Excellence Reporter: Dr. Farrell, what is the meaning of life? Warren Farrell: The meaning of life is paradoxical: it is empty of meaning, and filled with meaning; it is the meaning we ascribe to it. If we ascribe to ourselves a sense of purpose (what the Japanese call […]
Excellence Reporter: Howard, what is the meaning of life? Howard Martin: I believe the meaning of life is to express love. That is a rather broad statement. Let me explain what I mean. Love is a little word that covers a lot of territory. It can be seen […]
Excellence Reporter: Jeffrey, what is the meaning of life? Jeffrey Hollender: After the better part of 61 years, thousands of books, decades of therapy, and dozens of mentors and teachers – what I know is that I have only part of the answer to this essential question. The […]
Excellence Reporter: Ranulph, what is the meaning of life? Ranulph Fiennes: Nobody has yet been proven to have worked out the meaning of life and lived to tell the tale! That’s it. ~Ranulph Fiennes, explorer, fundraiser, author and public speaker, described by The Guinness Book of Records as “the world’s […]
Excellence Reporter: Jamie, what is the meaning of life? Jamie Catto: For me the grace and fascination of how ‘Life’ is expressing itself on this planet is in how diversely the 7 billion souls are experimenting with different Meanings. There are 7 billion ways to experiment with being a […]
Excellence Reporter: Mitch, what is the meaning of life? Mitch Horowitz: “The meaning of life is to be generative.” *** ~Mitch Horowitz is a nationally known writer, speaker, and publisher in alternative spirituality. http://www.MitchHorowitz.com Copyright © 2016 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: Prof. Needleman, what is the meaning of life? Jacob Needleman: The dramatic effects of the accelerating advance of technology, for all the material promise they offer the world (along with the dangers, of course) are but the most recent wave in a civilization that, without recognizing […]
The experience of meaning in life is fundamental; it is hard wired into the way the brain works, not a nice to have or a luxury. The evolutionary psychologist Eric Klinger argues that the brain evolved to help us understand our environment during the pursuit of goals, working […]
For me the meaning of life is: To Love To share To be loved and feel love To help To be helped To be mentored To mentor To learn To teach To know the difference between right and wrong To experience sorrow as well as joy To be […]
The meaning of life for me…. Love…..loving my wife and partner, loving my family and friends, loving the work that I do. ~Adrian Swinscoe, former teacher, economist, writer, speaker, manager of businesses and leader of teams. Lover of simplicity and advocate of the human touch with a bit […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. DeMaria, what is the meaning of life? Michael Brant DeMaria: The eternal question…and like all good questions, leads us on a quest (quest-i-on). The rational mind ultimately is defeated in the depths of this question. There is an infinite depth to this question and as many […]
Excellence Reporter: Michel, what is the meaning of life? Michel Bauwens: What if there is no meaning to life, but the meaning that we give to it? This conclusion is what imposed itself to me after a deep mid-life crisis when I was in my forties. I was not […]
Excellence Reporter: Mooji, what is the meaning of life? Mooji: This is perhaps one of the most seemingly profound questions within the human kingdom. Yet at closer scrutiny it is revealed as one of the most elusive in as far as coming to any one satisfactory answer. Let’s […]
Excellence Reporter: Jac, what is the meaning of life? Jack O’Keeffe: Looking for a universal meaning of life can steer you into a mid-life crisis. Look no further than to your own value system. Meaning stems from what you value. What do you regard as having value in […]
The purpose of life is to complete the long evolutionary journey back to the source of all Consciousness or God from which we have come. It is to know oneself and realize our Creator as LOVE. When we learn to completely and continually sacrifice ourself for the good […]
Excellence Reporter: Nikki, what is the meaning of life? Nikki Costello: Integration, making connections and seeing how every aspect of your life, everything you have chosen, weaves itself together to create a colorful, inner tapestry of wholeness. A conscious wholeness, arising from within you, that guides, supports and […]
The meaning of life is what we make of it. At every moment in life we have a choice to find a sense of purpose in whatever it is that we’re doing or observing. We find the sense of purpose by paying attention to where we are and […]
Excellence Reporter: Paul, what is the meaning of life? Paul Sloane: It is up to each of us to define the meaning of our life; to give it a purpose. Of course if you are desperately poor then the purpose of your life is to survive. However, once […]
Excellence Reporter: Morris, what is the meaning of life? Morris Goodman: This is a question that has been asked, meditated upon, thought about, and discussed since Adam and Eve. And there are probably as many answer as there are people on the earth. Why did God put us […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Goldsmith, what is the meaning of life? Neal Goldsmith: Freud said the meaning of life is to love and to work. I think that’s not a bad statement of my view: We must express, emanate ourselves in a productive generatively and we must connect with and […]
