I interviewed Becky Margiotta, author of Impact with Integrity and co-founder of The Billions Institute, where she has trained thousands of leaders working to tackle some of the world’s biggest problems.
But our conversation went somewhere deeper than traditional ideas about leadership. Becky shares how a painful inner knowing led her to radically reconsider her own life—and ultimately transformed the way she thinks about leading others. We explore what happens when leaders get caught in the roles of hero, villain, or victim, why trying to rescue everyone can actually diminish their agency, and what it means to lead from a place of wholeness instead. We talk about learning to listen to the body, changing agreements that no longer feel true, the fear of being called selfish, and why self-leadership may require letting go of the belief that we have to carry the weight of the world.
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Becky Margiotta is the co-founder of The Billions Institute and author of Impact with Integrity: Repairing the World Without Breaking Yourself. She has trained thousands of leaders working to create large-scale social change and previously led the 100,000 Homes Campaign, which helped communities house more than 100,000 people experiencing homelessness. A West Point graduate and former U.S. Army officer, Becky has been recognized by the White House as a Champion of Change.
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00:00 Becky Margiotta on Impact With Integrity & Leadership
00:12 How to Find and Follow Your Inner Calling
00:54 How to Know When It’s Time to Change Your Life
03:00 Self-Leadership: A New Way to Think About Leadership
05:00 The Inner Work of Effective Leadership
08:00 How Childhood Wounds Affect Your Leadership Style
09:00 The Drama Triangle: Hero, Victim & Villain in Leadership
11:00 How to Break Negative Leadership Patterns
12:00 How to Figure Out What You Really Want
14:00 How to Trust Your Intuition & Your “Full-Body Yes”
17:00 People-Pleasing, Resentment & Learning to Say No
18:00 How to Set Boundaries & Change Old Agreements
20:00 Is Putting Yourself First Selfish?
23:00 How to Step Into Your Personal Power
24:00 What Healthy Leadership & Personal Power Look Like
26:00 Psychedelics, Plant Medicine & Personal Transformation
30:00 Why Community Is Essential for Personal Growth
31:00 Becky Margiotta & The Billions Institute
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