Tag Archive: Purpose

The Average Person’s Path to Purpose

Infuse purpose into your life by giving yourself something meaningful to do. Don’t worry if it’s not dramatic.

“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” Helen Keller

One Week to Live

What would it be like to live as if you had one week to live? One thing is clear. You would become intolerant of nonsense.

You would be intolerant of mundacity if you had a one-week mindset. Pointless conversations, useless activities, and trivial tensions would feel unbearable.

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The Big Picture: Your Antidote to Chaos

Details overwhelm you when you lose sight of the big picture. Perspective enables you to reject urgent trivialities.

You’re lost in the weeds when you rush from one issue to the next. Chaos and fatigue prevail when busyness obscures the big picture.

Energize your leadership by rising above individual situations.

Stop Working For – Give Yourself To

Thoreau wrote, “The cost of a thing is the amount … of life which is required to be exchanged for it.

When you give yourself “for” something you work for gratification.

When you give yourself “to” something you lead with purpose.

Two things leaders give themselves to….

Do This to Bring Meaning to Work

Your boss can’t give you meaning. Neither can your organization.

Meaning comes from within.

We don’t find meaning at work. We bring meaning to work.

Grow and Give: Discovering the Path Forward

Talk of self-reflection felt like hippy talk to me. Now I know it’s essential.

Structured self-reflection enables you to grow and give.