Episode 69: Finding and Living Your Life’s Purpose with Terry Tucker

Mike and motivational speaker Terry Tucker got together to discuss finding your life’s purpose and putting into action living that purpose. Terry recounted some experiences within his own life and how he found his true path amid a terminal diagnosis.

Terry Tucker is a motivational speaker and author of Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles to Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life. Over his career, he has worn many professional hats, including marketing executive, hospital administrator, working undercover in narcotics, SWAT team hostage negotiator, and business owner. His most recent experience is that of a cancer warrior. He strives to help others find and lead their uncommon and extraordinary lives through Motivational Check, his website.

• The four truths of life and how to live well
• What is sustainable excellence?
• Why it’s important to find and define your purpose
• Why it’s essential to be honest and genuine
• Why it’s vital to be a team player
• Why it’s important to be a part of something bigger than yourself
• Why humility is a good character trait
• Ways to transform suffering into something better
• You can handle much more than you could ever imagine
• The 40% rule
• How to spin positive things out of negative situations

• “I have reinvented myself numerous times over my professional career. One thing I’ve realized during all those changes is that we were not supposed to live common and ordinary lives. We were made to be uncommon and extraordinary. I’ve come to understand that pain and discomfort can make us stronger and more resolute, and we can use our struggles to make us better.” —Terry Tucker
• “Control your mind or your mind is going to control you.” —Terry Tucker
• “Embrace the pain and the difficulty that we all experience in life and use that pain and difficulty to make you a stronger and more determined individual.” —Terry Tucker
• “What you leave behind is what you weave in the hearts of other people.” —Terry Tucker
• “As long as you don’t quit, you can never be defeated.” —Terry Tucker
• “I think my purpose, as I’m more than likely coming to the end of my life, is to put as much goodness, as much positivity, as much motivation, and as much love back into the world as I can.” —Terry Tucker
• “You have to let go at some point in your life of certain things and let the experts take care of that.” —Terry Tucker
• “We’re all going to experience pain in our lives and it doesn’t have to be cancer pain, or, or even an illness. It could be a flunk, a test at school, you breakup with your boyfriend or your girlfriend, or you don’t get the promotion at work that you think you deserve. Pain is inevitable suffering. On the other hand, suffering is optional. Suffering is what you do with that pain.” —Terry Tucker
• “Everything you need to be successful in life is already inside. You just need to find it, pull it out and use it for your benefit.” —Terry Tucker

• Terry’s LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-tucker-9b5605179/ 
• Motivational Check Website: https://www.motivationalcheck.com/ 
• Motivational Check FB: https://www.facebook.com/motivationalcheck 
• Terry’s Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/terrytucker201 
• Terry’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/sustainableexcellenceauthor/ 
• Terry’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GLGVTVS 

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