Living on Purpose: The Peaceful Warrior’s Way
Dan Millman is a former world-champion gymnast, Stanford coach, martial arts instructor, and college professor. He is the author of the international best-seller Way of the Peaceful Warrior, as well as three books on purpose -- The Life You Were Born to Live, Living on Purpose and The Four Purposes of Life. Married for over 30 years, Dan and his wife live in northern California.
Finding Purpose on the Integral Path Ken Wilber is regarded as one of the most important philosophers in the world today. He is the most widely translated academic writer in America, with 25 books translated into some 30 foreign languages. He is the originator of “Integral Theory”. Incorporating cultural studies, anthropology, systems theory, developmental psychology, biology, and spirituality, it has been applied in fields as diverse as ecology, sustainability, psychotherapy, psychiatry, education, business, medicine, politics, sports, and art.
Passion Test - How to live out your most Powerful Purpose Janet is the co-author of the New York Times Bestseller, “The Passion Test- The Effortless Path To Discovering Your Life Purpose”, and co-author of “From Sad to Glad: 7 Steps to Facing Change with Love and Power”. As an expert on what it takes to live a passionate life, she has presented her programs as a featured speaker to hundreds of thousands of people around the world with The Dalai Lama, Sir Richard Branson, T. Harv Eker, Jack Canfield, Lisa Nichols, Stephen Covey, Brendon Burchard and others.
Bringing Purpose to Your Relationship: The Peaks and the Pitfalls John Gray is the leading relationship expert in the world and best-selling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. John’s books have sold over 50 million copies in 50 different languages around the world. John’s newest book teaches us how achieve a more comfortable and productive work environment and is titled Work with Me: The 8 Blind Spots between Men and Women in Business.
Masculine Power and the New Paradigms of Men and Women Tim Kelley is a global change agent and internationally renowned expert on higher purpose. He is the author of True Purpose and the best-selling coauthor of three other books. Tim has trained over 1000 consultants, therapists and coaches in his methods. He has worked with hundreds of CEOs, including top leaders and executive teams from such companies as Nabisco, ING, Oracle, Lexmark and AOL.
The Hidden Riches of Purpose: Ancient Secrets for Living a Life of Passion and Meaning Chris Attwood is co-author of the New York Times bestseller, “The Passion Test – The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Life Purpose”. He is a founding member of the Transformational Leadership Council, which includes over 100 of the top speakers, trainers and authors in the world and of the Expert’s Industry Association.
Tapping into Your Aliveness to Open to Your Purpose Charles is a speaker and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. His viral short films and essays online have established him as a genre-defying social philosopher and countercultural intellectual.
Feminine Power - Awakening the Three Power Bases of the New Co-Creative Feminine Claire Zammit is the co-creator of the Feminine Power courses for women and co-leads a thriving community of thousands of women throughout the world. Claire is the co-author of the forthcoming book, Feminine Power: Awakening to the Creative Force of Life and co-creator and co-host of the internationally acclaimed Women on the Edge of Evolution teleseries.
The Ever Forward Story in 3D - Desire, Dedication, Determination After working in Corporate America for 5 years the deeply rooted passion to educate took over and Ashanti returned to school to become a high school math teacher. In 2004, during his first year teaching math at San Lorenzo High School, Ashanti founded The Ever Forward Club in 2004 to decrease the young men of color who were failing classes. In 2006 the program added support circles for young women.
Are You Willing for Evolution to be Easy? Arjuna Ardagh is an awakening coach, writer, teacher and public speaker. He is the author of seven books and many audio and video products, including the 2005 bestseller The Translucent Revolution, and his most recent book Leap Before You Look. He is the Founder of the Living Essence Foundation and Awakening Coaching Training, in Nevada City, CA, organizations dedicated to the awakening of consciousness within the context of ordinary life.
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: Finding Your Purpose in Unusual Places At age 35, inspired by visit to a dilapidated Nepali primary school with an empty library, John Wood left an executive career track at Microsoft to build one of the fastest-growing non-profits in history. In just 13 years and from a standing start, Room to Read has opened 1,675 schools and more than 15,000 libraries across ten developing countries. What’s more, Room to Read is on track to meet an audacious goal: reach 10 million of the world’s poorest children by 2015.
