You Don’t Need a Job to Have a Purpose

Dave Romeo • February 25, 2025

Finding Purpose Beyond Employment

Four women are networking with coffee together.

When I think back to the days that I spent working as a staffing recruiter, I encountered many people who felt as if they’d lost their identity if they had lost their job. One of the things that I spent much time doing when I became a business coach was building people up and getting them refocused on recognizing their true value. In reality, you don’t need a job to have a purpose. We all have one. It may not be obvious to us what it is—especially if we have just been fired—but that’s what taking stock and regrouping is all about.

A Lesson in Purpose from a Friend

I had a friend who came over to my house one day because he noticed that my garage door opener was not functioning properly. Please note that I did not ask him to look at it. He heard the sound it made when it was operating and felt something was wrong. As it turned out, he was right.

He came over one Saturday and spent several hours with me in my garage. First, he fixed my garage door opener. Next, he fixed the frayed pull cord on my snowblower before showing me how to change the oil. Then he brought over some industrial-strength oil remover to get some of the stains off my garage floor. Did I mention that he didn’t charge me to do any of these things?

Discovering Purpose Through Service

What he did say to me that day was that there were many things he did not know how to do. But he had made his living for more than 20 years working as a truck mechanic. He knew how to solve problems with his hands, especially mechanical ones. He felt that God had put him on this earth to help other people solve the kind of problems I had that day. That was his purpose, and that’s what he wanted to do with his time.

Purpose is Not Limited to a Paycheck

His commitment inspired me to find ways to use my gifts in retirement, even though I no longer needed to charge anyone for them. My point is that we all have a purpose. Don’t ever let your job get in the way of recognizing what yours is and using it to its fullest degree.

“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

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(This excerpt is taken from Dave Romeo’s book The Next Chapter.) I encourage you to order this book or e-book at www.RomeoNetwork.com.

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