Beyond Your WHY How to Find the Compass Within: Build a Life Aligned with Your Core Values with Robert Glazer
Oct 14, 2025
Join Robert Glazer, bestselling author and leadership expert, as he discusses his insights on finding your core values. He explains how values guide decision-making and why high achievers often lose their way when they ignore them. Listeners will learn about the consequences of sidestepping their internal compass and how to realign with awareness. Glazer also shares the inspiration behind his parable, The Compass Within, emphasizing the importance of curiosity and practical frameworks to achieve authentic leadership.
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Stepping Back From CEO To Stay Effective
- Robert stepped down from CEO when the company outgrew an R&D‑style founder role and needed an operator.
- He says visionary/operator balance and a strong number two prevented exhausting his team with endless new ideas.
Marriage Shows How Values Clash
- Robert uses why language in his marriage and regularly clashes with his wife (a Right Way) over trip plans and ideas.
- His wife’s blunt feedback sometimes rejects his ideas but also occasionally validates a better one.
Core Values Are Your Inner Instruction Manual
- Core values are 3–5 non‑negotiable principles that guide choices and behavior.
- They are intrinsic, formed in formative years, and should reflect who you were, not who you want to be.
