How Recognising Your Professional Purpose Transforms the Work You Already Do

Send us Fan MailSHOW NOTES: WorkLife Stories from School of WorkLife Episode: How Recognising Your Professional Purpose Transforms the Work You Already Do Learning how recognising your professional purpose transforms the work you already do begins with a question you can't answer in a room full of people celebrating — and can't stop thinking about once you've asked it.Rick had built exactly the technical career that made professional sense — sophisticated products, millions of downloads, venture capital flooding in. Standing in the cafeteria as champagne flowed and colleagues celebrated, he felt completely detached from the triumph. This is the story of the moment a phone call from his nephew showed him what his expertise had never been asked to serve — and what happened when he finally directed it there.RESOURCES MENTIONEDThe Storytelling Newsletter (Free) Short, focused, and grounded in real WorkLife situations — how we communicate, lead, make decisions, and navigate challenges at work.  Story Lesson How Recognising Your Professional Purpose Transforms the Work You Already Do — Learn how to recognise your professional purpose in the expertise you already have — and build a working life on what genuinely drives you rather than what simply keeps you occupied.Guided Programme Purpose Alignment: Finding Your True North in Your WorkLife - How to Discover and Rediscover What Truly Matters Support This Work: Your support makes a difference and helps me to continue creating resources that are accessible to everyone. Thank you. CarmelCommissioned learning resources, speaking engagements, and organisational partnerships: [email protected] stories I write are based on real WorkLife challenges, obstacles, failures and successes. Persons and companies portrayed in the stories are not based on real people or entities. Carmel O’ ReillySupport the show