How Women In Business Pursue Lives of Passion and Purpose

It happened. You walked into work one day and said "what am I doing here"? You worked to achieve your goals as a woman in business and now you're burned out and bored to death...or just totally unhappy.

You're beginning to come to grips with the reality for many women in business. You're not having fun. In fact, it's pure drudgery. You've worked hard to get where you are as a business woman and yet it doesn't seem satisfying anymore.

It's a common problem many women in business have. We reach a certain age where we're tired of just working to get ahead and we want more purpose and passion in our lives.

If that decribes you, there is a way to change that picture. But you have to be willing to take action.

Most of us don't really know our purpose in life, but we want to find it.

The only way to find it is to experiment. Join a new organization. Join a church. Go to meetings that help you explore your spiritual gifts. OR...just go do something good for someone.

That's right. Volunteer!

We all have gifts and talents. The key is to marry your talent with something you enjoy doing with something you think is worthwhile...something that will make a difference in the world in some small way.

For example, if you are a marketing executive you know that you could help a non-profit raise funds because you have the talent. However, that may not be something that really gives you joy. It's what you do for a living, but it's not what gives you great happiness.

I believe to live a life of purpose and passion you must find the way to blend those gifts and talents with something that accomplishes a great purpose and gives you joy at the same time. After all, if it's not fun, you won't do it long.

My greatest joy comes from entertaining in my home. I love having people over and getting to know new people. So, I created my own version of a fundraiser that invited women to my home for dinner. I asked those women to invite business women friends. We all contributed food and drink and $25 toward a fundraiser and we all had a great time.

What was the fundraiser? To contribute money for working women who are too poor to raise the deposit money required to get into their own home.

It never occurred to me until I participated in "adopt a family" for Christmas that the greatest problem many working women who are poor have is they can't raise the funds to put down triple rent. If they have no credit or poor credit they are often required to put down a deposit, pay the last months rent plus current rent. For a $500 apartment that's $1500. How's a woman who makes $1000 a month going to do that? Then there is the phone, the power, the water, etc.

When I learned the problem, I was able to create a solution.

That's why I say...just start by volunteering. Take action and you'll find the problems you can help solve.

Then combine your gifts to create a solution that gives you joy, passion and purpose.

God bless. Have a great day.

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