Thoughts On Purpose

Living Purposefully in the Trenches

Where is purpose in the storm? How do we pursue our calling when we’re just trying to keep the boat afloat let alone navigate? Some lessons from the…

Feb 2

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January 2026

A New Chapter: Coming Up in 2026

I’m back. Let's collect the best practical guidance we can find to support us on the journey to follow our calling and purpose.

Jan 19

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October 2024

Wake up zombie. Stop scrolling.

Your life is not about you.

Oct 30, 2024

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August 2024

Ken Robinson’s best advice for Finding your Element

Whatever your circumstances may be, in many ways finding your Element is, above anything else, about finding meaning and purpose in your life.

Aug 7, 2024

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June 2024

The awkward problem with Ikigai

Ikigai has become a pretty popular idea in the last few years. It all sounded awesome and so straight forward, until I started to look a little…

Jun 26, 2024

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Balloons, puzzle-pieces and finding your calling

There are two different ways that we can understand purpose, which radically change our attitude to finding it for ourselves. It's balloons or…

Jun 5, 2024

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May 2024

What if Dune was about your calling?

Did you notice it too? Dune is about Paul Atreides pursuing his calling. Really. So let's do it. Let's see what calling is all about through the lens of…

May 3, 2024

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March 2024

5 questions for purpose without the burnout

It is often said of art that it “should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” Well, the same can be said of these 5 questions from Oliver…

Mar 13, 2024

February 2024

Finding your flow with Johann Hari

What can Stolen Focus teach us about our calling and vocation?

Feb 28, 2024

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Spirit of excellence

A blueprint for your life from Martin Luther King Jr.

Feb 14, 2024

January 2024

One handful with tranquility

How looking at the life of Winston Churchill helped me learn to love the lazy me.

Jan 31, 2024

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Give up your goals

More thinklings about how goals can actually get in the way. "We’ve been indoctrinated with a belief that we have to set goals to achieve."

Jan 17, 2024