Episode Details

Dom is the lead guide at the VIVIFY Regerative Leadership Program. He helps leaders develop by taking them on an 8-day backpacking expedition in the Sierra mountains. Dom is passionate about preserving the natural world, staying connected to it and practicing aliveness.

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Links:

• Personal website
• VIVIFY (Get $500 off if you mention this podcast)
• Substack

⌛TIMESTAMPS

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:18) - The scripts Dom grew up with
• (06:40) - Dom's grandfather, a WW2 vet
• (09:05) - Experiencing hardship, confronting the fragility
• (16:19) - Dom's love of nature
• (18:01) - Stanford & Golf
• (21:41) - Balancing wilderness education and software engineering
• (30:57) - How to avoid being perpetually dissatisfied
• (32:46) - Viewing yourself as a piece of poetry
• (36:44) - How liking your work makes you better at it
• (38:35) - We're always embedded in nature
• (41:47) - How to connect with nature
• (50:09) - Leisure and wandering
• (54:32) - Being guided by intuition
• (01:02:21) - Closing remarks