What’s Your Purpose?
We yearn for purpose. Purpose drives our behaviors, actions, and underpins our self image. If we lack purpose we feel lost. So purpose occupies us either in its presence driving us toward a particular focus or its absence driving us to find one. Our chosen purpose is our calling and may lead to our vocation. Our purpose makes us relevant and underwrites our strategy to achieve relevance. We will get into that later.
Research suggests that people with a purpose in life live longer, have a better immune system and perform better when controlling for lifestyle, personality, and other longevity related factors. Not only do we yearn for purpose, it makes us healthier. It then behooves us to have a purpose. But, where does purpose come from?