ARE YOU THINKING TO QUIT YOUR JOB?
Even in the tough market conditions we are in, there are many
valid reasons to consider leaving your current job and moving on.
But it is not the act of quitting that guarantees you a better
future; it is the journey of designing and pursuing a purpose
driven life that can turn around how satisfied you are with your
work and your life overall.!
What is a Purpose Driven Life?!
A Purpose Driven Life is the fine balance between what you are
passionate about, your unique strengths and what is needed in
the society you are part of.!
A purpose driven life excites you from its core; it enables you to
make a unique contribution that gets rewarded in a way for you
to sustain your life and deliver more value each time.!
Photo by Houston Spencer!
How can you design your !
own purpose driven life?!
The first step is to acknowledge your strengths. Strengths are
those aspects in which you consistently perform better
than others. They are the result of your natural talents and many
hours of preparation and practice. In order to identify your
strengths, you can look back at those experiences you felt at
your best or others told you that you were at your best. Try to
find the common threads and start telling yourself your life story
based on those findings.!
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The second step is discovering your passion, which is an
exploratory journey of its own that will be really connected with
your preferences to interact with world (the way you prefer to
capture information, process it and make decisions upon). A
practical way is to map out and identify those experiences that
charge you with positive energy and encourage you to take
action.!
The third step is finding the connection between your passion
and your strengths to offer a unique way to create value to
society. It will take you 1% of your effort to identify the
connection and 99% to be able to communicate it properly to
others. Don’t give up.!
How can you start living your !
own purpose driven life?!
Living a purpose driven life is a constant pursuit of change. My
favorite tool to start living that change is the Transformative
Goal.!
The Transformative Goal provides inspiration, guidance and
eventually a sense of achievement. It is scary and it is meant to
stretch you towards who you want to be. !
Transformative Goals are supported by Inciting Actions. This is
something simple you can do that will significantly increase your
commitment to act according to your Transformative Goal.!
Act as a whole is involving those you believe will support you in
this journey and make sure you stand on their shoulders while
going through the transformation. Don’t feel you are being selfish
because sharing your transformation will become inspire those
that witness your journey. !
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Juan Cajiao is a design thinker and
international business developer with
the ability to deliver value across
different fields and regions. He brings
passion for people and technology to
make the right things happen.
He is currently leading the commercial
transformation in Europe for Ericsson,
the world's number one
telecommunications service provider;
assuring there is an increased alignment
between the value to be delivered and
the value argumentation towards clients
in the new markets the company is
entering.
Juan arrived to the telecommunications
industry from Procter & Gamble (P&G)
one of the top FMCG players. In P&G
Juan received global recognition for
excellence and discipline as the link
between supply chain and sales around
the Braun brand.
Previous to that, Juan was the global
President of AIESEC International the
biggest leadership development
program of the world enabling over
50,000 people around the globe to
explore and develop their potential
every year.
He brings a successful set of experiences
on how to ideate, communicate and
deliver a brilliant career evolution.
Born, raised and educated in Costa Rica,
he is currently based in The
Netherlands.
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