Brainstorm several beginning phases and create one-sentence “draft” purpose statements for yourself.

to awaken to energize to create
to develop to enhance to inspire
to accept to challenge to seek
to heal to act upon to learn
to encourage to ignite to design
to help to organize to teach
to listen to support to empower
to ________ to ________ to _________

Choose one of the above statements and rewrite it in your own words.

My purpose is to…­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ­___________________________________

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Adapted with permission of Inventure-The Purpose Company (www.inventuregroup.com), 2013.

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