I couldn't help but notice a similarity between the books Atomic Habits by James Clear and Find Your Why (also Start With Why) by Simon Sinek. They all talk about the brain. But, instead of presenting the brain in a complex fashion that makes your … [Read more...]
20 Life Purpose Perspectives from Oprah’s “The Path Made Clear” (Book Summary)
Most life purpose books are about why life purpose is important. They leave out the most important part: how to actually find and/or create life purpose. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose mostly addresses the why … [Read more...]
Post-Workism & Total Work: 5 Future Scenarios when the Religion of Work Loses Followers
"Post-work is about the future, but it is also bursting with the past’s lost possibilities." — Andy Beckett¹ I always find it mind-opening and expanding to think about the future—I've covered the future of busyness, but what about something as … [Read more...]
Total Work: When Humans are Transformed into Workers and Nothing Else (Were we Born only to Work?)
"Life is just one damn thing after another." — Anonymous In my research on workism and post-workism, I discovered another concept: "total work." Total work seems to be the epitome of workism. This is also timely given all the news coverage of … [Read more...]
Create Your Life Purpose with the Why Discovery Process from “Find Your Why” by Simon Sinek (Book Summary)
This is a ton of information out there about why purpose is important. Even on this site, I've written many posts about purpose—it's one of my top five post topics. But, I've quickly learned that there is shockingly little out there about how to … [Read more...]
What is a Sea Change or Tree Change? (& My First Impressions)
It's official. We took a major step in counteracting our lifestyle inflation by completing our sea change (or tree change, or maybe both). Wait...a what? What is a Sea Change or Tree Change? Regardless of the spelling (is it sea … [Read more...]
Life Purpose Showdown: Ikigai vs the Hedgehog Concept by Jim Collins
This is a companion post to the previous post: Create your Life Purpose with the Flywheel Effect by Jim Collins (note: you can also get a quick intro and video about Collins in that post). As you'll quickly see, the Hedgehog Concept bears a … [Read more...]
Build Momentum for your Life Purpose with the Flywheel Effect by Jim Collins
Start here: This post builds on Life Purpose Showdown: Ikigai vs the Hedgehog Concept by Jim Collins What do you do on a 26-hour drive from Kansas City to NorCal? Aside from slow travel, we listened to podcasts. One of the podcasts my wife and … [Read more...]
The Modern Art of Living: With Great Choice comes Great Responsibility
What is the art of living? I like how Maria Popova, author of Brain Pickings, seems to describe it from all her reading and writing over the years: In all of them I try to find some little piece that helps us answer, or helps me answer at least, … [Read more...]
Life Purpose Showdown: 55 Ways Eckhart Tolle (“A New Earth”) & Rick Warren (“Purpose Driven Life”) Say the Same Thing
Hang with me on this one. At first glance, you may be surprised to see the names Eckhart Tolle and Rick Warren in the same sentence. Your surprise may turn to sheer shock when I propose to you that 80-90% of their message is the same. How could that … [Read more...]
