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This energizing conversation between a baby boomer and a Gen Zer who is being unapologetically himself is going to make you think, and you’ll be excited about exploring all the things that will be bouncing in your head after this conversation.
In this episode:
- Making a book with the word “economics” in it interesting
- What “Value Economics” actually means
- The issue of identity
- Why it’s insulting to think America is so bad right now
- The death of the spirit
- The fallout from being laid off as an air traffic controller in 1981 and how his family held it together
- Defining our values
- The importance of examining the difficult things
- What shaped him
- DC Comics
- Why he moved to Austin, TX from Ohio
- Why he’s not on Twitter
- Why he dedicated his book to those who tell the truth
- Why he’s having a hard time dating
- How values should supersede politics
Quotations:
“We don’t really have a “fatal flaw” with our generation. And so without that, we turn the war against ourselves. And we see that we really don’t have an identity as an individual person and as a culture anymore because our previous identities were all focused on something else that was flawed but still an identity. And now we’re just in this kind of sea of nothingness.” ~Sam LaCrosse
“We have to treat people as people, and individual values are the way we should look at individual people.” ~Sam LaCrosse
“We’re so scared of taking stances, we take no stances.” ~Sam LaCrosse
“The more you value something, the more you will sacrifice to get that something, the less you value something, the less you will sacrifice to get that something.” ~Sam LaCrosse
“I have a rule that I will never punch someone in the face as hard as I will punch myself in the face.” ~Sam LaCrosse
“When you do adopt a firm set of values, you’re going to polarize people, and you’re not going to, you cannot be all things to all.” ~Sam LaCrosse
Guest’s Bio:
According to Sam, Sam LaCrosse is a nobody. He hasn’t done anything amazing. He is not extraordinary or impressive. He doesn’t even have a Wikipedia entry. He’s just an ordinary guy from Cleveland, Ohio, who now lives an ordinary life in Austin, Texas. But if you want to check him out, he’s the author of “Value Economics: The Study of Identity, writes blogs on dontreadthisblog.com, and hosts Don’t Listen to This Podcast. Sam is the CEO and founder of Don’t Do This, LLC, a company that makes no money. He is also a board member of Thrive Living Corporation and an ambassador for RallyCap Sports.
Guest’s Contact Info:
www.dontreadthisblog.com