Just saying those words creates a new tension in somebody's head. You bring them in and say, "Okay, we're going to get 10% here, and 15% there." And everybody goes, "Oh cool, I don't have to change anything. I can go back to my desk and keep stamping those pieces of paper. And I'm good." You come in and say, "I want a 50% increase. And I need a 30% reduction over here," actually you've lost the audience because for the next five minutes, all they're going to be wondering is whether or not they have a job. Am I qualified to do this? That's what got me going. And we live in the most exciting time in all of human history. We've got more technologies coming on stream in amazing and radical ways, and how they're interacting with one another is absolutely stunning. So, this is the best time in all of human history to do radical innovation. This is the best time to go after actually deep purposes. And I feel sorry for these corporations who are going, "Okay, let's try to get a 12% bump over the next two years." They're doomed. In my mind it's like, forget it. You and I and others in this world are going to teach the executive suite that radical innovation is possible, it will drive the bottom line, make them feel better and will, in fact, change the world. And I'm proving it empirically. That's kind of what I'm excited about. Ty Francis: It reminds me of a quote that was a famous NFL coach. And I can't remember it now and I'll come back to you by the end of the podcast. But it was about reaching for perfection that you'll never attain it. But on the way down, you will hit excellence. And I think this is an area why people aren't reaching for the stars is surprising because it's that competitive advantage. When we talk about how this is a competitive advantage, not just on a social scale, but on a business scale, we've been talking to board directors. We had a collaboration with a group called Tapestry Networks. We spoke to 40 directors of publicly traded companies, I mean 40, 50 companies. And they represented about 70 or 80 different companies across their different board positions. We did this specifically to talk about purpose and culture. We released the findings in a report called Activating Culture and Ethics for Boards late last year. And the results, albeit mostly predictable, the boards want to put culture at the top of their priority list, but they still don't fully understand how to measure it. The refreshing part was that they see that the paradigm shifted from board members having a nose in, fingers out ability to more having nose and fingers in because they are starting to see this as a competitive benefit to having both strategy and culture and purpose aligned. And with that, I think they're seeing they have a better understanding of what corporate purpose should be. I think we're trying to see a tangible move in the... I'm using quotation marks here, a "tone from the top" conversation on how boards are impacting priorities, and are influencing culture. So, how does that help your research for what you are doing now for the future of work? Mark Hatch: You've done the surveys, you know what the answers are. But what I'm trying to do is start a small renaissance around, prove it to me. What are the actual ways that you operationalize it? It's like, okay, employee retention. Okay, measure employee retention. But don't just measure employee retention, invest in your employees. If you know that they're going to hang around longer, don't just sit on your hands, and say, "Oh cool, they're going to be here longer. Woo hoo." No, no, no. What that means is you can't actually invest in them in ways that your competitors can't. That's operationalizing this idea of this competitive advantage, invest in your customers, invest in your brand. What are you doing specifically to drive your brand in relations in a deeper way? You've created this competitive advantage. You've got this great purpose now sitting on the shelf. Great. How are you going to operationalize it? And can we measure it? That's my point. It's can we actually measure it and see what the returns are? Ty Francis: The measurement, that's the trick. Everyone knows what they should be doing, but they don't know how they should be doing it. Mark Hatch: And if you don't measure it, then you don't care about it. Ty Francis: Wasn't that the famous misquote from Peter Drucker what you can't manage, you can measure, or the other way around? Mark Hatch: Right. Ty Francis: So we've been talking a lot about boards and purpose, but we know the SEC, and we're talking about the US. Obviously, although I'm American, I'm also Welsh. So, I'm curious if your research extends to Europe, or other regions. I mean, is this universal? Or is it just stage one USA, stage two [inaudible 00:25:55]? Mark Hatch:    It does work at least in the UK. So, I chose my sample's 50/50, US/UK. 50/50, male/female. Native English speakers, try to control for some other variables. This is clearly true in the UK and the US. My suspicion, obviously, is that it's true in a lot of other parts of the world as well. Other research suggests that it is at least pan-European. Gartenberg's work and others. Gartenberg did some quantitative research that had 500,000 companies in it from around the globe. And they were able to show empirically that purpose does, in fact, drive superior financial returns, similar to what your research did. Ty Francis: When you're talking about this corporate purpose, I've noticed working in the States for a long time, that there is in the States and, to a certain extent, in the UK as well, there's a shareholder driven purpose kind of alignment where there's in broader Europe, France, and Germany, and Italy there's more of a stakeholder driven perception. So, there you see in Germany where you've got the different kind of board levels, and with the very straight labor laws in France, you are seeing that connection between leadership, and the employee base having to be aligned because they've got no choice because if they don't like what their companies are doing, they can change it, and quite dramatically. So, that would be interesting to see how that dynamic between the UK and the US, but then certainly further afield of that, how the European companies and organizations are actually using this corporate purpose vehicle to their competitive advantage. Mark Hatch: Right. One might hypothesize that corporate purpose, that's a fundamental driver. But how you operationalize it may vary from region to region. Maybe brand is a better tool than radical innovation. Maybe employee retention is a better one. I'm not sure. I doubt it, frankly. I think innovation is one of the fundamental things that you do as a business. Drucker would say, you're not even an entrepreneur, if you're not doing innovation. You can call yourself a businessman, but you're not an entrepreneur. And so, I suspect that innovation. And then as we're moving, again, the opportunity set available now to innovate is phenomenal. Radical innovation, it should be a fundamental strategy for any business that's trying to drive purpose into their organization, and with their stakeholders. Ty Francis: Well, before we sign off, and before I get a raft of my very angry American listeners asking why this British guy is talking about American football? It was Vince Lombardi, [inaudible 00:28:28]. And his quote was, and I'll see if I can get this right, "Perfection's not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence." Mark Hatch: Yeah. Ty Francis: So Mark Hatch, this has been a fascinating conversation and one that we have merely pricked the surface of. And I'd like to have you back to talk a little bit more definitively, especially when the research is done, to look at those results. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me today and us on this episode.       My name is Ty Francis. I want to thank you all for listening to the Principled Podcast by LRM. If you have enjoyed the conversation today, please do give us a top rating on your favorite podcast app. Goodbye for now. Outro: We hope you enjoyed this episode. The Principled Podcast is brought to you by LRN. At LRN, our mission is to inspire principled performance in global organizations by helping them foster winning ethical cultures rooted in sustainable values. Please visit us at lrn.com to learn more. And if you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen. And don't forget to leave us a review.

