What’s Your Purpose?

What is your purpose? Do you know what you are about? Can you articulate why you are on this planet and how you will accomplish this?

To have a purpose is to have a clear vision of who you are and what you are meant to do. It also means having clear intentions of how to accomplish this in your life.

Without purpose, we waiver and get bogged down in the details, we nearly never accomplish anything of value or take on any meaningful work with a lasting legacy. I challenge you today to define your purpose.

Ask yourself the following questions:

• Who am I really?
  
• What do I want to do, have or create?
  
• Why do I want to do this?
  
• Who do I want to do this, with or for?
  
• What are the benefits of doing this?
  
• When do I want to do this?
  
• Where do I want to do this?
  
• How soon do I want to do this?
  
• What’s in my way of being my best self?
  

Leave your comments on my page below and let me know if you feel stump with any of the above questions. It may be I have a book or two you could read to get the process started.

To Your Wellness.

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Joyce Odidison is a Conflict Analyst, Strategist and Workplace Wellness Coach and creator of the Wellness Improvement System (WIS) programs including the Wellness Assessment and the Workplace Wellness Assistance program. She is also Director of the only ICF approved training program for Coaches and Wellness Facilitators in Manitoba. Contact Joyce to arrange a wellness assessment for yourself or your workplace today.

Workplace Wellness

One of the key reasons why people are not experiencing wellness at work is because of interpersonal dynamics. Too often we get upset because of what someone else chooses to do or not to do. In reality, they have a right to make choices and there is a natural consequence to every choice. A client of mine is going through a rough time because her colleague is the bosses pet and gets special favours. According to her, he is getting the things she should be getting; like consideration to take a day off when her spouse had an important event to attend and asked her to accompany him. She claimed that her co-worker gets to go home early, gets special consideration for longer breaks and also gets to take time off if and when needed. She is choosing to spend a lot of time reflecting on what he is getting versus what she is getting.

When I asked her if she was prepared to do what he is doing for the bosses to receive the special favours she said she should not have to. I am by no means condoning what is going on in this workplace as all employees have a right to fair and equitable treatment at work. What I’m sharing is one perspective of mindset. The reality is that this employee is doing something that my client finds repulsive or would rather not do, which may very likely be the reason why he is being perceived as getting the favours he is receiving. My client had come to realize that this person was doing his job the way it worked for him and she was choosing to conduct herself in a way that pleases her, yet she is looking over at what he receives and compares it with what she perceives she isn’t getting.

Life offers a consequence for every action and sometimes we need to carefully weigh our upsets and complaints and not be upset about things that are really important to us. In my work with my client we are examining ways for her to get the favours she wants without doing what her colleague is doing. She is now examining the cost of what she wants against what she thinks she wanted.

What’s getting in your way of happiness and wellness right now? Take some time to think about what you really want and what you are willing to do to get it.

 

To your wellness,

Joyce Odidison, MA, PCC

Joyce Odidison is a Conflict Analyst, Coach and Workplace Wellness Improvement Specialist who works with organization to improve interpersonal and personal wellness at work. Contact Joyce to learn how your workplace can access the corporate workplace membership program today. www.interpersonalwellness.com

Wellness Improvement

I want to begin 2014 with one goal, which is to improve wellness in every area possible. I am renewing my dedication to my clients, family and employee wellness. As a business owner and employer, it is critical for me to maintain my own personal and professional wellness. This is not always easy to do but it’s worth doing. I am renewing my commitment to working out five days a week and to eating the foods that work with my body as many foods do not work with my body and maybe some don’t work well with your body’s digestive system as well. Are there foods that make you feel poorly after you’ve eaten them? It may be your body’s way of saying you have a low tolerance for that food. I encourage you to pay attention to your body in 2014. This practice will improve your wellness.

I am also renewing my commitment to sharing my services with a broader network so that more people can have access to the wellness assessment and the wellness improvement system courses and coaching. This makes it even more critical for me to maintain my own wellness. As conflict analyst my work revolves around improving wellness at work, in relationships and in groups. Conflict is very taxing and distracting, so when conflict is present you need to take extra care of yourself. This means working out for an extra 5 to 10 minutes, meditating, relaxation and other mindfulness practices to keep you rejuvenated. As a practitioner I need to care for myself in a purposeful way so you I can remain alert and able to support my clients effectively.

I would love to hear from you, what are you committing to do for your wellness in 2014?

To Your Wellness

Joyce Odidison

www.interpersonalwellness.com