We hear a lot about how we live in the Information Age. It’s all around us, all this data. We have the sum total of human knowledge at our fingertips. Data is the new oil.
For all our access to knowledge, we still seem to be ignorant of one of the most critical parts of our knowledge tree: self-knowledge.
We’re still living as students from the age-old lessons of hustle, grind, sleep when you die. We’re shackled to work we hate in order to pay for things we don’t need to impress people we barely know. We minimize parts of our personalities (or disown them altogether) in order to fit into slots prescribed by others.
If you only focus on the outer part of your ambition, you’re going to burn from the inside out. You burn out. You die to your soul the entire time you’re aspiring to whatever it is you think you’re doing all this grinding for.
What if, instead of a culture driven by narcissism, anxiety, greed, and haste, we created a community-driven by authenticity, generosity, courage, and connection?
What if everything we wanted on the outside really began with our hard work on the inside?
What if we learned that our purpose isn’t a career to be found but the gift of our true self to be shared?
What if we realized our true self simply by surrendering into the person we already are?
What if we discovered generative work because we focused on the gifts that grow inside us?
What if we realized that we cannot hustle our way to the purposeful life we dream about?
What if we listened to physical and mental symptoms as evidence that our soul is dissenting?
What if we brought the ego and its power and protection in service to our soul?
What if we all realized the most important measurables are the ones that reflect our true self?
These questions lie at the heart of our mission.
The Big Self School is a personal growth learning community. We teach classes and offer coaching to help changemakers deepen their self-awareness so they can improve their lives.
We’re creating new conversations that are informed by a hyper-relevant deep dive into the following core areas:
Awareness
Connection
Action
Wellness
Everything we do -- from classes to coaching to our books and media -- touches on these core areas and is intentionally structured for exploration and transformation. We have designed a proven framework for doing inner work so you can make an outer impact that is sustainable.
We believe that each and every one of us has a duty to bring forward our unique gifts to make a positive contribution to the world. To that end, the goal of self-knowledge is to move us beyond the metrics of personal fulfillment and into social impact. When we remember and unlock these gifts then we can play our destined role in healing the world.
If you want to understand yourself better, strengthen the relationships in your life, and discover your purpose, we hope you’ll join us and be a part of the Big Self School.
Learn more about the Big Self School and check out our podcast and blog.
