Authenticity, Belonging, Community

S5 Ep9 : Get Intellectually Curious By Asking Why | Eric Grant


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Eric Grant is the managing partner and financial adviser with Polaris Wealth Management a firm that specializes in insurance, investments and financial advisory services for individuals and businesses. Eric has over 35 years of experience and knowledge in personal and business financial services and is a speaker and lecturer on matters related to personal and business financial planning. He also expresses himself as the host of a two-hour weekly national radio show “The Family Meeting” on WCPT and has been a contributor to various media outlets including Black Enterprise, The Wall Street Journal and WVON Radio. He’s a proud Howard University alumn with a bachelor of business administration degree in finance and insurance. And most importantly a husband and father. 

Key Takeaways

  • What is normal? Why do we accept things the way they are? — the word why is powerful

  • Collaboration comes from a high level of intellectual curiosity

  • Avoiding conflict avoids opportunities for understanding

  • In order to have good friends you have to be a good friend

  • Authenticity requires indifference to what other people think

  • Guest’s Media Recommendations:

    • “Caste” by Isabel Wilkerson (book)

    • “The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson (book)

    • “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” (book)

    • “Twisted Melodies” by Kelvin Roston Jr. (play)

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      Find Guest’s work:

      • The Family Meeting: https://heartlandsignal.com/programs/the-family-meeting/

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