You can be successful and still feel like something’s missing from your life. A meaningful life is built when your life makes sense to you, has purpose and direction, and is rooted in healthy relationships.

In this episode, Andy Stanley sits down with Arthur Brooks, bestselling author and Harvard professor, to explore why so many successful people still feel unfulfilled.

Together, they unpack the three essential components of meaning, why our culture is making it harder to find, and how even suffering can become a catalyst for deeper clarity and growth. They also explore the shift from a self-focused life to one centered on serving others and why that shift changes everything.

If you’ve ever felt busy but off, or successful but unsatisfied, this conversation will help you realign what matters most and take a simple first step toward a more meaningful life and leadership.

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Here is what they cover in this episode:

• Why anxiety, loneliness, and meaninglessness have surged in recent years (7:18)
• The three components of meaning: coherence, purpose, and significance (9:31)
• Why life feels empty when everything seems random—and how faith restores coherence (12:18)
• How suffering actually helps us discover meaning (19:29)
• The shift from “me self” to “I self” and why serving others changes everything (21:58)
• A simple starting point: creating silence so meaning can find you (32:15)

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Purpose and profit fuel each other. The more purpose you have in your organization, the more growth you’ll see.

In this episode from 2020, Jeff Henderson joins Andy to wrap up their conversation on growth. This time they're covering why the winning organizations of tomorrow will be more concerned with becoming fans of their customers instead of convincing customers to become fans of the organization.

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In last week’s episode, Andy sat down with his Executive Assistant of nearly 30 years, Diane Grant, to talk about one of the most overlooked leadership advantages: a strong leader–assistant partnership.

In this REVERB episode, Andy and Suzy unpack what it takes to make that partnership work well. They discuss how trust multiplies leadership capacity, why many leaders struggle to release decision-making to their assistants, and why saying “you decide” may be one of the most important leadership moves you can make.

If you want to delegate more effectively, build trust with your team, and create a no-surprises leadership environment, this conversation will help you lead with greater clarity and confidence.

Recognized as one of Forbes' 6 Leadership Podcasts To Listen To In 2024 and one of the Best Leadership Podcasts To Stay in the Know for CEOs, according to Industry Leader Magazine.

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