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Most of us Misunderstood the “Purpose of Wealth”, Are You One of them?
By: Vignesh Alagappan
Tags: Purpose, Money Vs Wealth, Wealth

Most of us want to have more and more money and believe that having more salary means being Independent. Is it really true? Most of us confuse Wealth, Rich, Money, and Income.

Let’s keep the conversation within the finance parlance and avoid any “jargon”.

Wealth is nothing but total assets (includes 401K, bank balance, stock investments, gold, net equity in the house) minus total liabilities (includes money owned to Mortgage, Credit Card). Many of us include an expensive car, an expensive watch, etc as the asset but are they an asset? So the next question would be what is an asset?

An Asset is a tangible thing whose value would increase over time. So we need to exclude an expensive car (it loses its value by 20% once out of the store), expensive gadgets such as TV, Watch, etc. Instead, we can place the rest of them under liabilities or consumables with “no value”. How do we purchase them either Money or credit?

So what’s Money, it is a medium of exchange. Historically people exchanged goods but it wasn’t efficient. Earlier forms of Money were gold, silver coins. But, their distribution wasn’t easy then paper cash was Introduced (using gold as collateral). Now paper cash can be printed by the Sovereign Govt at their will. (Why it was done and pros/cons are out of this article-scope, otherwise the article would be a never-ending one).

Then what’s Income? It is nothing but payment when goods sold or services been rendered. An employee receives a salary at the end of the month for the services s/he rendered to the employer. Similarly, an employer gains an Income by rendering their service (or selling goods) to the consumer or to an Enterprise. Money makes the transaction easy and simple.

Having said this, Money per-say is not growing. One needs to carefully purchase an asset (not a liability) that can grow (or increase value) over-time. Ideally, Assets should create a regular stream of income (i.e. dividend from stock, rental income, etc.).
Smashing
By: J.D. Harms
Tags: Listlessness, Purpose, Partying, Image, Poetry

Smashing

Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash

Lips done their work

archaic, futile exercise

crash

the night becomes somehow

longer

Working around

another bottle

another figure of speech

another cab driver given

addresses you barely remember

the next day

Convening around moonlit tables

heaping ashtrays

discarded and shifting lives

Tempered by nothing

set free…charged by no will

apparently

Mouth finishing with body first

hands, fingers will be next

hoping, hopefully

before the food arrives

Who ordered food?

Fuck’s sake, the longest walk

ever

to see the burning legs

but remember, there’s no calendar

to mark any of this down

Smashed teeth refusing to give way

refusing the barricaded moment

only resurrecting themselves

upon being washed with some water
Standing Out Digitally: Meaning Wins Out Over More
By: Ms Career Girl Blog
Tags: Purpose, Findingyourpurpose

Across the world, people no longer want MORE. Instead, they want meaning. There is a deep need to make real connections to real people. The way to stand out digitally is to stand for your passion and your purpose.



The first step is to really think about what you care about deeply, what is your particular mission to make a difference in the world. We all have a mission. It’s inside you right now. When you are aligned to your mission, you feel joyful and fulfilled. The way to unlock your mission is to listen to your heart: what does it say it wants to change?



Here are some of the answers from Your Real Power is You Coaching Members:



Act as an advocate against bullying in schools



Make women feel empowered in bed



Protect the world’s waters



Show people how to live with passion and purpose



All of my coaching members felt they had a mission inside them, but they could not work out exactly what the mission was. The 2 key reasons why they could not work out their mission was because they had not given themselves the time to sit down, to ask themselves what they felt deeply passionate about and to go through the process to uncover that.



You can start this process at home, by taking an hour an afternoon or a day over this month, to take quiet time for yourself, to go within and ask ‘what have I done in my past that I cared deeply about? What am I doing now that I care deeply about? And what do I want to do in my future that I care deeply about?’ Then align your past, present, an
Pursue Your Purpose, Rather Than Your Passion.
By: N. Jerry Cho
Tags: Purpose, Passion, Productivity

Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash

One insight I gained from The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath is that people ought to follow their purpose, rather than their passion. In the book, they defined purpose as “the sense that you are contributing to others, that your work has broader meaning” and passion as “the feeling of excitement or enthusiasm you have about your work.”

Purpose, “the sense that you are contributing to others, that your work has broader meaning” Passion, “the feeling of excitement or enthusiasm you have about your work”

The Heath brothers introduce a research conducted by Morten Hansen from UC Berkeley. After interviewing 5,000 employees and managers, Hansen found that people who had low purpose and low passion were ranked at the 10th percentile of their performance by their bosses whereas those who had high purpose and high passion were ranked at the 80th percentile. This result is understandable.

Interestingly, those who had low purpose and high passion were ranked at the 20th percentile whereas those with high purpose and low passion got ranked at 64th percentile! People who were excited about their work and yet didn’t have a great sense of purpose and meaning for their job performed poorly. But those who had a sense of purpose for your job, performed way better than the high passion/low purpose group.

