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The Purpose Map: How to Have The Life You're Not Living
Discover how to revolutionize your mindset and live the life YOU want with this powerful guide! Are you struggling to figure out what you were born to do? Are you frustrated and unfulfilled, unable to live up to your potential? Do you feel like your life has no direction or meaning? Then this book is for you! Inside this incredible guide, Transformational Speaker Eric Thomas uncovers his practical, profound plan for discovering your purpose, finding your inner drive, and living the life you want to. After spending over ten years searching for his purpose, reading hundreds of self-help books which only left him going around in circles, he’s learned that in order to change how you’re living, you must first change how you think. Now, The Purpose How to Have the Life You’re Not Living offers an insightful plan for changing your mindset and the way you see the world. Covering how you can identify what you want in life, pinpoint the people holding you back, and the real things preventing you from happiness, this book arms you with the tools you need to create positive, lasting change. Inside this powerful guide, you’ll With a down-to-earth tone and actionable advice, Eric tells the story of how he went from an unfulfilling, dead-end job and an aimless life to a world of abundance, happiness, fulfillment and purpose – and how you can do the same. Your life is your responsibility. If you want to take control and create the life you have always dreamed about, then this book is for you. Buy now to begin your journey to a better life today!
106 pages, Paperback
Published January 10, 2020
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August 20, 2025
Let me preface by saying, I have been reading books by Eric Thomas(ET), the Hip Hop Preacher, and audible recommended this book. (This a different Eric Thomas)I had no background of this particular author, but it looked like a good self-help /motivation type book.
I'll start with the good...I very much appreciated his outlook on having more than one singular purpose in life. Many times, people get so caught up in finding that ONE thing they must do in life, that they think they have to give up other ideas, or adventures which can, in turn, leave you feeling stuck or burnt out. There are so many things that we can pursue and some only for a short time, others longer.
The bad....the book was ok at 1st but completely lost me when stating, "How do you know that your parents are actually your parents? Someone told you, but how do you know?" Like...what? It's not that deep. Are there some who may not know their parents, sure, but this had me question everything after. Im pretty open to different perspectives and ways of thinking, but the idea of, you have no purpose for your life and just do what makes you happy or whatever you want is crazy to me. What type of existence is that?
I do agree not to, in essence, be a YES man. To have your own opinions of things and carve your own path. But, doing so without a moral and/or spiritual compass or something that moves you will literally have you floating through life being tossed by every whim or new thing.
In my opinion, the author tries giving a different perspective on life and achieving your goals, but falls WAY short in delivering any real substance with too much hyperbole and reaching.
I'll start with the good...I very much appreciated his outlook on having more than one singular purpose in life. Many times, people get so caught up in finding that ONE thing they must do in life, that they think they have to give up other ideas, or adventures which can, in turn, leave you feeling stuck or burnt out. There are so many things that we can pursue and some only for a short time, others longer.
The bad....the book was ok at 1st but completely lost me when stating, "How do you know that your parents are actually your parents? Someone told you, but how do you know?" Like...what? It's not that deep. Are there some who may not know their parents, sure, but this had me question everything after. Im pretty open to different perspectives and ways of thinking, but the idea of, you have no purpose for your life and just do what makes you happy or whatever you want is crazy to me. What type of existence is that?
I do agree not to, in essence, be a YES man. To have your own opinions of things and carve your own path. But, doing so without a moral and/or spiritual compass or something that moves you will literally have you floating through life being tossed by every whim or new thing.
In my opinion, the author tries giving a different perspective on life and achieving your goals, but falls WAY short in delivering any real substance with too much hyperbole and reaching.
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September 7, 2021
Unorthodox but great
A very challenging view on the quest to find your purpose. But you know what, just as his book says, acknowledge the truth. And he is right. The practical information also allows you to function to be your best self. I loved it.
An anxious read but one that’s worth it.
A very challenging view on the quest to find your purpose. But you know what, just as his book says, acknowledge the truth. And he is right. The practical information also allows you to function to be your best self. I loved it.
An anxious read but one that’s worth it.
March 27, 2021
He is moving.
Eric Thomas is moving through life with wisdom and vitality. This book communicates his influence in concise and powerfull way. If you are desiring wisdom and the vitality , this is a good read.
Eric Thomas is moving through life with wisdom and vitality. This book communicates his influence in concise and powerfull way. If you are desiring wisdom and the vitality , this is a good read.
May 11, 2022
This is a truly refined side of Eric Thomas
I have been a Eric Tomas fan for years. I enjoy him and his energy. This evolved Eric Eric is mind blowing. You must read to understand the enhanced mental journey that Eric takes you on.
I have been a Eric Tomas fan for years. I enjoy him and his energy. This evolved Eric Eric is mind blowing. You must read to understand the enhanced mental journey that Eric takes you on.
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