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Our greatest tool for learning and growing is each other. It might be easy to think that means we should surround ourselves with people who only share our specific interests or professions. But, we may actually gain the most from those we least expect to connect with. I’ve been so blessed to cross paths with many inspiring people in my life who have influenced how I pursue my passions in both work and my personal life. Today, I’m so excited to talk to Jeff Rosenthal, who has been a catalyst for me to collaborate with many others.

Jeff is the Co-Founder of Summit, a cutting-edge organization best known for hosting global ideas festivals and events, and is the co-owner, principal designer, and developer of Summit Powder Mountain and Powder Mountain ski resort in Eden, Utah. He’s the co-author of Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

The two types of people who are “afflicted by ambition” (8:59 / 5:30)
How Jeff and his colleagues at Summit approach their events (12:03 / 9:21)
The science of altruism and winning at the game of giving (15:57 / 13:16)
Applying the mindset of possibility to creating Summit events (22:42 / 19:20)
Jeff and his colleagues’ unique approach to purchasing a mountain (28:18 / 25:14)
The secrets to bringing fun to Summit events (33:18 / 28:30)
The number-one metric Summit considers as a measure of success (36:16 / 30:20)
My life-changing experience at a Summit event (36:48 / 31:56)
The power of community and how to build it for ourselves (41:17 / 34:36)
Reimagining our world and dreaming big (53:07 / 45:00)

Get a copy of Jeff’s book, Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community, at summit.co/make-no-small-plans.

Los vientos, de Mario Vargas Llosa