Conclusion: Pursue your purpose rather than your passion.

Here’s an interview from Morten Hansen, the author of Great At Work, speaking about following one’s purpose instead of passion.

Passion is individualistic. Your passion may be different from mine. But purpose is collective. In fact, you feel a sense of purpose when you know that your work is contributing to something greater than yourself.

In order to cultivate a sense of purpose, ask yourself, “How can I help others?” “What can I do to serve others?” When we see our work benefits others in a positive way, we can feel a tremendous sense of purpose in what we do.
Over time, the right people will find you. They’ll present themselves to you, becoming more evident and visible throughout your life journey. The higher power will place the right ones in your path…
By: Tina Joy
Tags: Purpose, Believe In Yourself, Mega Mantras, Monday Motivation, Inspiration

Photo by Hassan OUAJBIR via Unsplash

“Everything works itself out in the end. If it didn’t work out, it’s not the end!”

Tina Joy — The Business Guru

Over time, the right people will find you. They’ll present themselves to you, becoming more evident and visible throughout your life journey. The higher power will place the right ones in your path, for you to take notice of and discover.

Don’t worry.

Stress less.

Pay attention.

Believe and you shall receive.

Let life play out in your favor, the way it should!
Monday Morning Mantra
Tags: Self Help, Purpose, Focus, Manifestation, Meditation

Definiteness of Purpose

What do YOU want?

The most important question of your life.

Smile

Your answer decides your future.

What does your heart say?

Can you hear it?

Listen

The answer is there, calling you.

The real answer, not what is expected of you.

Not what YOU THINK is expected of you.

Go within.

Quiet your mind.

Breathe

Ask the question,

What do you want?

Do you see an image?

A flash in your mind’s eye?

It happens quickly.

Your heart knows.

Trust

It may not make sense

to the logical mind.

It’s your desire

and you can have it,

with consistent focus and clarity,

or definiteness of purpose.

Namaste
Why? Reason 3
Tags: Science, Purpose, Depression, Society, Startup

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Don’t stop at facts, seek greater truth!
By: Urmila Sardesai
Tags: Vision, Purpose, Self-awareness, Inspiration, Self Improvement

Vision Over Sight !

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“If you can see it in your mind, you can hold it in your hand.” — Steve Harvey All the smallest & greatest inventions & discoveries were made possible, just because someone didn’t want to stop at just the facts. He believed in something that couldn’t be proved or seen just as yet, something for which he had a clear vision for & unwavering faith towards!

Everything we see around us was first someone’s idea. Nothing exists in this world that didn’t first exist ONLY in someone’s mind.

Who would have believed that electricity exists, before Nikola Tesla, Michael Faraday & the other visionary scientists went beyond the facts & relentlessly believed & pursued their vision?

Who would have thought that humans could fly too, if it was not for the Wright Brothers & their imagination?

A real ‘Thought Leader’ is someone who dares to think transformatively! Thought is the first level of creation. Every incredible invention starts with an inspiration, an idea, a visualization. Then comes the inspired action & then comes the physical proof, which then becomes a fact!

So, I say again. Don’t let the facts stop you, deter you from creating something that has never been done before, that you have a deep inner knowing for, a slow hunch ( Daniel Kahneman ) for!

That deep inner knowing, that nagging feeling that’s telling you to act on something, that step that you know you want to take, embrace that. Don’t let people who have never done it before tell you that it can’t be done. They never tried, But try you must!
Book Review: Think like a Monk by Jay Shetty
By: Ipshita Mandal-Johnson
Tags: Jay Shetty, Purpose, Self-awareness, Monk, Self Improvement

Review by Giorgio Reggiani (Founding Partner & CFO, Global Bio Fund)

2020 has been a year of huge changes for me. As luck would have it, 2020 was also a year that has offered a lot of time for self reflection and wondering how to become more involved in building back to a better world. It was timely then that Jay Shetty, a life coach, published his book to share the wisdoms he had gained by spending over 3 years living as a monk and the practical steps that you can take every day to live a more meaningful life in his book Think Like a Monk.

Combining ancient and modern wisdoms with his own experiences of living with Monks, this easy to read book includes lots of practical exercises to help us reflect on and overcome negative thoughts and habits, to access our calm and to being on the journey of finding a purposeful life.

Jay grew up in north London with family expectations of following a professional career but at university a friend dragged him along to a lecture by a monk and he became so inspired to follow that path that he skipped his graduation ceremony and headed to India to join an ashram. It was while meditating for hours every day that Jay learnt the core lessons he shares in this book. Lucky for us, after three years he had a discussion with one of his teachers that made him consider being able to make a bigger impact if he left the ashram and shared his experience and wisdom with others.

