Finding Purpose Through Empathy

Watch this episode to challenge your beliefs about finding your purpose. Nihal Ahmed is the Founder of Limitless Institute, a social enterprise that uses workshops, games, and apps to help people lead healthier, happier, and more impactful lives. In this episode, he describes his journey from engineering to social innovation, why we should “collect biases,” and why empathy fuels purpose. 00:00 Introduction 00:23 About Nihal Ahmed 02:02 Why is “collecting biases” a good thing? 04:32 How travel creates bridges of understanding 07:59 Nihal’s backstory growing up in India 10:50 What is the “Ikiguide” and how is it used? 15:14 How to identify the unmet needs in your life 17:36 Teaching empathy through games 19:30 The Game of Tomorrow 24:40 Empathy as the driver of decisions 26:10 Lessons after playing Nihal’s game 29:10 The importance of subtly ushering change 30:47 How does purpose fuel empathy? 34:10 Nihal Ahmed’s Purposeful Empathy story CONNECT WITH NIHAL AHMED ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/nihal1 ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nih.al/ CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21 ✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast This episode was brought to you by Grand Heron International REACH THEM AT ✩ Website www.grandheroninternational.ca; www.ghi.coach ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/grand-heron-international/ ✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/grandheroninternational/ ✩ Instagram @Grand_Heron_International ✩ Twitter @GrandHeronIntl ✩ https://twitter.com/GrandHeronIntl Video edited by David Tsvariani