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Flow and Small Wins Are Two Halves of the Same Engine
Flow says lose yourself in the task; the progress principle says count your wins — they sound opposed, but they're the same feedback engine running on two timescales, with evidence from Csikszentmihalyi, Ilies, Amabile, and Ariely
You Build Purpose at Work, You Don't Find It
Job crafting at a hospital, Twitter's 140-minute Purpose Statement Workshop, and what the 2022 Workforce Purpose Index says about the relational layer most companies leave unbuilt
Purpose at Work Is Bigger Than Having a Calling
What the research actually means by purpose at work — three orientations, three measurable facets, and eight sources of meaning that change how the question lands