Craig Stanland

What if, instead of living from the outside -> in, we learned to live from the inside -> out?

What if our sense of happiness, and its deeper cousin joy, came from within and wasn’t dependent on externals?

What if we choose to feel how we want to feel now, not if we achieve a particular milestone?

What if we redefined success as a connection, creation, and contribution model, not a chase?

I explore all this and more in my latest article for The Good Men Project

I'd love to know what you think.

Don't Shelf Your Dreams: The New Way to Measure Success What if, instead of living from the outside -> in, we learned to live from the inside -> out?

I voted today.

It’s the first time I’ve voted since the FBI arrested me.

Pre-prison, I intellectually understood how important the right to vote is.

Now, having voted again for the 1st time in 12 years, I emotionally understand how important it is.

I feel a deep and beautiful sense of gratitude to have regained the right after my choices lost that right.

I’ve come to realize 2 things:

Losing something allows me to understand that thing more fully than having it ever will.

Intellectual understanding doesn’t hold a candle to emotional understanding.

My opening keynote is a few hours away.

One of my rituals is to check out the stage before taking the stage.

I love connecting with the space - it helps me connect even more with the audience.

And it's surreal to see 225 copies of my book spread over 45 tables.

NexGen 2024 - Let's Gooooooo!!!!