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How To Live A Life Of Purpose

Nate Anglin
3 min readApr 1, 2020

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Life has its way of throwing you in the washer machine and running you through a few cycles of deep stain.

There are many moments in your life when you think, damn, this sucks.

When you do, it’s important to remember,

When there’s light, dark is to follow, and as the darkness rises, the light is likely to bellow.

The quote is a constant reminder to myself, Premeditatio Malorum, “the pre-meditation of evils.”

It’s a Stoic belief to imagine the things that could go wrong or be taken away from us.

You may call it pessimism, but I call it a reality.

Regardless of what life throws at you, you need to prepare for the bad times, while playing life’s long game.

A life without purpose is lost.

Robert Byrne said,

“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.”

What is a life of purpose? You may struggle to answer this, and if you do, you’re not alone.

Here’s how Marcia Reynolds defines what it is,

To start, let me clarify what I mean by “life purpose.” I am talking about defining a…

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Nate Anglin
Nate Anglin

Written by Nate Anglin

Small Biz Investor, CEO, & helping others improve their performance, profit, & potential w/out sacrificing what’s most important. www.nateanglin.com/newsletter

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