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Author’s note: When referring to terms as philosophies, they are capitalized. When referring to modern-day common usage, they are not.

Epicureanism and Stoicism are enduring ancient Greek philosophies and remain relevant. 

Why?

Like other philosophies of the time, Stoics and...

Insight and inspiration for flying higher in the difference only you can make from guests who have appeared on Creative on Purpose Live.

This week’s wisdom comes from a conversation with neo-classical pianist BLKBOK (born Charles Wilson).

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What are you certain about?

Are you absolutely sure about that?

I mean, really, really, absolutely certain.

It’s said that in this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.

But even those absolutes appear to be challenged these days.

So, if there...

Ready to live without limits in the second half of life?

There’s a moment when we realize there’s more living behind us than in front.

It can be depressing and even triggering.

But the second half of life is also an awakening that you and I haven’t yet even come close...

Insight and inspiration for flying higher in the difference only you can make from guests who have appeared on Creative on Purpose Live.

This week’s wisdom comes from a conversation with Jake Anderson, founder of Build with Jake.

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Success is not the measure of your ability.

Neither is failure.

In my work as an encore life coach, I look past success AND failure.

Here’s why.

We conflate success with our ability to make good decisions.

We confuse failure with our inability to make good decisions.

But here’s the...

Insight and inspiration for flying higher in the difference only you can make from guests who have appeared on Creative on Purpose Live.

This week’s wisdom comes from a conversation with Stephen Cope, Scholar-in-Residence at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and author...

The journey to make a difference in the second half of life is fraught with contradictions.

The biggest one that I witness (and experience) is navigating grandiosity and insignificance.

Your life’s calling should be big, right?

It can certainly feel that way.

After all, we’re...

Insight and inspiration for flying higher in the difference only you can make from guests who have appeared on Creative on Purpose Live.

This week's wisdom comes from a conversation with Laurel Portié, everyone's favorite social media ad strategist. Tune into the...

Can you figure out how to play your game by playing someone else's?

When I first started to learn to play jazz guitar, several teachers told me that to become a better improviser, I had to transpose and learn solos from other great guitarists.

It was bullsh*t advice.

Sure, they could...

Seneca was a well-known (some would say “notorious”) businessman, political advisor, and writer who lived during Nero’s rule of the Roman empire.

He even served as an advisor to Nero before the emperor sentenced him to die by slitting his own wrists.

But that’s a story for...