The Trailblazer Podcast

Welcome to The Trailblazer Podcast…   Paul Smith, Touchstone Education co-founder and The Trailblazer Podcast host, sits down to talk about his own values: how they first formed and the role they’ve played in shaping who he is today.   Highlights from this episode:   Why you need values to blaze your own trail Morals, ethics and values are often considered to be the same. They’re not. Being diagnosed with a chronic illness can lead to great things Your values versus others’ — whose matter more? Self-belief and arrogance — is there a difference and does it matter? Independence of thought What a bad day really looks like Why ‘It’s the norm’ should not be so normal You need a ‘not-to-do list’ Information is not knowledge — so what is it? Why a ‘calling’ feels so personal Aligning your values with a profession The theory of ‘linking’