Mark Gregston sits down to answer some questions submitted by parents and caretakers, including a single mom who wants to bring more fun into her relationship with her teenage son. Remember, nothing on this side of heaven is going to be perfect, so it's okay for parents to relax their rules every once in a while. Tune in to hear Mark's insights!

Believers Voice of Victory Video Broadcast for Thursday 5/19/2022. God's direction is for your perfection! Watch Believer's Voice of Victory as Kenneth Copeland shares how to walk before God and be perfect. When you are faithful to stay in The WORD and speak it, He is faithful to perform His covenant promises and make you what you should be!

Believers Voice of Victory Audio Broadcast for Friday 5/19/2022. God's direction is for your perfection! Watch Believer's Voice of Victory as Kenneth Copeland shares how to walk before God and be perfect. When you are faithful to stay in The WORD and speak it, He is faithful to perform His covenant promises and make you what you should be!

Randy Feltface Stops By & Preston Plays Perfection On this episode: News (00:00:00) Entertainment Report (00:07:41) The General Store (00:43:28) Bizarre Files & Nick McIlwain Checks In (01:14:08)  Feltface In Studio (01:26:34) Cedric the Entertainer Checks In & Camping & Perfection (01:48:25) Bizarre Files (02:31:54) Hollywood Trash & Music News (02:40:28) Wrap Up (02:48:25) 

Perfection is for losers.   Full article: https://lifemathmoney.com/move-fast-perfection-is-for-losers/

Hard on yourself? You're not alone! It's so easy to beat ourselves up when things don't go our way. When we experience pain and challenges in life, it can feel like the world is against us - often, our health and relationships are affected, which can make things feel even worse. But what if there were a better way? What if you were kind, supportive, and loving to yourself?  Our volunteer, Mia, has been extremely hard on herself. She is experiencing pain in multiple areas of the body. As she works with Brandy, many emotions and insights come up that many people will relate to. Brandy shares powerful information on shifting from being forceful with the mind into being more loving and intentional while programming the mind. Today's podcast episode will resonate with many listeners who chase perfection or who are hard on themselves. Join Brandy as she shares powerful insights into how to shift your perspective and create real change in order to live a happy, healthy life with more harmony.  You won't want to miss this episode! Additional links and resources:  Email contact: support@brandygillmore.com Website: https://brandygillmore.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/brandy.gillmore/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/brandygillmore/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrandyGillmore Training: https://brandygillmore.com/healing TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dEbqRYqY_0

