Tom Morgan - The Power of Personal Myth Making: Crafting Your Unique Narrative

from Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby · host Tom Morgan, Dr. Daniel Crosby

Tune in to hear: - What is the role of personal myth making in ameliorating the psychological crisis of modernity that we find ourselves in? - Thinking about the current state of generalized despair at play in the world - are we consuming the wrong messages as we move through the world? - What is the 1st step in Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey? - Why aren’t we answering the call to adventure and, realistically, are we all able to answer it? - What’s the explore / exploit dissonance? - How can we identify which of our dreams are worth heroic pursuit? Also, what is a key distinction between “follow your bliss” and the hero’s journey? - How does the synthesis of our conscious and unconscious ways of being better equip us to address the challenges of life’s journey? - What is the difference between hardship that catalyzes personal growth and pain that paralyzes personal growth? https://twitter.com/tom_morganKCP https://thekcpgroup.com/insights Compliance Code: 1648-OAS-9/12/2022

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This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby speaks with Tom Morgan. Tom spent the last 16 years on Wall Street working in the distribution of research for firms like Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Consumer Edge, and Stifel. Tom is someone who inquisitively consumes content across a huge array of disciplines and extracts actionable insights for busy people. For most of the past decade, Tom wrote a weekly summary titled “The Best Bits,” which had a wide following in investment and non-investment circles. Tom holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University. He moved to New York in 2009. He grew up in a British diplomatic household, traveling around the world and spending most of his childhood in London. Tom lives in New York with his wife, Diane. Tom and Diane have a toddler named Jack, a baby named Ava and an opinionated rabbit named Frank.

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