Bradley Wright, Life Purpose Lab
In-depth exploration into purpose in life. What is purpose? How does it change lives? How do we find more of it? Interviews include researchers who study it, practitioners who guide people to it, and people who have experienced it. New episode every Wednesday morning.
Bradley Wright, Life Purpose Lab
#60: Finding Work in Middle Age Stirs Your Soul: Rehabilitation Aide Burt Fleischner
How does purpose intrude into our everyday life? Even in middle age, can we turn our careers into something profoundly purposeful?
Burton Fleischner has a successful career as the manager of a large retail bookstore. But, it didn't engage him at a deep level. Then, one day, a customer asked him a question that caused him to reevaluate everything. Not long after that, he left the safe, known world of retail and moved into medical care. He was inspired by a tragedy that his family had experienced decades prior. He's now a celebrated rehabilitation aide who powerfully helps patients in a rehabilitation hospital. He's so full of purpose that it doesn't even feel like he's doing work.
In this episode, you'll learn about:
- How we can us our careers to complete unfinished business from our youth
- What it feels like being in an organization that doesn't have a compelling mission
- How empathy brings us closer to our purpose
- How friends and family can actually keep us from exploring our purpose as they encourage us to be risk averse
- How a single conversation can change our whole lives
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