What is the meaning of life? Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts.” We can’t always control the parts we play, nor the various […]
Excellence Reporter: Michael, what is the meaning of life? Michael J. Gelb: The meaning of life is to make life meaningful. How? By exercising the power of choice, discernment and consciousness to deepen our learning. We don’t have a choice regarding the genetic patterns we’ve inherited, or the […]
Excellence Reporter: Robert, what is the meaning of life? Robert Clancy: For me the meaning of life has always been centered around one simple thing—to learn the true significance of love. Love in all its infinite glory is such a simple word, but have you ever thought deeply […]
What is the meaning of life? The meaning of life is to create, experience and enhance happiness. This includes your own personal happiness, but also the happiness of others. This happiness comes in many forms. The most common of which are your personal and intimate relationships, unabashed love, […]
Excellence Reporter: Susan, what is the meaning of life? Susan Piver: I really don’t know. It is something that arises (and dissolves) from moment to moment and any attempt to grasp meaning seems to automatically dispel it. The greatest meaning of all seems to be in riding the […]
Excellence Reporter: Gabrielle, what is the meaning of life? Gabrielle Bernstein: “To remember love by unlearning fear.” *** ~Gabrielle Bernstein is a motivational speaker, life coach, author, a certified Kundalini yoga and meditation teacher. She has been named “a new thought leader” by Oprah Winfrey. Gabrielle, a “spiritual activist” recently […]
Excellence Reporter: Charly, what it the meaning of life? Charly Emery: I’ve come to appreciate that the meaning of life can be a subjective concept I define, or a profoundly dynamic awareness I gain through the conscious actions I take and the experiences through which ‘meaning’ is revealed. […]
Excellence Reporter: John, what is the meaning of life? John Two-Hawks: “What is the meaning of life?”, a question human beings have pondered for centuries. And yet, the answer is surprisingly simple. It’s only the explaining and understanding of that simple answer that can get complicated! So… is […]
“It’s time to start investing in happy moments!” exclaims my wise aunt with these wise words. And she’s right! But, what is a happy moment? The meaning of life to me is to discover how to genuinely be happy and peaceful so that I can then share it […]
Excellence Reporter: Jack, what is the meaning of life? Jack Kornfield: When I was younger, I would lie on the grass on a clear night and gaze at the stars. I would imagine that I was at the very bottom of the world, held against the earth by […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Bryant-Davis, what is the meaning of life? Thema Bryant-Davis: The meaning of life is to use all that is within us to live fully with love, gratitude, and creativity. We are to honor God, ourselves, and humanity by showing up and thriving as we apply ourselves […]
Excellence Reporter: Penny, what is the meaning of life? Penny Kelly: We cannot ask, “What is the meaning of life?” because life has whatever meaning you give it. If you are a mean S-O-B, people will respond poorly to you and you’re likely to say life sucks. If […]
Excellence Reporter: Lama Jampa, what is the meaning of life? Lama Jampa Thaye: To begin with, we must acknowledge the wondrous opportunity afforded to us in our human life, where we have the space to determine our own fate for good or ill. Yet a moment’s further reflection […]
Excellence Reporter: Byron, what is the meaning of life? Byron Katie: “To realize that you believed yourself into existence, and to wake up to what you’re not.” *** ~Byron Katie, is an American speaker and author who teaches a method of self-inquiry known as “The Work”. http://www.TheWork.com Copyright […]
Excellence Reporter: Marianne, what is the meaning of life? Marianne Williamson: “The meaning of life is to love and be loved. To be the light that casts out all darkness. To replace fear with love and remove the suffering of the world.” *** ~Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed […]
What is the meaning of life? Philosophical and religious inquiries point people in many directions. Yet there’s at least one commonality: an examined life is built on love. A universal injunction is conveyed in 1 Corinthians 14:1: Pursue Love. Here English lets us down. Oddly for such a […]
Excellence Reporter: Rev. Joan, what is the meaning of life? Joan Jiko Halifax: “Wake up, end suffering, help others.” *** ~Rev. Joan Jiko Halifax, Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, author and pioneer in the field of end-of-life care. She is Founder, Abbot, and Head […]
Excellence Reporter: John, what is the meaning of life? John Tschohl: I was intrigued by this question and thought about it for a long time. I pondered if I was that one and only person on earth that was given the answer to that question and was now […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Sahtouris, what is the meaning of life? Elisabet Sahtouris: The meaning of life to me is whatever we humans, in such a diverse mix of cultures, feel it, proclaim it, to be. That is the beauty, opportunity and responsibility of being human — that we are free […]
What is the meaning of life? As a climber or the more broader “outdoor adventurer,” it is clear that anyone can point a finger at us and say what we do is not purposeful. They can say we are selfish, and what we do does not feed the […]
