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Hiking for Syria: How I Broke Free and Found Purpose

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This is a guest post written by Emily Macias, founder of Strides for Syria and a junior at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. Emily was a student in my workshop, Leading with Authentic Purpose this year. I broke free and found purpose. I consider myself a “go with the flow” kind of person. This is often seen … Read more

How College Kills Purpose, and How to Get It Back

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Indecisive liberal arts majors may be our future’s best hope. (Okay, I was one of those so maybe I am a bit biased.) But I can still hear the job-obsessed parents of eager, prospective college students choking on their morning coffee and feel the Engineering majors snickering. After a decade working in public higher education … Read more

How a Cab Driver Inspired Me to Quit My Job

In 2007, a Washington, DC cab driver inspired me to quit my job to find my purpose. I can still hear the menacing dial tone in my brain to this day and the advice, oh God, the advice. “If you keep your hand on the button in the phone cradle and don’t put the handset … Read more