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Living a purpose-filled life –Learn how to align work, love,

family and friendship

The story, in brief

I The Myth of Personal Freedom

II The 8 Essential Questions

III Living an Identity-Based Life


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I The Myth of Personal Freedom

The Myth of Personal Freedom

You can’t be anything you want to be …

… but you have more potential than you know


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The Myth of Personal Freedom

Life has order


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The Myth of Personal FreedomCrack your identity code


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II The 8 Essential Questions

The 8 Essential Questions

#1 Who am I?


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Define yourself as separate from all others.

“The thing that makes you exceptional is inevitably that

which must also make you lonely.”

Lorraine Hansberry


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#2 What makes me special?


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Unearth what you love.

“We are not in a position where we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities,

talents, direction, missions, callings”

Abraham Maslow


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#3 Is there a pattern to my life?


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Make the connections that explain past events and

foreshadow your future.

“Life is the act of becoming. Life is transitional. That’s what I

am engaged in: to continue to become more of me.”

Martin Buber


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#4 Where am I going?


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Commit to the path revealed in what you’ve learned so far.

“Whatever you are by nature, keep to it. Never desert your own line of

talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed; be anything less and you will be ten

thousand times worse than nothing.”

Sydney Smith


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#5 What is my gift?


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Follow the signs of joy.

“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our

privilege and our adventure to discover our own special

light.”

Mary Dunbar


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#6 Who can I trust?


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Take stock of who matters and why.

“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly

smile, nor the joy of companionship. It is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when they discover

that someone else believes in them and is willing to trust them.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson


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#7 What is my message?


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Declare yourself on the strength of your gift.

“I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity...I didn’t feel better

or stronger than anyone else, but it seemed no longer important that everyone loved me or not – more

important now was for me to love them.”

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#8 Will my life be rich?


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Surrender to the pull of identity.

“Until one is committed there is always hesitancy, the chance to

draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth – that the moment

one definitely commits oneself, providence moves too.”

W.H. Murray


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III Living an Identity-Based Life

Living an identity-based life – Things you can do starting now…

… In “work”

• Find a path and place that wants what you haveto give

• Ask your boss or co-workers how, as a group, you canbuild more meaning into the work you do every day

• Invite others to talk about how to make a distinctive and lasting contribution to the organization


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… With your spouse/partner

• Make identity a deliberate part of conversations

• Help clarify each other’s identity – and honor those special traits

• Build activities into your relationship that spring naturally from who you are


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… With friends

• Take stock of who matters and why

• Create your “inner identity circle”

• Re-think the meaning – and practice – of trust


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Living an identity-based life – Simple things you can do starting now…

… As a parent/grandparent

• Observe patterns of success early in childhood – Play them back

• Give children things to read that highlight the importance of knowing oneself

• Talk ‘purpose’ with your kids, early on


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Make your identity a framework for living …

The Identity Credo – A framework for living

I am alive, I am unique, and I am immutable,

Even as I grow and evolve.

To truly live, however, I must express myself fully,

And in this regard, have much to give.

But to do so, I need others

And am most productive with those

Who need me in return.

To establish these relationships,

I must first be known for who I am,

And it follows then that I will receive in accordance

With what I give.


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“You are where the world begins. You have value simply as a result of being who you are. No one can take

your identity away from you. No one can make you be someone you

are not. That is your strength and it is eternal.”

Larry Ackerman


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The Law of Being

An individual’s ability to live depends first

upon defining one’s self as separate from

all others.


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The Law of Individuality

A person’s natural capacities invariably fuse

into a discernible identity that makes that

person unique.


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The Law of Constancy

Identity is fixed, transcending time and

place, while its manifestations are

constantly changing.


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The Law of Will

Every person is compelled by the need to

create value in accordance with his or her

identity.


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The Law of Possibility

Identity foreshadows potential.


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The Law of Relationship

Individuals are inherently relational, and

those relationships are only as strong as the

natural alignment between the identities of

the participants.


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The Law of Comprehension

A person’s various capacities are only as

valuable as the perceived value of the whole

of that person.


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The Law of the Cycle

Identity governs value, which produces

wealth, which fuels identity.


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