your only obligation
“To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation.”
- Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
A New Episode Of LifeDesign+: Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist
It’s Thursday, which means a new episode of LifeDesign+ is dropping, and this week’s episode is a first of its kind for me. With the new programming for the podcast, every fourth Thursday will be a “book report” episode inspired by David Senra’s Founders Podcast.
I have chosen a book for each month this year, and these books are subject to change depending on what new books I might read that align with the pursuit of your authentic life and the alignment of spirit, mind, body, money—and creativity.
In this first “book report,” I dive into Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist, a very important book in my journey that often comes up as an important one for many people. This was the hardest episode I’ve ever recorded because there was so much I wanted to cover, yet didn’t want to ruin the book or have a three-hour podcast.
I expect my organization, flow, and style for these episodes to evolve and improve as I get more under my belt, but I could not be more proud of how the episode turned out. This episode is just another example of “get a game plan together and then go do”–don’t wait to have everything perfect. If I had waited until I had the perfect organization system for this episode, it would have never been recorded. I finished recording this episode in my basement last night around 10:30 EST and quickly edited it to keep my regular Thursday publishing in tact–part of me thought about delaying the release until Friday. I’m glad I didn’t!
I hope you enjoy this episode and would love to hear how The Alchemist has already impacted you or does if you decide to pick it up.
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See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,
JC
