Living Intentionally

Jay Shetty: Unveiling Your Path in Uncertainty

Jay Shetty's transition from monkhood to media influence embodies the courageous pursuit of purpose. It reminds me of a time I faced a crossroads in my career and chose the less traveled path that aligned more closely with my personal beliefs and passions.

Discover Your True Calling with Guidance from a Modern-Day Sage

• Quick Take: Reflect on a moment when you felt truly aligned with your actions. What were you doing?

• Reflection: "Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one." — Marcus Aurelius

This week, dedicate time to listening consciously, allowing space for your inner voice to emerge.

Arthur Brooks: Engineering Happiness

Arthur Brooks shares insights that resonate with my own experiences of finding happiness in purpose-driven activities, much like how volunteering has enriched my life or how happiness is within us.

Constructing a Joyful Life Through Purpose

• Quick Take: List three activities that bring you joy, satisfaction, and a sense of purpose.

• Reflection: "Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life." — Seneca

Choose one activity from your list and engage with it fully. Notice how it influences your perspective and well-being.

Simon Sinek: Leading with Why

Simon Sinek's insights into finding your 'why' can dramatically shift one's approach to work and life. Like when I discovered my passion for creating and learning, which transformed how I engage with my profession and my activities.

Catalyzing Change by Understanding Your Core Motivations

• Quick Take: What 'why' motivates your daily decisions?

• Reflection: "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." — Friedrich Nietzsche

This week, reevaluate a major decision by aligning it closely with your 'why' and observe the impact on your motivation and outcomes.

Vic Strecher: Living on Purpose

Vic Stretcher’s discussion about purpose as life's compass is a reminder of how my own values have guided my most significant life decisions, steering me through personal and professional challenges.

Aligning Life’s Goals with Personal Values

• Quick Take: Consider your most cherished values. Are your current goals aligned with these?

• Reflection: "Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control." — Epictetus

Reassess one of your current major goals. Modify it to better reflect your core values and take a step towards achieving it.

Robert Greene: Mastery of Self Through Purpose

Reflecting on Robert Greene’s dialogue about following childhood passions, I'm reminded of how my early love for technology shaped my current activities and personal satisfaction as I am constantly learning and updating my second brain.

Navigating Life’s Passions to Forge a Unique Path

• Quick Take: Recall an early interest that excited you as a child. How might it fuel your purpose now?

• Reflection: "A person with purpose doesn't stop; they keep going because they live to have a reason." — Robert Greene

Reconnect with an old hobby or interest this week. Consider how reintegrating it into your life could enhance your sense of purpose.