Marc Champagne: One Question Away

from Gratitude Through Hard Times · host Chris Schembra

At any point, any one of us is one question away from a completely different life.A good question creates a pause. And when we can pause, we can think, reflect, and then acknowledge the people who have formed our story up until this point. And then, most importantly, we can consider who we want to continue to fuel that story?Marc Champagne knows the life-changing power that questions have.Marc Champagne unpacks the mental fitness practices and reflective questions shaping the lives of some of the most successful and brilliant thinkers in the world. He is the host of the top 50 ranked podcast Behind The Human and co-founded the journaling app (KYO), which reached 86.9 million people without any paid advertising. He has studied mental fitness practices for over a decade and consults with Fortune 500 companies as a mental fitness strategist and speaker.Marc's first book, Personal Socrates (publishing October 2021), explores the pointed questions that stimulate our mental fitness and teach us how to direct our internal narrative to work for us instead of against us. Marc unpacks the prompts and mental fitness practices of legends such as Kobe Bryant, Maya Angelou, Robin Williams, James Clear, Coco Chanel, Stephen Hawking, and many others to bring clarity, intentionality, and possibility to every aspect of your life.In this episode, Marc dives into the power of question-asking and how it can change your life for the better.Listen to this episode and learn about:Marc giving credit and thanks to his uncle, Al Champagne (6:13)Jane Austin and 3rd party vulnerability (15:20)Why Marc wrote Personal Socrates (20:10)Why people are afraid of questions (28:16)How to get out of challenging times (31:46)Why to read Personal Socrates now versus later (36:00)Closing words from Marc (46:06)LinksConnect with Marc on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-champagne-14767b17/?originalSubdomain=caPersonal Socrates -https://baronfig.com/personal-socrates?title=default+titleBehind the Human - https://www.behindthehuman.com

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At any point, any one of us is one question away from a completely different life. A good question creates a pause. And when we can pause, we can think, reflect, and then acknowledge the people who have formed our story up until this point. And then, most importantly, we can consider who we want to continue to fuel that story? Marc Champagne knows the life-changing power that questions have. Marc Champagne unpacks the mental fitness practices and reflective questions shaping the lives of some of the most successful and brilliant thinkers in the world. He is the host of the top 50 ranked podcast Behind The Human and co-founded the journaling app (KYO), which reached 86.9 million people without any paid advertising. He has studied mental fitness practices for over a decade and consults with Fortune 500 companies as a mental fitness strategist and speaker. Marc's first book, Personal Socrates (publishing October 2021), explores the pointed questions that stimulate our mental fitness and teach us how to direct our internal narrative to work for us instead of against us. Marc unpacks the prompts and mental fitness practices of legends such as Kobe Bryant, Maya Angelou, Robin Williams, James Clear, Coco Chanel, Stephen Hawking, and many others to bring clarity, intentionality, and possibility to every aspect of your life. In this episode, Marc dives into the power of question-asking and how it can change your life for the better.

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