Jul 27, 2026 · 35 min · 15 segments
We're taught that joy is the reward at the finish line: it comes after the promotion, after the milestone, after we've proven ourselves. But what if we've had it backwards this whole time? What if joy…
Bose AkadiriGuest
Melissa GonzalezHost
let's go i love this and i love like all the guests that i have on in season two i have so much alignment with what i've been talking about in the purpose pivot and i feel like together we're just parallel pathing and amplifying each other's messages and hopefully step by step helping everybody make positive change so before we dig into it tell us a little bit more why did you write this book

I wrote this book because I was getting a lot of questions and also because I wanted this information to be accessible.

So first, the questions came because I moved from Oklahoma City to Chicago with no job and no network.

So it is definitely a point of inflection for me, but people were very curious as to how I did this.

So I understood what I enjoyed and I applied that across what I call the four key areas of life, personal, professional, health, and financial.

And once I understood my joy, even when things were difficult, it gave me drive because I knew exactly where I was going.

And then secondarily, I'm going into companies, I'm teaching these strategies, I'm helping leaders, I'm helping other high achievers.

And what better way to get it in the hands of masses than to do a book? Because I know not everybody works at a company that's going to be bringing me in.

I wanted to make sure that your everyday person had access to understanding, how do I use joy to amplify my life?

let's go i love this and i love like all the guests that i have on in season two i have so much alignment with what i've been talking about in the purpose pivot and i feel like together we're just parallel pathing and amplifying each other's messages and hopefully step by step helping everybody make positive change so before we dig into it tell us a little bit more why did you write this book

I wrote this book because I was getting a lot of questions and also because I wanted this information to be accessible.

So first, the questions came because I moved from Oklahoma City to Chicago with no job and no network.

So it is definitely a point of inflection for me, but people were very curious as to how I did this.

So I understood what I enjoyed and I applied that across what I call the four key areas of life, personal, professional, health, and financial.

And once I understood my joy, even when things were difficult, it gave me drive because I knew exactly where I was going.

And then secondarily, I'm going into companies, I'm teaching these strategies, I'm helping leaders, I'm helping other high achievers.

And what better way to get it in the hands of masses than to do a book? Because I know not everybody works at a company that's going to be bringing me in.

I wanted to make sure that your everyday person had access to understanding, how do I use joy to amplify my life?
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