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Grounded with Chuck Quinley

Welcome friends! I’m Chuck Quinley and I want to welcome you to my new podcast, Grounded. In this episode I’ll explain what the podcast is all about and why I feel it’s important.

A bit about me. My wife, Sherry and I have been living in Southeast Asia for the past 34 years, developing the broad work of a lean nonprofit called Emerge Missions which you can learn about here. such work is a lot more dramatic than you might imagine. We’ve been through three governmental overthrows, a killer earthquake, the great Tsunami, and the kidnapping and murder of good friends. Then there are the normal pressures of living across cultures, raising six kids, and narrowly avoiding burnout many times.

So we’ve been around. We’ve tried many experiments that failed and even more that succeeded marvelously. We’ve journeyed with the rest of humanity from the world as we’ve always known it to this new tech-driven media age that is taking us to??? The jury is still out on that one. I would imagine it will be someplace wonderful with pockets of horrible like most ages.

As in every time of massive disruption, the good news is that you can be steady even as the world tilts! Yes, it’s true! God has given us all we need to survive and thrive in times of great transition. This podcast is dedicated to finding stability for the journey of the next ten years.

Being grounded comes from four stabilizers:

* A trustworthy narrative, that you truly believe. I mean you have to go all in on this narrative and stick with it through your darkest hours.

* A mindset that gives you mental toughness

* The effective support of a carefully curated human network

* A meaningful body of work, the sum total of your life’s actions

I’ve come to believe that category four is the most important by far. The others provide the strength, guidance and courage for it. I label content for category four as “Changemakers”.

Because podcasts and YouTube videos, where this discussion is also hosted are consumed a piece at a time rather than in a series like a book I will bounce around from topic to topic.

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I look forward to getting grounded together!

Every Blessing!

Chuck Quinley

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