Can what makes life worthwhile be measured? You might be thinking, "Of course not. It's unique and subjective to every person." As a result, you might be surprised to hear that the answer is actually yes, absolutely. There are key characteristics of people who find life meaningful that you can start tracking and improving to find more meaning i...
Read MoreA Unified Theory of Meaning can't truly be unified if it isn't aligned or compatible with most philosophies. In this blog post, I thought I'd start to show how all philosophies have the eight core concepts of meaning embedded into their ideologies. Let's begin with Christianity, which has a lot of relevant concepts. Here are five ideas from the...
Read MoreI just described where the growth-centric view of meaning is popping up in the corporate world, and so my brain must've been primed to see some of these examples in other areas. There are several pop psychology and business ideas that have been widely used and accepted in speeches and articles that have growth at the heart of them. Let's take a l...
Read More"I [feel like I] don't have a purpose." It's a common statement from people who don't have the direction that they wish they had in life. It's definitely difficult to turn it around when you are overwhelmed by a sense of aimlessness, but it is possible. First, it's important to note that you always have a purpose; it's just not clear. I've advis...
Read MoreThe growth-centric view of meaning is a relatively new model that has come after years of focusing on ethics, utility, or happiness in philosophy, economics, and psychology (respectively). There have been hints of this view for centuries in science and business, but it had not been seriously considered because of the natural "Why? To what end?"...
Read MoreAs you may know, there is both an online version and a printable version (both free) of the Meaning Assessment that is found in The Meaning of Life: A guide to finding your life's purpose. The assessments are meant to give you a pre-book baseline so that you can take it again afterwards and check for post-book improvement in your grasp of the eigh...
Read MoreWhile it might not seem like the most interesting topic to define terms, but anyone looking for the meaning of life or more meaning in life needs to define what that means to them. As simple as it might seem, there are many things that you might mean with that question. As a result, you might get advice that you don't find useful because you are...
Read MoreInstilling your life with a greater sense of meaning and purpose—it sounds like a monumental feat. Most people think that they have to identify a "moonshot" goal like curing cancer to give their lives significance. Usually, this process involves some personal or societal judgment as to what is meaningful to pursue. However, meaning is subjective...
Read MoreIkigai is a term that roughly translates into "the meaning of life" due to its belief that it originates from words meaning “to live” and “the realization of what one hopes for”. While this is a word that has many possible interpretation, in this post we're going to break down the two popular ways that people understand/define this concept and wha...
Read MoreIn The Meaning of Life: A guide to finding your life's purpose, I explain in detail how life works and how you can use that information to figure your purpose out for yourself. However, it doesn't mention another major question, "Who am I?" Because I wanted to keep the book focused on helping you figure out your journey, I didn't spend any time c...
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