The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life

A remarkable guide to the quests that give our lives meaning--and how to find your own--from the New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup and 100 Side Hustles 'If you like complacency and mediocrity, do not read this book. It's dangerously inspiring.'--A. J. Jacobs, author of The Know-It-All When he set out to visit all of the planet's countries by age thirty-five, compulsive goal-seeker Chris Guillebeau never imagined that his journey's biggest revelation would be how many people like himself exist--each pursuing a challenging quest. These quests are as diverse as humanity itself, involving exploration, the pursuit of athletic or artistic excellence, or battling against injustice and poverty. Everywhere that Chris visited he found ordinary people working toward extraordinary goals, making daily down payments on their dreams. These 'questers' included a suburban mom pursuing a wildly ambitious culinary project, a DJ producing the world's largest symphony, a young widower