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Who Are You in “Just One Word”? New Book Invites Readers to Define Their Purposes in Simplest Terms

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Who Are You in “Just One Word”? New Book Invites Readers to Define Their Purposes in Simplest Terms

“Describe yourself in such-and-such number of words” is a common directive and near-impossible task, made all the more difficult the lower that number gets. But Erin Weed has no trouble condensing the human essence into a single phrase — she does it on a daily basis. Weed is the creator of The Dig, a methodology for pinpointing a person’s one-word life purpose. “A dig word is that one word that summarizes both what you’re here to learn and also what you’re here to teach,” she told Nice News. Sin

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