On this week’s episode of Drifting On Purpose we have an amazing conversation with Tom Morris PhD. Tom is one of the world's top public philosophers and is also a pioneering business thinker. He has a joint Ph.D. from Yale in Religious Studies and Philosophy and is one of the most popular teachers in Notre Dame’s history Where he taught for 15 years. He's the author of over 30 books including True Success, Plato's Lemonade Stand, The Art of Achievement, If Aristotle Ran General Motors, The Oasis Within and in 1999 wrote the book Philosophy For Dummies, and recently this year has co-authored a book with Gregory Basham called Stoicism for Dummies.

Tom shares with us his incredible journey in becoming the first public philosopher since Ralph Waldo Emerson, ideas on how to do what you love, why Stoicism is exploding with popularity, why is learning about Philosophy important, keys to leadership greatness and so much more!

To find out more about Tom Morris:

Website: https://www.tomvmorris.com

Social: @tomvmorris

Buy all his books on Amazon!

Topics Discussed:

00:40: introduction of topic

01:34: Azriel confesses

02:55: Tom’s journey to becoming a public philosopher

04:55: Why Tom’s class was so popular at Notre Dame

06:55: First public philosopher since Ralph Waldo Emerson

09:10: Its not fear, its love that drive people to be their best

09:35: Be the only!

10:45: Impact first, income second

12:13: Why is stoicism so popular right now?

14:17: Some things we can control and some thing we can’t control

17:32: The obstacle is the way

19:00: You learn by doing

20:16: How Tom stays excited about what he loves to do

24:26: Be authentic, that’s the easiest thing to do

25:30: New to philosophy? Start here!

26:28: What is wisdom?

28:24: 2 Keys to leadership greatness

31:00: How to find out more about Tom

32:18: Show wrap up

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