On Purpose: Long-Term VS Short-Term Operations

Aligning Purpose With Career Advancement

Finding your purpose is a crucial step in building a professional network that will help you advance in your career. It unlocks opportunities, fosters meaningful connections, builds a strong personal brand, and keeps you motivated and focused on your goals. 

Your purpose is what will keep you motivated and focused on your career path. Here are some ways in which finding your purpose can help you advance in your career.

Unlocking Opportunities

When you know your purpose, you are better equipped to identify opportunities that align with your goals. This is because you have a clear understanding of what you want to achieve and what you are passionate about. You can then seek out opportunities that will help you develop the skills you need to achieve your goals.

Fostering Meaningful Connections

Building a professional network is crucial for career advancement. However, it is not just about collecting business cards and LinkedIn connections. It is about fostering meaningful connections with people who share your values and goals. When you know your purpose, you can seek out people who are aligned with your vision and build authentic relationships with them.

Building a Strong Personal Brand

When you know your purpose, you can build a strong personal brand that reflects your values and goals. This is important because your personal brand is what sets you apart from others in your industry. It is what makes you unique and valuable to employers and clients. By building a personal brand that is aligned with your purpose, you can attract opportunities that are a good fit for you.

Staying Motivated and Focused

Finally, finding your purpose is essential for staying motivated and focused on your career path. When you have a clear understanding of what you want to achieve and why, you are more likely to stay committed to your goals. You are also better equipped to overcome obstacles and setbacks because you know that they are part of the journey towards achieving your purpose.

One of my favorite lessons to teach my clients is how to have a 360 degree view of their lives.

Experiencing the fullness of life requires the ability to “Think long-term, and operate short-term”.

We need to be able to maintain the bigger vision, goal, mission of what we’re striving towards; while simultaneously taking the daily actions necessary to fulfill those promises.

The daily actions may grow and evolve during the process, but as long as we know where we’re trying to go; life can reroute us over and over yet we’ll still end up with a favorable outcome.

-Angelo