DEAN KOONTZ

A system shapes your existing motivations. It cannot give you motivation.

Many failures of productivity are a deeper problem of meaning and mission in life. People that tend to succeed with productivity systems already have meaning.

You really are “a thing in a given context”: your life is bound to your body and you will die and that’s the end of any useful meaning of “you”.

If we understand that the Monopoly game metaphor does not refer to the physical universe, it refers to the “realm of meaning” which gives the self...

• Create something. It gives you a sense of purpose which adds meaning to your life.
• Develop relationships. It will help you to develop a greater sense of meaning.
• Find purpose in pain. If you are struggling through somethin...