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#341: What it Means to Be "On-Purpose" with Kevin W. McCarthy
Ep.#2 [THEME EIGHT]
The question “what is my purpose?” is searched over 5,000 times on Google globally each month.
It seems like every media source has done a piece on “how important it is to find your purpose” in the past couple of years. I don’t think anyone argues how important it is, however, the bigger issue is HOW to find your purpose, and more importantly, how to do it in a way that makes sense without feeling guilty or anxious that you are not there yet.
I find it super interesting how “having a purpose now” is almost becoming a fad similar to “being authentic.” However, I find the act of “trying to be authentic” an oxymoron. How do you try to be authentic? I think it’s similar to finding your purpose. It doesn’t just land in your lap, and the more you try, sometimes the further away you get.
But that still leaves us all with the big question, “how do we find our purpose?”
On today’s show I have entrepreneur and author Kevin W. McCarthy (not the speaker of the house ;-) who is the founder of consulting company On-Purpose and the author of The On-Purpose Person, The On-Purpose Business Person, Chief Executive Leadership Officer, and his new book Tough Shift. Kevin has been on the journey of helping entrepreneurs, owners, and leaders find their purpose since the late 1980s. I think he was a bit ahead of his time!
If you find your purpose–your true purpose–you will feel a sense of alignment with the world, yourself, and the immediate environment around you. It feels like the things you are working on matter, you are progressing toward something bigger than yourself, and your skills are being used in a way that bring value to the world while you get rewarded for it.
In this episode Kevin shares what the definition of purpose really is and his thoughts on the importance of the process of finding your purpose vs. getting to it as fast as possible and the iterating over time. Because of how long Kevin has been at this, he has very practical ways to think about what it means to “find your purpose” and “live your purpose.”
This is a very practical and actionable conversation that should hopefully leave you encouraged that it is possible for everyone to find their purpose, but more importantly, why it shouldn't be overengineered and how to approach the journey in a way that gives you grace and not anxiety that you are “missing something important in life” but have no playbook on how to fill the gap.
This conversation is an attempt to bring this topic–that most people agree is super important–down to earth so you can start making progress toward the purpose you have and how you can integrate it into your life and business.
// WATCH THE INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBE:
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By Arkona - Intentional GrowthEp.#2 [THEME EIGHT]
The question “what is my purpose?” is searched over 5,000 times on Google globally each month.
It seems like every media source has done a piece on “how important it is to find your purpose” in the past couple of years. I don’t think anyone argues how important it is, however, the bigger issue is HOW to find your purpose, and more importantly, how to do it in a way that makes sense without feeling guilty or anxious that you are not there yet.
I find it super interesting how “having a purpose now” is almost becoming a fad similar to “being authentic.” However, I find the act of “trying to be authentic” an oxymoron. How do you try to be authentic? I think it’s similar to finding your purpose. It doesn’t just land in your lap, and the more you try, sometimes the further away you get.
But that still leaves us all with the big question, “how do we find our purpose?”
On today’s show I have entrepreneur and author Kevin W. McCarthy (not the speaker of the house ;-) who is the founder of consulting company On-Purpose and the author of The On-Purpose Person, The On-Purpose Business Person, Chief Executive Leadership Officer, and his new book Tough Shift. Kevin has been on the journey of helping entrepreneurs, owners, and leaders find their purpose since the late 1980s. I think he was a bit ahead of his time!
If you find your purpose–your true purpose–you will feel a sense of alignment with the world, yourself, and the immediate environment around you. It feels like the things you are working on matter, you are progressing toward something bigger than yourself, and your skills are being used in a way that bring value to the world while you get rewarded for it.
In this episode Kevin shares what the definition of purpose really is and his thoughts on the importance of the process of finding your purpose vs. getting to it as fast as possible and the iterating over time. Because of how long Kevin has been at this, he has very practical ways to think about what it means to “find your purpose” and “live your purpose.”
This is a very practical and actionable conversation that should hopefully leave you encouraged that it is possible for everyone to find their purpose, but more importantly, why it shouldn't be overengineered and how to approach the journey in a way that gives you grace and not anxiety that you are “missing something important in life” but have no playbook on how to fill the gap.
This conversation is an attempt to bring this topic–that most people agree is super important–down to earth so you can start making progress toward the purpose you have and how you can integrate it into your life and business.
// WATCH THE INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBE: