Maslow said that we have a hierarchy of needs. That hierarchy, as he saw it, evolved over his life and writings. According to Scott Barry Kaufman, this was the hierarchy as of his death—

Safety
Connection
Self-Esteem
Exploration
Love
Purpose

My experience is that once our safety needs are fulfilled, we can leapfrog the other needs if we have a true sense of our purpose. When we find our purpose, everything else seems to fall into place. Synchronicities happen with ease. The people and resources (and yes, lessons) we need appear, seemingly out of nowhere.

Our purpose, though, isn’t about making a living or getting a title. It’s something deeper. Some reason that we are here, some way that each of us can use our unique talents to make the world better.

Sound like something that’s needed right now?

Of course this leads to the question, “How do I discover my purpose?”

I know of at least three ways. And I will post one each day for the next three days, and how each has helped me find my purpose.

Stay tuned…

And if you want to be part of a group that is learning to identify and live from their purpose, and looking to create ease and abundance by aligning to that purpose, contact me and I will let you know more.

So many of us focus on money, titles, status. And it feels good to have those things. For awhile.

But is it possible that those things aren’t really enough for you anymore? And that they might require your silence about things you truly believe?

The work that is being asked of us right now requires integrity. Deep honesty, first with ourselves, and then with others.

I wasn’t fully honest with myself until I was laid off. And I work on the courage to reveal my true self to others every day.

There are key points when you realize it is time to question what you have valued, and to decide how to proceed.

9/11 was one for me. Getting laid off in 2016 was another.

In each case, I was willing to own that I was on the wrong path, and to make changes for the better. To find and lead from a sense of purpose. Today, I help others do the same.

I believe that this is another of those times in which it is essential to question what you believe, what you want, who you want to become. To lead from your purpose.

And I’m creating a group of people to support each other in doing this.

If you want to hear more, contact me. And congratulations on having the courage to make this journey together.

 

A deep conversation with Laura Prisc on whether we can have the audacity to be happy and authentic at work.

Listen here.

COVID-19 has changed a lot of things for a lot of people. And there have been two general responses to it.

The first is to wait for the old world to come back.

To think that we will be able to return to the old world, that everything may not be perfect there, but the way it was (or close to it) is good enough.

That is the way of slumber.

The other is wake up to two truths—

First, in many ways and for many people, the old world wasn’t working that well. Maybe it wasn’t working for you.

Maybe you were stressed out and exhausted. Maybe you were in work without meaning. Maybe you never saw your family. Maybe you couldn’t tell the truth at work—or people wouldn’t tell you the truth.

The realization that you’re not happy can be terrifying.

I know. I’ve had that realization. With jobs, with a marriage. Even with a career.

My clients have had it, too.

The second realization is that you can build a future that is different than the past.

You can ask, “What do I want?”

“Who do I want to be? To help? To serve?”

“How do I create that?”

This is the point where you might ask for help.

Because more of the same isn’t going to work anymore.

And if you’re really honest with yourself, maybe it never did.