Happiness vs Meaning: Which Is Really Driving You?

The Kevin Miller Podcast

Kevin Miller

Nutrition, Relationships, Mental Health, Education, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Medicine, Life Sciences, How To

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

This show is called What Drives You. My book is called What Drives You. Because what drives you becomes your life. If we’re not getting what we want out of life, we are unaware of what is really driving us. Happiness, for instance. As a podcast host I am inundated with self-improvement books and personalities. There have been more books with “happiness” in the title than I can count in recent years. Why? It sells. We all think we just want to be happy. But I don’t see our cultural decisions supporting this and feel it’s an errant goal. I find what we want even more than happiness is security. But even more than that, is meaning. To help us consider this, let’s look at the jobs we choose and the movies we watch. Getting more clear on what you’re really driven to achieve will help you achieve it and will showcase why your current efforts may not be producing the success you expect. Got a comment or question about an episode? Want to ask a question about your drive? Email me. I don’t want to just talk to you here, I want to talk with you. kmiller@kevinmiller.co. Sign up for a $1/month trial period at shopify.com/kevin Go to shipstation.com and use code KEVIN to sign up for your FREE 60-day trial. Sign up for AromaTru's Insider Club and today you'll receive a FREE Waterless Oil Diffuser and a FREE lemon eucalyptus oil - that's over $200 in savings. Head to aromatruorganics.com/kevin to take advantage of this exclusive offer. Kajabi is offering a free 30-day trial to start your business if you go to Kajabi.com/kevin Get 20% off any AquaTru purifier today! Visit AquaTru.com and enter code "KEVIN" at checkout. Go to Quince.com/drives for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns Go to cozyearth.com/driven and use code DRIVEN for an exclusive 40% discount Join thousands of parents who trust Fabric to protect their family. Apply in minutes at meetfabric.com/WHATDRIVESYOU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the What Drives You Podcast. I'm Kevin Miller. I produced this show to help us all continually discover where we want to go, why and how to best get there as we enjoy the daily drive as much as the destinations
0:16.0	we want to reach along the way.
0:18.4	In this episode, happiness versus meaning, which is really driving you.
0:25.0	This show is called What Drives You.
0:28.0	My book is called What Drives You,
0:31.0	that becomes your life, that steers your life.
0:33.7	If we're not getting what we want out of life, we're unaware of what's really
0:37.6	driving us.
0:38.6	Happiness, for instance.
0:40.8	As a podcast host, I'm inundated with self-improvement books and personalities who want to be on the show.
0:46.2	And there have been more books with happiness in the title that I can count in recent years.
0:51.6	Well, why? Well, it sells. We all kind of think we just we just want to be happy.
0:57.4	But I don't actually see our cultural decisions supporting this and it feels like it's an errant goal I find what we want even more than happiness is actually
1:07.1	security but even more than that meaning well help us consider this concept, let's look at jobs that we choose and the movies we watch.
1:19.0	Getting more clear on what you're really driven to achieve will help you achieve it and
1:24.8	will showcase why your current efforts may not be producing the success you
1:29.5	expect. What drives you becomes the journey of your life. Let's help you enjoy the ride better right here and right now.
1:38.0	So drive with me a moment. Let's consider happiness first meaning, which is really driving you.
1:45.0	All right, you know my dad, Dan Miller,
1:50.0	author of 48 days to the work and life you love, which is one of the classic career books,
1:57.0	looking at work you love. I never knew anything different. I never knew my dad to work at something that he wasn't interested in that
2:05.0	inspired him that he had joy in and yet he wrote that book which sold a couple
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