You Don't Find Your Purpose - You Build It - 3 views
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Put differently, purpose is a thing you build, not a thing you find. Almost any work can possess remarkable purpose.
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For almost everyone, there’s no one thing we can find. It’s not purpose but purposes we are looking for — the multiple sources of meaning that help us find value in our work and lives
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Acknowledging these multiple sources of purpose takes the pressure off of finding a single thing to give our lives meaning.
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Just as we all find meaning in multiple places, the sources of that meaning can and do change over time.
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How do you find your purpose? That’s the wrong question to ask. We should be looking to endow everything we do with purpose, to allow for the multiple sources of meaning that will naturally develop in our lives, and to be comfortable with those changing over time. Unpacking what we mean by “purpose” can allow us to better understand its presence and role in our lives.