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Finding work you want to keep doing, says author Stephen Cope, is “the great work of your life.” Cope’s biggest fear is that he might “die without having lived fully.”⁠5 This impulse drove his curiosity as he sought out wisdom in books, reading upwards of three hours a day. Eventually, he wrote The Great Work of Your Life to explore the unique qual

Heidegger suggested there are two ways we can approach life: the everyday mode and the ontological mode. Most of the time, naturally, we exist in the everyday mode and might marvel at how things are in the world. However, in the ontological mode (‘ontology’ is the study of what it is to be), we stand back and look at the marvellous fact that things

“What is the true meaning of this activity? How does it fit into the larger picture of my life? How is what I am doing adding more light to the world?” As you ask these questions, you can discover more about how what you are doing now relates to your life purpose. You may have insights about how everything you have done in the past fits together wi

Call to Action Assignment–Part Two