0:00:00 - 0:00:26 So I wanted to officially announce the publication of Joy on purpose, which is the latest book that I've published. The subtitle is intentionally accomplishing more of what matters most. Uh It's not terribly thick book, but it is very rich with, with ideas that I hope will be very helpful to you. So 0:00:25 - 0:00:52 why did I write this book? I wrote this book because I, I know that there are an awful lot of things that I've learned and how to be more productive. Um But also how, how to be more intentional about life. The purpose of life is to find more joy and help other people encounter more joy. That's not always 0:00:51 - 0:01:14 the easiest thing to do, but it doesn't have to be as complicated as people make it. So what is simple and what is easy? Those are two different adjectives, right? But the it it's gonna be difficult no matter what, but doesn't have to be confusing. So what this book does is it presents a, a model that 0:01:14 - 0:01:39 you can use in your life to get a bound around. What seems like a whole lot of things that, that might not be terribly related demands on your time, demands on your resources, what you have to do for work, what you do at home, um The things that are important to you. So what kind of person do you want 0:01:39 - 0:02:01 to be? And what kind of an impact do you want to have in life? How do you do that in practical terms? How do you accomplish the goals that you set? How do you decide which goals to set? How do you integrate goals that, that span across multiple domains of your life? That's a lot to pack into a little 0:02:00 - 0:02:24 book. But I think that if you grab it and you read it, you'll find that it's, it's pretty packed with useful information. Now, the book presents uh a very pragmatic start to finish way of, of tying all this up nicely in your life. But the, the sub points that are made throughout the book, you'll, you'll 0:02:23 - 0:02:47 find they're extremely applicable in the sense that you could pluck these out and just run with as many ideas in this book as, as help you in particular. Um I of course, recommend applying everything, but I think you'll get a ton of mileage out of this with uh with however you approach it. OK. So that 0:02:47 - 0:03:10 being said, uh like all of my books, it's available at cost uh at print cost. So all the money for that goes to Amazon, you can order it on Amazon. Uh We're gonna get a PDF download set up here shortly. But if you're like me, you probably prefer reading paper anyway. Um, but what I, what I'd like to 0:03:10 - 0:03:34 do, we're gonna do this a little differently with this book. Um, what I'd like to do is have people read the book and if you find it useful to share it with others, now, there aren't any scripture references in this book. This is a, a book written from a secular perspective. There are reasons for that 0:03:34 - 0:04:02 , that I'll put into a different video. But um if you can find other people that accept the invitation to read the book, what I'm going to offer is to come and to, to hold a brief seminars about four hours brief seminars at your location. So if you can find an organize a reading group where a few of 0:04:02 - 0:04:23 you read through this book and you'd like some one on one assistance in applying the, the lessons that are contained in it. I'm happy to come to wherever you are and uh hold this seminar. So there's some logistical challenges with that uh trying to get it at a date and time that works for everyone. But 0:04:23 - 0:04:45 if you can find a set of people and you're, you commit to reading this book, then reach out to me at upper thought at gmail.com and I'm happy to come uh free of charge and just help out, try to help answer questions. I have some content that parallels the book that uh we can work through and hopefully 0:04:44 - 0:05:09 help you um apply these lessons in your life. So check it out if you find it helpful, share it with others, leave reviews on Amazon. Feel free to quote this on social media and share it in any other way possible. I strongly believe that the, the people that, that apply the lessons in this book are gonna 0:05:09 - 0:05:29 find themselves with massively more meaning and productivity in their lives. This book is designed to give you more resources and it does that by helping you focus on the things that are most important to you in a much more effective way. So check it out and let me know what you think.