Today I am joined by John Beckett founder and CEO of Seed. His passion is helping individuals and organisations to develop and articulate a clear sense of identity and purpose, and to find the places where their own stories fit with God’s story and God’s purposes.

John is the Founder and CEO of Seed. His passion is helping individuals and organisations to develop and articulate a clear sense of identity and purpose, and to find the places where their own stories fit with God’s story and God’s purposes. Too often people feel like living a life aligned with God’s purposes is too difficult to grasp, so John developed Seed as a vehicle to help give people the agency, support, resources, networks and confidence to create a new chapter to their stories. His hope and prayer is that Seed will help many to step into their God-given purpose, for the sake of the world and the glory of God.

Prior to founding Seed John was engaged in working for social change as National Director of Micah Challenge Australia for almost 6 years. John led and developed a growing coalition of Christian development agencies, churches and individuals to campaign on multiple issues affecting the global poor. He has a Masters in Theology from Regent College in Canada.

John lives in Sydney with his beautiful wife Allie and three daughters.

In this episode:
John shares his blueprint of his purpose of living God’s purpose for him and to serve others and implement social change
How John lives his purpose of helping others through his organisation Seed. Seed is an enabler and incubator for social and cultural change that aligns with God's purposes for the world.
The importance of having a deep understanding of ourselves through stories and how we use those stories to frame ourselves to the outside world that creates your foundation.
Why it is important to align yourself with everything you do through your deep foundation story
What daily practices John uses to stay in alignment and lead his team
The importance of trusting in your feelings to stay in alignment with your purpose
Why you need to find courage to let go of things that don’t serve you
The importance of a supportive network and community when making changes
How to use social media to engage and join in the conversations in the areas you want to change
Using data to support your intuition and decision making processes
Measure outcomes and impact, not activity
Why John recommends carving out time for imagination to enable change and big thinking
The 10 minute challenge - how can I bless/serve the people in front of me for the next 10 minutes


Today’s Get on Purpose Action (GOPA):
Ask yourself who am I and what story are you telling
Spend time imagining something different
Do the 10 minute challenge three times before the New Year.

 


Links mentioned in the show: 

Seed

On Purpose book - http://karentjames.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onpurposehub

Twitter - https://twitter.com/KarenTJames

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/onpurposehub/

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_3QTpU3nQuVpfi503GBIw

Today I am joined by John Beckett founder and CEO of Seed. His passion is helping individuals and organisations to develop and articulate a clear sense of identity and purpose, and to find the places where their own stories fit with God&rsquo;s story and God&rsquo;s purposes.
John is the Founder and CEO of Seed. His passion is helping individuals and organisations to develop and articulate a clear sense of identity and purpose, and to find the places where their own stories fit with God&rsquo;s story and God&rsquo;s purposes. Too often people feel like living a life aligned with God&rsquo;s purposes is too difficult to grasp, so John developed Seed as a vehicle to help give people the agency, support, resources, networks and confidence to create a new chapter to their stories. His hope and prayer is that Seed will help many to step into their God-given purpose, for the sake of the world and the glory of God.
Prior to founding Seed John was engaged in working for social change as National Director of Micah Challenge Australia for almost 6 years. John led and developed a growing coalition of Christian development agencies, churches and individuals to campaign on multiple issues affecting the global poor. He has a Masters in Theology from Regent College in Canada.
John lives in Sydney with his beautiful wife Allie and three daughters.
In this episode:
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">John shares his blueprint of his purpose of living God&rsquo;s purpose for him and to serve others and implement social change</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">How John lives his purpose of helping others through his organisation Seed. Seed is an enabler and incubator for social and cultural change that aligns with God's purposes for the world.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of having a deep understanding of ourselves through stories and how we use those stories to frame ourselves to the outside world that creates your foundation.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Why it is important to align yourself with everything you do through your deep foundation story</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">What daily practices John uses to stay in alignment and lead his team</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of trusting in your feelings to stay in alignment with your purpose</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Why you need to find courage to let go of things that don&rsquo;t serve you</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of a supportive network and community when making changes</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">How to use social media to engage and join in the conversations in the areas you want to change</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Using data to support your intuition and decision making processes</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Measure outcomes and impact, not activity</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Why John recommends carving out time for imagination to enable change and big thinking</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">The 10 minute challenge - how can I bless/serve the people in front of me for the next 10 minutes</li>
</ul>
 Today&rsquo;s Get on Purpose Action (GOPA):
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Ask yourself who am I and what story are you telling</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Spend time imagining something different</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Do the 10 minute challenge three times before the New Year.</li>
</ol>
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 Links mentioned in the show: 
<a href="http://www.seed.org.au/">Seed</a>
On Purpose book - <a href="http://karentjames.com/">http://karentjames.com/</a>
Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/onpurposehub">https://www.facebook.com/onpurposehub</a>
Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/KarenTJames">https://twitter.com/KarenTJames</a>
Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/onpurposehub/">https://www.instagram.com/onpurposehub/</a>
Youtube -<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_3QTpU3nQuVpfi503GBIw"> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_3QTpU3nQuVpfi503GBIw</a>

We’ve heard it time and time again, this idea of purpose being at the heart of our lives, but have you stopped to look at what ‘living on purpose’ actually means for you?

The world is an increasingly noisy place, at home, at work and pretty much everywhere you go. How do you distil it all and make sure you’re not filling time with busy activities which may not actually matter?

How do you work, or run a business, or live your life and not get to the end of your day, or year or worse your life and say what was that all about?

In the words of Mark Twain, “Two of the most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why”.

Get on Purpose is the podcast where we fuse what matters most in your life, and business, to create your blueprint and framework to get clear, get moving and get results. Each week your host, the informed and infectious Karen James, guides you towards what matters most as the key to living on purpose in business and in life.

Karen James is a Jersey girl turned social entrepreneur, author, speaker and humanitarian, who’s risen through the ranks of the global corporate world while being guided by her own strong sense of ‘why’. In Get On Purpose she helps you find clarity, meaning and your own sense of purpose.

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