1. Find Your Why to Meaningful Work Bill Johnson Session Facilitator January 7, 2015 Fox Valley Technical College

2. Most students go to college to answer ONE question…

3. Session Focus

4. 80% (Number of students who don’t know what to do as a major – and probably with their life!)

5. 50% (percentage of jobs that will be freelance/solopreneurs in 2020) 75% (percentage of jobs that will be freelance/solopreneurs in 2030)

6. The Make College Matter Project: Answering the “Why” of College Developing “Non-Cognitive” Skills

7. Process Life design thinking (SPARCK) Practices Contemplative practices Intrinsic motivation Entrepreneurial spirit

8. Facilitators Purpose and Vision Navigators (serves as life coach, teacher, advisor, counselor, mentor, guide, advocate, friend)

9. Courses HHS125 (Fall) (Design Your Life I: Find Your Why) HHS126 (Spring) (Design Your Life II: Live Your Why) HHS130 (both semesters) (Meditation for Life) HHS250 (Spring) (Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurship)

10. The Time You Have in Jelly Beans

11. http://inspiringsunsets.com/find-joy-in-everything/

12. What gets you most excited about your work? What is most challenging about your work?

13. Happiness Rating How much do you enjoy your work in higher education?

14. 7 - It’s my calling to be in higher education – it’s the reason why I was put here on this earth! I can’t imagine doing anything else other than being in higher education! I feel like I could do this work 24/7! 6 - I love my work in higher education. Very rarely do I have bad days – and even when I do, I get over them pretty quickly and get back to loving my job. 5 - I like being in higher education. Although I don’t love everything about it, there are enough parts to it that makes the work enjoyable on most days. 4 - I feel kind of in the middle about being in higher education – you have your good days and your bad days. 3- I’m only working in higher education because it was one of the few things I could do to help me pay the bills. 2 - I don’t like being in higher education; I often wonder why I’m doing this work in the first place! 1 - I HATE being in higher education and have absolutely NO interest in doing this for the rest of my life!

15. My Life’s Interests Things I LOVE to do… vs. Things I HATE to do…

16. http://www.ibosocial.com/dubli/pressrelease.aspx?prid=369488 Makes sense to you Really inspires you

17. Essence Statement Action words Descriptive words I live my essence by __________ing (action word) __________ (descriptive word).

18. Bill’s Essence Statement I live my essence by empowering (action word) personal growth (descriptive word).

19. http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2012/10/content-marketing- mission-statement-2/ http://www.tbam.org/miscellaneous/mission-statement/

20. Mission Statement Activity Audience I serve the world by taking my interest in _______ (activity) and working with _______ (audience) by _______ing (action words) _______ (descriptive words).

21. Mission Statement I serve the world by taking my interest in self- help/personal growth (activity) and working with students, faculty, and staff in higher education (audience) by empowering (action word) personal growth (descriptive word).

23. Mission Statement Test 1.Would you do this work (or continue to do this work) if you were paid little money (like minimum wage)? 2.Do (or would) you love engaging in this meaningful work on a daily basis? 3.Does (or would) this meaningful work inspire you to get out of bed most mornings? 4.Does (or would) this meaningful work allow you to use your gifts, talents, and/or strengths on a regular basis? 5.Does (or would) time fly by when engaged in this meaningful work? 6.Could you make (more) money/make a (better) living doing this meaningful work?

24. So, What’s Next?

25. I will help __________ (customers) solve __________ (problem) by __________ (solution). (From the book, “all in startup: launching a new idea when everything is on the line” by Diana Kander)

27. Contact info Bill Johnson Student Success Coordinator, Life Coach, Instructor Office of Life Planning and Personal Development School of Health and Human Sciences University of North Carolina at Greensboro whjohnso@uncg.edu 336-207-6795 Blog - http://thedreamdean.wordpress.com Twitter - @thedreamdean1