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Want to partake in the next FWW Live session? It starts Monday May 16th! Head to fitwomensweekly.com to sign up for free and start getting stronger, faster, better!  But that's not all! Let's talk feet and ankles. How to make them stronger and more mobile. This is so important and often neglected. Don't neglect your toesies!  And let's change from being a perfectionist to being your best. This concept hit hard and hope it hits with you too!  Remember to sign up for your FWW Live trial! Kindal@Fitwomensweekly.com  www.FitWomensWeekly.com  www.Instagram.com/TrainerKindal 

The Carolina Hurricanes got back in the fast lane and beat the Boston Bruins, 5-1. Carolina now leads the best of seven series 3 games to 2 heading to Boston for Thursday's Game 6. Seth Jarvis scored twice, Tony DeAngelo had a goal and 2 assists and Antti Raanta turned aside 33 shots in the win. Jaccob Slavin's second goal of the playoffs got the scoring started. Teuvo Teravainen and Sebastian Aho combined for 5 assists. And, the One Line held Perfection off the scoresheet. It all added up to a Canes win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a society that runs on goals, achievement, and status it can be difficult to stop all the doing and appreciate the being . Specifically, to acknowledge where you are on the journey while at the same time appreciating the progress you ve made and how far you have come. For many of us, it is difficult to recognize and appreciate our progress because we are so focused on the end goal. We may think that if we haven t reached the goal yet or done everything perfectly then we haven t been successful. In this episode of Get Big Out Loud, we ll talk about bringing awareness to the all or nothing mindset around achievement that keeps us from acknowledging our progress, appreciating the journey, and enjoying all small successes along the way. https://www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/live_videos/

Crossbreeding is a very common method of breeding, but many are using it for the wrong reasons. The truth is, there are some unintended consequences from using this method, many of them are long lasting, and could be detrimental to the breed. In this episode we will discuss what's good about crossbreeding, but also what's not so good about crossbreeding. We will tell you what others don't want you to know. Hopefully, this episode will change the way you look at crossbreeding, and change the way you breed your fowl.

Are you a perfectionist? Well this episode is for you! Perfection is overrated. Stop allowing fear of imperfection slow you down from reaching your goals. Don't wait until you have no choice because that comes from a place of scarcity, and Inner Feminine Beasts™ do not make decisions from there. Stop taking weeks perfecting something, it's wasting your most important asset...your time! Focus on profit generating tasks...spoiler alert, it's connecting with people! Tune in for my pep talk to assist you in manifesting everything you want. Join us for the Hyper-Speeding Your Manifestations Masterclass- Live The Life You Love Now! Click HERE to get the Zoom link & worksheets! To watch these recordings live or join a community of like minded women, click here! To check out an organized list of our podcast episodes and categories, click here! Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, & TikTok @CynthiaStant Subscribe to my Youtube channel and watch new episodes every week, click here! Reach out to us at info@cynthiastant.com

This week after the book release, I'm sharing 3 things that help me push past my perfectionist tendencies and focus on the blessings! Keep those prayer lines open Surround yourself with supportive people Keep that sense of humor Perfectionism is overrated. Don't miss opportunities because you might be afraid of messing up. Consider those mess ups to be life lessons and keep on learning!   Highlights from this episode: (02:36) Thank you for making me a bestseller! (05:26) Friends, tacos… and fevers (13:55) My name's Paige, and I'm a recovering perfectionist (15:57) Perfection is not attainable (20:07) Don't call it failure (23:45) Life lessons make us stronger   Mentioned on this episode: Ep 111: No Excuses Needed Ep 112: Keep It Simple   I hope this episode will be a reminder to try new things, not to be worried when things don't go perfectly, and to keep laughing through the tough stuff. There are so many blessings and opportunities that present themselves and sometimes us perfectionists can get stuck in the overwhelm or need to control every outcome. As one who's in recovery I'd love to encourage you to ride it out and with the help of prayer, leaning on others your trust, and laughing off the unexpected twists and turns, so you can live the life God has planned for you.    You're not alone, so shoot for the moon! Big news: My book is NOW AVAILABLE on Amazon!  If you got it already thank you so much for making it an instant BEST SELLER in multiple categories and #1 in New Releases!    Search: I'VE GOT YOU, GIRLFRIEND! Why Getting Organized & Living This Mom Life is NOT a Solo Mission   It would mean the world to me if you could write an Amazon REVIEW and pick up a copy (or two)! Thank you so much for your support.    So thrilled to announce that The Mom's Organization Motivation Podcast won the BEST HOME & LIFESTYLE PODCAST Award for 2022 in the international Podcasting for Business Awards! Thank you for listening and supporting this podcast. It's been so much fun to produce each week for you. Thanks to The Podcast Boutique for all your help!   The Mom's Organization Motivation YouTube Channel is LIVE!!! SUBSCRIBE now with this link and be sure to hit the little bell to be notified when the next video airs every Thursday!  For more resources to organize and style your busy life in 3 simple steps, checkout EverythingWithStyle.com, listen to my FREE Masterclass, and connect with me on Instagram @everythingwithstylemom for some organization motivation!

