092: Bob Goff on Insecurity, Identity, and Loving Difficult People

Imagine having the secret of living without fear, care, constraint, or worry. I really believe it’s possible. See, the path toward the outsized, unfettered, liberated existence we all long for is found in a truth as simple to say as it is hard to do: love people, even the difficult ones, without distinction and without limits. And the path to doing so really isn’t found in a formula or a five-step plan. It’s found in living a life characterized by belief, vulnerability, connection, and an unwavering to remind the people in your life about who they are. Well today, I’m sitting down with a cup of tea and  someone whose life epitomizes exactly those characteristics. His name? Bob Goff. And today, we’re talking all about living a meaningful life through the lens of his brand-new book, Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People. I’m not kidding when I say the book left me in tears as much as laughter. It’s so real, just like the conversation we’re about to have.

About Bob Goff

Bob calls himself a “recovering lawyer” because after practicing law for 25 years, then becoming the Hon. Consul to Uganda, he gave up his law firm to pursue writing and speaking full time. The best part has been connecting with so many people who are on a terrific adventure as well.

Buy the Book

What happens when we stop avoiding difficult people and simply love everyone? In his wildly entertaining and inspiring follow-up to the New York Times bestselling phenomenon Love Does, Bob Goff takes readers on a life-altering journey into the secret of living without fear, care, constraint, or worry. The path toward the outsized, unfettered, liberated existence we all long for is found in a truth as simple to say as it is hard to do: love people, even the difficult ones, without distinction and without limits. Driven by Bob’s trademark hilarious and insightful storytelling, Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People reveals the lessons Bob learned – often the hard way – about what it means to love without inhibition, insecurity, or restriction. From finding the right friends to discovering the upside of failure, Everybody, Always points the way to embodying love by doing the unexpected, the intimidating, the seemingly impossible. Whether losing his shoes while skydiving solo or befriending a Ugandan witch doctor, Bob steps into life with a no-limits embrace of others that is as infectious as it is extraordinarily ordinary. Everybody, Always reveals how we can do the same. Buy Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People now.

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