THE ED MYLETT SHOW

Maxout Your Mind Masterclass Ep. 9: "You Are CHOSEN FOR MORE"

Date: December 16, 2025
Host: Ed Mylett

Overview

In this solo masterclass episode, Ed Mylett unpacks one of the most profound and universal topics: finding your calling and living with purpose. He explores common myths around fulfillment, the relationship between passion, purpose, and vocation, and practical ways to discover your mission. Ed also dives deep into the emotional and spiritual drivers of fulfillment, the power of embracing your past struggles, and how contribution to others is central to lasting happiness. Drawing from his own journey, mentoring others, and notable role models, Ed delivers a motivational roadmap for maximizing your potential and impact.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Reframing Happiness, Wealth, and Fulfillment

• Ed opens by challenging the cultural belief that wealth equals happiness.
• “I want to be clear with you that happy rich is better because you can do more things for people when you have money, for the people you love, for the causes that you believe in...But I'm not confused into thinking that money, this wealth, living oceanfront, they necessarily make you happy because no matter where you go in your life, you have to bring you with you.” (01:06)
• Timestamps: [00:51]–[02:42]
• Importance of learning to be happy regardless of external circumstances; fulfillment, he argues, is a deeper, more sustainable level beyond happiness.

2. Myths and Truths About “Calling”

• Ed identifies a persistent myth: your career must be your calling.
  • “For many of you, you're going to find a career that is your calling and your mission and your purpose...But that is not the case for everybody. Sometimes your calling, your mission, your crusade, your purpose is not your career.” (03:33)
• Your job/business can fund your calling, or you can live your mission outside your main profession.
• “What if your calling isn’t a career? What if you’re supposed to make a bunch of money at your job or your business and you’re going to take that money and you’re going to use that towards your calling and your purpose and your mission.” (04:28)
• He introduces the concept of having a “side mission,” emphasizing fulfillment outside of work.
  • “What about a side mission? What about a side cause, a side crusade?” (05:07)
• Timestamps: [03:00]–[07:55]

3. The Role of Contribution and Giftedness

• Every true calling, says Ed, involves helping others and leverages your natural gifts.
• “Your mission, your purpose, your calling, your crusade will always involve helping other people somehow.” (07:49)
• Everyone is born with unique talents—these may or may not be part of your paid profession.
  • “You were wired when you were born with natural Giftedness and some talents that you've developed over time as well. You were born and you've developed incredible gifts in your life.” (07:58)
• Timestamps: [07:55]–[09:05]

4. Discovering Your Calling Through Role Models

• Ed advises listeners to list the people they admire most and analyze why—those admired traits often reflect our own dormant strengths.
  • “The things you admire and see in them. You have a sense, a deep sense, an intuition that some of those same qualities exist in you, and that's why you're drawn to them.” (09:52)
• The process of discovering your mission is iterative—like dating, you try many things before you find your “home.”
  • “You’ve got to try, start to get moving, take action. Try one thing, it may not be for you, try another. But eventually you’re going to try one and you go, this is home.” (12:12)
• Timestamps: [09:05]–[14:30]

5. Wealth as Amplifier, Not Destination

• Ed is candid that wealth alone is empty, but, if sought with the right foundation, it creates freedom and increases your ability to serve.
  • “Once you've laid a foundation that my bliss, my fulfillment is going to come through my crusade, my mission, my calling, the difference I want to make in other people's lives...for those of you in your heart, you got a burning desire to go get wealthy. Once you've laid that foundation, you need to go do it. Because those of us that have that foundation first, only through getting wealthy can you make that big difference.” (15:16)
• The true gift of wealth: control and freedom of your time.
  • “I don't ever have to be anywhere I don't want to be. Think about that for a second.” (16:16)
• Timestamps: [14:30]–[18:58]

6. Finding Fulfillment in Service—Ed’s Own Story

• Ed’s journey began in service (group home for boys), which led him to business and, over time, even larger platforms for impact.
  • “You are just an extension of my first eight boys at McKinley Home for Boys. I started with eight to ten year old boys, eight of them. And now I end up reaching millions of people multiple decades later. But it's the same path. My calling is to contribute.” (19:12)
• He reiterates that fulfillment is found in using one’s pain, gifts and experiences to help others.
• Timestamps: [18:58]–[20:00]

