[ ![arms reaching up to the stars on a clear night](https://sapience.com.au/images/blog/leadership/purpose-is-not-everything-but-it-beats-everything-else-drewbrowne-modern-small-business-blog.jpg) ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/purpose-isnt-everything-but-it-beats-everything-else "Purpose isn’t everything, but it beats everything else") ##  [ Purpose isn’t everything, but it beats everything else ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/purpose-isnt-everything-but-it-beats-everything-else)

### Following your north-star in a very crowded world

Do you ever get the feeling that time is speeding up?

The major transitions in human history have been driven by the need to domesticate cattle and plants, the large-scale mechanisation of jobs; and now the immediate dissemination of information around the world upon demand.

With the arrival of each new age, the speed of change has left us wondering, where is this all going?

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- [ 🤝 Small Business Risk & Partnership ](https://sapience.com.au/insights/small-business-risk-partnership)
- [ 🌍 Social Leadership & Conscious Business ](https://sapience.com.au/insights/social-leadership-conscious-business)

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  [ ![fire breathing dragon at Harry Potters Diagon Alley](https://sapience.com.au/images/blog/leadership/patronus-spells-and-the-growing-awareness-that-nobody-is-coming-to-rescue-you-drewbrowne-modern-small-business-blog.jpg) ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/patronus-spells-and-the-growing-awareness-nobody-is-coming-to-rescue-you "Patronus spells and the growing awareness nobody is coming to rescue you") ##  [ Patronus spells and the growing awareness nobody is coming to rescue you ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/patronus-spells-and-the-growing-awareness-nobody-is-coming-to-rescue-you)

### What's your defense against the dark arts, in business?

Ever had a bad day at the office? Ever had a tough week?

Maybe the last 2 years in business haven’t been what you hoped for.

Perhaps Harry Potter and his mates can relate.

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  [ ![intricate variety of succulents growing together in a plant terrarium](https://sapience.com.au/images/blog/leadership/10-habits-to-make-growth-automatic-drewbrowne-modern-small-business-blog.jpg) ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/10-habits-to-make-personal-growth-automatic "10 Habits to make personal growth automatic") ##  [ 10 Habits to make personal growth automatic ](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business/10-habits-to-make-personal-growth-automatic)

### Growth

> We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and everyone should be really excellent. Because this is our life. ― Steve Jobs

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### [ Modern Small Business Leadership](https://sapience.com.au/blog/modern-small-business)

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