How What We Don’t Do Shapes the World | Nick Cooney
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What does it mean to live an impactful life? Is it measured solely by the actions we take, or should we also be paying close attention to the opportunities we let pass by? In this episode of Authors Who Lead, I sit down with Nick Cooney—venture capitalist, founder of Lever VC and the Lever Foundation, and author of What We Don’t Do: Inaction in the Face of Suffering and the Drive to Do More.
Through our conversation, we tackle one of the thorniest philosophical questions for anyone aspiring to do good in the world: How might the things we neglect or fail to do shape our ethical legacy as much as our overt actions?
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00:00 Slow start to book writing
06:29 Conscious investing in the FIRE movement
07:31 Ethical investment for positive impact
11:43 The ethics of everyday choices
15:54 Sacrificing for non-family members
18:16 Empowerment through individual impact
22:26 Individual choices and their impact
24:47 What we don’t do insights
29:17 Thought-provoking leadership book
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