Have you ever wondered if your job matters? Have you found yourself being discontent and wondering how you ended up working a job where all you wish for is the weekend? In this incredible episode, we sit down with Zach Mercurio who explains to us that often it’s not a matter of our job lacking purpose, but our mindset being stuck in thinking that our job is supposed to give us purpose.
Zach flips conventional thoughts about work and challenges us to find the purpose in whatever job we may have. He tells us a story of Mary, a janitor who used her position to speak life and purpose into the students around her. She found contentment in her job because she actively chose to be purposeful IN her job!
This is a powerful interview to start the new year that puts a fresh perspective on how we can leave a legacy by finding “everyday purpose”. Zach shines a light on how to view even the smallest of tasks that we disregard and see how they are making an impact in the world.
We hope this conversation encourages you no matter who you are or what task you find yourself doing today, that your work matters. Find purpose in your work, you never know the lives that you are touching.
Questions asked:
What can we do to cultivate legacy?
If you are in the midst of struggling with careers how do you decide whether to leave or shift your mindset?
What is the mindset that promotes finding purpose in your work?
What is a helpful mantra or framework to respond appropriately in the moment?
Topics covered:
Finding purpose in our current work.
How to shift our mindset to understand the value in what we do.
How to take the surface level perspective away and see the bigger picture of how we are impacting people.
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