When I graduated from college I had a goal - to get a job. That's what was expected, and that's what I did. I worked as an operations supervisor for a freight company. I was thankful for the opportunity, and I did learn from it. It paid well, but it was grueling and stressful work. One day an older employee for the freight company, 40 years old at the time, pulled me aside and asked, “What are you doing here?” He said, “This work will make an old man out of you. I think you were meant for something else.” I did kind of hate that job, and I’m pretty sure it showed. I stayed in that role for three years, and it was several years (and experiences) later before I found real purpose in my work.

Do you know people who hate their job? Probably. I would argue that many, if they don't hate it, only tolerate it. A lot of people feel trapped in a job or career.

Many of you are looking forward to a day soon when you finish whatever you’re currently doing so you can move on to “greener pastures.” If you're waking up some days wondering, What am I doing? Does my life matter? You're not alone. A title of a recent New York Times article was, "Why you hate work," and it confirmed a lot of what you might be experiencing, or if you're not intentional…will experience. Not loving what you do - there's a huge cost to this.

People have two fundamental needs beyond food and shelter. We want connection, and we want meaning. Now, we can chase after money and status and titles, but what we're really yearning for is that greater purpose.

A survey by Gallup found that 68% of people in the U.S. are not engaged at work, and those numbers are even worse globally. CLG's core mission is to change this. Disengaged and going through the motions? We don't want this to be you. Showing up for a job with no meaning and purpose? It is a recipe for an exhausting, empty journey.

We hope you decide that you're not going to be one of the disengaged masses. We want to help people avoid an endless loop of “I have to do this, and it's only about the paycheck at the end of the day.” We are on a mission to help people avoid career missteps.

Life is short; fill it with purpose. I bet that's why you're here.

Cheers,

Wade