Jordan Peterson is a known advocate of meaning. As a psychologist and author, he has spent countless hours pondering this concept, and through doing so, he has developed some interesting views about it. One of his views is that meaning cannot be created by willpower alone. He says that, “You can set up the preconditions, you … Continue reading If You Don’t Realize This About Meaning, You’ll Waste Your Life
“If you don’t live up to your potential, you leave a hole in the fabric of being.” Jordan Peterson When Carl Rogers, the founder of humanistic psychology, wanted to gather his research and essays into a book, he was uncertain about who his audience was going to be. He knew he wanted a suitable one, … Continue reading How the Power of Clarity Will Unlock Your Potential
I remember having four post-its with different professions written down on each. Then I crumbled the papers, put them in my hand, and shook them around. I picked up two and unfolded them. Then I told myself, “This is what I should do with my life.” It didn’t work. In this article, I will teach … Continue reading How to Choose a Life Full of Worth
“You sensed that you should be following a different path, a more ambitious one, you felt that you were destined for other things but you had no idea how to achieve them and in your misery you began to hate everything around you.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky The most common path in life is to get a … Continue reading How to Get Unstuck and Live with Purpose
“Since nature intended us to be social creatures, we have duties to our fellow humans.” William B. Irvine Two thousand years ago, stoic philosophers knew of something that could contribute to a good and meaningful life. To them, it was obvious. Today, many people fail to make use of the very same principle. If you … Continue reading An Ancient Secret to a Meaningful Life
From the moment we grow conscious of our own mortality, we naturally learn we live once. How to maximize it, however, is another matter; and it isn’t learned quite so easily. No one tells us how to do it, nor is it self-evident. In this article, I’ll propose how to maximize your life with meaning. … Continue reading The Circle of (a Meaningful) Life
