The Purpose Code: How To Unlock Meaning, Maximize Happiness, and Leave A Lasting Legacy with Jordan Grumet

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🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The Purpose Code: How To Unluck Meaning, Maximize Happiness, and Leave A Lasting Legacy with Jordan Grumet In the wake of the devastating fires in Los Angeles where people have lost their homes and all their worldly possessions and when many are questioning their purpose it was a timely moment for host Indre Viskontas to sit with hospice physician, financial independence expert, and author Jordan Grumet to discuss his transformative new book, The Purpose Code: How to Unlock Meaning, Maximize Happiness, and Leave a Lasting Legacy. Drawing from his experience at the bedsides of terminally ill patients and his financial acumen Grumet explores how understanding purpose can help us navigate life’s challenges, overcome loss, and build a meaningful legacy. Grumet shares his insights on: The difference between "big P-purpose," which often leads to anxiety, and "little p-purpose," a path to happiness and fulfillment. How reframing our approach to purpose can help us build lives filled with enriching activities that connect us to others. Strategies for identifying purpose anchors, drawing from childhood joys, regrets, or incremental changes in daily life. The impact of social media on purpose anxiety and how to counter its influence with genuine, personal goals. Jordan’s work weaves together medicine, finance, and the significance of purpose, profoundly impacting those seeking a meaningful life. Listen in for practical advice on aligning your actions with your values, finding joy in small, meaningful pursuits, and creating a legacy that lasts beyond your lifetime. The Purpose Code is available now at booksellers everywhere.

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0:00.0	You and Betty and the nancy's and bills and joes and James will find in the study of science a richer, more rewarding life.
0:10.0	Hey, welcome to Inquiring Minds. I'm Indravis Gantus. This is a podcast that explores the space where science and society collide.
0:17.8	We want to find out what's true, what's left to discover, and why it matters.
0:27.2	In the wake of the devastating fires in Los Angeles, where so many people have lost their lives and so many
0:40.0	more have lost all of their worldly possessions, the question of how we can be happy seems almost
0:47.6	trite. Even many of us who are not directly affected are questioning our purpose in life and our legacy, empathizing
0:56.5	with residents of the Pacific Palisades or Al-Aidina or any of the other cities where people
1:02.4	have just lost everything. So I thought it might be a good time to turn to Jordan Grummet.
1:08.6	He's a hospice and palliative care physician who has spent many hours at the
1:14.4	bedsides of people who are dying and has thought deeply about personal loss and what living a
1:21.2	meaningful life means. And he has a timely book that's just come out. It's called The Purpose Code, How to Unlock
1:30.1	Meaning, Maximize Happiness, and Leave a Lasting Legacy. So that seems like a good place to
1:37.9	start. Jordan Grummet, welcome to inquiring minds. Thank you so much for having me.
1:48.4	So how have these fires and the devastation that you've, I'm sure, heard about and thought about deeply? How has this changed what you think
1:54.4	about in terms of a person's legacy? Interestingly enough, I've been thinking about this a lot after the elections, right? So for half
2:04.5	the country, they felt triumphant after this election, this presidential election, and the other
2:09.5	half were devastated. And so for many people right now, we're questioning, what does it feel
2:16.7	like to live in this new world
2:18.5	where everything has changed? And I think this tragedy in Los Angeles right now is also reflective
2:24.0	of that same idea. When the world changes rapidly and all of a sudden you're stuck in a
2:29.6	situation you didn't expect, how do we move forward?
2:35.0	And so I've been thinking a lot about purpose as a bulwark.
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