Are you looking for fulfillment? How can understanding your why give you purpose? Are you willing to do the work? In this podcast episode, Billy and Brandy Eldridge speak with Dr. Paul Corona about finding true fulfillment in life, even in a pandemic. Meet Dr. Paul Corona Dr. Paul L. Corona is a clinical professor of leadership in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where his teaching and coaching ratings average 96/100. Paul is also the founder of the award-winning Lee’s 3 Habits system, which helps motivated professionals and organizations build stronger relationships and achieve greater happiness – and he’s the author of The Wisdom of Walk-Ons: 7 Winning Strategies for College, Business and Life. As a Leading Global Coach award winner, Paul was considered for the first Thinkers50 Marshall Goldsmith Coaching & Mentoring Award (the Thinkers50 Awards have been called “the Oscars” of management thinking). During the past 35 years, Paul has transformed himself from a business person into a performance improvement specialist. He previously held a variety of leadership roles in Fortune 500 corporations, a Big 4 accounting and consulting firm, and major research universities. Most importantly, Paul is a husband, parent, and friend. Visit Dr. Corona’s website and connect on LinkedIn. In This Podcast Summary * What fulfillment truly means * Fulfillment formula * Accountability, vulnerability, and authenticity * Do we ever really understand who we are? * Finding purpose and fulfillment during tough times * Pushing people to go deeper to find their purpose What fulfillment truly means If you can find out your meaning, your why, and have strong relationships, I believe that is true fulfillment. In Paul’s own life journey, he learned about achievement and accomplishment in a very Western way which can be terrific but what he ended up discovering later in life, through his own experience, is that a lot of people still didn’t feel very good even when they did all that. Paul began to wonder why and what more is needed so did a lot of research. This research suggests that in order to be truly fulfilled, we have to have: * Great relationships – deep, sincere, respectful relationships, at work, at home, and in our communities. * Purpose beyond accomplishment – something that is more meaningful to us. What kind of significant impact are we trying to have above and beyond just earning a good living or having the right job? Fulfillment formula It’s not just what you’re trying to do, but why? What is the significant positive impact that you hope to achieve? Why are you doing this? And if you feel good about your why then I believe you’re purposeful. So when you put all that together, somebody who’s coachable, somebody who cares a lot about relationships, somebody who cares about their why then I think we have a chance at fulfillment and that’s why I come with this fulfillment formula. Paul’s formula consists of these vital variables: * If somebody wants to be helped, if somebody wants to do the work, then that’s great. If they don’t then he just can’t be a good helper to them. * Are they embracing the idea that relationships are vital and foundational? * Do they have a purpose beyond accomplishment as mentioned earlier? Accountability, vulnerability, and authenticity You can’t get people there, they have to get there on their own when they’re ready, you can’t fast track the process. So many times,