What is the meaning of life? The meaning of life is: To Awaken to Self: Returning to ones’ identity with Divine, truth, and illumination of peace. This process of awakening is a lifetime of personal growth. All incarnated humans have pre-birth soul plans to seek their path to […]
What is the meaning of life? We often think of “meaning” as having to do with understanding. Although we live and move and have our being in mystery, ego wants to catch the symbolism of a word or a phrase or an event so as to feel it […]
“The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.” —Steven Weinberg, Nobel laureate in physics The most important thing that humans create is meaning. Because of our distinctive ways of valuing and intending, it is with us (or, to express it less dualistically: in us, as […]
Excellence Reporter: Anne, what is the meaning of life? Anne Van De Water: I feel the question “What is the meaning of life?” is one that most people do not ask themselves until the end of their lives. I have been asking myself this question since the beginning […]
Excellence Reporter: Rick, what is the of life? Rick Clemons: I’ve been asked numerous times, by many people, “What do you think the meaning of life is?” Rather than be flippant and answer back, “It’s all relative,” I’ve found that the best answer is “Living a fully self-expressed life and […]
Excellence Reporter: Professor Thornton, what is the meaning of life? Linda Fisher Thornton: I believe that finding meaning in our lives is a lifelong journey of human development, a process of becoming the best possible version of ourselves. How we interpret “the meaning of life” will change as […]
The question “what’s the meaning of life?” is a trap. It gets us looking for something deep, distant, mysterious, or arcane. The question itself leads us awry. It causes us to miss what’s right in front of us. The meaning is in the moment. Those fleeting instants that […]
The meaning of our lives is what we decide it could be/should be. But a ‘life full of meaning’ is typically about finding out what makes each of us truly, deeply happy and fulfilled — what our particular gift is — and then expressing that as fully as […]
Excellence Reporter: Mr. Gegax, what is the meaning of life? Tom Gegax: “To connect with, become one with mankind’s common Universal Source.” *** ~Tom Gegax is an American entrepreneur, best-selling author, speaker, angel investor, and philanthropist.www.gegax.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter
Life is a series of contributions; past, present, and future, the sum of which represent one’s legacy ~Steve Curtin, author, speaker, who has 20 years of experience between hotel operations, sales and marketing, training and development, and customer service roles working for Marriott International, one of the premiere […]
Excellence Reporter: Shep, what is the meaning of life? Shep Hyken: “Be happy! Figure out what makes you happy, and do it. Happy people make other people happy. Life is so much better when you’re happy.” *** ~Shep Hyken, Chief Amazement Officer at Shepard Presentations, customer service expert […]
Excellence Reporter: John, what is the meaning of life? John Spence: I wish that I could give you something dramatic and expounding, but I’ve studied this subject for nearly all of my adult life, read hundreds of books, listen to countless hours of seminars, talked to many, many people […]
What is the Meaning of Life? The meaning of life is different for each person. It depends mainly on his/hers strengths, his/hers weaknesses, his/hers values, his/hers aspirations and his/hers goals. If I could provide an easy explanation, for me, I would say, that the meaning of life is: to […]
Excellence Reporter: Deb, what is the meaning of life? Deb Mills-Scofield: The meaning of life is to create relationships that make all parties better and whole, to make a positive impact that helps others make a positive impact and so forth. We do this by rushing to discover […]
I think the best answer I can come up with to ‘what’s the meaning of life?’ is to admit that since my early twenties, when I began a very earnest spiritual quest, my search for ‘the meaning of life’ has been an abject failure. That is, I have […]
Excellence Reporter: Jason, what is the meaning of life? Jason Falls: The meaning of life is whatever you wish it to be. Some focus on religion to calm their fears of ever not existing. Some focus on living every minute to its fullest so you optimized your time spent. […]
Excellence Reporter: Irene, what is the meaning of life? Irene Becker: TO me the meaning of life is greatness. GREATNESS that is achieved by recapturing our ability to make a positive difference in our life and in the lives of others. GREATNESS that grows with the relationships we build, and […]
Excellence Reporter: Chip, what is the meaning of life? Chip Bell: We are on this planet to serve others with passion. It is our interconnectedness that is the source of our identity, our sustenance and our purpose. But, service lacks influence and impact without passion. Dissect that word […]
For me, there are two levels to answering the question, “What is a meaningful life?”, because there are two levels to reality. There is, of course, the temporary, conventional side of reality. On this level of reality, there appear to be separate “things” that somehow exist independent from […]