Matt & Ty break down the Bruins' win over the Hurricanes in Game 4, and what to expect in the series now that it's 2-2. Among the topics: Brad Marchand's awakening, the performance of the Bruins' defense without Charlie McAvoy, Rod Brind'Amour's costly challenge, the Hurricanes' unraveling, and Tony DeAngelo's jackassery. Subscribe to the Sports Hub Underground for new episodes every Thursday. Apple: https://apple.co/3AICTPR Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3j5ibDR Google: http://bit.ly/38pPKIG

As Christians, we want everything we do to reflect the glory of God. That's why living a life of excellence for God excellence is one way we can put our faith in action! Join Pastor Joie Miller as she shares on the three characteristics of a person of excellence: conviction, consistency, and courage. In these lessons from Daniel 5:11-12, we'll learn about how to achieve excellence without relying on your own strength by leaning into the grace of God.

When you give yourself a wider berth for success, it is much easier to meet your goals.

Sharing personal stories and one from Buddhist Monk Arjahn Brahm, we explore the quest for perfection and the beauty, peace, and freedom that can result from embracing what we perceive to be imperfection…knowing that we are that which witnesses both in the play of life. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author

 Let these days of pregnancy be messy and imperfect. Listen for more here!“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will.” -Romans 12:2 (NIV)

In this episode, I give you 3 questions to ask yourself to start your introspective process. After interviewing many psychologists, I've learned that the mental health journey should start with an introspection process. These 3 questions will give you a good start. Subscribe to Your Visionary Podcast on: Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/y... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/67YENGT... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourvisiona...

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The Los Angeles Rams have a mantra on the wall of their locker room. That mantra is- The standard is the standard. It serves as a reminder to the team that the standard is non-negotiable. Excellence is self-evident, and it is always the goal. No, if's and's or but's. Now, the actual results may miss the mark. Perfection is not possible and human beings are error-prone by nature, and that is okay. They as a team can accept losses, dropped passes, or other missed assignments. They learn from them, get better, more resilient, and move on. But what is NOT up for debate and never will be is the standard. Admittedly, I am a football nut, but lemme try and bring this back to our world. Business is a game of human beings making commitments and then following through, But where the real work begins is in the managing of the follow-through. The people in your business are going to make mistakes, are going to screw up, are going to have lapses in judgment, are going to say and do things they regret. This much we know is inevitable. What matters is the ability to effectively coach, them back to the standard. And this is the hard part. Today's episode is about Critical Conversations. How to communicate when the stakes are high? These are those conversations you know you need to have but rather avoid. Your project manager blows up inappropriately at a customer. Your Journeyman shows up hungover and late for the 3rd time in a month. Your usually excellent sub-trade partner messes up their scheduling and pushes your entire project back two weeks. You can't build a performance culture, a strong brand, or leaders within without Critical Conversations. And yet most people, even accomplished entrepreneurs, are terrified to have them. In today's episode, Igor and I break down a 5 step process for how to have these that will reduce whatever anxiety you feel about these and facilitate a way more productive conversation for everyone involved. We have also included a super easy-to-follow downloadable framework you can download and keep nearby. I hope you enjoy this, and remember, the standard is the standard. In this episode you'll learn: - - Why do you need to uphold your standards, especially when it is uncomfortable - How to decide if a Critical Conversation is worth engaging in so you don't waste your emotional energy -- How to define the focus of the conversation you are about to have - Where you should have the conversation and how to set it up with the person you are talking to - The way to have a critical conversation so that you're able to explore both parties' perspectives - The simple action plan that creates a foundation for positive behavior moving forward Watch the episode on PCA Overdrive PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Try our 30-day, free trial; $5.99/mo after. Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play. Become a PCA member