Arriving back in the UK, Jay met up with some old school friends, many of whom were experiencing stress, pressure and unhappiness in their careers and lives and they invited Jay to coach them on well-being and mindfulness. Jay ended up presenting mindfulness sessions to a big consultancy practice and has went on to become one of the world’s most popular life coaches, with over 38 million social media followers. Jay’s engaging and easy to follow writing style is peppered with memorable, real world examples of how to apply monk like thinking instead of using our “monkey brains” which keep us distracted from developing ourselves and block our path to finding our own unique purpose.

Developing our monk thinking techniques chapter by chapter, Jay helps us to reflect on the source of our anxieties, and limiting thoughts and teaches us to unwrap the layers of family, friend and societal complexities that we’ve been wrapped in.

Jay quotes Charles Colley in his book “I’m not what I think I am. I’m not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am”. This book can help you to stop living the life you think others expect of you and find the person that you can be.

I’ve recommend this book to my friends and I’d recommend it to you too.
The Maze of Life
By: Dr. Faisal Jamshaid
Tags: Life, Purpose, Life Lessons, Self Improvement, Personal Growth

The Maze of Life

The Maze of Life — By Dr. Faisal Jamshaid

I didn’t always want to be a Doctor.

In fact, I didn’t know what I wanted to be.

A big part of the life I now live stemmed from my journey through university.

As a naive eighteen-year-old cocooned by the comforts of a simple life, I was spat out into the real world and forced to navigate the maze we call ‘life’.

Finding the Centre of the Maze

18 year-old me

At a first-year medical student, I thought the rest of my life was laid out for me.

I’d be some form of doctor for the rest of my life, develop financial security, settle down with a family and maybe enjoy a holiday a couple of times a year.

The problem was, I began to develop this sinking feeling that there were other things I should be doing, too.

In recent years, I’ve noticed that a lot of university students feel this way.

They question whether their degree is right for them and whether they’re taking steps towards a future they’d be satisfied with.

To name one example, medical students specifically ask me how I’m so set on a career specialty; they long for that same conviction.

Ofcourse, the true answer is that I’ll never know where the true centre of my maze lies.

The centre of our maze is where we’d be most content and secure.

And to find the centre of your maze, you just have to get up and start navigating it.

When you approach two paths, take the new one.

When you hit a dead-end, you turn around and keep moving.

Some will find a spot in the maze they’re happy with and call it a day.

This becomes their ‘middle’.

The other type of person keeps hitting dead-ends, but by navigating a larger part of the maze they encounter more spots in which they’d be comfortable settling down in.

The latter type ends up with a better idea of what’s available and can settle down somewhere closer to their perfect ‘middle’.

So if you want to find your middle, bounce off walls and know your dead-ends.

Take note of your favourite spots in the maze but don’t let that stop you from exploring some more.

I don’t know if I’ve found my true middle yet, but I’m a hell of a lot closer.

Your maze is unique to mine.

So if you’re stuck, get up and start moving.
Our uniqueness becomes clear when we find our complementary role in Humanity and Nature’s system
By: Zsolt Hermann
Tags: Environment, Purpose, Goals, Education, Humanity

Question from the Internet:

“If the human mind is so different and unique from one another, how can we all have the same qualities it has such as thought, imagination, etc. shouldn’t every single one of us extremely unique mental faculties and for some, even disorders?”

In our initial, instinctive form — most Human beings in right now — we are not that different from each other.

According to the inherent program Nature’s evolution installed in us, we are all, ceaselessly chasing selfish pleasures, fulfillment while try to stay away, run away from unpleasant, painful situations, states.

And in terms of our desires, we want to fulfill we all have a unique set, combination, strength from the available “animate” desires of food, sex, family; and the “social” desires of wealth, power, fame, and knowledge.

The combination of how badly, at all cost we want to fulfill those desires and in what priority, importance those desires drive us. And even in this respect, we are pretty close, after all, most of our desires are implanted into us by the surrounding environment, peer pressure. Thus in today’s global environment, with the media, marketing, “circus and bread” entertainment we are brainwashed by very similar “needs”, “values”, “goals”.

If we want to find our true uniqueness, the “root of our being”, if we want to find and fulfill our individual, irreplaceable, irrepressible role, purpose in reality, we would need to develop through a special, closed environment.

We need a methodical and purposeful environment that uses the appropriate, practical method to help us map reality’s integrated, interdependent system, help us understand the system’s developmental plan with our predetermined role in it.

Then by fulfilling that role nobody else could fulfill we would finally recognize and cherish our true individual uniqueness in most optimally serving, complementing Humanity and Nature’s system through our role in Humanity. This is when we truly become Human beings.
The Meaning of Life Is to Do What You Do
By: Caleb Tuttle
Tags: Life, Happiness, Purpose, Aristotle, Philosophy

The Function Argument

The function argument claims that each thing does something unique, and it is good for each thing to do its thing well. Stated differently, for each thing, there is an activity unique to it, and the thing should excellently engage in this activity. Stated differently again, each thing has a unique function; activating the function is good.

