SO1EO6 Shaun Tomson: Purpose and Flow in Surfing, Work and Life
Why has someone who’s never surfed invited one of the worlds greatest ever surfers on to his podcast?
Well, a conversation I listened to in March between Guy Kawasaki and today’s guest Shaun Thompson made a profound impact on me and offered reasons for optimism during what was such a strange and challenging time.
This podcast was originally going to be called Take My Advice (I’m Not Using It), but since it’s such a mouthful, I cut the name back a little. We discuss this theme in the podcast, though, specifically in relation to how Shaun shares his wisdom with others.
We also talk about Shaun’s fascinating life as one of the creators of professional surfing as we know it, how his life in the water and out of it has been influenced by Flow, and most importantly we discuss his Code.
Originally written as the Surfer’s Code, this was a very simple list of promises that Shaun lived his lived by using the metaphor of surfing. Following the tragic loss of his son in 2006, however, The Code became something much greater, and Shaun now shares it with people around the world.
I found this conversation inspiring and I’m certain you’ll enjoy it too.
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