Overview
If you have ever stared at a blank document, a job board, or your own work and wondered, “What am I even doing?”, you are not alone. Most creatives are not stuck because they lack talent or ambition. They are stuck because they lack clarity. That lack of clarity shapes the work you choose, the risks you avoid, and the ideas you never quite start.
We are told that finding your purpose will fix this, but that story is broken. Purpose is not something you discover once and carry forever. It is something you actively create, revise, and sometimes let go of as your life changes. In this talk, you will learn how to treat purpose as a creative practice rather than a destination. Drawing on 25 years of creative work, leadership, and reinvention, this talk offers practical ways to create direction without needing certainty, and a clearer sense of what deserves your energy right now.
Objective
To challenge your beliefs about purpose and give you practical tools to actively create it.
Things Audience Members Will Learn
- Why purpose is a verb, not a noun, and how that shift changes how you make decisions
- Why your purpose should change over time, and why that is a sign of growth, not failure
- How to think about purpose as a constellation of values, roles, and motivations rather than a single calling
- How survival mode, fear, and social judgment quietly shape your creative choices
- How to build resilience and momentum by treating judgment like weather, not a verdict
Target Audience
Creatives and students who feel pressure to have it all figured out, along with experienced professionals who are questioning what comes next.
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