For example, to borrow from Aristotle, the function of a knife is to cut. A good knife is sharp (i.e., cuts well). The function of a house is to shelter, so a good house will not allow rain through the roof. The function of a tree is to do tree-things, such as absorb sunlight and grow.

With this observation that everything has a unique work (i.e., activity, function), Aristotle asks, What is the function of a human being? In his words:

“For just as for a flute-player, a sculptor, or an artist, and, in general, for all things that have a function or activity, the good and the ‘well’ is thought to reside in the function, so would it seem to be for man, if he has a function. Have the carpenter, then, and the tanner certain functions or activities, and has man none? Is he born without a function?” (1097b25–30)

To identify the function of a human being, Aristotle observes the rest of nature. He identifies three categories of life: plant life, non-human animal life, and human life. These three categories have corresponding categories of functions. The defining function of plants is nutrition and growth, of non-human animals perception, and of humans rationality.

Thus, for Aristotle, the governing function of a human being is to put to work the rational faculty. (He separates the rational principle of human beings into two kinds: the kind that obeys rationality and the one that thinks and governs.)

Note that rationality is the governing function of a human being. Aristotle recognizes that humans are social animals, that we need food, that we perceive things with the senses, and so on. He identifies the rational faculty as the defining characteristic, not as the only characteristic.

By identifying the function of a human being, Aristotle argues, we know generally what the meaning of human life is, i.e., what a good and happy life consists in.
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Tags: Science, Purpose, Stress, Startup, Community

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Am I Write
By: Calvin Lassiter
Tags: Writer, Purpose, Writing, Haiku, Gifts

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

I wrote and I wrote,

Then I wrote some more; ask why?

I Am a writer
Dreams…
By: Questionably Life
Tags: Life, Meaning Of Life, Science, Purpose, Philosophy

“Lets suppose that you were able every night to dream any dream you wanted to dream. And you would, naturally as you began on this adventure of dreams you would fulfill all your wishes. You would have every kind of pleasure you could conceive. And after several nights of 75 years of total pleasure each you would say ‘Well that was really great.But now let’s have a suprise, let’s have a dream which isn’t under control, where something is gonna happen to me that I don’t know what it’s gonna be.’ Then you would get more and more adventurous and you would make further- and further-out gambles what you would dream. And finally, you would dream where you are now. You would dream the dream of living the life that you are actually living today.”

-Alan Watts The Dream of Life

About an hour ago, I listened tot he song “Dreams” by NUAGES. The song begins with excerpts from Alan Watts’ speech The Dream of Life. I provided the excerpts in quotes above. The name Alan Watts was completely foreign to me until little under an hour ago. But within approximately 55 minutes, this man has shifted my thinking entirely.

Alan Watts served as an interpreter of Eastern philosophies for the Western world. Some of his quotes are indeed questionable as well as some of his teachings but here are a few that stand out to me in a positive light.

The following quotes are from Alan Watts:

“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is”

“But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything”

“The attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be”

“No one is more insane than one who is sane all the time”

“Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know”

“Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences”

“Our pleasure are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure — attractively packages but inferior in content”

“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth”
What Would You Do Anyway Even If You Knew You Would Fail?
By: Jeff Harry
Tags: Purpose Driven Life, Work, Purpose, Fail, Failure

You hear all the time the question: What would you do if you knew you could not fail? I think the more powerful question though is:

What would you do anyway even if you knew you would fail?

Why this question? Because if you did something knowing it would fail, but you were motivated to keep going anyway, that would show true love, true admiration, a true commitment to the work. You then aren’t in it for the results. You aren’t in it for the prestige, the fame, the fortune, the admiration, the praise, or the recognition. You are in it just because you love the work so much.

What’s ironic is that in that state, there is no possibilty of you failing because simply being able to do the work is your success.

I once heard Tarana Burke, the creator of the #MeToo Movement, say on stage at one of those prestigious conferences, you have invited me to the Emmy’s, Grammies, the Oscars, to all these fancy parties. I know at some point, you’ll move on and those invitations will dry up. I’m not doing this work for you. I was doing this work in community centers and church basements long before this and if I need to continue to do that work there, I will again, as I am about the work.

The Movement started in 2006 and did not get worldwide recognition until 2017. If Tarana had been doing this work for any other reason besides her believing in this work, it would never have had the impact that it has for billions of people around the world. Maybe she thought at times, it may fail or that no one will really care, but because she was so resolute because she was going to do this work whether it succeeded or not because felt compelled to do this work, that is why it has had the impact that it has had.

So, I ask the question again:

What type of work are you willing to do even if you knew it would fail?

