Here's how you can discover purpose and meaning in your late career.

Discovering purpose in late career involves introspection, exploring new interests and education, and mentoring to leave a legacy. Pursue lifelong learning, set new meaningful goals, and seek feedback for insights. Balance work and life, engage in community service, and consider new roles for personal satisfaction. Set meaningful new goals that align with your current life stage. Seek feedback from peers and loved ones to gain insights. Reassess work-life balance to prioritize joy and satisfaction. Engage in community service or volunteer work that aligns with your values. Consider new roles or career shifts offering personal satisfaction. Reflect on your desired legacy to guide decisions towards fulfilling this career phase.

*Purpose: Balancing is one of the most important aspect throughout the life journey. Problem solving seeking the new opportunity and positive attitude and following the updated technologies and required to adopts the environment and solving the complex problems by breaking down into small small pieces and make it an optimal solutions. Meet the senior and share the ideas and get the feedback and take the suggestions. Follow the life principle to get more successful in career.

Whether you a looking for a change, or you are continuing your career in the same direction, purpose and meaning are very important in order to achieve your goals, and find joy in your work. Introspective work is very important because you can discover which part of your job fulfilled you as a person and a professional, and which didn't. When you come to that conclusion, it will be a lot easier to find such opportunities and continue working with enjoyment.

In my personal experience, discovering purpose later in your career, involves understanding your personal values, reflecting on what has given you purpose in previous roles, and considering how you can use your skills to create a positive impact. Engaging in continuous learning and development will ensure that you have relevant skills to continue to grow your career in the direction that it important to you. Being involved in a reverse mentoring programme, can you give you new insights.

Mentoring someone young and new and also learning a new skill sometimes yourself albeit even a smaller one really works towards rejuvenation and does breathe in new life in an already established career path.

One thing I found helpful is embracing the possibility of change, new possibilities and being willing to step out of your comfort zone. Nothing really happens in the comfort zone and sometimes, purpose can be found in unexpected places.

The suggestion I’m about to make will probably sound like a fanciful luxury. You may think there’s but way you can do it. It would require some extra savings, support, and radical shifts in your life. Take a long break. I’m not talking about a vacation of a few weeks. I’m talking about time measured in months. Witness a season change. Take at least three months. Don’t think about work; don’t talk about work; find something in your life that isn’t work. In the beginning, you’ll just be catching up on life. Then it might feel agitating to lose your patterns and maybe your meaning. Eventually, you’ll start to shed your career mindset and start to find out who you are outside work. Now you can move forward. Follow the tide of your life.