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Paul Zelizer is one of the first business and marketing coaches to focus on the needs of conscious entrepreneurs and social impact businesses. Paul runs a global coaching practice supporting conscious entrepreneurs in growing their businesses to the next level while staying true to their deepest integrity. He also works with leaders to help them increase the transformational impact that they have in their organizations and in the world. He's also is the founder of Awarepreneurs, a dynamic podcast and community that looks at the intersection of conscious business, social impact and awareness practices. Show Notes -Grew up in Hudson valley NYC Lives in Albuquerque NM Core values Adventure Mutuality - invest my time with people who understand exchange - we talk about nacarcism a lot because of key leaders and I show up and invest my time where people understand give and take and back and forth and dont where there is a lot of self centered and egos Kindness “TIkkun” - Working to make the world a better place (tikkun olam “the great healing”) Favorite book of the year - 2019 Essentialism - Nonlinear - he had a very entitled upbringing Felt very superficial and no room to be a complex person Got lost in drugs and at 17 met someone who met a wise woman (friend of his mom) : “Paul you are wired for poignant experiences - this goes one of two ways you either live a lifetime of drama and addiction and probably die early or there are these things called awareness practices that help you cultivate a rich inner life and put that wiring to work in a good way and you learn how to be of deep service to others - there are many different ways to do that - I don't care which one you pick, but pick one, please. “ There is more to the tradition I came from - there is a tradition of progressive Judaism - grandmother organized busloads of women to get to the city to fight for women's rights - Domestic Violence Training at 20 “Partially because of where I came from, I think it would be easy to have compassion for people who don't look like me - prepped me to be a more inclusive leader” Book - Fit to Fat to Fit - Understand the connection from empathy to success Values experiences and relationships over things --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sumi/message