Once you are able to figure out that answer, you find out what makes you come alive. Because, frankly, that is the type of work the world needs from you right now .
Survival of the Richest
By: Amritha Ram
Tags: Poem, Time, Purpose, Mental Health, Poetry

Survival of the Richest

Photo by Shoaib SR on Unsplash

Some days I lie awake

Blinking until the dark becomes light

To my eyes, at least.

I know I will eventually drift off,

And surface again when the shrill ringing begins at dawn.

What then?

I force myself to pay no heed

To my limbs that feel nailed down

And the rest of me that is cold.

So cold.

I’ve kicked away the sheets, I see.

Perhaps during one of those passionate dreams,

Where I am in combat with my choices.

My throat is scratchy,

The room is still dark.

Winter is unforgiving.

The same routine, day after day,

I’ve lost count of how many times.

But I never go a single one without

wondering what it’s all for.

The day is a happy one, but it feels

Like it will never realize it’s full potential

Unless I learn where I fit

In this puzzle of a world.

My reason for walking down 9th Avenue.

My purpose for pulling myself out of the comforting embrace of my fleeces

And into the cutthroat jungle that is enclosed within this three-storeyed cuboid.

I give myself to this enterprise,

I convince myself of my success.

Because that’s what that sleek slip they smilingly give me

At the end of the month means.

It means success.

Right?

My cashmere sweater warms and melts away the doubt that creeps

Around the empty spaces in my mind.

The ones that the demands of the day have not yet sought.

What will you remember me for?

That’s my biggest fear.

But, no. There’s a greater one yet.

One that will plague my tired mind once more that night,

When I lie blinking in the darkness.

In half a century, what will I remember of myself?
The Eternal Symphony
By: Jawad Arshad Khan
Tags: Life, Purpose, Life Lessons, Symphony, Poetry

Every symphony is composed of various notes high and low ,

Each note contributes to it’s rhythm melody and flow, life is the highest quality of symphony.

If you can get hold the art and are able to withstand throughout the high and low notes,

You give rise to an immortal melody and then in later part of life when

you remember and when the song is played you will understand how important the low notes were to create the magic.

and all of these soulful notes tend to vibrate and leave an amazing experience with you.

Believe me your melody would be so wonderful and intense which would be an immortal jewel to you.

It’s often misunderstood or believed that to achieve the beauty of the composition it has to be synchronised but if you can go beyond and with soul purity and talent produce different note every time then the eternal magic has taken place which would be byond boundaries.

So you can see still while you read there’s nothing that is in sync or rhymes here, it does not have to ,so does your approach to life.

So withstand throughout the symphony be a part of symphony of your fellow mates then the notes that would come out are priceless

and the great master composer of these symphonies is all high all mighty ALLAH belive in Him.

— The Thought Reaper
I say this as someone who writes on Medium not for the money or the followers; I don’t have a…
By: Robert Craig
Tags: Why, Purpose Driven Life, Purpose, Writing

I say this as someone who writes on Medium not for the money or the followers; I don’t have a ‘funnel’.

But when did writing on Medium become about what you get rather than creating – what you give.

Maybe I’m lucky that I don’t have to make money from this, I do it for creative reasons. The best content on medium (and why I pay my monthly subscription) is content that feels like it’s freely given.

The worst is content that is clearly written with gamification of claps, cross links and self publicity as the goal with the writer’s benefit in mind.

I’m truly hoping that those who write for financial goals are able to do so on Medium without the perception of being self-serving.

Thanks for sharing and prompting my thinking of this, it’s been lingering on my mind for a while. Cheers.
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Tags: Happiness, Purpose, Belonging, Socialimapct, Community

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Your Journey Is Your Own
By: Emmanuel Yerumoh
Tags: Life, Purpose, Life Lessons, Self-awareness, Inspiration

Your Journey Is Your Own

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Your life is your own to live,

Even if society makes you feel like it’s not

Or people call you old, not for lack of trying

Or your own family forces its values on you

Your life is yours to live

Your time works for you alone

Do they tell you are running out of time?

Tell them, timing is relative

Tell them you have your clock

Your time works for you alone.

Your journey is your own

Not your family’s journey not your friend’s and certainly not for society.

It is yours.

Make choices for yourself. Hold yourself fully responsible.

Your journey is your own.

Your battles are yours to fight.

Don’t get stuck fighting a stranger’s battle missing your own

Stand your ground and fight. Your battles must be won by you

There are personal lessons you need to learn from these.

Your battles are yours to fight.

Your mistakes are your own

Sometimes they have to be made, else who would learn from them.

You should learn from your mistakes and others as well.

The earlier you make them, the quicker you learn to avoid them.

Your mistakes are yours to make.

Then when all is said and done,

And you are left standing against all odds.

Guess who cheers you on? Same people who held you back

So just prepare yourself for persecution, for it will come.

