SHOW INTRODUCTION:
Today I’ll be talking with Matthew Emerzian, founder of CEO of Every Monday Matters, and the author of an inspiring new read we need today more than ever, “You Matter“.
And that’s just what I want to talk with him about today, about learning to love who you really are, especially in these social distancing times.
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BOOK BY MATTHEW EMERZIAN:
You Matter.: Learning to Love Who You Really Are (Hardcover)
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MORE ON MATTHEW EMERZIAN:
Matthew Emerzian is the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of Every Monday Matters (EMM), a not-for-profit organization committed to helping people and organizations understand how much and why they matter. The EMM K-12 Education Program currently reaches over 1.5 million students in 49 states and 6 countries, and the EMM Employee Engagement Program is changing the culture of companies nationwide. Emerzian’s new book, Every Monday Matters – How to Kick Your Week Off with Passion, Purpose, and Positivity, hit the stores in January 2019. His work has been hailed by Oprah.com, The TODAY Show, Fast Company Magazine, The Huffington Post, Hallmark TV, and several other media outlets. Over the past ten years, Emerzian has traveled the country sharing his unique story and insight on finding purpose. His life-changing message focuses on sustained personal and social change that happens by stepping outside of our selves. His third book, You Matter – Learning to Love Who Your Really Are, is out February 2020.
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Matthew Emerzian Online: Website
Key Points Discussed:
- Do we truly matter in this time of social distancing? (03:28)
- Going after what matters most once the pandemic is over (04:36)
- What it was like working for Robert Kardashian and feeling alone in a crowded room (06:21)
- Growing up different, always trying to fit in, and as the misfit (09:24)
- The Monday morning when he cracked because his body had had enough (12:16)
- Having a meaning greater than ourselves, and how us mattering is not about us (14:10)
- How picking up litter every Saturday taught him more gratitude and gave him significance and meaning (16:39)
- Learning how he mattered from showing convicted felons they mattered (18:39)
- What does it mean that we matter? (20:51)
- The importance of community and the Coronavirus is affecting relationships in homes (23:20)
- The things that we go after in life and the value of making a difference in the world (28:35)
- Getting through the current pandemic by looking at the “We” perspective (32:00)
- The blessing of anxiety and depression for Matthew (34:10)
- Doing what we can to bring more smiles to people today (36:08)
- A real-life example of how powerful the words “You Matter” are (38:00)
- How most people have a hard time accepting compliments and how it hurts us (42:38)
- The challenge with the statement “You must be able to love yourself before you can love another” (46:06)
- Learning about Ubuntu (We are because of each other) from Vitamin T (48:00)
- The massive difference of staying home and sending out love to others (54:14)
- What is our personal mission statement? (57:18)
- Going out and starting a new hobby that can serve others (1:04:00)
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