CHAPTER 56
Purpose
What’s the point? Is there a point? Few people live without having some thoughts about why they exist. Perhaps we won’t ever get a definitive answer to those questions. But in the meantime we can use what we know to get the most out of life.
Research suggests becoming who we can be and giving something back are the top ways to feel most fulfilled in life. The trouble is, few people know who they are let alone what they can become. Most people are so influenced by other people’s opinions that they lose sight of who they are as a person. Then, on top of that, they become influenced by social norms or accepted ways to live and work. You know: the steady job, steady income, steady relationship and so on. Soon our life becomes ...
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