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The pursuit of goodness...

Feb 15, 2020
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What is our defining purpose?

Amidst this fast-paced world where we feel we are are either fighting for survival or competing for success we may sometimes lose sight of the end game.

Are we paying enough attention to the “Why”? Our Purpose!

In an earlier article we asked: How will we lead our lives?

The sum total of our efforts. Everybody in their life will leave behind a body of work - It is important to reflect on what that would look like.

The pursuit of goodness is a natural extension to that question.

It explores what we do, not as a quantitative measurement of success, but from a qualitative perspective on how it is achieved.

For what value is all the wealth in the world; or corporate success; or individual accomplishments such as an athletic world record or even your team winning a national championship if it is at the cost of goodness?

A quantitative assessment of performance may well be regarded as bad, good, great or even excellent.

However, when we view achievement from a qualitativ…

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