ask the question: What is needed and how might I help? The journalist David Brooks writes about the difference between people who pursue the “Well-Planned Life,”81 which emphasizes individual agency, and those leading the Summoned Life, who are inclined to ask, What are my circumstances summoning me to do? What is my most useful social role? This theme was addressed in an essay written for college graduates by the psychologist and Grit author Angela Duckworth, who advised readers not only to “move toward what interests you” but also to “seek purpose.”
