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Finding Your PurposeMember sessionPresented by Chris Barr

Blue Cross® Virtual Well-Being

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The webinar will begin at noon.

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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The webinar will begin at noon.

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The webinar will begin at noon.

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Welcome to Finding Your Purpose

The session will begin at noon.

This is an interactive

session.

Minimize distractions.

There will be a Q&A at the end of the session.

6Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network are nonprofit corporations and independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

The webinar will begin at noon.

“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how’.”

— Viktor E. Frankl

7Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network are nonprofit corporations and independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

The webinar will begin at noon.

“The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.”

— Robert F. Kennedy

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network are nonprofit corporations and independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Finding Your PurposeMember sessionPresented by Chris Barr

Blue Cross® Virtual Well-Being

9Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network are nonprofit corporations and independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Mark your calendars

A Time of Gratitude• May 28, 2020• 12 to 12:20 p.m.

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Today’s presenter:

Chris BarrA.C.S.M. E.P.-C.

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Today’s session

• Three stages of purpose discovery• Identify your gifts• Draft your first purpose statement

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Three stages of purpose discovery

Uncovering

• Begins at birth

• Learn our values

• Shaped by our initial world experiences

• “It’s about me.”

Discovering

• Begins when we choose to make a difference in the lives of others

• Shaped by role in family or work

• “It’s about us.”

Rediscovering

• Begins when we share our purpose with everyone we meet

• When the inconvenience of the thing is less important than the time it takes

• “It’s about all of us.”

Source: Richard Leider, The Power of Purpose, 3rd Edition

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Identify your gifts

• Everyone is born with natural talents or gifts.

• Think about these things to help you identify them:– What would you enjoy doing for others, for free?– Time passes quickly when you’re spending time on

this.– Your worries disappear when you’re thinking

about this.– A bad day doing this is better than a good day

doing most other things.

Source: Richard Leider, The Power of Purpose, 3rd Edition

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Draft your first purpose statement

• Your purpose statement is your own.

• Focus on, and be confident in, who you are.

• Questions to ask yourself when drafting a purpose statement:• What gifts do you have to share?• Who do you want to benefit from them?• How will their lives be better?

• Finish this sentence: The reason I get out of bed in the morning is….

Helpful words to craft your purpose statement

Create, guide, develop, train, build, engage, prevent, promote, advance, change, ripen, improve, mature, grow, cultivate, shape, form, construct, assist, contribute, discover, produce, generate, rally, mend, restore, repair, inspire, motivate, influence, persuade, teach, administer, lead, share

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May well-being assignment

Create a nature scavenger hunt for your family and take a

walk to complete it.

Take a technology break –either an evening or a day with

no devices.

Write down three things you’re grateful for each day for a week.

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For more information

• Virtual Well-Being site: bluecrossvirtualwellbeing.com

• Virtual Well-Being email: BlueCrossVirtualWell-Being@bcbsm.com

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Next session: A Time of Gratitude

May 28, 2020

Noon to 12:20 p.m.

Taking time each day to be grateful helps us rewire our brains to look for the good around us. Learn the importance of gratitude to your body and brain and receive tips on how to add gratitude practices into your life.

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