Lisa WoodruffCEO and founder, Organize 365

The 4 Kinds of Work: Housework, Invisible, Hobby & Unique Purpose - #503 - The pain of unique...

23 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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In this segment, Lisa Woodruff argues that women will only begin to prioritize work that aligns with their "unique purpose" when they achieve a crystal‑clear understanding of what they are uniquely created to do. She claims that the emotional pain of not contributing that purpose to the world must outweigh the satisfaction of excelling at routine tasks like housework. Woodruff notes that most women lack this clarity and often feel guilty or selfish for even considering personal purpose work, which creates a barrier to pursuing it.

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The only time that you will start to prioritize your unique purpose work over any of that other work is when you are so clear about what you're uniquely created to do that the pain of not bringing that into the world, of not creating that for the world, for society, for humanity is greater than getting an A+ on your housework. And I'm just gonna be honest, for most women, we don't know what we're uniquely created to do. We feel it's selfish to even think about it.