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Munro Richardson learned at an early age to think like an entrepreneur: to pursue opportunity beyond the resources you currently control. He beat the odds that sent many others from his neighborhood (dubbed "The Murder Factory" by the local newspaper) to prison or the graveyard. Munro made his way from Kansas City's urban core to the Great Wall of China, Harvard Yard, and the spires of Oxford University. Along the way he learned Mandarin Chinese, became a Rhodes Scholar, and achieved his lifelong goal of earning a Ph.D. Over the past dozen years, Munro has worked in the non-profit sector to help others achieve their potential. With his book and blog he now seeks to help even more people make meaning and find purpose on their own terms. Munr ...more

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In order to live a complete life, we have to make a living and make meaning. We make a living to provide for the materials things in our life. A roof over our head. Clothes on our back. Food on the table. We make meaning to provide for the immaterial things in our life. To make sense of this crazy world. To connect with others. To create a sense of direction, a purposefulness, in our life.

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Published on March 18, 2012 23:00
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