What if intelligence is about more than logic, data, and knowing the right answer?

In this episode, we sit down with Angus Fletcher, author of Primal Intelligence, to explore how humans think through story and why intuition, imagination, emotion, and common sense may be just as important as logic. Angus shares how his research led him to rethink what intelligence actually means and why our brains are built to imagine possibilities rather than simply predict what has happened before.

The conversation moves into purpose, leadership, identity, and the stories we tell ourselves about our lives. Angus explains why purpose gives us direction, how leadership begins with taking the first step into the unknown, and how technology can distract us from the bigger story we're trying to create.

We also explore what it means to reconnect with the parts of ourselves that modern life can teach us to suppress, and why embracing our own story may be essential to finding purpose and creating a future that is uniquely ours.

Topics We Explore:

• Why intelligence is more than logic and data
• The four parts of Primal Intelligence: intuition, imagination, emotion, and common sense
• Why humans naturally think in stories
• The difference between meaning and purpose
• How story shapes leadership and the future we imagine
• How technology can distract us from purpose and identity
• Why the story we tell ourselves about ourselves may be one of the most important stories we ever create

Connect with Angus Fletcher: https://www.angusfletcher.co/

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