Passion and Entrepreneurship with Jordan Buckner of Foodbevy

Apr 5

Entrepreneurs are able to build their businesses because of the passion that fuels them, which also gives them purpose, helps them focus, and develops their resiliency. Jordan Buckner is joining us today to help us unlock the power of passion and purpose. He is the Founder of Foodbevy, a community platform aimed at helping founders in food and beverage grow from startup to scale.

In this episode, we discuss the differences between passion and purpose and how to align the two, before examining how you can improve your life by focusing more energy on what you are passionate about. By tuning in, you’ll gain key insight into how Jordan and Gage relate to their passions and purpose, and what you can do as an entrepreneur who has lost the internal fire for your business.

Key Points From This Episode:

What passion is and where it comes from.
The difference between passion and purpose.
How passion is inherently found in us and also fueled by pursuing a topic of interest.
Looking at balance as it pertains to passion, purpose, and earning a living.
Prioritizing how you spend your time by centering it on your passions.
The importance of choosing a job that is aligned with your passion.
What an entrepreneur can do when they lose passion in their business.
Appreciating the process, art, and journey of business rather than focusing on the money.
Exploring Ikigai as a foundation for finding your passion.
What Jordan is passionate about and how he recognizes when his internal fire has been lit.
Gage’s various passions and interests and how they align with his purpose.
How passion can’t be turned off, but it can decay if not used/pursued.

Tweetables:

“If you have a purpose, it’s probably in something you’re passionate about, in theory. If you don’t know what your purpose is yet and you look at all the things you’re passionate about, and things that the world needs, somewhere in that overlap is your purpose.” — @GageMitchell [05:31]

“It’s something that developed into a really strong passion of mine, just understanding the process of starting from zero and growing it into a thriving thing, and in this case, a thriving business. I became a student of trying to break down what it takes to be successful.” — @jordanbuckner [11:19]

“If it was up to me, I would have 100 different businesses. But I’ve come to terms with [the fact] that I can’t, it’s not realistic.” — @jordanbuckner [12:35]

“We have less of a focus on making money because we’re more interested in the art of business versus the financial success of business. Figuring out the process and how it works is more interesting than trying to extract as much money as possible.” — @jordanbuckner [22:10]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Jordan Buckner on LinkedIn

Jordan Buckner on Twitter

Gage Mitchell on LinkedIn