E08: Steve Arntz....‘Universal access to meaningfully connected experiences that inspire people to live better lives together

Steve Arntz is the co-founder of ‘Campfire’...and a father and a husband.

Steve speaks about realising what ‘family first’ really means to him…what it really feels like to commit to that statement. 

We hear about Steve’s spouse and children. 

We hear how Steve has managed to get back to his family being the centre of his world and how challenging that has been throughout his entrepreneurial journey.

Steve speaks very openly about what Campfire means to him and all he is building with this work as a founder, parent and entrepreneur.

His mission statement with this work is so powerful:
‘Universal access to meaningfully connected experiences that inspire people to live better lives together’.

We explore the seed of why Steve wanted to build this platform and all it provides to support his ‘augmented humanity’ mission with the work and technology he’s building with Campfire. 

The three questions that started everything…

1. What got you to this place right here? 
2. Where do you want to go? 
3. How are you planning to get there?

People just loved these conversations…and still do!

How creating a pack of cards based on thousands of hours of research began the process towards Campfire.

A conversation filled with honesty, integrity and inspiration.

Power Takeaways:

• We can trick ourselves into thinking that work first equals family first…especially if your mission driven then work becomes first and family comes second.

• It’s taken 15 years to know and feel that family first = family first. 

• The mission of Campfire is true and real.

• Mission Statement: ‘universal access to meaningfully connected experiences that inspire people to live better lives together’.

• How universal access to conversations and connection for people everywhere. 

• Technology built that supports facilitated guided spaces.

• Reference to Esther Perel’s alternative meaning when she speaks about “AI”...’Artificial Intelligence’.

• ‘Augmented humanity’ …how can we start to see technology as a way to bring out our humanity and accentuate our humanity we will ‘win’.

• The power of asking the question ‘why are you here?’ and ‘what do you want to have happen next?’.

• Asked the three questions and then mapped out the data that came back.

• How the physical sketches that inspired this work started.

• How building a deck of cards was the start of this.

• How Steve has moved from being (self confessed) self centric and moved across to ‘others centric’. It can take years!!

• How he is devoted to building conversations for people. 
• Find the most important relationship in your life and what is the one thing I can do to enhance, build or make that relationship better. 

Resources Mentioned:

https://www.getcampfire.com/

https://www.stevearntz.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevearntz/