Meaning can be extremely elusive. We often find ourselves depending on factors beyond our control to satisfy our need to be valued. We may diligently work for years and never receive the professional recognition we crave. We may go to…

It cannot be denied at an intuitive level that there is a moral law that governs the reality we inhabit. But it is also evident that each individual possesses unique traits that, when cultivated, bring into the world a 'flavor'…

This week I was involved in a group conversation regarding the nature of organizational leadership. I used the term “philosophy” and another participant, an Army chaplain, disagreed with my use of the word. Since the point was ancillary to the…

One of the most encouraging realizations in life is to look back on a past weakness in yourself and then trace how it led to something good that you wouldn’t have otherwise gained or experienced but for possessing that flaw…

It cannot be said enough: meaning is found at the intersection of what is truly good and what the individual uniquely has to offer. But, although our understanding of what constitutes goodness changes and (ideally) increases over time, what constitutes…

The principle that defines Chase Meaning, that meaning is found where what is truly good and what makes an individual unique intersect, is interesting as an abstract idea but it is only useful if applied in the realm of the…

Depending on one’s perspective, the term “self-improvement” either holds the promise of growing beyond the mistakes of the past or it is an unrealistic aspiration to be better than we actually are. I think most of the time we find…

 “Duty” is a word that, for many, elicits feelings of obligation and restriction. It conjures images of joyless servitude and seems to threaten individuality. But duty in its purest sense not only provides direction and purpose. It also unlocks our…

We live in an age where the reigning presumption is that morality is based on how strongly one feels about a given issue at a given time and that simply feeling a certain way makes one a good person. Emotionalism…

One “great and apparent distinction between man and the inferior animals” is memory (pg. 7). In animals, there seems to be a basic ability to recognize familiarity and act accordingly through instinct, but only humans can capture past events accurately…