Your First Map to Purpose
From confusion to clarity: start here
For wellness seekers and career switchers who feel stuck or directionless and don't know where to begin. This path builds a strong inner foundation, helping you understand who you are before deciding where to go.
Explore the first book →← All paths for this goal
Your reading order
7 books- 1
Start by questioning the mental scripts that run your life. Brianna Wiest's essays break the automatic thinking that keeps you from even asking 'what do I really want?'
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Now that you have spotted unhelpful thought patterns, use this practical framework to tell your authentic self apart from the roles and masks you have built up over time.
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Once you can tell your authentic self apart from the roles you play, ikigai gives that self a direction: the Japanese idea of looking for where what you love, what you're good at, and what the world needs overlap.
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Ken Robinson builds on ikigai by helping you dig up your own talents and passions, and he challenges the social expectations that have buried them.
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Now that you have raw material about your strengths and interests, apply design-thinking principles to prototype and test different life directions without committing to one path too early.
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With prototypes in mind, this book takes on the deeper question of what makes work feel fulfilling. It helps you weigh values, meaning and identity as you consider a career change.
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Closing the path, Clayton Christensen's rigorous framework asks you to apply strategic thinking to your whole life, so the purpose you have found is one you can measure and sustain.