What's Next?: The Age of Life Reimagined Richard Leider is Founder and Chairman of The Inventure Group, a coaching and consulting firm that has created a wide array of programs and experiences for clients such as AARP, Caterpillar, Ericsson, Habitat for Humanity, and MetLife. Richard is the author of eight books, including three best sellers, and his work has been translated into 21 languages. “The Power of Purpose” and “Repacking Your Bags” are considered classics in the personal growth field.
Adversity Is The Stepping Stone To Finding Your Purpose Coach Michael Taylor is an entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker and radio show host. He has dedicated his life to empowering men to live extraordinary lives and therefore he writes books, facilitates lectures and provides a radio program dedicated to assisting men in this endeavor. He is launching a new television series titled “A New Conversation With Men” (based on his book of the same title).
Cultivating Sexual Energy Adds the Zest of Passion to Your Purpose Susan Bratton is an advocate for all men who seek to be better lovers — to lead their woman to her sensual potential. She is equally passionate about supporting women’s sexual empowerment and fervently believes great personal growth comes from intimate physical connection. Bratton is co-founder and CEO of Personal Life Media. Susan is an award-winning speaker and internationally-renowned author of over 1,000 articles on intimacy.
Be True to Yourself: The Power of Authenticity Mike is the author of two books, Focus on the Good Stuff and Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken. He’s an expert in teamwork, emotional intelligence, and the powers of appreciation and authenticity, and delivers keynotes and seminars that empower people and organizations to be more successful.
Wake Up Your Inner Wisdom & Remember Your Purpose Amy Ahlers, the Wake-Up Call Coach and bestselling author, is on a mission to wake up the sacred in your everyday life. Since 2000, she has been an International Certified Success Coach, the CEO of Wake-Up Call Coaching and co-founder of Inner Mean Girl Reform School with Christine Arylo, Visionary Ignition Switch with Lissa Rankin and Find Your Calling with Lissa Rankin and Martha Beck.
The Purpose of Relationships: What’s Love Got to Do with It? Rich Tosi is the co-founder of the ManKind Project, a nonprofit international men's educational organization that empowers and transforms men to realize their full potential. Over 50,000 men have participated in ManKind Project trainings. With his wife, Char, he is also the Co-Founder of "The Couples Weekend."
The Purpose of Relationships: What’s Love Got to Do with It? Char Tosi has touched the hearts and lives of thousands of men and women around the world through her work as founder of Woman Within, International, a non-profit organization committed to the empowerment of women, co-author of Your Mother’s Pillow Workshop, and presenter of the Couples Weekend with her husband, Rich Tosi, co-founder of the ManKind Project.
Two Kinds of Life Purpose: Societal and Soulful Bill Plotkin, Ph.D., is a depth psychologist, wilderness guide, and agent of cultural evolution. As founder of southwest Colorado’s Animas Valley Institute, he has, since 1980, guided thousands of women and men through nature-based initiatory passages, including a contemporary, Western adaptation of the pan-cultural vision fast.
Creating a Purpose-Filled Life of Bottomless Happiness and Limitless Success Zhena Muzyka, author, keynote speaker, mom and activist founded of Zhena’s Gypsy Tea in 2000 to fund her son’s lifesaving operations. Today, Zhena’s son Sage is a healthy fourteen-year-old and Zhena’s Gypsy Tea is a thriving, purpose-driven brand, whose goal is to make a difference in people’s lives by offering premium teas and sustainable goods that benefit health, protect the environment, and support humanitarian efforts.
Social Entrepreneurship – Ignite Your Ability to Make Money and a Difference David is a motivating millennial leader, social entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and published writer. Currently, he is Campaign Director of the GameChangers 500, a network of the world's top purpose-driven organizations. Similar to how Fortune 500 ranks organizations on revenue, the GameChangers 500 (GC500) ranks the top 500 purpose-driven organizations, such as Patagonia, Tesla, Whole Foods, and IDEO, based on their ability to make a profound positive impact using business as a force for good.
Discover, Fuel and Manifest your Life Purpose David Fabricius is a world renowned leadership, life purpose, and life-balance / life-optimization / performance enhancement speaker for elite audiences. David is a "go-to" expert leader for men's initiations into mature, conscious Full-Spectrum Manhood for the 21st century. He is an initiated MKP brother, and has initiated men in his own "Agoge," for The Shift Network and MDI. He is the author of 11 books in Sweden, South Africa, and the United States.
