272. Robert Glazer | The Compass Within

In today’s episode, we have the pleasure to interview Robert Glazer, author of The Compass Within. Robert is a #1 Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestselling author of seven books, including Elevate, Friday Forward, and Elevate Your Team. He’s the founder and chairman of Acceleration Partners, a global leader in partnership marketing, and the creator of Friday Forward, a weekly newsletter read by over 200,000 leaders in 100+ countries. He’s A TEDx speaker, top-rated CEO, and host of the Elevate Podcast—a top 1% global show with more than 3 million downloads—Robert has been featured in Harvard Business Review, The Today Show, Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc. Magazine. He’s known for helping individuals and organizations clarify their values, elevate performance, and build cultures that actually live their principles. In this episode, you’ll learn how to uncover and articulate your personal core values using six deceptively simple questions, why alignment across the “big three” decisions—partner, community, and work—determines your daily energy and long-term success, and how to turn values into real decision-making tools (not wall art) with a validator test and practical rituals. We hope you enjoy this incredible conversation with Robert Glazer. To Learn More about Robert and buy his book visit: The Book: https://a.co/d/5zzxDxI Website/Socials: https://robertglazer.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/glazer/ https://www.instagram.com/robertglazer_ Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:56 Figuring out what your core values are 7:43 Why company values & reality most times don’t match 10:33 Fiction narrative as a more effective way of communication 12:30 Companies always have values & priorities 16:37 The big 3 in life & alignment to core values 21:37 Picking a life partner based on values 28:08 Work, business and values alignment 31:56 6 questions to find out your core values 34:39 Using AI to work through your core values 35:58 Where to connect with Robert, his work and book ____________________________________________ Join the world's largest non-fiction Book community! https://www.instagram.com/bookthinkers/ The purpose of this podcast is to connect you, the listener, with new books, new mentors, and new resources that will help you achieve more and live better. Each and every episode will feature one of the world's top authors so that you know each and every time you tune-in, there is something valuable to learn. If you have any recommendations for guests, please DM them to us on Instagram. (www.instagram.com/bookthinkers) If you enjoyed this show, please consider leaving a review. It takes less than 60-seconds of your time, and really makes a difference when I am trying to land new guests. For more BookThinkers content, check out our Instagram or our website. Thank you for your time!