Your Mission, Your Purpose
For 25 years, Rabbi Simon Jacobson has advised people of all backgrounds on how to find purpose. The free resources on this page will help you to write your own personal mission statement.
P.O.P.P. is the Meaningful Life Center’s proprietary method for revealing your personal mission statement. It stands for: Personality, Opportunities, People & Places — the four criteria you’ll consider when assessing who you are. Start with the first article on this page, then dive deeper.
An Exercise to Find Out Who You Are
Topic: Who You Are When No One Is Looking; How to Figure Out Who You Are
Your answers to the nine questions in this exercise should help you find out who you are and what your purpose in life is.
Mastering the Challenge of Inspiration Every Day
How do you maintain a “for today” attitude when every day seems the same? Fight boredom with these ideas for daily and weekly activities to master the challenge of inspiration.
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A Special New Year Greeting from Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Your soul was sent to Earth with a purpose. Are you living up to it? If you want to change your life, start with that question.
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You Were Sent to Earth With a Mission
Your soul was sent to Earth with a purpose. Are you living up to it? If you want to change your life, start with that question.
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The Birth of Projection
Only through prayer and through our connection to the past do we have the power to overcome the challenges of the present. When you are stuck in a pit overwhelmed by difficulties, you cannot solve the problem alone.
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Recognizing and Seizing Opportunities
In order to seize seize an opportunity, you first have to recognize it. While some of the opportunities given to you in life are obvious, others are hidden. What does it mean that an opportunity is hidden, and how can you find it?
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Daily Affirmation: I know what I need. But do I know what I am needed for?
Wherever you go and whatever you do, find ways to use your strengths, particularly to help other people. The daily affirmation, “I know what I need, but do I know what I am needed for?” will remind you to do so.
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The Difference Between the Means and the End
Join Rabbi Simon Jacobson for a quick, clear lesson on the difference between the means and the end.
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How to Make Your Actions Matter
If you can expand your world to include what you cannot explain or understand, you’re on the way to making your actions matter. How? Read on.
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