Gift Community: Creating Purpose Together Bill Kauth was a psychotherapist in 1984 when he conceived and co-created the New Warrior Training Adventure (now presented by The ManKind Project) to well over 50,000 men. Zoe Alowan has been actively engaged in sacred art for many decades. Her life is about reclaiming essence wisdom. Feeling called in 2006 to build safe, trusting, long term, committed, local communities of men and women, Bill, with his wife Zoe Alowan, founded Gift Community and co-authored the book “We Need Each Other: Building Gift Community”.
The Movement Blueprint: How to Start and Lead Your Own Global Movement When you step into your purpose, you ignite the world with your passion, integrity and generosity. Learn how you can catalyze a movement by stepping into your own self-worth and the worthiness of your vision. Jenny will be sharing her 5-step Movement Blueprint, a system designed to take you from the inception of your method to its profound and scaleable impact.
Finding Gold: A Doorway to Understanding the Sacred Feminine Dale changes intentions into actions by helping individuals and groups learn and integrate knowledge, skills, and values. She is Co-Founder and past President of Woman to Woman Kentuckiana, and currently serves on the Woman Within International, Ltd. Board of Directors. SageAdvice, her coaching/consulting practice, is the culmination of over three decades of experience in mission-based management, career counseling, leadership initiatives and empowerment trainings worldwide.
Be a Game Changer: Work for a Purpose, not for a Paycheck Andrew Hewitt is the bestselling author of "The Power of Focus for College Students." Andrew’s most recent creation is the GameChangers 500 — a list that profiles organizations that are reinventing the world and redefining the rules of business around fun, fulfillment and fairness to all life. If the Fortune 500 was the benchmark for success in the 20th Century, Andrew’s vision is for the GameChangers 500 to become that benchmark for the 21st Century.
Choosing the Heroic: A Manifesto For The End of Normal A prolific author, speaker, screenwriter, film producer, mentor and coach, Adam Gilad lives to spark his readers, clients and audiences into creating a robust, daring and fearless life of love, adventure and nurturance. An Emmy Nominated Executive Producer, Adam’s award-winning films have appeared on USANetworks, Lifetime and TNT. He has authored over 20 television shows and teaches dating, intimacy and deep eros.
The call to make a difference, to find deeper meaning, to bring your gifts and passions more fully into your daily life.
You’re ready to shine the light of who you are more brightly into the world.
You know there is potentially more to life than what you have seen and done so far. You’re done with the ruts and the routines, and yet not quite sure how to find your way – to living your life to it fullest…to your highest potential.
It is your purpose, the gift of YOU, that will help guide your way. Your North Star.
Every hero, real or imagined, is driven by purpose. It’s the source of energy, direction, focus. It’s the sense of power we feel when investing our unique gifts and talents into a world that needs our passion, creativity and care. And you are the hero of your own life.
Many of us are so over-scheduled, content-saturated, multitask-distracted, and burned-out by the intensity of life that there is little space left for exploring our purpose.
In our need-it-in-a-nanosecond digital age, we don’t usually take time to truly explore the essential questions:
“What is my purpose?” And “How do I cultivate a purposeful life?”
And these…“What brings me alive? What’s possible when my creativity, energy, and power are in line with my calling? How will I serve the world?”
It’s time to make this personal and collective exploration a priority. The Power of Purpose Summit was built on the idea that we can come together as a community and look deeply at purpose, meaning, service, and happiness in our lives.
This is a place to get tools, ideas, and inspiration from a diverse group of teachers who can help you make the necessary shifts in your life to align yourself with your purpose — ready to give the greatest gifts you have to offer.
It’s time for you to start. To heed the call. Time to put important things first … to discover and start living your purpose.
And like any heroic call, you cannot go it alone.
Luminaries from all walks of life came together to build a fire with us — to share their deep wisdom with us. These men and women have lived big lives, they have struggled, failed and succeeded, grown and learned. They have wisdom and inspiration to share…with you!
Join the Power of Purpose Summit. Join thousands of men and women tapping into their authentic power to become the rising change-makers of this generation.
The journey before us is one we all face, and it’s best taken together, and the more we support one another in fully claiming our purpose, the more our contributions will positively impact the world.