Purpose
What brings meaning to your life? Explore your reason for being and the difference you want to make.
A BOOK BY JANET CROPPER
The Hamster
Who Danced
with the Giant
For the moments when working harder isn’t moving you forward.
Explore who you want to be—and how to bring that person into your work, your choices and your everyday life.
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THE QUESTION AT THE HEART OF THE BOOK
“Who do I want to be?”
Before the next promotion. Before another reinvention.
A question to return to, wherever you are in life.
STEP OFF THE WHEEL
A different way
to move forward.
You can be capable, committed and constantly busy, yet still feel that something important is missing. Janet’s book starts with that familiar experience: the hamster’s exhausting movement without a sense of progress.
Through stories from her own life and her work with others, she explores the assumptions that hold us back, the possibilities we overlook and the choices that help us live with greater purpose.
Reflection questions and practical exercises invite you to apply the ideas to your own circumstances, one step at a time.
Try a reflection from the book ↗A FRAMEWORK TO MAKE YOUR OWN
Meet your 
Purpose, Identity and Passion with Compassion: a way to put words around who you want to be.
Identity
Who do you want to be, beyond a title or a list of tasks? Find words that feel like yours.
Passion with Compassion
Notice what makes you come alive, and connect that energy with care for other people.
THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE BOOK
From feeling stuck
to staying true to you.
- 01
Free Yourself
Recognise the limits and assumptions shaping your choices.
- 02
Transform
Explore different ways of thinking and responding.
- 03
Be
Define your Purpose, Identity and Passion with Compassion.
- 04
Inspire
Connect your direction with what matters most.
- 05
Stay True to You
Put your intentions into practice as life changes.
THE BOOK JOURNAL
Keep the conversation going.
The next chapter starts here.
Book news, excerpts and reflections will appear here as they are published. In the meantime, explore the reader exercises.
Visit reader resources ↗ALREADY READING?
Make a little space
for your own answers.
Explore the reader exercises and return to them whenever you need a fresh perspective.