What’s the purpose of your life?

This is perhaps the most important question you can answer, and the answer is the same for everyone.

Your purpose is to do what you were born and made to do, using your natural talents to be the best you can be at whatever it is.

But how you go about doing that—and figuring it out—is the hardest part. These 30 questions can help.


Get After It

Seven Inspirational Stories to Find Your Inner Strength When It Matters Most

Sometimes it takes eight years to commission in the military. Other times it takes six years to admit you were wrong. These are the definitive stories of my life, and these are stories found in this book. From Baghdad to Afghanistan, from CIA headquarters of the CIA to the cockpit of an F-16, read these seven inspiring and motivating stories to give yourself the drive to keep going. Each tale contains multiple, concrete, and applicable lessons, enabling the reader to put their newly found inspiration to practical and applicable use in their own lives.


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