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Know your values and pursue them in the service of others (more than oneself).

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Jon Muth - Based on a true story

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Three Questions by Jon J. Muth, 9780439199964, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide.

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"He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how"
- Friedrich Nietzsche

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Booktopia has Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. Buy a discounted Paperback of Man's Search for Meaning online from Australia's leading online bookstore.

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With a partner:
1. Share a time you have helped others.
2. In what ways do you currently help others?
3. What are some other ways you can give help to others than resonate with you?

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True happiness, defined as Eudaemonia, is furthered more "by loving rather than in being loved."
- Aristotle 350 BC

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Hedonic activities - leisure, rest, fun, enjoyment (short term benefits)
Eudaemonic activities - developing skills, learning, helping someone (long term benefits)
Important to have a balance

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"Those who felt their life to be meaningful were less depressed and felt greater satisfaction with their lives, greater self-esteem and optimism, and more positive emotion"
- Stager 2006

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A risk factor for depression, risk-taking behaviours, somatic complaints and poor social relationships.
- A negative relationship exists between purpose in life and substance abuse, suicidal ideation and alcohol use.

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Understanding, believing in and serving something greater than yourself and deliberately engaging in activities for the benefit of others.

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- Purpose provides an 'ultimate concern' for life and a sense of directedness - a deeper answer to the question 'why?'
- Understanding what gives us purpose has physical and psychological benefits.
- Helping others is beneficial because it fulfils basic human needs - autonomy, competence and relatedness.