Do you need a purpose at work? That is a topic that we have been talking about this week.

So we've been diving into the world of purpose and thinking about what do we really think and what is actually really helpful.

So there's some research that's been done by McKinsey, which says that 85% of people have this kind of connection, understanding of having a purpose at work,

but actually only 65% of people could articulate it clearly so that they know it for themselves

or could share it with other people. So Sarah, where do you say it on your purpose? Can you clearly

articulate it to other people? Do you think we need one? Um, and no. I feel like here we're really the exception to the rule.

I've read quite a lot about kind of purpose and passion. I think those two kind of phrases get

woven together. And my conclusion is what's more useful is to think about what does purposeful work mean to me.

And I think the reason for that is when you say purpose, I find it a bit abstract, not that connected to my day to day.

We have a purpose that amazing if that I feel very connected to to kind of make careers better for everyone.

But then I don't go oh but that's my

personal that's what I live for that's what I work for I sort of do live for it quite a lot of the time but even then even though that's like our company and that's something we came up with together even then I sort of go oh I don't feel that comfortable or I just I would kind of question the usefulness of going I'm going to keep coming back to that as like a filter for my decisions.

Well, also, I feel like we're different people with different motivations. And so if that's our company purpose, I'm like, well, where's my individual take on that? It doesn't feel quite unique to me if we've got the same thing.

And it's a popular topic. So I think that then has prompted lots of questions from

our listeners and kind of view it as so people saying things like well I've worked for 20 years but

I feel like I don't have a purpose like am I getting something wrong? So there's this like purpose

pressure. There's some people saying oh but I'm interested and curious about loads of stuff and is that

a problem? You know, I want to develop

in different directions and then some other people saying they feel like their purpose is not

the same as their company's purpose and is that a problem? So I sort of wonder if sometimes

we're getting distracted by some of the wrong questions. Yeah, purpose becomes a problem rather than

something that helps us progress in our career, which is what we really want. We want purpose to be a guide.

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