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How was it for you? Musings about the Meaning of Meaning

On the Meaning of Meaning

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As we recognise that for many people meaning in business is missing, why does it matter, what makes it valuable? How do we get under the skin of meaning? Here are a few thoughts about it.

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How was it for you?

Musings about the Meaning of Meaning

We’re all searching for something

A Utopia, where we understand the meaning of life in general, and of ours in particular.

A life of blissful, effortless purpose. Is it a dream?

Where can we find meaning?

It isn’t always where we think it will be...

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Meaning doesn’t always happen as a convenient soundbite.

One person’s meaning can be another person’s ‘meh’.

And there’s

another th

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Only by questioning the unquestionable can meaning become more accessible.

And the more we strive to seek meaning, the more elusive it can be.

Sometimes, it’s by going away we recognise when we’ve come home.

This is how we can realise what we value.

Meaning cannot exist without meaninglessness.#frustratingparadox

Meaning cannot exist without meaninglessness.#frustratingparadox

Meaning is a feeling inside.

Epiphanies are intimate and they’re personal.

So how can science and technology help us make meaning?

Does humanity become lost in a digital world?

And where can the search for meaning take us?

Individually and together, we know this ~

And when we connect with what matters in ourselves and in others, light bulbs go on.

Your mind is a beautiful thingYour mind is a beautiful thingVV

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It creates meaning by seeing things differently

Life online is a world of intangible value

Where utility, trust and meaning combine

When we question the unquestionable and how we organise in the social era, meaning can become more accessible.

And when we allow ourselves to feel moved, we connect with it.

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