How To Understand Your Purpose w/ Blaine Bartlett (E112)

May 1, 2025

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Understanding your purpose involves embracing the idea that purpose isn't something we create but something that finds us when we surrender and allow it.

Joining us today is Blaine Bartlett, President and CEO of Avatar Resources, Inc., keynote speaker, and top executive business & leadership coach. Blaine is also the author of Compassionate Capitalism: Journey To The Soul of Business.

In this episode, Blaine dives deep into the concept of purpose, sharing his journey of discovering it and how it ultimately led to the founding of Avatar Resources. He also shares his unique approach to helping people distinguish between facts and personal truths.

Blaine reflects on his experience of supporting his spouse through a battle with cancer, drawing on his resilience after the loss of his first partner to the same disease. Additionally, he challenges traditional views on wealth accumulation, explaining why it’s unhealthy for both individuals and society. His insights on compassion and integrity offer a fresh perspective on living a fulfilling and impactful life.

Timestamps:

[02:39] Who is Blaine Bartlett?

[04:42] Purpose

[08:57] Facts vs. Truth

[11:31] Blaine's purpose

[15:39] Power of questions

[19:45] Path to Avatar Resources

[24:30] Compassion & Integrity

[37:27] Shift to legalities in business

[47:57] Recognizing incongruence

[50:59] Life with a spouse battling cancer

[01:02:38] Wealth accumulation

[01:07:12] Current focus

[01:13:48] Closing reflections

Key Takeaways:

• We don't find our purpose; our purpose finds us when we accept and surrender enough to allow it. ~Brian Bogert [04:25]

• Signs follow; they don't precede. ~Neville Goddard [05:13]

• There are the facts, and then there is what's true. ~Brian Bogert [07:57]

• Reality is a function of perceptive observation and experience. ~Blaine Bartlett [09:23]

• The only time we get stuck in life is when we stop asking questions because questions create options and opportunities for new choices. ~Brian Bogert [15:24]

• Imagination lives at the threshold of the soul. ~Carl Jung [21:26]

• Without the play of imagination, nothing of consequence ever comes into being. ~Carl Jung [21:36]

• Compassion without understanding is still a privilege, not a connection. ~Brian Bogert [25:12]

• Relationships don't end; they just change forms. ~Blaine Bartlett [49:34]

• Seemingly resistant situations where we're not getting what we want can be transformed in an instant if we open ourselves to possibility. ~Brian Bogert [59:02]

• Anything that serves as a center of accumulation ultimately becomes toxic. ~Blaine Bartlett [59:41]

• Money is energy. ~Blaine Bartlett [01:02:38]

• Be a center of distribution in your own life. ~Blaine Bartlett [01:13:48]

People Mentioned and Other Resources:

1. Compassionate Capitalism: Journey To The Soul of Business: https://bit.ly/40RZ9nV

2. The Untethered Soul: https://bit.ly/4lLXJGG

3. The Surrender Experiment: https://bit.ly/42wfaUb

4. Conscious Capitalism: https://bit.ly/431MZN4

Keep In Touch with Blaine Bartlett:

Website: https://www.blainebartlett.com/

Podcast: https://www.blainebartlett.com/podcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/blainebartlett