So my guest today, Chase Jarvis, grew up in Seattle as a kind of typical skateboard kid, into music, into soccer, went to college, and then made this really abrupt turn when his grandfather, who he loved, passed and left him a camera.
And that profoundly changed the direction of his life, leading him into the world of photography, kind of finding his own way, completely bucking the system to become a big name photographer in the world of action, sports and beyond, and then moving into the world of entrepreneurship and service and contribution, where he built a giant company called Creative Live, which has taught tens of millions of people how to essentially build creative lives and livings.
And he has a new book out now called Creative Calling.
So Chase has been on the podcast before, many years ago, actually in the very early days, funny enough, both that time and this time, we ended up having issues in our main studio.
So I grabbed our, our mobile ring and ran down to the hotel he was staying at, and we ended up sort of jamming in his hotel room.
So you may hear a bit of a difference in the sound, a little bit of background noise.
It is all part of the New York City experience.
And we really dive into sort of a reflective moment in Chase's life, why he wrote this book, what it's all about, and the really big lessons that he has learned as a fiercely creative, innovative, also rebellious person who has completely built his own path, very often going outside of the existing systems, completely bucking traditions and expectations, and landing in a place where he wants to turn back now and share this hard earned wisdom.
So excited to share this conversation.
I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is good life project.
The events of your life that have led up to this moment are a big part of this story, a big part of what took you there.
And for those listening, if you want sort of the early, early days, we'll link to the conversation we had years back.
Well, I want to touch down on one particular moment.
You grew up in Seattle.
You were the skate kid.
You were always active.
You were really into soccer.
You end up finding yourself in college, doing well.
You're playing soccer in your mind, maybe headed to med school after that, close to graduating, and something really traumatic happens in your life.
Take me there.