And when it does, you will overcome.

PS.

The most beautiful things will often come to you in the darkest of times. Remember to keep a clear mind at those times so you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Trust me it’s always there.

PPS.

Persecution is sometimes a sign that you are on the right path. Sometimes! Not all the time. Trust your instinct, trust your gut, and pray for the wisdom to discern the difference.

PPPS. (last one)

There are somethings no one can teach you. You must learn these things yourself. There are some mistakes you must make. Not making those mistakes is a mistake. You can’t be a perfect being. The essence of life is to be continually on a journey to perfection. It is not to reach the destination.
Two Topics Into One:
By: Shaquilla Anidobu
Tags: Purpose Driven Life, Purpose, Freedom, Purge, Growth Mindset

Two Topics Into One:

Purge: The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another. “ Definition from the dictionary". During this pandemic have anyone felt the need to purge? I know 2020 has been a year we as a whole would like to get thrown out , HOWEVER I’m purging it good to cleanse from the old to a newer version of you. Purging is NECCESSARY it shows signs of growth. Growth is needed in life it shows you going from one phase to another, you can use wisdom in every aspect of life. We must cleanse our beings . Life is like a breathe of fresh air,that’s what purifying you being should be like !!! Get rid of what’s not giving you purpose! Going forward what bring you reciprocity (universal law) don’t add it ,it’s toxic to your being and the earth! She (earth) needs love, peace,joy and hope! Make the world a better place ,she has been polluted .

Transition: The process or a period of changing from one state to another. Perfect example of this is a baby growing from diapers to pull ups, this is a example of transition. I believe in life as we get older things needs to change. Change is inevitable but we must embrace it. Personally I’ve experience growth and it’s messy but neccessary for you, it’ll help your character and bring you into the person you need to be.

In this pandemic I’m learning, relearning myself. I’ve learned I’ve neglected a big part of me attending and doing the most. This is a new era I want to heal let go of what doesn’t serve my destiny and be free!

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Simon Anholt on how to repair the world in one generation — The International Exchange
By: The International Exchange
Tags: Tieunearthed, Tie, Purpose, Leadership Development

Today I speak with Simon Anholt, independent Policy Advisor who has worked with Presidents, Prime Ministers and Monarchs in 56 nations, helping them improve their economic, political and cultural engagements with the international community.

He’s a best-selling author, TED speaker — who has clocked over 10 million views, and long time TIE mentor and friend.

In this episode we talk about his recently launched book The Good Country Equation. You’ll hear him explain the challenges facing humanity and the planet with unique clarity, and he provides new, informative, practical, and innovative solutions on how to build a better world.

We hear about cooperation and collaboration being a true beacon of hope. And we talk about what Globalisation 2.0 looks like.

You will see the world through different eyes after listening to this podcast. And I have no doubt it will hook you to get a copy of his latest book, The Good Country Equation.

Which genuinely is a must read for anyone who cares about our shared future.

Here’s to working towards making things better for 2021 and beyond.

Have a listen and enjoy! And to learn more about The International Exchange (TIE) and our various programmes, click here.
Passion to drive purposeful entrepreneurship
Tags: Purpose, Entrepreneurship, Business, Passion, Self Improvement

Awakening to your why

How many of you noticed that I purposefully wrote “awakening your why” instead of the popular phrase used “finding you're why”? A lot of people think that answering your “what is your why” question is some sort of a quest. I believe that your answer to the “what is your why” question is already within you, it is something that is already informed by all your milestone moments that has created a thread in your life up until now. The process of thinking about your why is about interrogating your life and one that asks you to go back and uncover all of the things that appear disconnected but are actually very intricately connected into giving you your reason for being.

How to do this:

The most action-driven emotion that we feel as a human is an anger, it is a signal to us that we need to fight against the problem and that is hugely important. When people talk about purpose and start to do the work to find their purpose, I find that a lot of those exercises miss a fundamental question which is what makes you angry?

If you ask yourself what makes you angry, you are starting to tap into the part of your brain that works to solve a problem. A lot of us have been taught not to express anger, not to talk about and anger, and not to acknowledge anger. Even myself, I have learned that anger is something to be internalized and not to be talked about. Having said that, knowing and defining what you are angry about is not easy for people. It takes a lot of time and exercise to think about the things which make you angry and why they make you angry, and how they affect you personally.

Anger is a compelling emotion that drives purpose. I think the problem is that we are very narrow-minded when we think about anger, it is seen as a violent emotion which is not always necessarily true. The most important question to ask when you want to find your purpose is to ask yourself what makes me angry?

Passion is not just about what you care about, what brings you joy, and this is an important distinction. Passion is more than that!

From passion to purpose-driven enterprise
Creating Your Legacy? Start Now
By: Javier Rumi
Tags: Life, Achievement, Psychology, Meaning, Purpose

Many people think that leaving a legacy is something that you start working on at a later stage in life or when the right moment will arrive. Also, it is a common assumption that “there must be” a process to do it.

