Bozoma Saint John, an influential businesswoman and Global CMO at Netflix, shares her journey through grief and growth. She emphasizes the importance of finding satisfaction in everyday life while pursuing ambitious goals. Bozoma discusses her experiences with loss, navigating motherhood, and transforming challenges into opportunities for self-reflection. She advocates for embracing life’s unpredictability, confronting fears, and cherishing personal stories as vital components of resilience. Her insights inspire listeners to live boldly and authentically.
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Early Satisfaction
Bozoma Saint John recalls feeling satisfied even in her early career while working as Spike Lee's assistant.
Despite lacking money and riding the subway, she cherished her independence and the feeling of possibility.
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Multidimensional Existence
Healing and ambition can coexist; they aren't mutually exclusive.
Embrace the complexity of life, allowing for simultaneous joy and sadness, drive and grief.
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Embrace Messiness
Reject the idea of taking things one day at a time.
Instead, embrace a messy, unpredictable approach, defying expectations and logic.
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In *The Urgent Life*, Bozoma Saint John recounts her personal story of grief and survival. The book delves into her experiences with multiple losses, including the death of her college boyfriend, the premature birth of a child, and the terminal cancer diagnosis of her husband, Peter. Despite these adversities, Saint John and her husband chose to live life urgently, canceling their divorce and addressing past issues. The memoir explores her journey through the highs and lows, highlighting her courage and determination to live life according to her deepest values even in the face of significant challenges.
The Greatness Mindset
Unlock the Power of Your Mind and Live Your Best Life Today
Lewis Howes
In The Greatness Mindset, Lewis Howes provides a comprehensive guide to transforming one's life by clarifying personal identity, discovering a meaningful mission, and overcoming self-doubt and fears. The book offers science-backed strategies, personal anecdotes, and step-by-step guidance to help readers define their passions, values, and priorities. It emphasizes the importance of a growth mindset, healing past trauma, and developing a clear and meaningful mission to live an authentic and fulfilling life.
Bozoma Saint John is an influencer and American businesswoman who has had a stellar career in marketing, most recently as the Global Chief Marketing Officer at Netflix. She began her career at Spike Lee’s advertising agency, then going on to become a senior marketing executive at Pepsi, Apple Music, Uber, and Endeavor. She has been featured on the cover of Adweek as “one of the most exciting personalities in advertising” and has been inducted into the American Advertising Federation Hall of Achievement, as well as the American Marketing Hall of Fame, among others. Bozoma was named the #1 most influential CMO by Forbes in 2021,and has created a successful online tutorial “The Badass Workshop” which teach others to be their greatest selves.
In this episode you will learn:
How to prioritize your life.
Why you should seek satisfaction in your everyday life.
How Bozoma navigated and grew from the loss of her husband.
The powerful insights of loving someone with terminal cancer.
The School of Greatness 