To help one other person ~Barry Moltz is an author and speaker in small business and entrepreneurship. He is a member of the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, and he taught entrepreneurship as an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology. barrymoltz.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: Sharlyn, what is the meaning of life? Sharlyn Lauby: The first thing that came to mind was the famous song from Monty Python, “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.” And I don’t mean that to be cheeky. The meaning of life is about finding […]
I gave my best This may sound mean or unsympathetic, but one of my least favorite sayings is “I gave my best.” To me, it is an unacceptable crutch; I don’t want to hear it. My personal feeling is this: when the goal is to accomplish greatness, go […]
Excellence Reporter: Imam Rahman, what is the meaning of life? Imam Jamal Rahman: For me, the meaning of life has three strands. First, life is about the work of becoming a better human being. We exert ourselves to evolve into the fullness of our being. This is difficult […]
Excellence Reporter: Whitney, what is the meaning of life? Whitney Johnson: To move forward, not back. It’s one of the reasons I am so drawn to innovation. Distilled, innovation is about moving from ‘stuck’ to ‘unstuck’. Why do we move forward? Paraphrasing Samuel Johnson, the ultimate result of […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Zak, what is the meaning of life? Paul J. Zak: Love is the meaning of life. Full stop. Love is the highest aspiration, the most valued emotion, and the one that hurts us to the core when it is taken away. “But,” you must be […]
Excellence Reporter: Emily, what is the meaning of life? Emily Bennington: “The meaning of life is to receive and extend love unconditionally. Not just to our families, not just to those we deem “worthy”, but to all.” *** ~Emily Bennington s a bestselling author and a student / teacher […]
Since I can remember I’ve been fascinated by the question, “What’s the meaning of life?” In graduate school I wrote a 75 page research paper to plummet its elusive depths. Lately though, I see life’s bare boned meaning linked more to deliberate mental filters we choose to walk […]
Excellence Reporter: David, what is the meaning of life? David Dye: As a young man I loved camping in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. Whenever we completed a camping trip, my leaders would have all of us line up, arms outstretched so that our finger tips just touched the finger […]
The meaning of life is hugging my daughters. ~Erik Qualman, The Digital Dale Carnegie, Pulitzer Prize Nominated Author equalman.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter
Excellence Reporter: Ted, what is the meaning of life? Ted Rubin: “Return on Relationship… look at your own behaviors and ask yourself, “Would I want to be my friend???” Standout by “Liking” them before they “Like” you. Always remember that… Relationships are like muscle tissue, the more they are […]
Excellence Reporter: Dr. Feiner, what is the meaning of life? Stacy Feiner: I love this question. It is age old. Timeless. It’s enormous and simple. It is never inconsequential. First it conjures up feelings, senses and images: the image of the brilliant night sky in Maine in the summer, […]
Excellence Reporter: Ann, what is the meaning of life? Ann Handley: “The meaning of life is to find the place where you belong. “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet,” wrote Frederick Buechner. He’s spot-on, even […]
What are we all here for? I believe strongly that the meaning of life is about being present, doing our best to live in the current moment and nowhere else. One of the final gifts my mom gave me was this lesson. She was waging a courageous battle […]
Excellence Reporter: Mark, what is the meaning of life? Mark Schaefer: I read this little book — almost a pamphlet really — called “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl. There was a line in there that has always haunted me: “To be human is to suffer.” As […]
What is the meaning of life? In my work as a hospice medical director I have spent a lot of time thinking and talking about the meaning of life. On many occasions I have sat at the bedside of a dying patient and contemplated that very question: “What […]
Excellence Reporter: Chris, what is the meaning of life? Chris Edmonds: We live in a rat race. The fast pace of modern life does not easily allow authentic connections. Marketing messages tell us we’re too heavy, too slow, too gray. We don’t have the right friends. We’re not […]
What is the meaning of life? Life is so profound, enormous and ever-expanding that it has no meaning. When I photograph birds, I learn something about life. A bird, enlivened by the same life energy as us, never goes around trying to find the meaning of life. It […]
What is the meaning of life? Many people commenting on this will use the metaphor of a journey. Certainly this is where I started my journey of attempting to answer this question. For me a life journey is where a series of events is connected but only by […]
The request for my thoughts about the meaning of life came at the same time that I received a frightening medical report. Both focused my attention on why and how one lives a life of meaning. When I think about the immensity of the universe and see pictures […]
Excellence Reporter: Grant, what is the meaning of life? Grant McCracken: “Do something worthy well.” *** ~Grant McCracken, anthropologist, author, speaker, a long time student of culture and commerceCultureBy.com Copyright © 2015 Excellence Reporter
