How “Productive Passion” Reveals Your Calling …with Todd Henry – HEED YOUR CALLING
HEED YOUR CALLING

How “Productive Passion” Reveals Your Calling …with Todd Henry

Episode #016 - How Productive Passion Reveals Your Calling …with Todd Henry

Todd Henry – Creativity Expert and Founder of Accidental Creative, Author of four books that have been translated into over a dozen languages, Host of three podcasts with millions of downloads, and a Public Speaker, teaching leaders, and organizations how to maximize their impact in the world. Gain pearls of wisdom from Todd Henry as he shares his personal journey of heeding his calling as a husband, father, servant leader, and entrepreneurial breadwinner, by putting productive passion into practice through steady daily progress.

Episode Highlights:

  • How does Todd Henry define having a calling in life?
  • How did Todd recognize his calling towards creativity?
  • What exactly is a productive passion?
  • What’s the inspiration behind Todd’s books?
  • How does Todd Henry keep up with three podcasts?
  • What is a daily routine that Todd uses for managing his time?
  • The experience of being in the sweet spot of our calling is not a feeling.
  • When did Todd come to the point that he realized he was creative?
  • A challenge we have is the urge to layer our expectations onto others.
  • Calling - Would we do what we are doing every day, even if we weren’t being paid?
  • What has been a humbling, character-building moment Todd experienced?
  • Todd Henry’s 3 most valuable pearls of wisdom?

Key Points & Quotes:

  1. "Steady daily progress is the most important aspect of building a body of work" – Todd Henry
  2. The heart of creativity is asking questions and not settling for the first answers" – Todd Henry
  3. “Your calling at any given point in time is what’s being called out of you.” – Todd Henry
  4. “Identify what I call “productive passion,” passion not meaning things I’m interested in, but passion meaning what I’m willing to suffer for, which is actually the meaning of the word passion.” - Todd Henry
  5. “Our calling isn’t about us. It’s not about how we feel. It’s not about whether we get this sense that we’re in our sweet spot or that we like what we’re doing, it’s about the act of service we can be to others around us.” - Todd Henry

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