Second Calling: Life Purpose for Professionals at an Inflection Point

What should we do if we're stuck in a job that doesn't give us purpose? How do we find our way out?
Brooke Erol was a successful business executive years ago, but deep inside she knew that it wasn't the right job for her. She embarked on a journey to find a more purposeful career. She found it helping others find their purpose, and she became a life coach. After about a decade of this, she also started consulting businesses on finding purpose as an organization. She brings a wealth of practical strategies for finding purpose as individuals and groups. 
In this episode, you'll learn about:

• Why knowing what you don't want is as important as knowing what you do want
• How companies can have purpose and what it looks like
• The first step for anyone seeking a more purposeful career
• The one exercise that any group or organization can do to find purpose together
• How leaders can foster purpose in their organizations

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Want to connect? Have a question? Just want to say "hi"? Send me an email at [email protected]. Would love to hear from you.
Learn more at schoolofpurpose.org.
Want to start your own podcast? This podcast is edited and produced (and music too) by Josh Gilbert. He does a great job and is a joy to work with. Contact him at   [email protected]

What does it feel like when we moments of clarity with our purpose? It would be easy to assume that these moments are light and cheery, but in reality they often come amid distress. This mini-episode explores how this works.

How does purpose play into leadership? What does it mean to be a purposeful leader?
Tony Martignetti is a former business executive who now coaches leaders in finding purpose in their own lives and leading others with purpose. He's written a book and has his own podcast. He uses his experience and wisdom to be a "chief inspiration officer" for others. He makes clear that purpose isn't just for us. We use it to make other people's lives better too-especially through leadership.
In this episode, you'll learn about:

• Why we unearth things within ourselves in order to help others
• The strategy of making "small bets" with experiences to find purpose
• The difference between achievement and purpose
• The relationship between purpose and effective leadership
• How to inspire other people into purpose

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You can find Tony online at: https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/
His podcast: https://thevirtualcampfire.libsyn.com/
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Want to connect? Have a question? Just want to say "hi"? Send me an email at [email protected]. Would love to hear from you.
Learn more at schoolofpurpose.org.
Want to start your own podcast? This podcast is edited and produced (and music too) by Josh Gilbert. He does a great job and is a joy to work with. Contact him at   [email protected]

What is the relationship between money and purpose? This week's mini-lesson reflects on whether money is necessary for purpose, if it's a by-product of purpose, or if it's a hinderance to purpose.

How do we intentionally reinvent our lives into something better? What does this look like when we're over 50? 

Wendy Marx has had a peripatetic career. She's been a social worker, a journalist, marketer, PR agency owner, and now she's a career coach and branding expert. Along the way she has gathered three master's degrees. This rich experience gives her unique insight in how and why we reinvent ourselves--becoming our better selves both in the workplace at home. Into this she layers in the experience of aging.

In this episode, you'll learn about

• What it means to reinvent yourself into something better
• How being over 50 actually benefits us in finding purpose
• How and why to walk into discomfort
• What to do when you feel stuck in a career
• The importance of resilience for finding a purposeful career

Here are links for learning more about Wendy's work
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LinkedIn
Twitter
Email: [email protected]
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Want to connect? Have a question? Just want to say "hi"? Send me an email at [email protected]. Would love to hear from you.
Learn more at schoolofpurpose.org.

Want to start your own podcast? This podcast is edited and produced (and music too) by Josh Gilbert. He does a great job and is a joy to work with. Contact him at   [email protected]

Do you have a bucket list? You might want to add something similar but far more powerful-a casket list. These are the most meaningful things that you want to bring forth in your life before you die. 
This mini-lesson explains how to create a bucket list and why it's so powerful.

How can we find purpose in a given moment?
Mark Mirko is an award-winning photojournalist. He thinks deeply about his craft. His job is to enter situations and capture their essence in a rectangular, digital image. This requires work, patience, and skill as well as a deep understanding of how to engage moments. Mark gives us a deep dive into what it means to be an image maker. The principles for doing this readily apply to creating purpose in a moment as well. 
In this episode, you'll learn about:

• Finding layers of meaning in a situation
• The importance of active observation 
• Using our vocations to create value for other people
• Creating purpose in a moment
• How photography serves as a metaphor for creating purpose

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Want to connect? Have a question? Just want to say "hi"? Send me an email at [email protected]. Would love to hear from you.
Learn more at schoolofpurpose.org.
Want to start your own podcast? This podcast is edited and produced (and music too) by Josh Gilbert. He does a great job and is a joy to work with. Contact him at   [email protected]

Purpose is an intensely individual experience. Yet, we sometimes find more of it by seeing it in others. This mini-lesson gives a simple exercise that takes advantage of the principle of gestalt. Using it, we can look to others to better understand our own purpose.

How can we apply the pragmatic effectiveness of business strategy to the pursuit of purpose?
Jeff Haden thinks and he writes, and he does a lot of both. He has written millions of words and has had millions of people read them in outlets such as Inc. magazine and his book The Motivation Myth. In all of this, he's developed a keen eye for what matters in life and how to get it done. He joins the School of Purpose for a wide-ranging discussion of both.
In this episode, you'll learn about:

• The impact of fear on purpose and how to manage it
• How purpose leads to serving others in all circumstances
• How businesses can integrate a purposeful mission into their profit-making
• How to find more time for what's purposeful for you
• How purpose leads us to be the CEOs of our own lives

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Want to connect? Have a question? Just want to say "hi"? Send me an email at [email protected]. Would love to hear from you.
Learn more at schoolofpurpose.org.
Want to start your own podcast? This podcast is edited and produced (and music too) by Josh Gilbert. He does a great job and is a joy to work with. Contact him at   [email protected]

Finding purpose happens at multiple levels of awareness. Sometimes rich guidance comes from our subconscious, and the subconscious can speak to us through our dreams. This mini-lesson gives a simple practice for interpreting dreams to find more purpose in our lives.