As we prepare to celebrate Mother's Day, I thought it would be good to spend our week looking at some helpful parenting truths. Today's truth is this: there are no perfect parents or kids. The Bible teaches us that sin is present in every human heart. At the root of problems in our families and homes is the sinful and selfish nature of children and their parents. At our house, there have been far too many times to even count where we've fought, bickered, argued, gotten irritated, and lacked patience. Parents who hope and expect to raise perfect kids and have a perfect family are biblically unrealistic. To embrace such expectations only burdens us and our children with the sense of failure that accompanies the albatross of not being able to measure up. We must never forget that we are all imperfect and finite beings who are touched by sin and incapable of perfection. While we should never minimize or overlook sin, we must realize that perfection won't ever visit our parenting, our children, or our homes.

In this short audio, I discuss how perfectionism and excellence are actually exclusive. This was originally posted on my TikTok page https://www.tiktok.com/@tayorockson. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the first time in 21 years, Fulham have won a league trophy. And they did it in style, after smashing play-off hopefuls Luton Town by seven goals at Craven Cottage. Records tumbled all over the shop, as FFC broke the 100 goal mark and Aleksandar Mitrovic broke Guy Whittingham's modern-day second tier goalscoring record, after bagging his 43rd goal of the season. In this podcast, recorded immediately after the game from the Jolly Gardeners pub in Putney, we react to everything that happened, from the exceptional goals to the celebrations on the pitch at the end. Thursday Club will be out later in the week with a more considered view from the match, but for this one, enjoy the chaos after a famous night by the banks of the Thames.

To do or not to do? This is the question for this 11th Season of the Catching The Next Wave podcast. We hope to investigate the difference (or the connection) between thinking and doing. We also hope to dig into understanding how our guests help themselves to put things out in the world and what helps them to do so. Stay tuned for the new season of Catching The Next Wave.

Persistence Towards Perfection

This was an episode we really needed to record today.We are joined by another Zoe (Founder of Motherkind) to learn how to ditch perfection, focus on the inner experience, and throw out those parenting books that don't serve us.Zoe's Favourite Products:The Motherkind PodcastCalm - The #1 App for Meditation and SleepWhirli Kids Toy Box SubscriptionListen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast, and please do rate and review to help others find the podcast.Find a new episode every Tuesday & Friday and in the meantime check out Made By Mammas on Instagram: @madebymammas.Made By Mammas, this has been an Insanity Podcasts production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Megan Sheldon is the Co-Founder & CEO of Be Ceremonial, a wellness app that draws on the power of ritual to help you create ceremonies to acknowledge times of change in your life.   Megan has always had an entrepreneurial spirit and path towards creating a company.  Her passion started with writing meta narratives for brands and has evolved into helping people create moments of meaning and significance.   In our conversation we discuss:   Creating social impact through secular rituals Building a brand's narrative How to engage in ceremony without cultural appropriation Celebrating what is, what was and what will be Why you need to let go of perfection in order to launch something And reimagining what growth looks like   There are so many moments in life that are worthy of being recognized and Megan is helping people to do so in ways that make sense for them.       Connect with Megan: https://www.instagram.com/beceremonial/?hl=en https://www.beceremonial.com/ Download the app: https://apps.apple.com/app/be-ceremonial/id1582513679   Our intro theme song is “Pico & Westwood” by Esbie Fonte. Check her out here: https://www.esbiefonte.com/

One is temporary, the other is long lasting, but which is best?   As a breeder, you have many tools that you can use to create and improve your strain. None are more important, or have the force to move your strain forward than that of Prepotency. The problem is, for many breeders, Hybrid Vigor gets all the credit. The truth of the matter, Prepotency and Hybrid Vigor are both incredible forces of nature, but are on opposite sides of the same coin. One is long lasting, and is passed down to future generations, while the other is short lived and can't be reproduced or repeated. Listen in as we discuss the Powers of Prepotency, or the Allure of Hybrid Vigor, and how you can use these forces to improve the quality and performance of your strains. We specialize in Gamefowl Breeding, Chicken Breeding, and breeding related topics. This includes Proper Selection, Poultry Genetics, Poultry Health Care and Disease Prevention, Poultry Nutrition, and Improving the Production and Performance of your fowl. If you are interested in create a strain or improve your strain, you are going to enjoy this show.

