Business
This week Peter chats with Chrissie Lam, founder of Love is Project. An organization dedicated to spreading love by working with artisans in developing countries while providing fair wages, healthcare, and education. Chrissie discusses how she was inspired to start Love is Project with just a single bracelet plus how she’s had to adjust her plan with the current global pandemic. Stick around for the “Reaper Round” where Chrissie shares some of her favorite purchases and where she wants to be in the next 5 years. Time Stamps: (0:00) Welcome back to the Live Your Mission show! (0:15) Intro to our conversation with Chrissie Lam (2:47) Welcome Chrissie! (3:15) Chrissie’s current mission (The “Love Is” Project) (4:30) How Chrissie left her corporate job to pursue her passion (with just 1 bracelet!) (7:30) Scaling a simple product with “Love” (8:32) Reflecting on what Chrissie wished she learned early on in her journey (10:03) A deeper dive into Chrissie’s team-building (11:41) Before jumping ship from your 9-to-5, here’s some advice (13:45) Problem-solving, and tapping in with your contacts (15:20) Finding positivity in the midst of COVID-19 (19:09) “Sustainability” (19:47) Book: “The Greatest Love Story Ever Told” (21:27) Practical tips for how you can live out your mission (22:27) The “Reaper Round” -------------- Visit the Love Is Project website: loveisproject.co Follow The Love Is Project on Instagram: @loveisproject Follow Chrissie on Instagram: @thesupplychange Check out the book here: "The Greatest Love Story Ever Told" -------------- Think you’re ready to try our Carolina Reaper Jerky? Hashtag #MissionReaper for a chance to be featured + win $100 in snacks! If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co