In the season one premiere, Anusia Gillespie talks with Scott Westfahl, Harvard Law School Faculty Director of Executive Education, about conviction, courage, and the cost of ignoring what you see wrong.

DROP ANCHOR

There's something important bothering you. Something you feel strongly about and want to change. But something is in your way. This episode is about what happens when you stop waiting and drop anchor in what you actually believe.

If you've been carrying something you want to fix, this is the conversation that gives you permission to start.

ABOUT THE EPISODE

In the season one premiere of Soul Toll, host Anusia Gillespie sits down with her longtime mentor and friend Scott Westfahl, a Harvard expert in leadership development and Faculty Director of Harvard Law School Executive Education, for a conversation about conviction, courage, and the cost of ignoring what you see wrong.

Scott has spent his career closing the leadership gap in law, training the most influential leaders in the profession. In this episode, he walks Anusia through the inflection points of a career — what someone is really thinking at the start, in the middle, and as a seasoned executive — and what universally separates the people who follow their conviction from the ones who keep it on the periphery.

ABOUT THE GUEST

Scott Westfahl is a world-renowned expert in leadership development. He is a Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School and Faculty Director of Harvard Law School Executive Education, where he designs and leads programs for senior leaders across law firms, in-house legal departments, and government. His work has shaped how the legal profession thinks about leadership, talent, and the long arc of a career.

Scott's Book Recommendation

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

https://www.amazon.com/Four-Thousand-Weeks-Management-Mortals/dp/0374159122

In this episode, you'll learn:

• What conviction looks like
• How we lose our own compass
• The cost of maximizing productivity
• The achieving brain vs. the awakened brain
• When extrinsic success swallows the intrinsic
• Why the change you keep trying to make at work isn't landing
• What we're really avoiding when we stop reflecting
• Conviction at the start, the middle, and the senior arc of a career
• What success looks like when you finally stop to look
• What to start, what to stop

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CONNECT

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PRODUCTION

Director: Michael Dynice

Writers and Producers: Anusia Gillespie, Lady Unicorn

Executive Producers: Johnny Ray, Richard Messinger

Lighting and Scenic Design: We Roadie and Grip Inc.

Post Production and Editing: Streamography

Produced for Warwick TV at Johnny Ray's Music Emporium

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READ THE BOOK

Soul Toll by Anusia Gillespie: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Toll-Anusia-Gillespie/dp/B0FN9PSS2N

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