LH149 — Feeding Your Soul with Purpose and Meaning
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Karel devotes this episode to a topic that has been central to his life—feeding your soul with purpose and meaning. He makes the case for exploring a more fulfilling life going beyond simply feeding your wallet by also feeding your soul. After charactering the situation many people are in of being stressed and burned out, Karel outlines his own approach to always balancing his life with outside interests that have purpose and meaning to him. He then outlines three approaches to determining what would feed your soul and how to realize it.
Quotes from this episode:
Daniela Nikolova—"Feed your soul by feeding the souls of others with love, kindness, and compassion."
Winston Churchil—"It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something."
Germany Kent—"Stand for something. Make your life mean something."
Roy Bennett—“If you have a strong purpose in life, you don't have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there.”
Bishop Jakes—“If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.”
Washington Irving—“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.”
Barbara Mikulski—"Each of us can make a difference. Together we make change."
Matthew Kelly—"Whatever change you desire for the world, create that change in your own life. You are here for a purpose. Seek it out. Hunt it down. The greatest misery is to be purposeless."
Theodore Roosevelt—"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
Key Takeaways:
Introspect while doing the deathbed/funeral test to determine what you personally would value to be known for
Evaluate your current job and career to see if it could align with your values
Try to reframe your current role for purpose and meaning
Explore volunteer opportunities
If no volunteer opportunities exist, create your own
Please note: This podcast does not provide medical advice, only personal experiences, so please consult your doctor.
