This Is the Thing: About Life, Joy, and Owning Your Purpose

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You may be at a point in your life where you feel accomplished, but underneath it all, something is missing. Maybe you don’t feel fulfilled. Maybe you’re just going through the motions. Or maybe you are unsettled and in search of some wisdom, some meaning, and ultimately, some joy. 

In This Is the Thing, intention enthusiast Shane Jackson takes a deep dive into the answers that elude us to get at the heart of both why and how we can find purpose and experience joy. He delivers insights into every corner of our lives—from relationships to the choices we make to how we spend our time. Chapter by chapter, he offers experience, intuition, perspective, and reflection on specific slices of life, leaving the reader with gems that illuminate an actionable path to fulfillment.

About the Author

Shane Jackson leads Jackson Healthcare®, identified by Forbes as one of America's largest private companies, and serves as the primary guiding force for its mission of improving the delivery of patient care and the lives of everyone it touches. Under his leadership, the organization has been named to Fortune's list of the nation's "100 Best Companies to Work For" and recognized globally as an Inspiring WorkplaceTM. Backed by its associate workforce and tens of thousands of clinician providers covering all fifty states, Jackson Healthcare helps healthcare facilities across the country serve more than 10 million patients each year.

An advocate for the power of business leaders as a positive force for people and the community, Shane is an engaging storyteller who frequently speaks and writes on the topics of intentionally nurturing a values-based culture and leveraging influence to do good in the world. In 2018, he published his first book, Fostering Culture: A Leader's Guide to Purposely Shaping Culture, chronicling his philosophy on workplace culture. In addition to having served as a contributor to media outlets, including Forbes and Fast Company, he shares insight into leadership, culture, and living with purpose on his website, ShaneJackson.com.

Shane has won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Southeast award and has also been recognized year after year on Staffing Industry Analysts' "Staffing 100," a list of the top North American leaders shaping the industry and influencing the workforce solutions ecosystem. Other honors include appearing on Georgia Trend Magazine's Georgia 500; receiving the Jerry Noyce Executive Health Champion Award from HERO, the Health Enhancement Research Organization; and being named to the inaugural Corporate Citizenship Awards from the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Shane is co-founder of the leader-led goBeyondProfit business initiative that promotes the belief that giving back is good for business and serves on multiple nonprofit boards. He has competed in triathlon, acted in feature-length films, performed in concerts around the country, and coached numerous youth sports teams, including at the highest levels of travel softball.

He earned a master of business administration from Emory University and a bachelor of business administration degree from Harding University.

Hometown is Alpharetta, GA

We have 20 advanced reader copies printed by Greenleaf Book Group to give away. The giveaway will end on Monday, January 27.