August 18, 2025

Ep. 514 Life Advice for Entrepreneurs from the Terminally Ill with Travis Luther MA

49 minutes

Learn how business leaders and entrepreneurs are being taught to find meaning in life from the stories of the terminally ill.

My guest Travis Luther MA is a sociologist and entrepreneur and a recognized expert in childhood trauma. He teaches business leaders through workshops, one-on-one coaching, and keynote speaking about finding deeper meaning in work and life. He is the author of the forthcoming book What We Learn When We Learn We Are Dying: Life Advice from the Terminally Ill. He discusses his current work and his advice for entrepreneurs based on what he has learned from numerous interviews with people dealing with terminal illness. Learn more at his website:

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This episode includes:

What inspired Travis to interview people facing terminal illness

Why he teaches entrepreneurs the lessons he has learned

How this teaching is received

His teaching about the “lived” and the “unlived” life of entrepreneurs

Why Travis focused on younger people and entrepreneurs for the interviews he did

The most common advice was to stop deferring life to the future and live now

Unprocessed trauma and grief are common for people in the entrepreneurial community

The Time Traveler MethodTM developed by Travis

Why almost everything that happens can be viewed as a lesson to learn from

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