EP. 90 When you feel like you’re stuck in your own head and you can’t get out of your own way, the best way to change that is to help someone else.
It was January 3rd 2011 when Chris Winfield finally checked into rehab after drinking since the age of 13. His addiction led to an isolated life, which had created a ‘god-sized’ hole that left him wanting more. On the outside, everything looked good. The company he co-founded employed over 100 people and grew to a bunch of offices, but he wasn’t happy.
Then a piece of pizza changed his life.
During a phone call where he was trying to save his imploding company, his 3 ½-year-old daughter appeared looking for breakfast. Chris wasn’t available. The sight of his daughter stretching up to the microwave to reheat her own pizza changed him in a heartbeat.
If he couldn’t be available for the most important person in his life, something was drastically wrong. He had to do different.
The pizza moment kick-started a daily habit that’s fueled and shaped Chris’s life ever since – and it’s all focused around helping. And with the law of reciprocity stirred into motion, Chris’ life transformed.
Nowadays, Chris’s life is all about helping other people. As co-founder and CEO of Super Connector Media, Chris empowers entrepreneurs with their publicity and marketing so they can get their message out into the world.
The Helping One Person Everyday [or H.O.P.E] philosophy is infused into everything Chris does – earning him the nickname, “The Super Connector”. Chris is a one-of-a-kind person. He’s someone who has a genuine love for people and who’s passionate about celebrating others. In this incredible episode, Chris shares key insights that will inspire you to leverage helping as a force for transformation.
Tune into this episode to discover:
- The full pizza story
- Why vulnerability is a powerful helping force
- How to help even if you don’t know how
- Why it’s ‘selfish’ to turn down help from others
- Why nature abhors a vacuum and what this means for the give-get cycle
- Morning routine suggestions that help get you going
- Why you only ever need to be 51% committed [and how this principle can change your life]
It’s a doozy!
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Fear, ego and expectations: Any issue, any problem, anything that I have ever created has come back to those.
Chris Winfield