It's time to say adios to perfection and say hola to leaning into your strengths when it comes to launching your podcast! Melba Tellez, founder and host of Mujeres on the Rise, joins me on this bonus episode of Ellas Amplifies to talk about how she kicked perfection to the curb so we could launch her branded podcast.  (Read more here)   Support & Follow Melba Instagram: @mujeresontherise Listen to Mujeres on the Rise TikTok: @mujeresontherise Continue the conversation: Visit our website Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Schedule your Free 15 Call to launch your podcast

Set the context for a joyful, exuberant day with a short, powerful message from Sadhguru. Explore a range of subjects with Sadhguru, discover how every aspect of life can be a stepping stone, and learn to make the most of the potential that a human being embodies. Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.orgSadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app Official Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.orgSadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusiveYogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times.

Download and listen to a powerful message by Pastor George Brandon as he preaches a message inspiring all believers to not give up. Never in the Word of God does it say it will be easy, however you will not be alone. Don't give up, continue to grow, its time for you to step up.

Perfection is sometimes used as an excuse. Pick your battles. The people who progress the fastest and the furthest in life are those who are okay to be just good enough on the small things and focus their resources on the big things. Show Notes: [09:35]#1 How you do anything is how you do everything. Really? [15:10]#2 80/ 20 rule. Pareto's principle. [21:54]#3 Time! Do not chase perfection on trivial things at the expense of valuable things. [24:58]Recap Episodes Mentioned: 609: The 5 Forms Of Investment, And How To Use Each http://dreallday.com/609-

Never launch your perfect product, always launch the imperfect product. If you think back to the iPad 1 it only became the product that it is after several iterations. In my personal experience when I wrote the book "abominable secrets revealed" It was only a year since I learned how to type. Prior to joining the Air Force I did not know how to type. I had to figure out how to type 30 words per minute to get through training. The book was published without a ISBN number, I didn't hire a proof reader. And what I did is I published it and then over time I perfected it. Don't launch a perfect product, always go ahead and launch the imperfect product and then improve it as you go. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-inventive-journey/message

Wes Goldberg and Adam Mares share notes on the three series-ending games from Thursday night. Chris Paul was perfect from the field, James Harden controlled the 3rd quarter for the 76ers, and Luka put the final nail in the coffin for the Jazz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, the gang discusses Pukp Fiction (1994) and we review Everything Everywhere All At Once.  

EP 48: Are you ready to add some zest to your midlife and get those juices flowing!? As a midlifer, have you wanted a little zest and pep in your step? You might have already started to do the “big” work, but might be wanting “7 Quick Tips To Some Midlife Zest & Gratitude.” This minisode will help you feel less stuck…quick things to get you out of the feeling of quicksand. Do you have that midlife itch that you just can't scratch? Have you thought about less depriving and more “godessing” of one's self?…If I peaked your interest, then tune into my new minisode, 7 Quick Tips To Some Midlife Zest & Gratitude! This week, I chatted again with last week's guest, Suzanne Smith. The golden nuggets were dripping last week, so I had to come back for more with a “quick hack” rapid fire! We dive deep into the little things we can start doing today to help us feel unstuck in midlife and learn the attitude for gratitude. The midlife juices are rushing in! This minisode is part of the Fun Midlife Sh*t Quickie Minisode Series. This new minisode series will highlight resonating & edgy midlife sh*t from my IG, solos, and short pop in guests on stuff we are all thinking about, but maybe too embarrassed to ask…and, of course, more random stream of consciousness rants with loads of sarcasm, relatable humor mixed with expert info. Why would you skip? Some Highlights:  Less depriving and more “goddessing”  How your iphone library can create gratitude Social media perfection  What are you really grateful for? Little thing alert Venue changes lead to big personal change Refining the big question, “what is the lesson here?” Looking forward to connecting with you! Here are some ways to connect with me! THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/48 THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/  THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/  THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: sarah@theflexibleneurotic.com

In this episode Esther shares her struggles with addiction brought on by the need to be perfect. After hitting rock bottom she was finally able to untangle how the church had contributed to her obsession to be perfect and how detrimental that was to her physical and mental health. TW: we will be discussing drug… Read More »Dissident Daughters Episode 009: Perfection and Addiction The post Dissident Daughters Episode 009: Perfection and Addiction appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

Dan Barreiro opens the show reminding the audience that the Wolves and Wild losses on Tuesday night are the reason why we must Pause for Perfection. Former Gopher football coach Glen Mason joins to go over the craziness with his recent health scares and tell us how he's doing now.

