John BohanCEO, Socialtyze - I find where AI can create the most value, then build custom systems your team owns—saving time, improving output, and moving faster.

Why Stories Matter

5 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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In this interview excerpt, Speaker B explains the two core passions that drive his professional life: a desire to make a meaningful difference in the world and a love for creativity. He reflects on his early career in finance at an investment bank, which he found creatively unstimulating, prompting a transition to television and then the internet. He now focuses on creating content for brands and creators (influencers) with the goal of inspiring, educating, and entertaining audiences, emphasizing the importance of leaving a lasting, positive impact.

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I want to know what types of passions or philosophies have driven you in the way that you do your job.
I would say that the two core passions that drive me in my business is a passion to just make a difference in this world. You know, we're here for a short period of time. How can we make our stamp and make a difference in other people's lives and future generations? So it's important to me that when I look back at all this, that my life actually mattered and I did something that is meaningful. There's a lot to that, but that is critically important to me. The second is just creativity. You know, I started my career in a finance position at an investment bank and was there for a couple of years, and it just did not stimulate me creatively. And then I moved into television and then to the internet, and I just love coming up with creative ideas, new and different ideas in which people can see the world differently. And with the content that we create for brands and with creators, which I— is another word that I like to use for influencers, is, you know, how do we inspire, educate, and entertain our audience?