2021-11-01
1 小时 8 分钟Actually, some of your greatest power will come to light in groups.
And that's kind of what I learned was, like, as an individual, you do have power, but you can only do so much when you come into a group that can share a common cause.
Oof, sky's the limit.
You know, you can really make serious change.
Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Diego Perez, who is known by the pseudonym young Pueblo, moved with his family to Boston at a very young age, where he saw his parents really working relentless hours and struggling with poverty.
And he turned to activism and organizing and advocacy at a very young age, then found himself attending Wesleyan, where his life kind of devolved into partying and drugs that threatened to become his way of being as he moved out of school and into adulthood.
But a moment of reckoning would awaken him both to his need to refocus on mental and physical well being, as well as recenter meaning in his work and his life.
A quest was really set in motion, one that would eventually lead Diego into a ten day vipassana meditation experience that had this profound impact and would set him on a path of self discovery and an ever deepening devotion to a now years long, two hour a day meditation practice, along with regular extended retreats and the pursuit of truth and wisdom, he wanted to see clearly, starting with himself and a part of that exploration.
It also involved writing.
And what began as a kind of a tool to help him process his own experiences eventually became a public writing practice.
And as it did, his words landed in such a powerful way, it amassed a global audience of millions of people, as he wrote under the pseudonym Young Pueblo, which is both a reminder to him to stay grounded in a younger growth mindset, and also a container to frame his current season of work as a project that doesn't constrain his own personal and professional growth over time.
Diego's new book, Clarity and Connection, shares many of his recent insights about life and meaning and love and work and self awareness and, of course, clarity and connection.
So excited to share this conversation with you.
I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is good life project.
Originally from Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Yeah, that's right.
And then to Boston.
How old were you when you actually made that journey?
I was tiny.
I was four years old, and that's when I initially came over with my mom and dad and my brother and I have a little sister, but she was born here.