Dean On Purpose

[Music] purpose we all want purpose in our life we want purpose in our work we want the things to do to be meaningful and inspiring and matter and here’s a thing to know about purpose people often confuse Purpose with occupation your job is not your purpose your purpose isn’t what you do it isn’t what you’re paid to do purpose is what you are purpose is what you bring it’s something you can’t really Escape purpose is you and it’s the difference that you make to others purpose is something that you enjoy and we seem to need a sense of purpose but purpose isn’t for for you it’s for them purpose is for who you help this is a business blog I care very much about the purposefulness of work but what I want you to understand is that purpose is bringing you into your work if you want to find your purpose look around the people that you’re with in any situation and you’ll know notice that you’re the only one doing something whatever you’re the only one doing is a pretty good sign of what your purpose is because your purpose is the gift that you bring that no one else is bringing it’s often the thing you wonder why isn’t anyone else doing this it’s so easy for me why don’t they do that well that’s because it ties to your purpose people look for jobs that will bring them purpose and they do find it but the reason they find it is they bring their purpose into the world work so my purpose tends to be to inspire people to see something profound in what’s right in front of their face that they’ve never seen to repackage and inspire people around the wonderfulness that’s right there and make them see it it doesn’t matter what job I get I mean it doesn’t matter where I am I’m doing this when I’m off duty I’m doing this when I’m on D Duty I’m doing it at the doctor’s office I’m doing on the bus or the train name it look inside to see what it is that you do for people how you help your specific flavor of making a difference and then ask yourself how can I bring it into my work whatever job you have it fits it will fit now there are jobs that fit more than others so to if my job is to inspire people and re package them to see something profound mine is like the ministry of the obvious and overlooked it’s the things that are right there well you know what makes sense to do a job where I do a lot of public speaking doesn’t it no surprise there makes sense that I coach interviews and presentations and sales pitches think about it the skills that I offer fit there really well and the job brings more opportunities to easily bring my gift I’ve done a lot of other jobs it was the same gift I used as a filmmaker I coached trials I used those skills it didn’t matter what I was doing I used it when I worked in a food service in high school when I built presentation Graphics uh for deoe I used it it didn’t matter now I’m particularly inspired in the work I have so here’s what I’d suggest if you are looking to carve your path and trying to find a route look for jobs that use your skill assuming you’re going to find at your your profoundly you gift SL skill if you’re in a job that you like you have to use yourself bring yourself more fully be more honest be more authentic and look for the thing that’s only you and bring it don’t try to fit in you belong because you have purpose and that purpose may serve you but it’s for them [Music]