3 in 1: Gratitude Journal, Purpose Guide, and Positivity Diary
Foreword by Graham Cochrane
Business Coach and YouTube, and Author of How to Get Paid for What You Know: Turning Your Knowledge, Passion, and Experience into an Online Income Stream in Your Spare Time
IMAGINE — a life worth living.
For over fifteen years, the author, Hassan Akmal, has been coaching individuals to see from the heart and then strive toward their purpose and it has taught him one critical thing — your vision is a pact with yourself, and nobody else.
But, what if I were to tell you Akmal believes you can create this sanctuary of self-reflection within yourself? That you are in fact, the “interior designer” of your career and life.
Before you can have a vision for your career and life, you have to build the space where you will create your purpose.
Everything is an experience and you are writing your story. You are the artist of your life. It begins with mindfulness and self-awareness. Your thoughts. Living with true intentionality is living a life by design.
This 10-week journal is a tool to help you articulate the dynamic dance between fate and free will. The author offers a simple, yet powerful pen-to-paper method to empower you to design multiple careers and your life over a lifetime. Begin by investing just a few minutes a day to think in this space and write. Here you will discover the power of positivity, perspective, and mindset.
Let’s begin your journey.
NOTE: This companion workbook is part of the Purpose Series and is a recommended complement to the author’s previously published book, How to be a Career Mastermind™: Discover 7 "YOU Matter" Lenses for a Life of Purpose, Impact, and Meaningful Work.
Hassan Akmal is an American career and life mastery consultant, author, professor, thought leader, philanthropist, and former professional tennis player and athlete ambassador to the United States. He is best known for his Amazon best-selling book—How to be a Career Mastermind™: Discover 7 "YOU Matter" Lenses for a Life of Purpose, Impact, and Meaningful Work and humanitarian work dedicated to Forced Migration and Health.
After a decade as a senior leader in career services, Akmal became the inaugural executive director of industry relations and career strategies at Columbia University in 2017 and cofounded the award-winning Career Design Lab. In 2018, he served on the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) "Future of We" — Advisory Committee and served as a senior advisor to Graduway (now Gravyty), a prominent and top 10 global EdTech startup. He wrote the foreword for the book, Career Revolution: A Design Thinking Approach to Career Development in a Post-Pandemic World, authored by Graduway's CEO, Daniel Cohen. In April 2019, he delivered the keynote address on the "Future of Career Services" at the Global Leaders' Summit hosted at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He also serves on several other prominent boards internationally.
In December 2019, Akmal was selected as a speaker for Columbia University's TEDx RE-VISION, RE-FOCUS-themed event that took place on March 27, 2021. His TEDx Talk was released in May 2021 and has already received over 1.5 million views.
Prior to his current role, Akmal served as the executive director of the UCLA Career Center. There he led an ambitious re-imagination of career services. In September 2021, he became the Executive Director of Career and Professional Development at UC San Diego. His new book, published in May 2023, is entitled, The Interior Design of Your Career and Life™. He also published a children's version entitled, IMAGINE: You Are the Artist of Your Life.
