Luke Burgis

The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

Wanting

A groundbreaking exploration of why we want what we want, and a toolkit for freeing ourselves from chasing unfulfilling desires. Humans don't desire anything independently. Human desire is mimetic - we imitate what other people want. This affects the way we choose partners, friends, careers, clothes and travel destinations. Mimetic desire is responsible for the formation of our very identities. It explains the enduring relevancy of Shakespeare's plays, why Peter Thiel decided to be the first investor in Facebook, and why our world is growing more divided as it becomes more connected. Drawing on his experience as an entrepreneur, teacher and student of classical philosophy, Luke Burgis shares tactics that help turn blind wanting into intentional wanting - to be more in control of the things we want, and to find more meaning in our work and lives.

Mimetic Desire: How to Avoid Chasing Things You Don't Truly Want

Joshua Miller

What if we were able to gain profound insight into the unique design, creative drive, and potential destiny of the people in our lives? The bold promise of this book is that we can. This ability carries an awesome responsibility: We must all be mentors and midwives to the personal vocations of others. Unrepeatable is about the urgent need for each of us to cultivate the vocations of others and the steps we should take to do it well. By smartly weaving evocative stories of those who have radically lived out their callings with practical tools for discernment and mentorship, Luke Burgis and Joshua Millerwho have a combined twenty-five years of experience helping people and organizations discover their purposeturn staid perceptions of vocation on their head. Unrepeatable will equip you to: Renew your church, school, community, or company by empowering every member to discover, embrace, and fully live out their unique calling Confidently teach and mentor young people in critical skills of discernment and decision-making Know and be known by others in a deeply personal way through a technique that unlocks and awakens the deepest desires of the heart As we enter into the stories of others' lives, we enter into the story of God's love. There is no greater adventure. Unrepeatable invites you to be a part of it.

Cultivating the Unique Calling of Every Person

Unrepeatable

¿Qué pasaría si pudiéramos obtener una profunda perspectiva del diseño único, el impulso creativo y el destino potencial de las personas en nuestras vidas? La audaz promesa de este libro es que si podemos. Esta habilidad trae consigo una maravillosa responsabilidad: Todos debemos de ser mentores y parteras de las vocaciones personales de los demás. Irrepetible es acerca de la urgente necesidad de cada uno de cultivar las vocaciones de otros y cuales pasos debemos seguir para hacerlo bien. Luke Burgis y Joshua Miller, con una experiencia combinada de veinticinco años ayudando a personas y a organizaciones a descubrir su propósito, entretejen inteligentemente historias evocadoras de aquellos que han vivido radicalmente su llamada con herramientas prácticas para el discernimiento y la tutoría, para transformar las percepciones serias de la vocación en su cabeza. Irrepetible te dará herramientas para: Renovar tu parroquia, escuela, comunidad o compañía al darles a cada uno de sus miembros poder para descubrir, abrazar y vivir plenamente su llamado único y personal Enseñar y asesorar con confianza a los jóvenes en habilidades técnicas para discernimiento y para la toma de decisiones Conocer y ser conocido por otros de una manera profundamente personal a través de una técnica que abre y despierta los deseos más profundos del corazón Al entrar en las historias de las vidas de los otros, entramos en la historia del amor de Dios. No hay mayor aventura. Irrepetible te invita a ser parte de ello.

Irrepetible: Cultivando el llamado único de cada persona

“Beautifully written, compellingly personal, and a treasure to read.” —Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, OFM, Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia “This spiritually grounded, easy-to-read treatise is a solid piece of research, and yet is still packed throughout with supporting anecdotes that the reader will recognize and appreciate. Eminently practicable, Unrepeatable is for every Christian, especially the teacher, counselor, or spiritual director, who is truly serious about sifting through the cultural morass to find the ‘right’ vocation, rather than just a job.” —Bishop Robert Barron, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Los Angeles What if we were able to gain profound insight into the unique design, creative drive, and potential destiny of the people in our lives? The bold promise of this book is that we can. This ability carries an awesome responsibility: We must all be mentors and midwives to the personal vocations of others. Unrepeatable is about the urgent need for each of us to cultivate the vocations of others and the steps we should take to do it well. By smartly weaving evocative stories of those who have radically lived out their callings with practical tools for discernment and mentorship, Luke Burgis and Joshua Miller—who have a combined twenty-five years of experience helping people and organizations discover their purpose—turn staid perceptions of vocation on their head. Unrepeatable will equip you to: • Renew your church, school, community, or company by empowering every member to discover, embrace, and fully live out their unique calling • Confidently teach and mentor young people in critical skills of discernment and decision-making • Know and be known by others in a deeply personal way through a technique that unlocks and awakens the deepest desires of the heart As we enter into the stories of others’ lives, we enter into the story of God’s love. There is no greater adventure. Unrepeatable invites you to be a part of it.

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