Perfection leads to procrastination. Using the 80/20 rule, it's more important to get things done than it is to get them done perfectly. Remember, failure is the catalyst to growth. DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT.   Host: Rebecca Hintze Guest Speaker: Nick Hintze

You don't have to do a complete overhaul to see results. Start with small steps to improve different categories of your life instead of aiming for perfection.    Stay Connected With Lauren On Instagram: @lauren.kubat Email Lauren: info@laurenkubat.com Learn More About Lauren: https://www.laurenkubat.com/

Behavioral perfectionism – not to be confused with the doctrine sometimes referred to as Christian perfectionism or sinless perfection – is a sin many professing Christians struggle with (yes, it is a sin). But not only is the individual perfectionist affected by their behavior, so are those who are closest to them. In this episode of the Just Thinking podcast, Darrell Harrison and Virgil “Omaha” Walker leverage their experience as biblical counselors to walk you through what the Word of God, and other trusted biblical sources, have to say about dealing biblically with the issue of behavioral perfectionism toward the goal of gaining victory over it. Counseling the Perfectionist – article by Cody Newcome, Association of Certified Biblical Counselors Lay Aside the Weight of Perfection – article by Jon Bloom, Desiring God The Sin of Perfectionism (PDF) – article by Dr. Stanley G. Gale You Can Change: God's Transforming Power for Our Sinful Behavior and Negative Emotions – book by Dr. Tim Chester (Amazon.com) Picture Perfect: When Life Doesn't Line Up – book by Dr. Amy Baker (Amazon.com) How Does Sanctification Work? – book by Dr. David Powlison (Amazon.com) “Christian Contentment” – Just Thinking podcast (episode 96) “Why Are You Afraid?” – Just Thinking podcast (episode 113) “Why Are You Afraid?” – book by Darrell Harrison and Virgil Walker, G3 Press Support To support the podcast, please click here or copy/paste the following link into your browser - https://justthinking.me/support/ Disclaimer © Darrell B. Harrison and Just Thinking Ministries - 2012-2022. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site's author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Darrell B. Harrison and Just Thinking…for Myself with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/podcast-just/support

And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil.  John 3:19What a strange thing to be so true.  God the Father sent the Son into the world to be Light for us all.  He is the Light that dispels all darkness.  But, according to the Gospel above, “people preferred darkness to light.”  They preferred their own sins to freedom from sin.  Why is that?As an example of this reality, all we have to do is watch the news or read the newspaper.  It seems that 90% of what is reported in the news media is a sensationalistic presentation of darkness.  We hear of one murder after another or one scandal after another.  Why does the media focus upon this so much?  Because it's what sells.  And why does it sell?  Because we too often are drawn to darkness more than we are to light.  Certainly that is not the case for everyone.  So many are quite disinterested in the darkness of the world and the sensationalistic sins all around us.  But the fact that the darkness of evil is so front and center all the time should offer us a certain warning about our fallen human nature.  We tend to be drawn into mud and too often are all too happy there.Easter is a time to examine what it is you are drawn to.  Do you let yourself be drawn into the Light?  Are you attracted by those things that brighten your day?  Are you drawn to the many ways that God is present and active in the world all around you?  Hopefully you are.  But there is most likely some degree of pull toward disorder, sin and darkness.  There can be an interior conflict that everyone experiences.  It's good to be aware of this, to identify it as part of our fallen human tendency, and to seek to shed all interest in the chaos and evil all around us.  As a follower of Christ, we are called to keep our eyes on Him and on Him alone.  We are called to penetrate the darkness with our faith and to let our whole being be attracted to and drawn toward Christ Jesus.  Perfection means that even our passions and desires are ultimately drawn to Christ as the Light of our life.  Reflect, today, upon that which you are drawn toward the most.  Commit yourself to the Light this Easter Season.  Move your eyes from the temptation to become drawn in and fascinated by the evil around us, to the joyful vision of our Resurrected Lord alive and at work all around us.  Let this Light guide your daily life.Lord of Light, help me to live in Your light.  Help me to keep my eyes firmly focused upon the glory of Your Resurrection.  May the joy of that gaze keep me from the countless distractions of evil all around me.  Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: catholic-daily-reflections.comCopyright © 2022 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.