S2 EP2: Choose Love CEO quit her dream job with Coldplay & built a global organisation People Do Fun Jobs

Mr Winter is joined by Josie Naughton - CEO & co-founder of the charity Choose Love. It all started back in 2015 when Josie left her dream job, and began collecting donations for refugees in Calais. Josie and her team have gone on to build a global organisation supporting millions of refugees and displaced people all over the world.

Find out more: https://choose.love

Watch the clips on YouTube: http://youtube.com/@mr_winter

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Jump to:

(01:23) Intro

(03:50) The impact of an image

(07:00) Working with Coldplay 

(11:20) Starting in Calais

(13:48) How we worked vs how we work

(16:32) Taking risks

(18:08) Why is it called Choose Love?

(20:56) Celebrity supporters

(24:35) The t-shirt

(26:23) Charity or business

(29:05) We don't want to exist

(30:19) Toughest part of your job

(31:23) Worst and best of humanity

(33:08) Life and death

(35:07) From a war zone to Harvard

(36:50) Best part of your job

(38:19) How can we help?

(38:29) What's the meaning of life?

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About 'People Do Fun Jobs':

Mr Winter's on a mission to show people: alternative, creative and most importantly... fun ways to make a living! It's all about finding inspiring people sharing their journeys to where they are, and how their lifestyles make them happy!  Available to watch on YouTube and listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Follow Mr Winter:

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mrwinterworld

TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrwinterworld

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mrwinterworld

Website - https://www.mrwinterworld.com

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Credits:

Guest: Josie Naughton

Presenter: Jeremy Winter

Creator/Producer/Editor: Jeremy Winter

Cameras: Ridhish Devani

Studio: Runway East Soho, London (Thanks to Kreena Pithwa)