I think Legacy is something you are working on right now. At this moment, and all the time. Also, if there is a process, the most crucial step is to create your own process. After that principle, there are 3 or 4 behaviors that research showed people claiming to be creating a Legacy have in common.

Legacy… yes, of course, one day I’ll get to that.

David Reynolds, on citing “Morita Therapy”, defines a mature human being:

The mature human being goes about doing what needs to be done regardless of whether that person feels great or terrible.

Another pillar in Morita’s philosophy for defining a mature human being is noticing a desire for a deeper meaning, realizing Legacy is created every day, not at the end of our Life.

Legacy has the essence of transcendence.

Legacy could be capital or properties received from an ancestor or predecessor. Or knowledge as the Legacy of the ancient philosophers. Or negative transcendence as war can leave a legacy of pain and suffering, or a wrong culture that becomes a Legacy to improve or change.

When we think about our personal Legacy, it refers to our way of transcending ourselves, our circle of influence, and even our time on earth. Also, personal Legacy is connected to the idea of meaning and purpose.

There is a natural connection between our purpose in life with the meaning of why we do what we do, or what we strive for doing. One day the fruits of those efforts could be of service to someone else. The only way to have the chance to leave a legacy, then, is to work on that purpose: Now and every day.

Starting now

The most effective way to ‘discover’ your purpose is to engage in something as a quest to refine your meaning. NOW.

For some reason, we like to flirt with the idea that there is ONE thing, specific, almost tangible, that IS OUR PURPOSE. We only need someone or in some way, that it will be “shown to us”. There seems to be no other way. Find it for yourself. Now

“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.” — Joseph Campbell
“I Humanity One” — core values
Tags: Community, Startup, Purpose, Socialimapct, Deeptech

Our Core Values:

We are purpose-driven community of like-minded people.

We bring you the future: unconditional progress and sustainable development.

We implemented frontier technologies and modern science: meritocracy, decentralized autonomous organization, social lifts and new age of education.

We give you full freedom of self-expression and safety, your data are closed, encrypted and you own your data.

We unite people across the world: international, multi-languages and borderless.

Join to “I Humanity One” : www.ihumanity.one
Your Tree Of Life
By: Amos Bracewell
Tags: Life, Hope, Purpose, Faith, Journey

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.”

~Proverbs 13:12

Have you ever wanted something so intensely, you actually ached?

The kind of ache that made you want to forgo wanting.

When weary from weeping over what we wish were, sometimes it’s easier to let dreams die.

Many do. And who can blame them?

A sickened heart knows but half the joy — at most, that is supposed to jewel the journey.

Sulking, slinking, and eventually sliding back from the table of life — pushing plate, pleasure, and possibility away.

“I’ll be in my room. I wasn’t hungry anyhow”, it weakly whispers.

What options exist when, from wait’s wallowed waning, one falls faint-hearted?

How long can one go without nourishment?

How far can one forge forward, before from famine, one fails?

There is a tree with your name on it.

Its fruit belongs only to you.

It was created not only to resuscitate you, but to also fill you to overflowing.

When you finally find your tree, it won’t be from recognising its stature, shape, or silhouette.

You’ll know it by the filling that finds you.

When bark and branch are better balm, than shimmering seas upon sunshined shores.
Finding My Purpose Amidst a Pandemic
By: Adam Flowers
Tags: College, Music, Purpose, Pandemic, Education

If you told me at the beginning of this year I would experience a historical pandemic, I most likely would not believe you.

During the month of March, I was nearing the fourth quarter of my senior year. I was so close to being done and I was so ready to graduate. I wanted to move onto college and start my degree. The last day of the quarter, March 13, became a rather memorable day.

Buzz was going on around school about “COVID-19 coming to our county” and “school being shut down,” and these thoughts suddenly ripped themselves into reality. I remember my mom walking into my room on a Sunday, bearing the news that school would be closed for the next two weeks.

A part of me was happy that I wouldn’t have to go to school, but I soon realized that everything I was participating in was cancelled for the rest of the semester. District and state events, induction ceremonies, prom — perhaps graduation. About a week later, I got the news that school was shut down for the rest of the semester.

I had come to the conclusion at that point that I could not do online schooling. Like everyone else, I found myself frustrated and drained. In the beginning, I was happy, but as time grew, I became a slave to my bed, handcuffed to my laptop and phone. And even to this day, as we’re entering a new year and now a freshman in college, I still find myself in this situation.

Starting a new chapter of your life and seeking to find purpose in the middle of something that has ruined several lives, including your own, has been such a daunting task. As a Music Education major, school has especially been difficult. I’ve had to worry about miniscule things, like remembering to bring puppy pads to capture the spit from my trumpet, or wearing a bell cover during rehearsals.

