Finding Your Purpose (Rev Edition), Student Edition

Finding Your Purpose (Revised Edition)

Course Specifications

Course Number: CCT–015_rev4.0

Course Length: Self-study or classroom training

Course Description

The 50-Minute Manager Series was designed to cover critical business and professional development topics in the shortest time possible. Our easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format can be used for self-study or classroom training, or even office training. With a wealth of hands-on exercises, the 50-Minute books keep you engaged and help you retain critical skills.

One of the most fundamental questions we ask ourselves is "Why am I here?" In our efforts to answer this question, many of us become motivated to seek another path, one that will lead to greater personal and spiritual fulfillment. The same is true of our professional lives. This book helps you find a level of success in your career by guiding you through the process of self-discovery. The knowledge you gain will help you clarify your values, recognize your talents and skills, and overcome the intuitive blocks you may have. Filled with many thought-provoking exercises and friendly advice, this book will show you how you can find your purpose and change your life.

Course Objective: The learning objectives for Finding Your Purpose are listed below. They have been developed to guide you, the reader, to the core issues covered in this book.

The Objectives of this book are:

  • To help you discover your life purpose
  • To describe barriers that can get in the way of defining your life purpose
  • To present tools for overcoming these barriers to help you live a more fulfilling life

Course Content

Part 1: What Is Purpose?

Living "On Purpose"
What Other Authors Say About Purpose
Making Distinctions
Exploring the Role of Passion
Distinguishing Purpose from Meaning
Expressing Your Purpose in All Your Life Domains
Seeking Purpose Through the Life Cycle
Unveiling Your Purpose

Part 2: Veil 1: Busyness

Does Busyness Equal Success?
Taking Time for What You Enjoy
Recognizing Your Talents
Identifying Your Skills
Merging Your Talents and Skills
Removing the Veil of Busyness
Culitvating Silence

Part 3: Veil 2: What Will Other People Think?

The Tyranny of the Shoulds
Understanding the Three Layers of Shoulds
Removing the Veil: Clarify Your Values
Replacing Shoulds with Values Statements
Resolving Values Conflicts
Listening to Your Intuition
Letting Go of Blocks to Intuition
Amplifying Your Intuition

Part 4: Veil 3: I'm Not ________ Enough

Rethinking Your Perceived Shortcomings
Avoiding the Comparison Trap
Removing the Veil: Raising Your Self-Esteem
Analyzing Your Self-Talk
Giving Yourself Daily Acknowledgments
Keeping a Gratitude Journal
Replacing Negative Self-Talk with Affirmations
Discovering Your Uniqueness

Part 5: Veil 4: Fear

Understanding the Veil of Fear
Interpreting Fear as a Step Toward Growth
Recognizing Your Sense of Fear
Befriending Your Fears
Removing the Veil: Taking Risks
Getting Started with Smaller Risks
Taking Steps to Improve Your Risk Taking

Part 6: Veil 5: The Seduction of More

Rethinking Your Quest for "More"
Examining the "Have, Do, Be" Formula for Happiness
Removing the Veil: Shifting to Being
Deepening Your Understanding of Being
Reaching a Conclusion About Your Purpose
Final Word