Ask Two People This Question To Find Your Real Values — with John Durso

The Bigger Stage w/ Matt Stone · May 2, 2026 · 41m · transcript

Leadership consultant John Durso shares a deceptively simple exercise that reveals what your values actually are — not the ones on your website.Most leaders can't actually name their real values. They list the words on their website — honesty, integrity, loyalty — and call it a day. John Durso says those aren't values. They're table stakes.In this episode, John walks Matt through a deceptively simple exercise that reveals what your values actually are: ask one or two people who know you well to describe you in one word, then ask them to tell a story that backs it up. What comes back is rarely…