“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” – A. G. Bell
Some time ago, one of the #executives at the Club Excelencia en Gestión asked me an interesting question:
What would you say a business owner wants most, their primary goal? I answered: to ENDURE…
🎯 Bingo! That was the correct answer.
It is not easy to be a business owner or entrepreneur. Yet, when guided by a transformative purpose, both generate value. They change lives and benefit people in areas that truly matter.
💌 But purpose also has different levels of connection. Some time ago, in a memorable TED Conferences talk, author Daniel Pink revealed three motivations through which we find meaning.
1. Material, economic motivation
2. Recognition, status motivation…
3. Transcendence motivation, going beyond your own personal benefit.
These three types are not mutually exclusive or contradictory. (It took me a while to see this. It often seems that if you aim for transcendence, you must give up the others. But that is not true!)
🌅 Think of them as a ladder. As you climb, you shed the superficiality of the outer layers. You move forward, determined to go beyond the #ego. Of course, material benefits and recognition will come. But they no longer drive you. Your CAUSE is different…
🧡 I had heard about this before in a class with the great Juan Antonio Pérez López, whom I was privileged to have as a professor. But now, in this complex 21st century, the connection to #healthandwellbeing is finally being recognized. This marks the beginning of authentic growth. Yes, I truly believe so!
💎 Can #Salutogénesis help you climb and reach that higher level of #purpose? Without a doubt. Moreover, in the face of the complexity and #uncertainty we all navigate, failing to do so will lead to poorly managed #stress.
We might gain money and external applause. Yet, we will lack the essential: connecting with our living self and simply being the expression of the Life we are.
Because when you align with the life you are beyond the ego, you cannot help but look around and ask: how do I contribute?
💃🏼 With everything I am, have, and do. That is your greatest asset. It will protect your #mentalhealth and the health of those around you who matter most. Discover your resources and skills.
🎁 Don’t know where to start? Be glad, because there is a way. The third dimension of Salutogénesis, in the orientation to life questionnaire, focuses the sense of #coherence precisely on #meaning.
Happy Monday! Have no fear. Empty yourself so you can be filled—that is your first step…
Warm regards,
Angela
