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Purpose

A collection of 13 posts

Purpose

Purpose is the key to motivation

It's hard to imagine how employees can perform if they don't understand your company's purpose. How can they come to work every day ready to further the business if they don't know what

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Purpose

Learn how to be happier

Happiness doesn't just show up one day; it comes from your actions. There is the transient type that comes and goes, fed by things like a walk in a park, spending time with

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
2 min read
Purpose

Find meaning in your work

Setting happiness as your primary goal for work can make you end up feeling the opposite because happiness (like all emotions) is a fleeting state, not a permanent one. Instead, find meaning in

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Purpose

Purpose is the new currency

Sharing as a lifestyle will provide purpose and make you happy. Having just 10 hours ago returned from a less wealthy nation, I can attest to the sense of fulfillment achieved by giving

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Purpose

Why you need a life philosophy

A lot of people seem to have trouble answering the question "what do you want out of life?". We all need a personal philosophy in life, an overall vision or attitude toward life

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Purpose

Start with being useful

The word happiness gets thrown around quite a bit. We all want it, yet we often go about finding it the wrong way. When you put effort into contributing to the world, you

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Changing Jobs

If you're not all-in say no

Figure out what’s core to your identity, the things you’re truly passionate about, and dive into them head-first. If an opportunity inspires genuine excitement in you, whether it’s at work,

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Purpose

Work motivators

When it comes to work, there are three big buckets of motivators: career, community, and cause. Career is about having a job that provides autonomy, allows you to use your strengths, and promotes

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Purpose

Craving purpose

A unique characteristic of humans is that we crave purpose, and suffer when we don't have it. Thus, 'purpose' is a fundamental component of life. As leaders, we can connect our employees' work

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Purpose

If you don't love it you'll fail

You need a lot of passion for what you do because creating something great is so hard that any rational person would give up. The ones that are successful love what they do, so they can persevere when things get tough, and the ones that don't quit, because they are sane.

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Purpose

You don't 'find', you 'build' your purpose

"How do you find your purpose? That’s the wrong question to ask. Purpose is a thing you build, not a thing you find. Almost all work can be purposeful, i.e., school

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Purpose

Highly effective people

Studies of highly effective people point to a strong correlation between believing in a mission, enjoying the job, and performing at a high level. Develop others towards their passion by:   1) Adopting a

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
Purpose

Make work meaningful

There is a well-known story about a cleaner at NASA who, when asked by JFK what his job was, responded I’m helping to put a man on the moon.The point of

  • Patrik Hellstrand
    Patrik Hellstrand
1 min read
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