[E4C47] How You Can Unleash the Conscious Capitalist Movement, From the Inside Out – Jeff Klein of Conscious Capitalism

When I did this interview for Episode 47, neither Jeff nor I realized it would be his last interview. Jeff Klein, CEO of Working for Good, Executive Director of BeingHuman.org, award winning author of Working for Good & It's Just Good Business, evangelist of Conscious Capitalism, and evolver of humanity through conscious business passed away in June 2014.

Jeff was a true visionary who dedicated every breathing moment to making his life on this Earth matter, & leaving behind a massive positive impact. How he lived his life was a true inspiration to me and to the thousands of people he touched.

Jeff Klein was a man who lived an exuberant life on purpose. He worked with CEOs to develop conscious cultures around their companies that engaged customers and stakeholders towards their shared purpose and values. More than that, he was an example of how to live life in alignment with your true calling.

I am truly honored to have been able to spend this hour getting to know Jeff, hearing his ideas & being able to share his powerful message through this podcast.

I invite you to listen to his words, experience his enthusiasm and join his mission to unleash a movement of conscious capitalists turning business into an unstoppable force for good.

Words of Inspiration from Jeff Klein

On discovering his purpose:

I had this epiphany a calling, a voice, or whatever it is that said: “Your mission, should you accept, is to leverage the power of business for the greater good, and in the process, your work will be your spiritual practice, right. And you can say that was just the integration and processing of all these thoughts I had but it became really clear to me, and I was like, “Okay! Reporting for duty! Now what do I do from here?

On fulfilling his purpose:

Now here I am at Conscious Capitalism, Being Human, Working for Good, I am doing exactly what I set out to do, I had no idea what it looked like.

How to handle failure:

I am affirmed to the fact that if you head in a general direction & touch back with that purpose - continually use it as your ground – don’t be afraid to fall on your face & get up. As long as you get up - it’s the getting up that matters. You end up somewhere.

The power of your living purpose:

Pursue a life of meaning and purpose, and out of the end service and lead with that, and the other stuff comes.

The most effective way to change the world through business:

So are we advancing our purpose, and are we advancing our business, and typically I ask those questions in that order, but you want to be doing both. And if the answer is: “Yes, we are advancing our purpose”, and the purpose is a noble one, that it really feeds you and guides you, and you’re feeding your business which is oriented to the purpose, then you’re doing the right thing, until circumstances change and you have to adapt

On optimizing your human experience:

As with the waves, such is life, you learn not to resist the stuff that takes you down, but just go with it and then bounce up, and learn: “Okay, what did I learn from that one?” And then you go back again and you apply what you learn there, and you don’t necessarily “muscle apply”, your being is now wiser, more intelligent, and “Okay, adjust that. “Oh, that one’s different! That experience or that wave, I did that, and I just tripped, or I just flew in a good way. Oh, I’m gonna do more of that!” So if you stay with it, you ultimately develop certain skills and capacities and then as you said, then it gets really fun!

On Flow:

Now I’m in flow more than not, and flow is really an awesome place to be.

If you’re out there Jeff, surfing the celestial waves and at one with the Divine Flow, and you can hear this, I thank you for the gift of your message, the honor of sharing your story, & the inspiration to keep the torch of conscious capitalism shining brightly.

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