"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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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