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Discover
Clarify where you can contribute.Sometimes the next step is not action.
It is clarity.
You may need to better understand what has shaped you, what you carry, what matters to you and where your contribution could be useful.
The TOP Journey
Purpose is the beginning, but we know that what happens next matters.
People come to questions of purpose from very different places.
Some are searching for direction.
Some have clarity but need to develop the capability to move forward.
Some are equipped and ready to act but lack access to the right people, resources or opportunities.
Others are already making a contribution and are ready for that impact to reach further.
The TOP Journey helps us understand these different places through four movements:
You do not need to decide where you are.
Start with the TOP Purpose Check™.Take the TOP Purpose Check™Where are you now?
Before deciding what to do next, it helps to understand where you are.
The TOP Purpose Check™ looks at five stages that influence purposeful progress.
This provides a starting point for understanding what may need attention next.
Take the TOP Purpose Check™From purpose to impact
The TOP Journey is a simple way of understanding how purposeful contribution can move forward.
How we move you forward based on where you are
02
Develop
Build what your contribution requires.Clarity can reveal what still needs to be developed.
That may be knowledge, a skill, confidence, experience, a habit or a deeper understanding of the work you hope to undertake.
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Deploy
Connect what you carry with opportunity.You may already know where you want to contribute and have much of what you need to do it.
But purpose also needs somewhere to go.
Relationships, resources, partnerships and meaningful opportunities can provide the access needed to turn capability into action.
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Multiply
Turn contribution into good that grows.Purposeful impact can extend beyond what one person accomplishes.
Experience can be shared.
Relationships can open doors.
Resources can enable others.
And people who receive opportunities can eventually create opportunities for someone else.
See Ruths Journey
Are you ready to make an impact? Start where you are.
Take the TOP Purpose Check™The journey is not always linear
Progress does not always follow a neat sequence.
You do not have to move neatly from Discover to Develop to Deploy to Multiply.
Someone with significant professional experience may already have strong capability but lack access to the right opportunity.
Someone creating considerable impact may discover a new direction that requires further development.
Someone with a compelling idea may simply need help turning intention into consistent action.
Sometimes the missing piece is opportunityPurpose is important.
Purpose is important.
But clarity alone does not create impact.
A capable person may never meet the right collaborator.
A promising idea may never reach the right funder.
Someone with years of experience may be ready to contribute but not know where that experience is needed.
A community or organization may need expertise it cannot easily access.
Sometimes the next step is not another conversation about purpose.
It is access.
As TOP Network™ grows, part of our work is to help bring people, knowledge, relationships and meaningful opportunities closer together.
For now, the first step is understanding what you need.
Take the TOP Purpose Check™Start with where you are
You do not need to know the whole journey.
You do not need to know whether you are in Discover, Develop, Deploy or Multiply.
You do not need to have your purpose figured out.
And you do not need to know what your entire journey will look like.
Start by understanding what may need attention now.
Take the TOP Purpose Check™Reflect on where you are todayand begin from there.
Start the TOP Purpose Check™