Sloww Stage 2: How do I find higher purpose?

This is post 2 of 4 in the series. You can jump to the other three posts below:

• Sloww Stage 1: How do I design a lighter life?

• Sloww Stage 3: How do I master the mind?

• Sloww Stage 4: How do I embody wisdom?

Stage 2 Contents: Click a link here to jump to a section below

• An Overview of Stage 2
• Posts on Existential Crisis, Getting Started, & Knowing Yourself
• Posts on Various Approaches to Life Purpose
• Posts on Ikigai & Monetizing Purpose
• Posts on Happiness & Self-Actualization
• Posts on the Meaning of Life (& Death)

Sloww Stage 2: How do I find higher purpose?

An Overview of Stage 2

Stage 2 Key Question:

• “How do I find higher purpose?”

Stage 2 Student Focus:

• Seekers: actualizing life purpose through hero’s journeys.

Stage 2 Description:

• Humans (individually) and humanity (collectively) seem to be in the midst of a meaning crisis. Sloww promotes finding purpose because there’s not much more important than meaning in life but no one taught us how to find it.

Important Note: Designing a lighter life from stage 1 is transcended and included in stage 2—making space for you to find your life purpose.

Stage 2 Posts (Full List)

You can see my own personal progression through stage 2 by skimming a summary of posts 101-200 and Sloww’s evolution from 1.0-2.0.

Note: Links with a lock icon (🔒) go to a Premium post.

Posts on Existential Crisis, Getting Started, & Knowing Yourself

Existential Crisis:

• I had an Existential Crisis! (+7 Ways to Positively Overcome It)
• 4 Existential Crisis Videos to Help You Find Purpose & Meaning in Life at any Age (on the 4th Anniversary of my own Crisis)

Getting Started:

• What is Your Purpose in Life? 10 Deep Thoughts to Guide Your Hero’s Journey to Finding Life Purpose
• 🔒 Life Purpose Search Synthesis: I Googled “Life Purpose” & Read 100+ Articles (Literally)
• 🔒 Stream of Consciousness: Is Life a Sine Wave of Repeated Hero’s Journeys?
• The Lottery of Birth: All the Things You Don’t Control in Life
• The Ovarian Lottery: A Thought Experiment from Warren Buffett
• The Lottery of Birth: “Creating Freedom” by Raoul Martinez (Book Summary)
• 🔒 Lottery of Birth Synthesis: How to See Yourself and the World Drastically Differently (+ Infographic)
• 🔒 Behind the Scenes: Dissecting my own Lottery of Birth Ticket
• 🔒 Stream of Consciousness: Do You Control Your Life Path?

Getting to Know Yourself:

• What is a Talent Stack? (& How I’m Thinking about My Unique Stack)
• What is the Flywheel Effect by Jim Collins? (& How to Build Momentum for your Life Purpose)
• Personality meets Spirituality in “The Wisdom of the Enneagram” by Riso & Hudson (Book Summary)
• After all the Enneagram Tests, I’m Stuck Between Enneagram Types 3, 5, & 1 (Type Summaries)
• Edit Your Purpose: The Story of the Cracked Pot

Posts on Various Approaches to Life Purpose

Hero’s Journey Approach:

• 15 Legendary Themes & 75 Quotes from “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho (Book Summary)

Inspirational Perspectives:

• 3 Life Themes from the Most Viewed Commencement Speeches
• 20 Life Purpose Perspectives from Oprah’s “The Path Made Clear” (Book Summary)

Simple Approach:

• Life Purpose: “The Crossroads of Should and Must” by Elle Luna (Book Summary)

How-to Approach:

• Create Your Life Purpose with the Why Discovery Process from “Find Your Why” by Simon Sinek (Book Summary)

Vocational Approach:

• On Vocation, True Self, & the Inner Journey: “Let Your Life Speak” by Parker J. Palmer (Book Summary) + 🔒 Premium Summary

Spiritual Approach:

• Your Purpose on “A New Earth” (Eckhart Tolle Book Summary #2)
• Eternal Purpose: “The Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren (Book Summary)
• 🔒 “A New Earth” + “Purpose Driven Life” Synthesis: How to Live a Life on Purpose with Eckhart Tolle & Rick Warren

