#89 - Steven Stigliano - Author, Business Leader & Father

In this episode, Gian Carlo sits down with his father in his backyard in South Carolina, marking both his father's birthday and the recent release of his first book. What begins as a conversation about the book's origin unfolds into a much wider reckoning — early childhood trauma, a breakdown on the Garden State Parkway that became a turning point, a cross-state move made on faith rather than a plan, and the slow, hard-won shift from self-deprecation to self-critique. His father traces how leadership found him — through poverty, an unlikely mentor, and years of coaching youth soccer — long before he ever wrote about it, and unpacks the HEART framework at the center of his book: hope, empathy, authenticity, remembrance, and truth. The conversation turns personal as Gian Carlo shares the news that he and his wife are expecting, prompting a wide-ranging exchange on fatherhood, gratitude, the danger of tying self-worth to career or curated success, and what it means to separate who you are from what you do. It closes on the book's central message — that people matter — and a story about a childhood soccer ball that became a lesson in legacy.FOLLOW STEVEN ► (CLICK HERE) 2.5 BILLION HEARTBEATS (THE BOOK) ► (CLICK HERE)STEVENS INSTAGRAM ► (CLICK HERE)SUBSCRIBE ► https://www.youtube.com/@UC7fGr0b4pbFeVzwtDUYzEMA Switch to Musicbed and start your 14-day free trial today: https://musicbed.com/tcgpSign up to Milanote for free with no time-limit: https://milanote.com/carlostigsLearn more about Nanlite & Nanlux Products: https://nanlite.com/ // https://www.nanlux.com/#/en❤️ Enjoy the show? Rate us on Apple Podcasts & Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6yWlxm2ktUy9DFUbTi0jA8?si=d8b2250d259448c4 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creative-gap/id1639440566🤝 Follow The Podcast & Carlo!The Creative Gap: https://www.instagram.com/creativegap/ | https://www.youtube.com/@CreativeGapPodcastCarlo: https://www.instagram.com/carlostigs/ | ⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@carlostigs