SOARing Into Your Purpose

SOARing Into Your Purpose

Co-Authoring Your Life Through Strategic Language

September 2026
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ABSTRACT

This article applies the Appreciative Inquiry principle ‘words create worlds’ to designing a strategy for one’s life. It invites readers to bring the same care to themselves that they bring to their organizations and communities. Through crafting a personal strategic foundation of values, vision, mission, and purpose, and applying the SOAR framework, it offers reflective questions for authoring one’s life.

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Author: Jackie Stavros

Dr Jackie Stavros is a professor at Lawrence Technological University. Her passion is working with others to discover their strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results for positive change (www.soar-strategy.com) and applying AI in everyday conversations to fuel productive and meaningful engagement (www.cwh.today)

Contact: jstavros@ltu.edu

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Comments

  1. Basel –

    A thoughtful and inspiring article that offers a practical way to reflect on our values, purpose, and future. Dr. Stavros brings a high level of professionalism and experience to the topic, making the ideas both meaningful and applicable. I especially appreciated the use of Appreciative Inquiry and SOAR to encourage intentional personal growth and positive change.

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