Bradley Wright, Life Purpose Lab #100. Is Purpose a Mission Statement or an Action? Psychologist and Author Todd Kashdan
Jun 8, 2022
57:27
How we understand purpose in life affects what we do to obtain it. How can we gain a more robust understanding of what purpose is?
Todd Kashdan is a professor of psychology at George Mason University where he studies purpose and other facets of well-being. He's currently working on an article that reconceptualizes the concept of purpose. In this episode, he shares how we can think about purpose more accurately.
In this episode, you'll learn about:
- Purpose as articulated understanding vs. behavior
- Recognizing other people's purpose
- How we spend our time, money, and energy point to what's purposeful to us
- Does acting purposefully require making other people's lives better?
- Excavating our strengths
Todd's links
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