In this episode of Hindsight the Podcast, host Lee Jones sits down with Ian Chamandy, co-founder of PurposeU, to explore the transformative power of defining your purpose in just seven words or less. Ian reveals how uncovering what makes you uniquely remarkable can sharpen clarity, guide better decision-making, and fuel both personal growth and career change.

In this episode:

00:00 Defining Purpose in Seven Words

05:56 The Impact of Purpose on Decision Making

11:19 Understanding and Discovering Your Unique Purpose

16:39 The Challenges of Identifying Purpose

18:10 Personal Journey to Discovering Purpose

19:52 Transforming Confusion into Clarity

20:41 The Framework for Identifying Purpose

22:38 The Role of AI in Discovering Purpose

26:18 Navigating Career Changes and Trigger Events

31:18 Purpose as a Decision-Making Guide

32:50 The Benefits of Knowing Your Purpose

34:47 The Importance of a Structured Process

39:12 Mindset Shifts for Overcoming Challenges

47:15 Connecting Military Experience to Purpose

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Ian Chamandy is a strategist, author, and speaker with over two decades of experience helping organizations and individuals uncover their purpose. He co-founded Blueprint Business Architecture Inc. and later PurposeU, where he developed the Blueprint method — a process that helps people and companies define their purpose in just seven words or less. Known for turning complex ideas into simple, actionable strategies, Ian has guided more than 500 organizations and countless individuals to clarity, transformation, and meaningful growth.

Learn more about Ian and PurposeU at:

👉 https://purposeu.ai/

👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianchamandy/?originalSubdomain=ca

👉 https://www.facebook.com/irchamandy/