How a Central Purpose Integrates Your Life| Thinking Directions
Elsewhere I have argued on the importance of having a central purpose. To refresh your recollection, “a central purpose is the long-range goal that constitutes the primary claimant on a man’s time, energy, and resources.” (Leonard Peikoff, OPAR). Recently I’ve been chewing how a central purpose makes you happier, and I thought I’d share my […]| Thinking Directions
Achieve a Major Goal in 8 Weeks: Now is always a good time to revisit a resolution, start a new project, or just double down on a goal you've set for yourself. Accelerate your project by joining me for the latest Launch. [...]| Thinking Directions
In the first article in this series, I explained the fundamental nature of happiness, which I learned from Ayn Rand. Elaborating on this concept, she wrote: In psychological terms, the issue of man’s survival does not confront his consciousness as an issue of “life or death,” but as an issue of “happiness or suffering.” […]| Thinking Directions
If you want to manage your motivation, you need to understand your own value hierarchy. A value hierarchy is not a list of your top ten values or a bucket list. It is a psychological structure consisting of all of the values you have formed in relation to one another. An emotion results from the […]| Thinking Directions