Purpose Shared: My Purpose & Richard Leider
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by Patricia Neal
Richard Leider
Last week Craig and I met with Richard Leider. We reviewed the binder of materials covered in the recent Whole Person Leadership for Women. We are actualizing purpose work in innovative ways such as via the Napkin Test (Richard's), WPL Leadership Blueprint & Challenge, Purpose Statement and Purpose Plan.
Living your purpose is visceral for Richard. He had a challenge for us to consider: If purpose is about growing and giving, how are we using our Purpose Statements to grow and give every day.? How does my Purpose Statement help me organize my day? What are the benchmarks? At the end of the day, what is the measure of expression.
He is a believer of first thing in the am, before anything else, to take a moment and focus on purpose. Last thing at night, review the day.
For instance, my purpose statement is: “Bringing people together for positive impact for all boats to rise.” At the grocery store, at work, wherever I am.
He asked: in the morning, upon awakening do I imagine who I will be connecting?
In the evening, can I recall my impact? Or how many boats have risen?
Oh boy! That conversation has helped be narrow my focus to more fully express my purpose.
…this idea of worthiness, that struggle we go through as a nation, happens all the time.
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