1. Purpose:
The Key To Meaningful Work and Life

2. What Is Purpose?
The reason for which something exists or is accomplished
Your (or your organization’s) reason for being
A way to bring meaning to your life and your work
“Meaning” or “calling”
It is the reason we work beyond financial rewards and recognition
It’s about applying your values, passions, and abilities for the greater good

3. What Is Purpose?
Understanding your purpose, and what brings meaning in your life, has a major impact on you, your health, the work you do, and what you bring to the world.

4. Purpose and Our Organization
Its not just the health strategy that is looking at Purpose. You may have heard our CEO share Caterpillar’s purpose statement.

5. Statistics People who work with purpose are:
125% more productive at work
64% more likely to find fulfillment at work
50% more likely to become leaders
51% more likely to have stronger relationships with coworkers, customers, and clients
Source: Imperative (imperative.com)

6. Purpose And Your Health
FINANCIAL
Control over finances
Meeting financial goals
Financial freedom
Purpose is one of the pillars, or dimensions as we call it, of our health. Its part of our new Total Health Strategy. Let me briefly explain the dimensions here.

7. Purpose and Your Health
Having a strong sense of purpose leads to…
Better coping
Increase in health-promoting behaviors
Increased life expectancy
Better pain management
Reduced stress
Lower likelihood of Alzheimer's Disease
Lower likelihood of stroke and heart attack

8. What Does Purpose Mean For You?
Purpose means different things to different people
It could be as simple as making sure one's family is happy
It could be bigger, like contributing to social change
It could be more self-focused, like doing well on the job
Or it could be about creativity

9. What Does Purpose Mean For You?
It doesn’t matter how large or small, as long as you are living in accordance with your values, and what means most to you, you are living with purpose.

10. How Do I Find My Purpose? Think about the following:
Values and strengths
Check out
Gifts—versus talents
“Flow” – What activities are you so absorbed in that you lose track of time?
What are you good at, and what does the world need?

11. How Do I Find My Purpose? Questions to ask yourself:
What gets me out of bed each day?
What does the world need?
What motivates you at work?
What aspects of work make you feel your best?
What makes you feel most useful and happy?
Think about something you did at work (or at home) that had a meaningful, positive impact – What did you do? How did you do it and why?

12. How Do I Find My Purpose? Actions to take Random Acts of Kindness
Volunteer
Giving back

13. You and Your Purpose
So how does purpose impact you? Your life? Your work?
Think about it:
When you know what’s important to you,
When you treat yourself and your life as if it really mattered,
How would you approach each day?
How would you treat yourself and the world?

14. Any Questions?

15. Sources
greatergood.berkeley.edu/