The Purpose Principles: How to Draw More Meaning into Your Life

by Jake Ducey

A new inspirational book from the world’s first millennial motivational speaker—TEDx star and inspirational coach Jake Ducey!
The Purpose Principles presents a humorous, action-oriented approach for getting more meaning out of life. It teaches you how to live with more excitement, productivity, clarity, and confidence. It helps you tackle daily challenges, inspire others, live with passion and purpose, and realize all your goals more efficiently.
With penetrating insights and anecdotes, TEDx speaker and inspirational coach Jake Ducey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with greater purpose, service, and fun—principles and exercises that give us the “know-how” to take advantage of the opportunities all around us. This book spells out the twenty-seven timeless principles used by the greatest contributors to human history, and how you can integrate them into your life immediately. Taken together and practiced every day, these principles will give you a quality of life beyond your wildest dreams!

Genres: Self Help, Personal Development, Nonfiction

Audible Audio

First published January 2, 2015

About the author

At the young age of nineteen, California surfer, Jake Ducey dropped out of college, left behind a drug filled life and went in search of deeper meaning. His quest led him on a life changing journey that has resulted in his debut book: Into the Wind; My Six-Month Journey Wandering the World for Life's Purpose (Waterside Publishing) being released in April 2013. Upon return from his spiritual adventure he raised the funds to build a school and home in San Marcos, near Lake Atitlan in Guatemala to support orphans who are taken care of by a Quiché Maya Shaman. Jake's profound transformation from a college drop-out and drug addict to a inspirational author and motivational speaker had led him into social and environmental activism, including a three-day unlawful detainment for protesting the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline. He has since formed the non-profit organization The Self Reliance Institute (a 501 C3) organization devoted to providing essential resources and opportunities for young people to become more self-reliant. He is author a contributing author to The Rise by NY Times bestselling author Greg S. Reid. A certified yoga-instructor, poet and lyricist, Jake is determined to share his empowering messages to ignite and inspire a new generation of truth seekers.

Without a map, or a plan nineteen-year-old Jake Ducey left behind a drug-fueled life and college basketball scholarship to wander the world in search of meaning. His spiritual adventure resulted in his debut book Into the Wind: My Six-Month Journey Wandering the World for Life’s Purpose (Waterside Press/ April 11, 2013). Through his fearless journey, without money and near death Jake shows that we can find our dreams by following our heart and letting our spirit be guided by the “wind.”

Journeying from Guatemala, where he encounters a chance meeting with a Mayan Shaman and volunteers with Orphans, to finding himself backpacking and living in a tent in Australia, to nearly loosing his life in Indonesia and finally ending up at a fourteen day silent meditation retreat in Thailand; Jake shows that our destiny is in reach if we only look within ourselves first. He finds that everything he was seeking in the world was within him the whole time. Miracles and synchronicities abound and his life becomes a true chronicle of what is possible when we surrender to life with an open heart and humility.

Reviews

[Diana Nagy]

This was one of my favorite books! Jake Ducey is my new inspiration...a young man I'd never heard of until I sat down and picked up his second book, The Purpose Principles. He talks in his book about Jack Canfield being the man whose books inspired him to become a best selling writer and he includes many excerpts from Jack Canfield's books throughout. As those of you know who read Jack Canfield's books, they're all pretty wonderful. Well there's no way that if you find one of Canfield's books great that you won't find Jake Ducey's book great as well. It has everything in it about everything that you've not always considered. A lot of information you've likely heard before (since you've read Canfield's books) but you'll find contained within some amazing never before heard information that could only come from the writer himself....Go order this book today start reading it and include YOUR review to let everyone know how you felt about this great upcoming author today! Jake Ducey write more self help books...we need your words in our world! You're doing what you were meant to do

[Andrew · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ducey is a good writer and captivates the reader. However, this book is a mash-up of random stories without a coherent structure. Jumping from celebrity to celebrity, this book falls short in organization.

[Dayna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Jake's you tube channel his has such an uplifting spirit,, and is so energetic, his book was not greatly written but a light hearted read, that gave me some really good feel good vibes and insight to living my a good life and following dreams...

[Sabre Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Today, I finished The Purpose Principles by Jake Ducey and found it to be a great starter book for anyone interested in self motivation, and drawing more purpose into your life. The book was a recommendation from my brother who by a few degrees of separation knows Jake through a few friends. I thought I would support his movement and found the book very reflective of Jake's own life and other celebrities he has been inspired by. After taking a class where the self help text was eastern, Buddhist philosophy, this book is MUCH more digestible to someone just starting out on the path of self discovery. I did not think it was a waste of time, it just was not as deeply challenging as some of the other books I read. No harm no foul. I think it's great to see someone from my hometown pursuing their dreams and continue to spread positive energy. Keep going!!

[Daviana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first book that I read for fun that I’ve gotten out a highlighter for; it’s full of inspiring quotes and motivational speeches that make me want to get up and achieve my dreams!

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good distillation of various self-help, inspirational and New Thought topics. Includes some useful exercises to help guide and motivate.

[J · Rating 2 out of 5]

“If you accept that one day you’re going to die it’s much easier to steer your life in the right direction. Knowing that life won’t last forever gives it more meaning. You won’t always be able to touch, hear, taste, smell, see, create, express, and learn. I don’t know why that is- I wasn’t in on the original master plan of this planet- but I do think it’s a good idea to come to terms with our temporary nature.”

This is written like an eight year old’s essay on “What is the meaning of life.” Dont waste your time. DNF

[sequoia spirit · Rating 1 out of 5]

as much as i enjoy his youtube channel, i thought this book might offer a more in depth look at the things he discusses.. i was looking for a more personal approach..

by page 29 i was already scribbling my irritation in the margins.. if i wanted to read umpteen rags to riches stories of the rich and famous, i would wiki them..

it read more like an encyclopedia
i skimmed

[Pía López Copetti · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall, it was a good book, but Jake should get his facts checked. As an Uruguayan, I can certainly say Mujica isn't the "World's poorest President", he's in fact a very wealthy man who has God knows how much money from his terrorist days (yes, he made a fortune stealing banks and kidnapped rich people), not to mention the hefty deals as a politician. That woke narrative is a bunch of lies.

[Malaysia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worth the read. Very positive and uplifting. So many great stories, so many examples of people who have stepped out of the box, taking risks, followed their hearts, and found their way.

[Antonio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Don't ever apologize for asking what you want and for being courageous enough to pursue what you want.

This book is wonderful and inspiring, and had spoken to me in a manner that doesn't condescend, nor discriminates or judges one's being. Jake Ducey challenges us to face our dreams once more, to ask what we really want in life, and to be more meaningful and more passionate as we have ever been.

Some Will, Some Won't, So What, Someone's Waiting

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Inspirational quotes and ideas. Wish it has more of a flow to it. It felt more like random thoughts.

[Vierre Andrei · Rating 5 out of 5]

On my second time to read this book all over again.