The question of life’s true purpose has baffled humanity for millennia. Philosophers, religious leaders, psychologists, and ...

Sometimes the universe points its finger at you and says it’s time for change. Ten years ago, Jim (one of the authors of this post) was in one of those moments; after more than a decade in a great job ...

The disruption of the last year have thrust many out of the auto-pilot of normal life. Yet while many people have struggled or found themselves languishing, something Adam Grant described in The Times ...

We often hear about the importance of discovering our purpose, living purposefully, and infusing purpose into our work and daily lives, and research shows that when people work with a sense of purpose ...

Mark Twain once said the two greatest days in a person’s life are the day they’re born and the day they discover why. Deep? Definitely. But let’s be honest: the first day is a somewhat passive ...

It’s easy to get caught up in the daily grind of just going through the motions. You get up in the morning and follow the same routine, work, eat, sleep and repeat. We so often lose ourselves and what ...

Have we entered the era of purpose? It seems as if organizations everywhere are asking whether they have a reason for existence that goes beyond simple bottom line concerns. Do they exchange products ...