The Other Side Of Potential
Welcome to The Other Side of Potential podcast, hosted by Dr. Sharon Spano. Each episode explores the many complexities of our world that often disrupt our ability to effectively lead ourselves and others.
Join Sharon in provocative conversations with cutting-edge trailblazers as they navigate The Art of High-Impact Leadership and how to move beyond the daily pressures of success to a place of radical abundance.
The Other Side Of Potential
Episode 345: Best Of: From Success to Significance: Finding Your Why with Paul Epstein
In this inspiring episode, I talk with Paul Epstein, former NFL and NBA executive turned purpose-driven leader, speaker, and coach. Paul shares his remarkable career journey in professional sports and how a pivotal leadership retreat helped him discover his true purpose — leading others to unlock their potential through purpose and performance.
Paul explains his decision to leave a dream career in sports to create Purpose Labs, a platform dedicated to helping individuals and organizations discover and activate their why. Drawing from personal loss, leadership experiences, and coaching, Paul reveals how purpose can sustain us through adversity, fuel our professional lives, and help us build legacies of impact.
What You'll Learn in This Episode:
- How Paul Epstein transitioned from a high-profile sports executive to purpose-driven entrepreneur
- The importance of discovering your personal “why” and how it transforms leadership
- How to distinguish between success and significance
- The role of personal values in driving impactful decisions
- How to identify the activities that energize vs. deplete you
- The power of journaling to clarify purpose and daily excitement
- How purpose helps leaders and teams build cultures of trust and performance
- Tips for anyone feeling “stuck” in success without fulfillment
- The Purpose Labs model for integrating meaning, mission, and motion
- Why reflection on life experiences (like creating a “lifeline”) reveals core themes for personal growth
Transcript: Here
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