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Session3
Exercises
My Interests
My Interest Assessments
My Strengths
Things that Motivate Me
What’s ahead?
Session One: It isn’t “retirement” any more – so what is it?
Session Two: Who am I without my business card?
Session Three: What’s Your Why?
Session Four: Building Your Happiness Portfolio
Session Five: Making This the Happiest Time of Your Life
Today we will cover…
▪ What is purpose any way
▪ Why it’s important to have a purpose.
▪ What research says about the benefits to you
▪ The steps to finding what your purpose is now
▪ How to write your purpose statement
Viktor Frankel, Man’s Search for Meaning
“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances …
but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”
What is purpose anyway?
What is purpose?
Central aim
Reason for getting up in the morning
Aspect of giving
We all have one
Until the end
Purpose, when it is clear, is:
The aim around which we
structure our lives
A source of direction
and energy
The way meaning shows
up in our daily lives
Richard Leider, The Power of Purpose: Finding Meaning, Live Longer, Better
Rest Stop Ahead
Have to have a big cause
Big revelation
Luxury
What the Sages Say
Cultivate your strengths, talents, and capabilities …
...use them for the benefit of others
To have a meaningful life
Ikigai
What youLOVE
What you areGOOD AT
What you can be PAID FOR
What the worldNEEDS
Ikigai
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Okinawa
Healthiest place on Earth.
Why does Purpose matter?
https://youtu.be/sfiToT6S0j8
How to unlock the power of purpose | Richard Leider | TEDxEdina
Richard Leider on Inner Kill
Rich’s Story
What is the Good Life?
Discovering What Matters: Balancing Money, Medicine, and Meaning
Research report by MetLife Mature Market 2009
Being healthy
Having financial
freedom
Having time for
what is important
Having Meaning and Purpose in their lives
Source: Discovering What Matters: Balancing Money, Medicine, and Meaning, research study conducted by MetLife Mature Market Institute
Source: Discovering What Matters: Balancing Money, Medicine, and Meaning, research study conducted by MetLife Mature Market Institute
Purpose helps us live longer, healthier, happier lives
A vigorous, healthy, and long life – adds 7 years
A strong mind
A healthy heart
More profitable and rewarding careers
More fulfilling relationships
A more healthy, kind, tolerant, and educated society
A more sustainable economy
Research proves that Purpose matters
“I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just
floatin' around accidental-like on a breeze.
But I, I think maybe it's both.”
Forrest Gump
How does Purpose fit into your life?
Bert’s Story
Pathways to Encore Purpose Project: Purpose in the Encore Years: Shaping Lives
of Meaning and Contribution
“We found that purpose shapes people’s lives —
without regard for age, income, health status or
geography —
in powerful ways, fostering optimism and well-
being, and supporting robust engagement with a
full array of life goals.”
One of the research findings is …
Purposeful living does not crowd
out other pleasures and personal goals
Pathways to Encore Purpose Project: Purpose in the Encore Years: Shaping Lives
of Meaning and Contribution
Pathways to Encore Purpose Project: Purpose in the Encore Years: Shaping Lives of Meaning and Contribution
“Retirement challenges your identity,
changes your relationships, and
may leave you feeling rootless
if you have no Purpose.”
Nancy K. Schlossberg EdDRevitalizing Retirement: Reshaping Your Identity, Relationships, and Purpose
Purpose
What are
you good at?
What do
you love?
How can
you serve?
Blue Zones
Learn more about The Blue Zoneshttps://www.bluezones.com/
What is meaningful to you?
Belonging Purpose Storytelling Transcendence
http://emilyesfahanismith.com/quiz/whats-your-pillar
Emily Esfanhani Smith, The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness
To discover the purpose of your life…
“let yourself be silently drawn to the
stronger pull of
what you really love.”
Rumi, 13th century Persian poet
Gifts + Passion + Values = Purpose
Uniquely You
1. What do I love to do?
2. What do people say I am good at?
3. What am I doing when I lose myself in the task?
Gifts
Mary Lou’s Story
Encore.org Purpose Prize Winner https://encore.org/purpose-prize/gary-maxworthy/
How do I identify my gifts?Gifts
Review your strengths and skills exercises.
https://richardleider.com/calling-cards/
Download and use Richard Leider’s Calling Cards exercise
OR
Gifts + Passion
“We are at our very best, and we are happiest,
when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy …
it makes everything else in life so wonderful.”
Earl Nightingale, Radio personality and author
Gifts + Passion + Values = Purpose
Your Purpose Statement
“Writing or reviewing a mission statement
changes you because it forces you
to think through your priorities deeply, carefully,
and to align your behavior with your beliefs.”
Stephen R. Covey, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
…is your personal mission statement
• What do I want to do?
• Who do I want to do it for?
• What is the result? What value will I create?
Your Purpose Statement
What: I provide information and guidance
Who: to people as they move through the transitions that occur in the third act of their life
Result: helping them to design a fulfilling and meaningful life.
My Personal Purpose Statement
Has 3 components
Don’t go it alone
“You can retire from a job, but don’t ever retire
from making extremely meaningful
contributions to life.”
Stephen R. CoveyAuthor of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
▪ My Skills Inventory
▪ My Positive Personality Traits
▪ What is meaningful to me?
▪ The Exploration Grid
▪ My Purpose Statement
Exercises to provoke your thinking
What’s ahead?
Session One: It isn’t “retirement” any more – so what is it?
Session Two: Who am I without my business card?
Session Three: What’s Your Why?
Session Four: Building Your Happiness Portfolio
Session Five: Making This the Happiest Time of Your Life
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