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