Overview of Life on Purpose: How Living for What Matters Most Changes Everything Book

Your life is a boat. You need a rudder. But it doesn t matter how much wind is in your sails if you re not steering toward a harbor an ultimate purpose in your life. While the greatest philosophers have pondered purpose for centuries, today it has been shown to have a concrete impact on our health. Recent studies into Alzheimer s, heart disease, stroke, depression, functional brain imaging and measurement of DNA repair are shedding new light on how and why purpose benefits our lives. Going beyond the fads, opinions and false hopes of expert self-help books, the Science of Purpose explores the incredible connection between purposeful living and the latest scientific evidence on quality of life and longevity. Drawing on ancient and modern philosophy, literature, psychology, evolutionary biology, genetics and neuroscience, as well as his experience in public health research, Dr. Vic Strecher reveals the elements necessary for a purposeful life and how to acquire them and outlines an elegant strategy for improving energy, willpower and long-term happiness and wellbeing. He integrates these core themes into his own personal story a tragedy that led him to reconsider his own life and how a deeper understanding of purposeful living helped him not only survive, but thrive. Illuminating, accessible and authentically grounded in real people s experiences, the Science of Purpose is essential reading for everyone seeking lasting improvement in their lives.

• Book Type :

Social Sciences

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

• ISBN - 10 :

0062409603

• Life on Purpose: How Living for What Matters Most Changes Everything Published On :

25 Jul 2016

• Resource:

Textbooks, Social Sciences Books for Students, Teachers, Graudates, Professionals and all others

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