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Surrendering Our Pasts to Create Positive Change with David Katz

Jun 28, 2021

David Katz is a TEDx speaker, humanitarian and the founder and CEO of Plastic Bank. Plastic Bank is an internationally recognized solution to the ocean plastic problem by turning plastic waste into currency for less privileged communities. David’s humanitarian work has earned him international recognition, including features in Forbes, Time Magazine, Businessweek and National Geographic. He was named one of the world’s most compassionate entrepreneurs by Salt magazine and was the recipient of the United Nations Lighthouse award for Planetary Health, the Earnst and Young Lifetime Achievement Award and the Paris Climate Conference Sustainia Community Award.

Today, David and I discuss how his painful childhood and the loss of a child have influenced his work and allowed him to be a more compassionate human being. He explains how surrendering judgment has made room for him to be open to what the universe has to offer. David details why he believes that “being” is more powerful than “doing” and how he came to that realization. He also shares why he believes that surrendering our past traumas can lead to receiving new experiences and, in turn, creating more beauty in the world.

“We are the accumulation, the summation, of every experience and every decision we’ve ever made.” - David Katz

Today on Mastering Midlife:

  • How David’s painful past inspired him to find a way to give back
  • Why our stories shape our authenticity and inform how we live
  • Why surrendering our judgment allows us to experience others as they are
  • The power of giving up and letting go of our self-judgments
  • How Plastic Bank works and who it helps
  • Getting over our ego-mind to become a person who creates positive change
  • How letting go of the finite allows us to experience what the universe has to offer
  • Why David strives to find the gift in everything, including pain
  • The beauty of receiving everything around us and being present
  • How to be brave enough to create action

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