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Discovering Your Personal Purpose On a separate sheet of paper, respond
to the following questions thoughtfully and truthfully. l. What activities do you enjoy performing? (List why you enjoy them and what is enjoyable
about them)
2. What are you good at? (list skills, talents, and special knowledges)
3. Think of a specific situation in which you felt successful. Describe the time, place, activity. Write what
you were doing and how you were feeling.
4. Think of a time you did something meaningful, that was satisfying to you. Describe the situation
(as in 3 above) and why it had meaning.
5. Think of another specific sitatuion in which you felt successful. Describe the time, place, and
activity. Describe what you were doing and how you were feeling.
6. List three QUALITIES you are proud of ... and describe WHY.
7. Describe your VISION of an "ideal world" if you could make it happen
Review the above information and circle 15 - 20 key words or ideas. Summarize the key words and select the l0 - l2 that are most important to you and record them here. At this point it is often helpful to share your answer with a close friend. The images you have recorded and the language used describe what is meaningful to you. To create a purpose statement use the words listed above to develop a series of "reiterative" statements until you find the one that resonates with you. My purpose is to
My purpose is to
My purpose is to
My purpose is to
Since purpose is often referred to in
soul language, some people like to translate their purpose statement
into a metaphor or haiku that summarizes the essence of the statement.
To create a haiku you'll want to arrange the wording from
your Purpose Statement to fit the following formula Example: Leading, Creating This exercise is adapted from Dave Morrison and Andre de Zanger and presented at the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI) , State University at Buffalo, NY in l985 |
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