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Is purpose in life a choice, or destiny?
What would give you more anxiety, or alternatively, peace of mind?
1) That your purpose in life is a choice that you make or, 2) that your life purpose has already been made for you?
Interesting question, eh? I mean there’s a real burden if it’s all up to you, and you alone, to create a purpose in life that makes you feel that your life is fulfilling and significant.
But if it’s a purpose that has been given to you...
Purpose is more than a passion project
Discovering your purpose in life is more than a passion project.
Yes, you may find passion is part of your purpose. But passion is the result of following your purpose, not its inspiration.
Nevertheless, many books and websites approach finding your purpose from the perspective of passion.
They claim, “Follow your passion and you will discover your purpose!” While not entirely wrong, it is woefully incomplete.
Unleashing employee purpose in service of social purpose
Employees are reevaluating their WHY at work - many are leaving. They want their work to matter and have a greater purpose beyond a paycheck.
Social purpose organizations need to understand their employees’ WHY and help make their experience at work more meaningful if they want to attract and retain the right employees.
Find out how the Six Dimensions of Purpose can help employees articulate their own WHY and help organizations align their social purpose with their employees’.
‘The Great Resignation’ ~ Why are they leaving?
The pandemic has opened Pandora’s box to reveal a plethora of new workplace challenges for both companies and employees.
More than 15 million US workers—and counting—have quit their jobs in the last six months, giving rise to what has been dubbed ‘The Great Resignation’ - a trend not only poised to continue, but likely to accelerate.
Companies are struggling to address the problem, and many will continue to struggle for one simple reason: they don’t really understand why their employees are leaving in the first place.
Think you know your purpose in life? Which one?
It seems some of us have lots of purposes in life! But how can that be?
Because there are actually six dimensions to purpose. Family and career are aspects of two of those dimensions, while health and hobbies are aspects of two other dimensions of purpose.
What I’m really asking about is their intrinsic purpose, the kind that uniquely expresses who they are, a summation of their self-identity, abilities, values, and concerns. Do you know yours?