Why the best leaders lead from the inside-out—and how to optimize for leading with a greater sense of purpose.
In order to be an effective leader of a company, a team, a community, or even a household, you have to be able to quickly read and interpret a variety of external cues.

But more importantly, you must be proficient at tuning in to your internal wisdom, because being an effective leader requires blazing a unique path—one that aligns with your purpose, goals, and mission. As Joseph Campbell wisely noted, "If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take."

Even when leaders want to lead with strength, courage, and creativity, the margin for error is so thin that it's tempting to play it safe, to hide behind statistics, and double-down on the status quo. This leads to stagnation, a loss of enthusiasm, turnover, and the unraveling of company culture.

We all want to feel a greater sense of purpose and a larger mission. And it's the leader's job to not just provide that direction, but to embody it, from the inside-out. And in doing so, you model it for others, from the head of the organization on down.

In this talk, Light will show you how to identify your purpose, why staying attuned to your internal guidance makes for excellent business decisions, how to know you're tapping into authentic leadership, the most effective way to adapt to changing times, the importance of slowing down in order to speed up, and much more. Your team will come away from this talk with a renewed sense of individual purpose along with tools for optimizing their contribution to both their individual mission as well as the shared mission of the company.

It's here to stay, so you need to know how to integrate it into your work and life.
In this talk, Light will dispel the myths surrounding the nature of the mind as it relates to the concept of "mindfulness," and all the fascinating reasons why mindfulness is often the opposite of what people think.

Light will make a compelling case for taking a more mindful approach to work and life, which will leave the audience inspired to take more consistent actions to cultivate mindfulness.

Light will cap the talk by leading the attendees through a 5 minute mindfulness exercise that they can repeat whenever they'd like at home or at work.

Hint: It's hiding in plain sight. I'll help you see it.
Without a purpose, it's hard to stay motivated to do much at all. The bad news: working purely for money is not enough of an incentive to keep people engaged, creative, and productive. They must have a greater sense of purpose.

The good news: it's not as hard as it seems to find your purpose, and it doesn't have to involve running off and joining the circus. You can find purpose right where you are, if you know where to look for it.

This talk is a big crowd pleaser as Light reverses the paradigm on the purpose conversation. Instead of looking to the future for hints of your purpose, Light teaches you to find it in what you're already doing.

How to use what naturally inspires you to start your movement.
In this talk, Light will walk the attendees through a 5-point journey that humorously demonstrates the importance of merging your "why" with your path to success.

He will provide commonsense takeaways for starting a large or small movement (such as volunteering, community service, etc.) wherever you are in life, and he will also make a case for not waiting until conditions are ideal.

Light will draw a connection between a part of a movement and feeling a greater sense of purpose in work and life.

Light will cite anecdotes from his the science of happiness and cite personal experience with starting The Shine Movement, a non-profit inspirational variety show with pop-up events in Los Angeles, New York, and London.

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