7. Purpose & Passion: 9 Thoughts for Pursuing Meaning

[20:07]–[33:20]: Ed’s Nine Key Reflections

1. Chase Purpose, Not Just Passion:
   • Purpose has deeper roots, often born of personal pain.
   • “If you're struggling to find your passion, maybe you should look for your purpose. And if you're trying to find your purpose, it could come from a lot of different places. But oftentimes, if you review pain, I really believe this deeply, that God gives us something for our pain.” (21:13)
2. Does It Energize You?
3. Does It Meet Your Needs Now?
   • Ed introduces the six human needs: certainty, uncertainty/variety, significance, love/connection, growth, contribution.
   • “Oftentimes in life, once those needs are fulfilled, it may not be your primary need anymore.” (25:10)
4. Does It Expand You?
5. Will You Regret Not Trying?
   • “I think at the end of our lives...if they have regrets, it's the things they did not attempt.” (27:12)
6. Does It Leverage Your Talents?
7. It Can Be a Side Hustle or Hobby
8. Look to Those You Admire
   • “Take a list of the two or three people you admire the most, and what about them do you admire that could correlate that you could find a purpose?” (31:32)
9. Stop Delaying
   • “Time's running out on you. Too many people are delaying in their life and not trying things.” (32:02)
   • “Doing is real work. And most of the time, thinking is not the work. Doing is.” (33:18)

8. Your Imperfections Qualify You

• A powerful segment: Ed reframes past failures and pains as essential qualifications for helping others.
  • “The great lie of our lives is we begin to stack things that didn't work out as evidence that we can't win in the future...those very things that you use as a weapon against you that you think disqualify you are the very things that do qualify you.” (34:54; 39:43)
• Ed shares a moving story about his father’s sobriety, showing how one anonymous act created a ripple through generations.
  • “You are most qualified to help the person or people you used to be.” (38:58)
• Timestamps: [34:52]–[41:40]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “If you can't learn to be happy when you don't have all these things you think you want, I can promise you won't be happy when you do have all of them.” ([01:45])
• “What about a side mission? What about a side cause, a side crusade?” ([05:07])
• “The pathway is almost always through your gifts. That may or may not be your career.” ([08:43])
• “The things you admire and see in [your heroes]. You have a sense, a deep sense, an intuition that some of those same qualities exist in you.” ([09:52])
• “I decided once I got wealthy because I had laid this foundation...I get to spend about every minute of most every single day doing my calling. It's no longer a side hustle, it's a full time crusade.” ([18:40])
• “If you're struggling to find your passion, maybe you should look for your purpose...oftentimes, if you review pain, I really believe this deeply, that God gives us something for our pain.” ([21:13])
• “At the end of our lives...if they have regrets, it's the things they did not attempt.” ([27:12])
• “You are most qualified to help the person or people you used to be.” ([38:58]) (Central Message)
• “Your decisions shape your destiny, everybody. And the minute you decide that you're qualified, your life changes.” ([41:37])

Important Timestamps

• [00:51]–[02:42]: Happiness, Money, Fulfillment—foundational concepts
• [03:00]–[07:55]: Deconstructing Myths About Purpose and Career
• [09:05]–[14:30]: Discovering Mission Through Role Models and Action
• [20:07]–[33:20]: Nine Thoughts on Pursuing Passion and Purpose
• [34:52]–[41:40]: Failure, Redemption, and the Ripple Effect of Service

Closing Thoughts

Ed concludes with a rousing call to action:

“You're perfectly you in this moment. And the minute you accept that, you understand how qualified you are to change your own life and to change other people's lives. And I think one of the things you could do today that would qualify you is to share my message... Your decisions shape your destiny, everybody.”

He urges listeners to start now—to embrace their unique path, to recognize the value in their struggles, and to share their lessons for the betterment of others. Fulfillment, Ed believes, is possible for everyone—if only they accept that they are, indeed, chosen for more.

For more on Ed’s masterclass series, tune in every Tuesday for new episodes focused on maximizing your mind, faith, focus, and fire.