Deliberate Design, Valuing Life, and Trusting Your Soul's Call ft. Alex Pauls - #394

Alex Pauls has a powerful story about shifting towards creating the life you'd really like to live. Alex is a good example of listening to the call of the soul. We talked about that story along with so many other topics. Alex Pauls' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-pauls/Alex and Kati's Business: https://kpdesign.ca/Time Stamps:2:35 - The Epiphany - "...Everyday Just Feels Like Garbage Day"6:00 - The Moment - When Alex Decided to Leave His Job10:47 - Being Tempted by Money18:40 - One Person Can Make a Giant Impact19:45 - "Tomorrow is Way More Valuable Than Money"24:45 -  Building a Solid Marriage on a Solid Foundation28:20 - We Live in Incredible Times Right Now30:39 - Finding a Partner34:20 - The Power of Finding Someone Who Sees You42:00 - Staying Safe Online 45:00 - Going Online With a Strategy47:10 - The Power of PodcastingQuotes:3:04 - "I was quickly realizing that my ladder was up against the wrong building and I was climbing in the wrong direction and I just had this lightning bolt moment."6:27 - "Man. You just said all this nonsense about how great I am - and then all of a sudden I'm this drunk and... You know you just totally played your hand of what you thought of me, deep down."6:38 - "Before Summertime, I'm gone. I just need to make a few chess moves and figure some things out.7:11 - "I was just gonna quit, but then all of a sudden I got a whole year paid for."8:00 - "We sold our house, we were homeless. We strapped some backpacks on our kids and that's how we ended up traveling Europe."8:33 - "The day we handed over the keys we got a plan and went to Europe, on our wedding anniversary which was pretty amazing."8:43 - "Getting to that point is actually way more interesting I think than the actual Europe experience which in itself was incredible."10:26 - "With anything, there is going to be a red herring - there is going to be a temptation that'll take you the wrong way."11:35 - "I always wanted to be someone's hero, somebody's big brother."14:26 - "I had a lot of what I wanted, but that piece of myself that I loved so much, had been thrown out."14:58 - "I cannot afford another red herring - I need to break away from this."16:27 - "When you need to up-level sometimes you need to jump off a pretty big cliff without a parachute and hopefully you land perfectly in the water and you can survive it."18:24 - "I was put here by God for a reason and this is my shot at making this world a better place."21:39 -  "You don't have to fit in someone else's box; you can do other stuff."23:49 - "Getting that bucket list done is easily worth 10 million dollars to me, but did it cost 10 million? No! So I got a wicked deal on these experiences."29:40 "I get a lot of peace of mind from knowing that I have an outlet."30:32 - "I knew by the time I was 16 that I was going to marry this woman, which is kind of crazy, right? But I knew that God delivered this woman to me. And the reason I knew that was because she kept pushing me - she kept pushing me to be a better man."39:13 - "I can feel myself getting drained when I'm on my phone."53:44 - "If I can level up everybody I'll just do it right away."56:44 - "Just keep on raising your average."Support the show