I discovered Meaning and Purpose by chance when a random invite to a conference arrived in the email and, being local, I booked to attend and forgot all about it until the day before. I just ignored all the noise in the whatsapp group and turned up at IE University Madrid totally unprepared and unbiased and curious .
In summary, to discover your meaning and purpose answer :
Who are you
• Talents: What are your natural strengths?
• Passions: What really energizes and excites you?
• Values: What principles guide your decisions
What are you giving
• Vision: What future do you want to help create?
• Message: What wisdom are you here to share?
• Legacy: What mark will you leave behind?
And you will have to ask, to get the reasoning behind this.
This was the best slide based upon the 100 photos I took and the 200 official photos over two days.
The content was very varied – from very intense philosophical content to group dancing and networking in the isles of the huge auditorium at IE University. Many demonstrations of successes of life lived with purpose.
Who goes to these events?
The event creators are from Brazil and Portugal. There were around 10 presenters mainly from the Americas (north and south) and often just one removed from me on LinkedIn . Within the 100 attendees there were many coaches from Europe, and many folk from the University. So an excellent group to get to know people. Most have got the years of experience necessary to appreciate the nuances and make contributions, and be socially competent so the networking breaks were also enjoyable and I have many new chums to develop relationships with.
My Meaning and Purpose analysis
So – who am I?
Who am I?
• Talents: What are my natural strengths? I learnt to be a natural communicator, I combine Maths and Logic with Intuition
• Passions: what really energizes and excites me? Love karaoke, singing and lots of music, meeting people especially face to face, good arguments
• Values: What principles guide my decisions. Trust first, regret later
What am I giving?
• Vision: What future do I want to help create? Where people share wisdom
• Message: What wisdom am I here to share? Listen first and decide who you want to get to know
• Legacy: What mark will I leave behind? A group of people who help each other because they knew me
Impossible to pick out other best bits, so when the next one comes along- just go!
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