It’s almost as if music, something that brings people together, is dividing us and creating a line between life and death.

Considering all of these factors, I have considered my decision to pursue Music education several times. One day, in the middle of a mental breakdown, I sat myself down and thought.

During my senior year, even at the start of the pandemic, I defined my reason as to why I wanted to pursue college and study Music Ed. The day that my reasons change or die will be the day that I will switch my major or even drop out. But, if those reasons stick, then I will continue this path, even if it feels like walking through Hell and back, barefoot and carrying a two-ton backpack. I have come to understand that learning how to play the piano over a Zoom call is a challenge, but it is a challenge I am willing to take. The day that I walk into my first classroom on the very first day of my teaching career, I will tell my students what I had to do to get here. I will tell them to never wish their time away. I will tell them to appreciate and be grateful for what they have because it can be taken away from them without warning.

I have defined that my purpose is to give the gift of music to future generations, and I hope to help those generations find their purpose as well.
What the hell am I doing?
By: Madame Misfortune
Tags: Helping Others, Youngadult, YouTube, Purpose, Life Lessons

I don’t expect anyone to read this but if you come across this, hi! I am Evie (I tend to dislike my given name) I go by she/them pronouns and I am a young adult situated in Canada. I decided that I will write away my problems like the majority of our melodramatic generation and decided to do it here where no one will know me (hopefully).

I don’t quite know what I am doing. Kinda obvious by the title. And when I say this, I don’t just mean this site, or writing, I know quite a bit about writing, but overall with my life. I am in those awkward years where you are thrown from kid to adult with little to no guidance, and it doesn’t help that the one parent I have available doesn’t quite seem to understand that unless it comes to money.

I want to be an author, and possibly pop my head into YouTube, but that's about it. And while some may see that as enough, I don’t. I barely see the point in life. I don’t want to work until I’m sixty something (realistically I’m not retiring at a young age unfortunately) and then what? suffer in a retirement home till my clock ticks out? I hate that. I hate it with every fiber of my being yet its how the world works.

This is why I love books like Harry Potter and Starwars. There is an actual point in their lives, in these worlds. Earth is just not appealing. This is not to say I want to die. While I have my moments, overall its more so that I don’t want to exist? I don’t know.

This is becoming a depressing first entry so I’m going to leave this here. If anyone reads this, have a good day/evening and find your purpose!

Warm Regards,

Your local hypocrite
The “What Do I Want to Do?” Question Is a Trap
By: Auriane Alix
Tags: Ambition, Life, Self, Purpose, Goals

The opposite of happiness is not sadness. It is boredom. This feeling of emptiness permeates every cell of your being and destroys every trace of energy and will. Everything seems useless. Purposeless.

When I was a child, I used to spend the summer months at my grandparents’ house by the sea. On some hot afternoons, when the atmosphere was filled with a damp calm and the song of the cicadas, I would go to see my grandmother and, idle, tell her that I was bored. Invariably, she would reply, “Boredom is very healthy! Go on.”

It took me a long time to understand what she meant by that. It was only later when I realized that I wasn’t bored enough that it became clear. Boredom brings emptiness, and emptiness brings space to think. And that space is vital.

But there is one subtlety. The “unhealthy” boredom must be differentiated from the “healthy” one. The latter is previous.

The “unhealthy” boredom happens when you are bored in your life. When you wake up in the morning without much motivation. When everything seems meaningless and uninteresting, but you keep going anyway, because you think that’s what you’re supposed to do. After all, life is not meant to be pleasant every day.

That’s not what we want. But that’s exactly where you’ll end up if you ask yourself the wrong question.
These Companies are All Trying to Communicate
By: Eric Sutherland
Tags: Greener Products, Qrt Accs And Newsletter, Purpose, Trending In The Markets, Simon Sinek

With more shareholders and people interested in what their company

Photo by krakenimages on Unsplash

Purpose as a heading and bullet points:

Purpose

Introducing new greener products and services

Since these are trending in the markets we serve

We expect our profits to rise

This will enable our R&D to rise also

Communicate with our shareholders and people following our company

Issue Quarterly Accounts and Newsletter to shareholders and those on our email list

From Jayasree Padmanabhan(Quora Answer) added below the Simon Sinek Video, a leading management guru…

Simon Sinek Video on Why

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Purpose
By: Veda Prajvalan
Tags: Choices, Purpose, Choices Stories You Play, Path, Choices Prompt

“I choose to live by choice, not by chance; to make changes, not excuses; to be motivated, not manipulated; to be useful, not used; to excel, not to compete. I choose self-esteem, not self-pity. I choose to listen to my inner voice, not the random opinion of others. I choose to be me.” — Miranda Marrott

What is my purpose? What do my parents say it is? My friends? What do I hope it is? Fear it is? Apart from all of that, what do I know to be true?