Wednesday Wisdom: Power of Purpose

Wednesday Wisdom, Inspiration for Women Entrepreneurs, Female Business Owners, Female Athletes

Sometimes you transition from what you love to do to what you do to help others. In my case, starting my half marathon training for the Boston Half Marathon in November will have me giving up my daily bike joy. But in doing so, I get to raise money for cancer research, run for friends and members who currently have cancer, remember friends who left this earth due to the disease, and remind myself there is more to our lives than our pure contentment.

Never underestimate the power of purpose.

I am sure you have a purpose for what you do daily – inside and outside your business. Having a strong sense of purpose is a powerful thing. It helps you determine what you do with your hours, days, weeks, and years. A Psychology Today article by Sebastian Salicru states, “Purpose and meaning can be achieved by integrating five unique human capacities: intention, intentionality, will, freedom, and responsibility.”

In my case, I am so frustrated by more people I know having cancer that the decision to run for the Dana-Farber Cancer Center team on November twelfth in Boston came after reading a high school classmate’s emotional story about his cancer spreading in his body and his struggle to decide to continue chemo or not. It was as if the emotional steam pulsating out my ears, triggered my immediate decision to run in Boston again when the day before I never thought I would.

Sometimes pure energy and emotion produce purpose.

Today’s Wednesday Wisdom is filled with the hope that you are inspired to reconnect with the primary purposes in your life including your business, relationships, and personal goals. If you aren’t feeling aligned anymore with what once moved you, it is okay to transition into something different. If you are still fueled strongly by what you are doing or working on, awesome – keep going. It isn’t so much about our immediate purpose, but rather if we are energized by it so we are motivated every day.

If you know someone now who has cancer, recovered from cancer, or passed on because of it, I would love for you to consider giving to my 2023 Boston Half Marathon fundraiser for the Dana-Farber Cancer Fund at this link so we can together have a purpose in November to fight this disease.