The meaning of life for me, is all about stewardship. It’s about making sure that the world you find is in a better shape when you leave than how it was when you arrived. It’s about helping others, not just about helping yourself. That doesn’t mean that we […]
One of the problems is that we all think the meaning of life is something different, when really it is the same, and we just have different experiences. There is also the distinction of having meaning to live our lives, and the overarching meaning of life collectively. Over […]
What is the meaning of life? It is said that “life is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to God.” When I was a teenager, I decided that if I could make people either a little bit wiser or a little bit […]
Excellence Reporter: Francis, what is the meaning of life? Francis Kong: “Life gives us meaning when we love God with all of our heart soul strength and mind and then we love our neighbors as ourselves. In other words, the meaning of life is to love God and […]
Excellence Reporter: Orrin, what is the meaning of life? Orrin Woodward: That is a profound question. To me, human beings are like pilgrims sent on a journey to earth by God Himself. Each person is provided a body, mind, and a spirit that he/she is responsible to develop […]
Excellence Reporter: Julie, what is the meaning of life? Julie Winkle Giulioni: “Life is all about contribution. It’s about identifying and cultivating one’s strengths, unique abilities, talents and gifts… and then finding as many ways as possible to bring them to bear in a way that helps others, […]
To resist nothing. To thank everything. To be love — which is what we are. Excellence Reporter: Corrina, what is the meaning of life? Corrina Gordon-Barnes: I love that you’ve dropped this question into my heart so that I might sit with what arises and have this chance […]
Excellence Reporter: David, what is the meaning of life? David Zinger: Douglas Adams gave the shortest answer to the meaning of life, 42. I believe there are many meanings to life not a singular meaning. I believe that we don’t find a meaning to life, we create it […]
I believe we find our meaning in the way our lives unfold. There’s a unique personal journey in that, and it is about discovering who we are when we finally unfold the last crease in our being. I call that unfolded state “wholeness.” We touch that wholeness with […]
What is the meaning of life? We’re here to make others happy. It really is that simple. Through our speech and actions, in big gestures and in small every-day ways, we influence everyone around us. And the meaning of life is to make sure that people around you […]
Excellence Reporter: What is the meaning of life, Wim? Wim Hof: To show scientifically and by own experience that we are able to master our fate Becoming happy, Healthy, and strong ! Radiate fully, thus bring the right energy for everything Nature, love, and prosperity Hope is there […]
Excellence Reporte: Sunny, what is the meaning of life? Sunny Dawn Johnston: The meaning of life to me, is love. To receive love, to give love, to BE love. It really is that simple. I think we make it much harder than it truly is. What does a […]
Excellence Reporter: John, what is the meaning of life? John Baldoni: Let me be frank, I don’t like “meaning of life” questions. They remind me of exercises we did in grade school. Meaning is a shape shifter; by that I mean at every age we define it differently. […]
Yes, that’s the meaning of life, give or take a hot fudge sundae with a kid on a summer afternoon The meaning of life is really simple: to live, breathe, be alive. But it’s how to express our biology that is endlessly interesting. I think that many people […]
Excellence Reporter: What is the meaning of life, Tim? Tim Brownson: I’m so glad you asked me such an easy question, couldn’t we have just discussed Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle to make it more testing! I could say 42, because Douglas Adams said that and he was brighter than […]
Strange as it may seem, I like to think of myself as a fool. Once I embrace my essential foolish nature, I no longer have to pretend to be a successful, wise, compassionate human being. I can just be me, someone a little weak of will, usually caught […]
Excellence Reporter: Olivia, what is the meaning of life? Olivia Mellan: “The meaning of life for me is in cultivating as many loving connections as possible, and helping others transform their lives toward empowerment and deep fulfillment.” *** ~Olivia Mellan, therapist, consultant, speaker, money coach and author.www.MoneyHarmony.com Copyright […]
What is the meaning of life? Life has no inherent meaning. And… as humans, we’re meaning-making machines. So my suggestion is — make up a meaning that feels inspiring and good and worthwhile to you. Change it as you grow and age, as your priorities shift and morph. […]
What is the meaning of life? As we search and search for the meaning of life, we do not see what’s right here. We do not feel the smile of a friend, see their need, or know how to extend our hand. We do not feel refreshed when […]
Excellence Reporter: Mr. Weinberger, what is the meaning of life? David: Weinberger: “The meaning of life is caring about something that matters.” *** ~David Weinberger, “big thinker”, technologist, speaker, and commentator; senior researcher at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society; called a “marketing guru” by the Wall Street […]
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