Stop trying to save the world
Simply tending to our own lives and making authentic human connections is almost always the most impactful thing we can ever do.
Purpose 101
Insights on purpose, leadership, personal transformation, and social change
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Purpose is not improv. You have to say “no.”
If you lack purpose, don't go searching for it. Simply start removing all the non-essentials cluttering up your life until whatever is most essential reveals itself.
The ecosystem of change
Everyone has an important role to play in the ecosystem of change. But no one can play them all.
Stop trying to be the hero
Purpose has absolutely nothing to do with being the hero. It has nothing to do with being great. It has nothing to do with being a success.
There's more to life than purpose
If your purpose work is not helping you feel alive, inspired, and fulfilled in the here and now, it’s not really purpose.
Inner and outer purpose
Outer purpose is how our purpose work connects and commits us to the world around us. Inner purpose is how our purpose work connects and commits us to the callings that bring us most alive.
What it means to be purpose-driven
To be a purpose-driven leader is not to forsake profit. It’s to use profit to serve the greater good. It’s to continuously fill your own cup and to share generously from it.
The path of purpose
Through purpose, you not only cultivate lasting meaning and fulfillment but also a deep sense of peace that sustains you even through the darkest, most turbulent times.