‘Life Purpose’ Archives
What Would You Do If You Didn’t Have to Work for Money?
"Live with your whole being all the days of your life. Your reward will be true happiness" - Rebecca Thomas Shane One of the best questions you can ask yourself if you are looking for a new direction in your life is “what would I do if I would get enough money each month without doing anything?” What are the things in your life you love to do – things that make you feel good and [...]
Are You Ready for REAL Freedom?
“It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything.” - Chuck Palahniuk When you think about the word freedom, how do you interpret it? For many people freedom of action, movement, opinion, and ability to achieve their goals are the most important things that come into their minds. Freedom is usually seen as an external thing that other people or the society grants [...]
Why Consumerism Kills Your Happiness and How to Get Rid of It
“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need.” –Tyler Durden (from the movie Fight Club) We live in a consumerist society, where the main purpose of our lives seems to be the systematic creation and fostering of a desire to purchase goods or services in ever greater amounts. We see advertising everywhere: In television, radio, [...]
How to Get Rich by Not Chasing Money
Many people look for fast and easy ways of making money. Different people have different motivational drivers but the underlying premise is that people want to make as much money in as little time as possible with minimal effort. This is why for example get rich –schemes, network marketing opportunities, and gambling are so popular among human beings. Some people are willing to pursue [...]
Why Comparing Yourself to Others Is Harmful and How to Stop It
Comparing yourself to other people is one of the most common things we do. It is ingrained in our natural behavior and we usually can’t help doing it. Human beings are social creatures and comparing yourself to other fellow humans helps to know where one stands in society’s hierarchy. Remember when you were in school? Especially from elementary to up until high school, it was pretty much [...]
Achieve All Your Dreams by Overcoming Your Fears
I watched the movie Donnie Darko yesterday, which is a really good movie by the way and I suggest you to watch it too, if you haven’t already. There was a motivational speaker character in the movie called Jim Cunningham, who was talking about two main forces in life: Fear and Love. We were going to find out later in the movie that this guy was a pedophile (sorry for the spoiler) and a joke in [...]
100 Reasons to Be Happy Today
After seeing a lot of different lists online, I began to wonder if I could make a list of 100 reasons that could be applicable for anyone to be happy today. At first it seemed to be a really hard task, if not impossible, but after really hard thinking I actually was able to come up with 100 things that can help us to remember to be happy every day. If you like this list, you can bookmark it and [...]
How to Stop Procrastinating
I just love this topic as it is one of my own very personal problems – or at least was for a long time. When I was studying in the university, I always left everything for the last possible minute and I often even started to study for an exam only a couple of hours before the start of it. Of course I was then very efficient because I was in a small panic and didn’t have any choice but to [...]
How to Be a Real Man
There are many ways to define a man and nowadays the male role model is anything but a clear and simple concept. More often men have lived their childhood without seeing their fathers every day and in the kindergarten and school most of the teachers are females, so the time spent with grown up men in the childhood is very small for many guys. The social environment gives us many different ideas [...]
What If You Die Tomorrow?
It is very common in our society that you might be financially well off but still are not satisfied with your life. Reason for this is that money or stuff you can buy does not fulfill the deepest need inside of us which is to live according to our passions. In reality, a career and lots of money is worth nothing if the cost is your own fulfillment and happiness. It is just a huge illusion and [...]
Never Get a Job!
“Getting a good job is the best and safest way to make money” This is what I have heard all my life. This is something that our parents want us to do, probably because they feel it is the safest option for us. Of course a job is a way to make money, but it definitely isn’t the best one and not even the safest one. And for sure it is not the most motivating one. I have wondered why they [...]
How to Find Your Life Purpose in Ten Minutes
Life purpose is something that everyone should find out - the sooner the better. Sometimes it is difficult to realize what things we really love to do or really want to achieve and what things the society has made us believe we want to do or obtain. Here are some tips that I have found very useful in finding my own life purpose. Start by writing a list of things that you do for fun and you [...]
