Welcome to Day 1533 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. 

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

The Benefits of a Purpose-Driven Mindset – Ask Gramps

Wisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend; I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. Today is Day 1533 of our Trek, and our focus on Fridays is the future technological and societal advances, so we call it Futuristic Fridays. My personality is one that has always been very future-oriented. Since my childhood, I have yearned for the exploration and discovery of new technologies and advancements for the future. I grew up with the original Star Trek series, and even today, as I am now on my 65^th revolution around the sun, I still dream of traveling in space. Each week we will explore rapidly converging technologies and advancements, which will radically change our lives. At times, the topics may sound like something out of a science fiction novel, but each area that we explore is already well on its way of becoming a reality over the next couple of decades.

To keep with our theme of “Ask Gramps,” I will put our weekly topics in the form of a question to get us on track. This week’s question is, Hey Gramps, we have explored having a futuristic, exponential, and gratitude mindset, but you also mentioned a Purpose-Driven mindset. What is a Purpose-Driven Mindset, and why is it essential to have one? 

The Benefits of a Purpose-Driven Mindset

Do you know the benefits of a Purpose-Driven Mindset? What is it, and how can you craft one? I am using some of the information in today’s episode mentioned in Peter Diamandis’s blogs and book “The Future is Faster Than You Think.”

Making a dent in your universe or solving your world’s biggest problems requires a significant amount of hard work.

It also involves numerous risks, setbacks, and restarts.

Many of my successes have been “overnight successes, after about 20 years of hard work.”

While it appears that some people are lucky, most success stories require recovering one more time, facing the challenge, and beginning again. Over and over.

So how do you fuel that persistence?

It involves clarifying your purpose. As Peter Diamandis puts it, “Massively Transformative Purpose” (or MTP), and it must include the emotional energy that powers it.

In today’s episode, I’m going to discuss what it means to have a Purpose-Driven Mindset and how you can develop one.

I believe that a single person, driven by their Massively Transformative Purpose, can change the world, or at least their world.

So, what’s your purpose?

Let’s dive in...

The Importance of Having an MTP

A Massively Transformative Purpose is central to a Purpose-Driven Mindset.

Here are the attributes of an effective MTP:

• It’s uniquely yours…
• It feels true for you (you are proud of it)…
• It’s driven by emotional energy (Wonder, Awe, Excitement, Pain…) that fuels your drive to pursue big dreams…
• You are willing to commit your life to it, or at least a season of life.

As an individual, your MTP is what wakes you up in the morning and gets you excited.

For example, my MTP is in the introduction for every episode:

My mission is to help others create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before

Do you have an MTP? Are you currently living it?

The objective of a Purpose-Driven Mindset (an MTP) is perhaps best summed up by a quote from Tom Bilyeu: “Find something you would die for, and live for it.”

Six Steps in Crafting a Purpose-Driven Mindset

(1) You seek to find, refine, or update your Massively Transformative Purpose (MTP). You know that your impact can be more significant during these exponential times than at any time in history, and you adjust your MTP accordingly.

(2) You live a passion-driven life, and you use your MTP as the canvas upon which you plan and execute your future Moonshots. You know that purpose, powered by emotion, is the fuel required to implement your Moonshots.

(3) You actively seek out tools and communities to amplify and support your MTP.

(4) You understand that an MTP is fueled by your emotional energy and is something unique to you.

(5) You fully embrace your MTP and are proud to share it with the world. As a leader, you use your MTP to attract top talent, partners, and investors.

(6) As an entrepreneur, you increasingly focus your capabilities and resources on creating solutions that transform whole markets and industries.

So, are you living a life of purpose? What would change in your personal or work experience if you had a Purpose-Driven Mindset?

One of the first steps to developing a Purpose-Driven Mindset is to create your MTP.

Here are some questions to help you explore your purpose…

• If I gave you $1 billion to change the world, what would you do with it?
• What area has given you the greatest excitement and wonder?
• What is an injustice you’ve experienced that needs to be solved?
• What did you want to do as a kid before the world told you “No”?

As a Christ-follower, our ultimate MTP is to assist in the building of God’s Kingdom here on earth. How will that craft your MTP? God desires to use you with the talents and abilities that He has gifted you. Go into the world with a Purpose-Driven Mindset to do God’s will, whatever that may be.

1 Corinthians 10:31

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

That is a wrap for today’s question. Join us again next Futuristic Friday as we look at another exciting exponential technology area on our ‘Ask Gramps’ episode. Our next trek is Meditation Monday, where we will help you reflect on what is most important in life. So encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along on Monday for another day of ‘Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.’

If you would like to listen to any of the past 1532 daily treks or read the associated journals, they are available at Wisdom-Trek.com. I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player so that each day will be downloaded to you automatically.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, but most importantly, I am your friend as I serve you through this Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this Trek of life together, let us always:

1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
2. Love Unconditionally
3. Listen Intentionally
4. Learn Continuously
5. Lend to others Generously
6. Lead with Integrity
7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain….reminding you to ’Keep Moving Forward,’ ‘Enjoy your Journey,’ and ‘Create a Great Day…Everyday’! See you on Monday!