#89 - Steven Stigliano - Author, Business Leader & Father

<p>In this episode, Gian Carlo sits down with his father in his backyard in South Carolina, marking both his father&#39;s birthday and the recent release of his first book. What begins as a conversation about the book&#39;s origin unfolds into a much wider reckoning — early childhood trauma, a breakdown on the Garden State Parkway that became a turning point, a cross-state move made on faith rather than a plan, and the slow, hard-won shift from self-deprecation to self-critique. His father traces how leadership found him — through poverty, an unlikely mentor, and years of coaching youth soccer — long before he ever wrote about it, and unpacks the HEART framework at the center of his book: hope, empathy, authenticity, remembrance, and truth. The conversation turns personal as Gian Carlo shares the news that he and his wife are expecting, prompting a wide-ranging exchange on fatherhood, gratitude, the danger of tying self-worth to career or curated success, and what it means to separate who you are from what you do. It closes on the book&#39;s central message — that people matter — and a story about a childhood soccer ball that became a lesson in legacy.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>FOLLOW STEVEN ►</strong> <a href="https://www.stevenstigliano.com/ " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>(CLICK HERE) </strong></a><strong>2.5 BILLION HEARTBEATS (THE BOOK) ►</strong><a href="https://amzn.to/469ZA1v"><strong> (CLICK HERE)</strong></a><strong>STEVENS INSTAGRAM ► </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/stiglianoofficial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>(CLICK HERE)</strong></a></p><p><strong>SUBSCRIBE ► </strong>https://www.youtube.com/@UC7fGr0b4pbFeVzwtDUYzEMA </p><p><strong>Switch to Musicbed and start your 14-day free trial today: </strong>https://musicbed.com/tcgp</p><p><strong>Sign up to Milanote for free with no time-limit: </strong>https://milanote.com/carlostigs</p><p><strong>Learn more about Nanlite &amp; Nanlux Products: </strong>https://nanlite.com/ // https://www.nanlux.com/#/en</p><p><br></p><p>❤️ Enjoy the show? Rate us on Apple Podcasts &amp; Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6yWlxm2ktUy9DFUbTi0jA8?si=d8b2250d259448c4 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creative-gap/id1639440566</p><p><br></p><p>🤝 Follow The Podcast &amp; Carlo!The Creative Gap: https://www.instagram.com/creativegap/ | https://www.youtube.com/@CreativeGapPodcastCarlo: https://www.instagram.com/carlostigs/ | ⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@carlostigs</p>