#336 Is what you’re doing today… really what you want to do?

Are you living a life of purpose or just checking boxes? This question sits at the heart of our latest Growth Instigators Hotline message, where we explore the powerful connection between your daily actions and your deeper purpose.

Your calendar doesn't lie. When you open it and examine each appointment and task, you're looking at a roadmap of priorities that either align with your purpose or distract from it. The fascinating insight? Even the most mundane tasks can become meaningful when viewed through the lens of your larger mission. That office trash you're emptying? It's not just garbage—it's clearing space for clarity and productivity that serves your purpose.

This perspective shift transforms everything. As Bruce Lee wisely noted, "The successful warrior is the average man with laser-like focus." Success comes not from doing extraordinary things but from bringing extraordinary purpose to ordinary actions. When you view each task as a supporting character in your life's story, even seemingly insignificant activities take on greater meaning. Conversely, when you spot items on your calendar that genuinely don't serve your purpose, that's your cue to make changes.

Ready to realign? We invite you to share what living with aligned purpose looks like for you this week. And if your team is feeling disconnected or directionless, remember that organizational purpose works the same way—we help teams reconnect their daily work with meaningful purpose to drive engagement and results. Visit growthinstigators.com to schedule a discovery call and transform how your team approaches their work.

Chapters

• 0:00 Mindset Monday: Aligning Actions
• 0:35 Calendar Alignment Test
• 1:16 Finding Purpose in Small Tasks
• 2:17 Call to Action & Team Support

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Is what you're doing today really what you want to do? Welcome to message 336 of the Growth Instigators Hotline, where we ignite your personal and professional development. I'm Aaron Havens, your host and growth coach. Mindset Monday aligning actions with purpose. When your daily actions reflect your deeper purpose, then work feels meaningful and invigorating. And, oh yeah, doing busy work is just plain exhausting. Okay, let's do a little test. Open up your calendar for today, for this week. Okay, open it up. You looking at it.

Speaker 1: 0:41

What appointments or tasks align with your purpose and which feel off track? What, for real? How did those get assigned to you? Think about it. If you know your core and you know what you're on this earth for, then your calendar and tasks should reflect that purpose. Now, I get it.

Speaker 1: 1:03

Not every task is glamorous and screaming of purpose. However, if you see all tasks and appointments as supporting characters to the story of your life, then, voila, you're living on purpose. This infuses even the smallest of events with massive purpose. How else could something as simple as dumping your office trash matter as much as it does? If you see even that simple event as something that will clear the clutter and keep you focused and clean and healthy to do your bigger. Why then? Yes, even that event is majorly important, and if you examine all your tasks and appointments in this manner, then if something just simply doesn't matter and you're wondering how you let it find its way onto your to-do list, then it's time to adjust.

Speaker 1: 1:56

Don't give up this ground. Win this fight. As Bruce Lee says, the successful warrior is the average man with laser-like focus. That's right. I guess the big question is where do your actions need realignment today? Thank you for calling Growth Instigators Hotline. I'd love to hear from you. Leave a message after the beep or send an email to Aaron at growthinstigatorscom and let me know two things what's one routine you could reframe or shift to better match your purpose, and what does living with aligned purpose look like for you this week? And if your team is feeling disconnected or directionless, I help organizations realign their work with purpose to increase engagement and results. Visit growthinstigatorscom and let's schedule a discovery call and, as always, keep instigating growth in all you do.