CHAPTER 3

Screw Your Why

How to Let Your Purpose Find You

It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

Nothing deactivates the Prey Drive more than waking up every day and spending a large amount of time doing something you are not engaged with, do not believe in, or feel like you have already mastered. Much of what keeps people frustrated and deactivated is being unable to find their talents and abilities and distribute those abilities in a meaningful way to help others.

I believe work can become the distribution channel for your unique talents, but first those talents and abilities must be found and then refined. Then they can be marketed and distributed to the world. They become ...

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