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Purpose: Design a Community and Change Your Life—A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Your Purpose and Making It Matter by Gina BianchiniOnlineBookClub.org | Kindle from Amazon⭐⭐⭐ 3 out of 5 stars You might call me a sucker for a good self-help book. I was excited to read Gina Bianchini’s book Purpose. Everything unspoken was said in that first word – I was going to be able to find my Purpose (with a capital P). Of course, I know that one book won’t solve it all and it really is a journey. Yet, maybe this one would get me down the path a bit farther. I also have to admit, I didn’t pay much attention to the rest of the title, Design a Community and Change Your Life—A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Your Purpose and Making It Matter. It might have helped manage my expectations if I did. (I’m always griping about how no one reads anymore …) In Purpose, Bianchini starts out by offering a 30-day pathway that to help the reader find their purpose(s) and turn it into actionable steps to pursue. I loved how she highlighted that there isn’t only ONE purpose in your life. She points out that the goal is to create a broader vision and work at clarifying the big ideas into actionable steps. Then in the second part of the book, she dives into what her new social community-building platform, Mighty Networks, offers and how it can help you bring your purpose to life in the digital sphere.  There it was, the stuff I wasn’t expecting so close to the front of the book. I was initially intrigued by the prospect of an engaging, supportive online community that lifts people up in a way that Bianchini claims Mighty Networks provides. In fact, I’m attempting to discover if I can find that on my own. However, too much of the book was devoted to basically a commercial for Mighty Networks. I did find the questions for the future story and the Purpose 30 practice to be thought-provoking and insightful. To be honest, I personally had trouble consistently following Bianchini’s plan. I am using her questions to help me look at what my purpose could be, and not only for the short-term, but visioning long-term. In short, if you are interested in a different view on how to look at what to do with your life, Purpose by Gina Bianchini does just that. It can complement the many other similar books by other authors on finding your purpose.