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The Life On Purpose Process

The Role of Purpose in Healing Ourselves & the

World

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Are We Living on Purpose?

What Does this # Represent?

6,822,864,338

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Are We Living On Purpose?

Estimate World Population Today

6,822,864,338(as of May 24,2010 estimates)

What % of People Would You Say Know Their Purpose & are Living True to It?

Why so Low?

Write down your best response to this question:

What is my life purpose?

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Are We Living on Purpose?

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Men Women

“…no clear sense of purpose in life.”

Source: Cool Careers for Dummies

52% 46%

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Common Symptoms of Not Living On Purpose

•Going through the motions, feeling adrift in life. (like Bernie)

•Taking career paths that aren’t aligned with your true self resulting in unfulfilling, soul-numbing work. (like Rick)

•Finding you’re doing more & more while enjoying it less & less, often leading to overwhelm, even burnout. (like Dave)

•Getting stuck in the “whoever-has-the-most-toys-win” syndrome. (Dave had also gotten stuck here)

•Experiencing “Divine Discontent”- Life is okay, nothing really wrong, just have this growing feeling that there’s more to life than you’re currently experiencing. (like Dr. Warren)

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4 Main Obstacles to Knowing Your Life Purpose

•Many People Aren’t Asking the Question•Many Who Are Asking the Question have Misidentified their Life Purpose.•Others Have been Stopped by Fear & Lack-based Thinking.•And Many Don’t Know How to Go about Answering the Question

If You’re in this Teleclass you’ve already overcome #1 - (Yaa!) so let’s explore the

last 3.

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Obstacle #2: Misidentifying Your Life Purpose

Many have misidentified what “A” life purpose is.

Cultural perspective / viewIt's what we're meant to do while here on

earth

What Kind of Life Does this Give You? A life filled with a lot of doing, often to the

point of overwhelm, even burnout.Often leads to misidentifying your life

purpose as:•Your job, career or profession, or•A primary role (parent, good provider, etc.)

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A New, Evolving, Holistic Perspective

Your LifeYour Life Purpose

Life On Purpose Perspective

A life purpose is the context, vessel or container into which you

pour your life.

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Qualities of a Life Purpose

• Qualities of a Life Purpose• Powerful shaping force in our lives• Enduring --could last a lifetime• Flexible -- give us plenty of room to

play and express ourselves

Components of a cup• Clay• Water• Glaze

• Held together by firing in a kiln

Ingredients of a Life Purpose• Unique vision• Unique set of core

values• Essence of who you

areThe “glue” that holds it

all together: the Universal Attractive Force of Love--God/Higer Power -- Spirit

Take a moment to look at what you wrote at the start of this class in response to the question: “What is my life

purpose?”

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Obstacle #3: Being Stopped by Fear & Lack-based Thinking

• Second force that can shape our lives• Formed early in our lives to help us cope• Shapes who we consider ourselves to be that then

shapes what we see possible to do, and thus our results.

• Called “Inherited Purpose”• Based in fear, lack and leads to struggling to make

it• Leaves us asking the question: Is that all there is?• Operates most effectively in the background• Our default mechanism for coping

How might the fear and lack-based thinking of the Inherited Purpose kept you from clearly answering the

question: “What is my life purpose?”

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Obstacles #4: How to Clarify Your Life Purpose?

Two Methods of Which I’m Intimately Aware:

•Trial & Error Approach•Works but Can Take DECADES•Often Highly Stressful•Often Many Blind Alleys

Life On Purpose Process: A Proven, Systematic, Spiritually Based & Practical Approach to Help You Clarify Your Life Purpose & then Design Your Life to be a True & Authentic Reflection

Source: Cool Careers for Dummies

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The Life On Purpose Process

Your Road Map along the Purposeful Path

to Your Life On PurposeThe 6 Passages to an Inspired Life On Purpose:

1. Preparing for the Journey Along the Purposeful Path

2. Starting on the Purposeful Path with the Life on Purpose Perspective

3. Uncovering What Has Been Shaping Your Life: Your Inherited Purpose

4. Clarifying and Polishing Your True, Divinely Inspired Purpose

5. Learning the Tools for Living on Purpose

6. Mastering the Tools for Living on Purpose

How might the Life On Purpose Process help you answer the question: “What is my life purpose?” so you can get

on with the joyful challenge of designing your life on purpose?

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On PurposeOn Purpose

Imagine Living a Life on Purpose…

Actions Thoughts

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What would such a life be like?

Living a Life on Purpose•Clear vision•Connected with

core values•Expressing your

personal essence•Bonded together

with love/God/spirit

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The Virtual Life On Purpose Coach Option

There are several ways to travel along the Purposeful Path:

• Hire a Life On Purpose Coach,• Participate in a group experience in person or

via teleclass,• Self-Directed through the Life On Purpose

Virtual Video Coach Option:• Online video coaching sessions,• Downloadable workbook,• Self-Directed on Your Schedule• Travel through the Process at Your Pace• Economical while still powerfully effective.Review the complete information online at:

www.lifeonpurpose.com/virtualcoachValuable Resources:

www.lifeonpurpose.com/vvcresources

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Step Onto the Purposeful Path

http://www.lifeonpurpose.com