“Find your purpose” is terrible advice and I’m guilty of imparting it to thousands of people. And for that, I am sorry. I’m sorry on behalf of the countless bloggers who write tidy step-by-step instructions to “find” your purpose. The ones with the pretty stock photos of young, attractive people running through a field to entice that precious click or share. I’m … Read more
What you do in your life is only ever as good as why you do it. That why, or purpose, is defined in almost all dictionaries as the “…reason for existence.” When we apply the powerful concept of purpose to our lives and organizations, they transform. Nothing becomes meaningless; everything becomes a stone on the … Read more
Toward the end of a workshop I facilitated on purpose-driven work, a regional manager of a large electronics supplier tentatively raised her hand. “About a year ago, I figured out why I do my job,” she said. “As I was sitting in the hospital waiting for the CT scan that could save my life, I remember thinking, ‘my … Read more