Acting With Purpose

Ananya, daughter of Kumar Mangalam Birla, sports a tattoo - it says ‘Conquer’. Asked whether it was a mark of what she had accomplished or what her to-do plans were, she said the word meant a lot to her,“Everyone has mornings you don't feel like getting out of bed.  I see it and think,  ‘I have to conquer the day’. Whether it's to conquer a new song or venture or my fear…..”

CALL TO ACTION
‘Purpose’ is a person's sense of resolve or determination. It is a lens that helps to focus everything you do into a single point action.
What's yours?
A coach can help you do it quickly and enjoyably.

Why We Seek Meaning in Life

“...the human need for meaning reaches into the far recesses of our life and ensures that eventually nothing is left blank. We adorn, embellish, categorise, make ladders of hierarchy out of everything.” - Santosh Desai on LinkedIn

INSIGHT
Why is the human need for meaning so compulsive? After his experiences in a Nazi death camp, Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl realised it was essential for our spiritual survival. Frankl's theory holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful.

When Profession Becomes Slavery

“If your profession doesn't give you a chance to evolve as a human being, then it is a burden or a curse for life. It should be able engage you intellectually. I think if your work doesn't help you grow as a person, it is slavery.“ - Irrfan Khan, Actor

Insight
When your work stops becoming engaging and emotionally satisfying, it is time to have a rethink about your future. Time to break free, to have a fresh purpose in life.

Brand You's Purpose Statement?

In the 1890’s,  William Hesketh Lever, founder of Lever Bros (now Unilever), wrote down the purpose for Sunlight soap, his revolutionary new product for the times.”Make cleanliness commonplace; lessen work for women; to foster health and personal attractiveness, that life may be more enjoyable and rewarding for the people who use our products”.

Insight
How about the purpose statement of Brand You? Have you got down to it yet? Do you want to? #CoachConnect

Purposeful Resolutions

With his New Year's resolutions, Zuckerberg turns the high-powered innovation beam on himself. Every challenge he undertakes carries the end goal of solving for some aspect of himself that he'd like to develop further, some gap in his ultimate self-vision. It's a level of personal accountability that is nothing short of extraordinary.

CoachConnect
New year resolutions are notoriously short lived. This weakness of purpose dogs the other resolutions we make during the year too. But If you want to prove something, not to others but to yourself, get yourself an accountability partner. Get a coach.