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Find Your Purpose Using Science Secular Student Alliance Conference 2016 Dr. Gleb Tsipursky Co-Founder and President, Intentional Insights Tenure-Track Professor, The Ohio State University Author, Find Your Purpose Using Science Former SSA Club President

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Find Your Purpose Using Science

Secular Student Alliance Conference 2016

Dr. Gleb Tsipursky

Co-Founder and President, Intentional InsightsTenure-Track Professor, The Ohio State University

Author, Find Your Purpose Using ScienceFormer SSA Club President

Your Own Sense of Meaning and Purpose

For Your Health!

Sadness and Internal Angst

Meaning and Purpose QuotientTAKE 2 MINUTES TO RATE YOURSELF AND ADD THE NUMBERS

1 = “ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE” 10 = “ABSOLUTELY TRUE”

1) ___ I have a strong sense of meaning and purpose in life2) ___ I have a clear understanding of what gives my life meaning and purpose3) ___ I actively search for a sense of meaning and purpose in life4) ___ I actively reflect on my sense of meaning and purpose in life5) ___ I engage in activities that help me experience meaning and purpose6) ___ I engage in social service that helps others have better lives 7) ___ I have meaningful social and community bonds8) ___ I have social connections that help me gain meaning and purpose9) ___ I help others find meaning and purpose in life10) __ I am satisfied with my sense of meaning and purpose in life

For online app with this test, go to FindYourPurpose.Online

Gaining Meaning and Purpose:Strategy 1, Long-Term Goals

Gaining Meaning and Purpose:Strategy 2, Self-Reflection Part 1

Gaining Meaning and Purpose:Strategy 2, Self-Reflection Part 2

Gaining Meaning and Purpose:Strategy 3, Community

Gaining Meaning and Purpose:Strategy 4, Serving Others

Fortunately for you, SSA helps you get all of these

How? • Community support & social bonds – always

• Serving others – many events

• Self-reflection – some events

• Figuring out your goals – some events

Specific Events• SSA Group Discussion Event focused on

meaning and purpose (collaboratively created with Intentional Insights) https://secularstudents.org/IntentionalInsights

• You can also bring me in as speaker, virtual or in-person– I’m on the SSA Speaker Bureau

Thank You!• PowerPoint of this presentation: slideshare.net/intentionalinsights• Free version of my science-based book, Find Your Purpose Using

Science: tinyurl.com/fypus2015 • Get in touch with me at [email protected] • Intentional Insights

– Websiteintentionalinsights.org– Facebook facebook.com/intentionalinsights – Twitter twitter.com/intentinsights – Youtube tinyurl.com/inin-youtube – Pinterest pinterest.com/intentinsights– Tumbler http://intentionalinsights.tumblr.com/ – Instagram https://www.instagram.com/intentional_insights/