The first survey of purpose ever created, the Purpose in Life Test (PIL, Crumbaugh & Maholick, 1969), was designed with the assistance of Viktor Frankl, the father of modern research in …

Studies indicate that having a sense of purpose is associated with better physical and mental health, and that it grows from your connection with others. Here are six activities that can help …

In this chapter, we’re going to talk about increasing activities that break this cycle of procrastination and contribute to a sense of accomplishment or purpose.

This article offers a new operational definition of purpose that distinguishes it from meaning in an internalistic sense, and it reviews the existing psychological studies pertinent to the …

Researchers seem to have two main ways to understand what meaning in life means: coherence and pur-pose, with a third way, signi cance, gaining increasing attention. Coherence means a …

When your purpose statement comes from that place of deep gifts, passions, and values, you should be able to relate it to any part of your life: your work, your relationships, your learning, …

Life Purpose Being in high school, my focus is simple: make myself and people around me happy. What makes me happiest is studying cars and helping others. After my senior year, I plan to …