FAITH & PURPOSE
It's very difficult to live without knowing what you would like to achieve and having a belief that you can achieve it.
There are cases of people dying because they believed that they would die when in fact nothing physically negative happened. Nocebo deaths... we are indoctrinated with these from an early age.
Belief that what you are doing is great and it will work impacts the outcome of out actions. When we think we are winning etc we have different neuro-transmitters and hormones released compared to if we don't.
With faith and purpose the other steps have meaning and are worth the effort of moving away from the herd.