Posts on Ikigai & Monetizing Purpose

Ikigai Approach (My Top Recommendation):

All of these posts and more are part of the new eBook: Ikigai 2.0: A Step-by-Step Guidebook to Finding Life Purpose & Making Money Meaningfully (+ Bonus Workbook)

• What is the Hedgehog Concept by Jim Collins? (& How Does it Compare to Ikigai?)
• The True Meaning of Ikigai: Definitions, Diagrams & Myths about the Japanese Life Purpose
• Ikigai 2.0: Evolving the Ikigai Diagram for Life Purpose (& Why and How it Needs to be Redesigned)
• My Ikigai 2.0: A Detailed Personal Ikigai Example of How to Find Your Life Purpose
• “Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life” by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles (Book Summary)
• How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose: “Awakening Your Ikigai” by Ken Mogi (Book Summary)

Monetizing Purpose:

• 🔒 Monetizing Purpose Synthesis: How to Meaningfully Make Money from Your Life Purpose (+ Infographics)
• 🔒 Naval Ravikant Synthesis: How to Build Wealth by Being Yourself (+ Infographics)
• Everything from Money to The Meaning of Life: Wisdom from “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant” (Book Summary)
• “How to Get Rich (without getting lucky)” by Naval Ravikant (Summary & Infographic)
• 25+ Charlie Munger Quotes to Live a Wise & Wealthy Life

Posts on Happiness & Self-Actualization

Happiness:

All of these posts and more are part of the free eBook: The Hierarchy of Happiness eBook — 100+ Powerful Perspectives on How to be Happy

• Happiness 101: The Beginner’s Guide for How to be Happy (Money, Simplicity, Relationships, Culture)
• Happiness 201: The Advanced Guide for How to be Happy Psychologically (Expectations, Practice, Choice, Purpose)
• Happiness 301: The Master’s Guide for How to be Happy Spiritually (Presence, Letting Go, Transcendence, Joy)
• 5 Life Lessons Learned from The Alchemist’s Secret of Happiness Story
• Mo Gawdat: Ex-Google Exec Engineers a Happiness Equation
• Naval Ravikant: 15 Timeless Thoughts & 50 Naval Quotes on Peace, Happiness, the Meaning of Life, & More

Self-Actualization:

• What is Self-Actualization? Here’s what Maslow said about Self-Actualizers
• The New Science of Self-Actualization: “Transcend” by Scott Barry Kaufman (Book Summary)
• 🔒 Self-Actualization Synthesis: How to be a Healthy Self-Actualizer (+ 2 Infographics)
• 🔒 Behind the Scenes: My Self-Actualization Self-Assessment
• 🔒 Stream of Consciousness: Can you be Selfish AND Save the World?

Posts on the Meaning of Life (& Death)

Meaning of Life:

• A Deep & Detailed Summary of “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl (Book Summary) + 🔒 Premium Summary
• 10 Purposeful Themes & 25 Top Quotes from “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl
• Living with Meaning: “Yes to Life” by Viktor Frankl (Book Summary) + 🔒 Premium Summary
• The Modern Art of Living: With Great Choice comes Great Responsibility
• 25+ Art of Living Quotes to Inspire the Ultimate “Work” of our Lives
• 35+ Alan Watts Quotes on the Meaning of Life, Knowing Yourself, Slowing Down, & More

Meaning of Death:

• 15 Deep Insights about Death to Understand the Meaning of Life & Live Fully Alive
• 🔒 Stream of Consciousness: Is Death the Best Invention of Life?
• Write Your Own Eulogy: Then Live Up To It
• Your Entire Lifetime is only 1% of Recorded History
• A Lifetime by the Numbers: “Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives” by David Eagleman
• 25 Life Lessons from “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch (Book Summary)
• Why You Want a Physicist to Speak at Your Funeral (Short Speech by Aaron Freeman)

You May Also Enjoy:

• What is Sloww?

• Sloww Stage 1: How do I design a lighter life?

• Sloww Stage 3: How do I master the mind?

• Sloww Stage 4: How do I embody wisdom?