The document discusses discovering one's "life objective" rather than focusing on a predefined career path. It encourages looking back on one's experiences to find patterns, making time and space for reflection, thinking differently to reframe perspectives, and focusing on purpose over specific goals or jobs. The purpose is to stand for something meaningful and inspire others.

1. GET A LIFE…OBJECTIVE
Breean Miller
breeanmiller.com
breeanelyse@gmail.com
@breeanelyse

2. The
next
60
minutes!
Where are you today?
What’s the situation?
Let’s rethink everything.
Leave with a new perspective.
So you can get a life…objective.

3. Hi, my name is Bree.Name?
About me?
Learn from
this class?
Senior Strategist @ Health Brand Group
Published Knitwear Designer
♥ Teaching
Insanely Curious

4. What do you want to be
when you grow up?
What’s your next career
move?
Where do you see
yourself in five years?

5. CAREER PATH? WHAT’S THAT?
Receive
What’s
Promised
Climb
Ladder
Pay Dues
Career Path
College
Degree

6. Wait. Why can’t I have a career path?
Evolving
Economy
Entry Level
Opportunities?
New Career
Fields
Work-­‐‑Life
Integration
Evolving
Employer Dynamics
Focus on
Culture
Evolving Need
for Specific
Skillsets
Technology
Disruption
Freelance
Workforce
College
≠ Career
Outdated
Education
Job Tenure
Perpetual
Intern
Knowledge
Revolution
Autonomy
Lack of
Qualified
Candidates
Evolving
Employee Needs
Evolving
(Not Quick Enough)
Education
System
Purpose
Mastery
Flexibility

7. Don’t try to stand out from the crowd.
Avoid crowds altogether.
“
”
-­‐‑ Hugh MacLeod
What now?!!

8. My what?
Uncover
your
life
objective.
You don’t need a path
if you have a purpose.

9. My life
objective.
Making &
Creating
Analog &
Get Real
Discovery &
Learning
Teaching &
Sharing
To remain
connected to all
things real and
tangible.
And to inspire and
build connectivity
for others—humans
and organizations
alike.

10. Lynn’s life
objective.
Teaching,
Sharing &
Connecting
Knit 1
Together
“I put a big
table in the
center of the
store...”
I create
communities so
I can share the
things I love with
others.

11. Uncovering
your
objective…
A bit of context.
Look back to move forward.
Make time and space.
Crush your comfort zone.
Reframe. Think differently.

12. Uncertainty is where you find
opportunity.
You’re going to do “what you do,”
no ma[er where you are.
There is no perfect fit when you’re
looking for the next big thing to do.
A bit of
context.

13. Mine your past.
Audit your experience, knowledge
& skills.
Don’t edit yourself.
Connect the dots to discover
pa[erns.
Are there gaps?
Look back
to move
forward.
It’s easier to analyze
the past than to
predict the future.

14. Take time to disconnect.
Clean your space, clear your head.
Take a walk, literally.
Remove distractions.
Be curious and think critically.
Make time
and
space.

15. Crush your
comfort
zone.
Your
Comfort
Zone
Where the
Magic
Happens

16. Reframing takes more than hearing
someone else explain a new way of
looking at things.
You have to DO things a new way before
you can THINK in a new way.
How can you break out of ingrained
habits and routines to see things
differently?
When we change the way we see the
world, we can change the way we connect
with people and think about the future.
Reframe.
Think
differently.

17. ACTION
FEEDBACK
REFLECTION
Growth Spiral

18. Not what. Not how. WHY.
Why do you do what you do?
Purpose can accelerate and focus your
growth and learning.
START
WITH
WHY

19. The best way to be missed when you’re
gone is to stand for something when
you’re here.
“
”
- Seth Godin

20. Go get a life…objective!
Breean Miller
breeanmiller.com
breeanelyse@gmail.com
@breeanelyse
Thank you!
Remember, it’s no longer about a path or your career
objectives.
Instead, discover your purpose and your life objective!
Further Reading
• Start With Why, by Simon Sinek
• Creative Intelligence, by Bruce Nussbaum
• Change or Die, by Alan Duetschman
• Linchpin, by Seth Godin
• The Icarus Deception, by Seth Godin
• Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg
• ChangeThis.com – Read all of the manifestos!