Being in the Arena
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  • EP34 | Over Obligated Under Committed
    What are you committed to? What does it mean to be over obligated and under committed? Throughout this episode Zach will ask you to look at your calendar and ask yourself, am I being my commitments? Or are there too many obligations on your calendar and not enough commitments? This and much more in this episode of the Create Purpose Podcast.

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    • Person: Bo Eason
    • Person: Clayton Christensen 

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    29 min
  • EP33 | Fight for Your Own Greatness
    What does it mean to fight for your own greatness? Recently Zach received a great message from one of the participants from his talks and this led him to explore this idea. What does it mean to let your light shine? To reveal your true purpose in life? Find out more in this episode of the Create Purpose Podcast.

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    12 min
  • EP32 | Claiming Your Purpose with Brenda Rigney
    Brenda Rigney is a fellow business and leadership coach for business leaders and start-up entrepreneurs, she also has her own podcast called #3Uniques. In this episode of the Create Purpose Podcast she talks to Zach about how she uses her 3 Uniques to help people to claim their purpose!

    Learn more about Brenda:
    • Brenda's Website
    • Brenda's  LinkedIn
    • Brenda's Instagram

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    • Person: Simone Grace Seol
    • Person: Byron Katie
    • Book: Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
    • Book: The Antiracist Business Book by Trudi Lebron

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    48 min
  • EP31 | 3 Steps to Navigate a Recession

    Recently there has been talk of a recession on the horizon. What feeling does that create in you? More than likely it’s one of fear. In this episode Zach talks you through how you can choose to see this either as an opportunity or you can choose to hunker down with a fear response. Listen to find out Zach’s 3 steps to navigate a recession and how to make the most of a bad situation. 

     Episode resources:

    • Create Purpose Website 
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    • Book: The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

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    30 min
  • EP30 | Discovering Your Most Important Role
    Do you ever look back and think who am I? What is my role in life? This is something that Zach has contemplated for a long time and in this very personal episode of The Create Purpose Podcast, he reveals how he found his resonance. He provides you with 4 actionable steps that you can use to find your purpose and discover your most important role. 

     Episode resources:
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    • Book: Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Is by Steven Pressfield
    • Person: Thomas Merton - American Monk
    • Person: Tony Robbins  

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    23 min
  • EP29 | Do You Value Your Value?
    Why do we diminish our value in the first place? We are often taught in business that we need to create the value, but the reality is very different from this! In this episode Zach explains how to create your own value in your business that truly reflects not only your passion for your calling in life, but your true purpose.

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    19 min
  • EP28 | Hiring Well with Jackie Koch
    Jackie Koch has over 15 years of experience prospecting talent and building teams for Fortune 500 companies, startups, and online businesses. She has an MBA from Concordia University but argues she learned more about scaling a modern business over the last 5 years building people operations and recruiting teams in the LA tech start-up scene. Being an entrepreneur at heart, she launched People Principles where she helps founders scale and lead their teams with consulting and boutique recruiting services.

    Learn more about Jackie:
    • Jackie’s Website
    • Jackie’s LinkedIn
    • Jackie’s  Podcast: Hiring School

    Episode resources:
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    • Book: Who by Geoff Smart
    • Book: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
    • Book: The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
    • Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear
    • Book: The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff

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    1 hr 1 min
  • EP27 | Trusting Your Intuition with Deidre Sirianni
    Deidre Sirianni is an Activator & Guide to Visionaries, Leaders, and Impact Driven Entrepreneurs who are ready to change the world in a big way, and aren’t willing to compromise when it comes to matters of the heart. She is also a TEDx Speaker, International Best Selling Author and founder of Radically Aligned Life, a coaching and mentoring academy for those who are committed to actualizing their full potential in all areas of life. She believes that the path to fulfillment and living the life of your dreams comes down to three crucial steps and how deeply you embody them. Her work dissolves mental, emotional and physical barriers that are pulling you out of alignment with your higher purpose and from living it fully.

    Learn more about Deidre:
    • Deidre’s Website
    • Deidre’s Instagram
    • Deidre’s Book

    Episode resources:
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    • Join Zach’s Mastermind
    • Book: The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida
    • Book: Dear Lover by David Deida
    • Book:  Emissary of Light by James Twyman

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    51 min
  • EP26 | What You Say to Yourself Determines Everything
    Is the story you are telling yourself getting you where you want to go? What are the stories that we tell ourselves in order to achieve greatness? The battle with your inner voice is a daily occurrence for most of us, and in this episode Zach takes a snippet from his recent live workshop from Dallas, Texas where he explains how there are 4 stories we tell ourselves that lead us away from our goals.

     Episode resources:
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    • Book: The Legend of Baggervance by Stephen Pressfield
    • Book: The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield

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    25 min
  • EP25 | Let People Be Powerful, Stop Rescuing Them
    Are you always reaching for the kleenex box when one of your colleagues or team members is being emotional? Perhaps that’s not the right choice. In this episode of The Create Purpose Podcast, Zach explains this along with his three principles that will break the habit of rescuing your team to allow them to be their true powerful selves. 

     Episode resources:
    • Create Purpose Website 
    • Join Zach’s Mastermind
    • Book: The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukainoff and Jonathan Haidt

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    28 min

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With new episodes premiering every Thursday, Zach has conversations with people exploring what it truly means to win the inner game of building a business while wrestling with who you are, what you…