Purpose driven. John-Oliver BreckoffContact

The Journey Map

The four parts build on one another and set the general direction of the journey. In practice, however, the path is rarely linear: Purpose, Vision and Vocation overlap and are shaped iteratively, each one informing the others.

Part 1

Personal Purpose

“Why am I here?”

  1. Values & Passions
  2. Unique Gifts
  3. Desired Contribution
  4. Synthesis & Formulating Purpose
Tangible outcomePurpose Statement & Values Compass

Part 2

Personal Vision

“How do I want to live?”

  1. Personal Life Wheel (key areas of life)
  2. Dreams, Goals & Reason Whys
  3. Life Architecture & Possible Lives
  4. Designed Life Vision & Strategy
Tangible outcomeVision Board & Story

Part 3

Vocation

“How do I want to work and earn money?”

  1. Career Patterns: Pain Points & Energizers
  2. Foundations of Dream Job
  3. Work & Income Models
  4. Composing the Dream Job
Tangible outcomeDream Job Profile & Positioning

Part 4

Transition

“How do I get there?”

  1. 1Situational Assessment
  2. 2Transition Modes & Roadmap
  3. 3Working with Fears, Resistance & Other Obstacles
  4. 4Implementation Support
  5. Tangible outcomeLiving or Growing into Your Dream Job

Structured Methodology
& Flexible Process

While a structured methodology provides a valuable framework, each client’s journey is highly individual and can’t be pressed into a rigid scheme. Important insights often arise unexpectedly during the work, requiring adjustments, expansions or deeper explorations beyond any predefined steps or timeframes.

Over the years I have seen that the best outcomes result from subtly balancing methodology with letting the process unfold, responding flexibly and intuitively to each unique situation.

My methodology therefore provides a clear roadmap and science-based concepts, while leaving room for flexible phasing and intuitive adaptation. All tools and models have been proven in practice, many of them for 15+ years.

At its core, the work combines intellect, intuition and AI: structured analysis, supported by AI and guided by precise questions, prompts and clear sequences of steps, alongside contemplative practices that quiet the mind, so that insights can emerge from within, through intuition.

Structured Methodology

  • Clear roadmap
  • Logical sequence of concrete steps
  • Regular progress tracking
  • Research-backed methods and best practices

Flexible Process

  • Individual situation as starting point
  • Space for deeper reflection
  • Flexible adaptation of the process to emerging insights
  • Continuous feedback loops and iteration for refinement

What Makes the Difference

  • Clear Roadmap

    A well-defined, step-by-step process, tailored and individually adaptable to the high-pressure demands of top-level leaders.

  • Integration & Cohesion

    Seamless and synergistic integration of Life Purpose, Vision and Vocation for a real transformation of yourself and your life.

  • Intellect, Intuition & AI

    A balanced approach that combines intuition with practical analysis and the guided use of AI for deeper insights.

  • Focus on Execution

    General statements are translated into concrete action steps, with guidance through the transition that follows.

My “Coaching” Approach

My “coaching” approach actually comprises four different working modes and is based on different sources of insight. The figure shows how they come together in a session, and the sections below it describe each of them.

Working Modes

While coaching, as a modality built on evocative questions that help clients find their own answers, is a highly effective intervention, it is not always sufficient or the fastest route to transformation, growth, or goal achievement.

When a gap of experience, knowledge or insight appears, clients benefit not only from thoughtful questions but also from the “coach” bridging this gap with answers: shared experiences, inspiring opinions, concepts, models, frameworks or scientific insights that a client is unlikely to arrive at on his own, through coaching questions alone. Those answers carry high value.

Depending on what the client truly needs in the situation at hand, my approach adapts accordingly, seamlessly blending coaching, mentoring and advising to foster both inner growth and outer results.

Fields of Knowledge

My fields of knowledge, related to 1:1 work with clients in a coaching setting, extend across a variety of disciplines, but they circle one question: what moves individuals and organizations, how they set their goals, and how they behave and should behave under real conditions on the way to them.

They group into different domains of philosophy and wisdom traditions, as well as different fields of psychology, neuroscience and systems science (read more here).

Ways of Knowing

I draw on three ways of knowing, and each earns its authority differently. Empirical science rests on the scientific method and holds beyond the single case. Direct experience is lived first-hand and reaches a depth and specificity that no average can. Intuition is the most elusive of the three: part accumulated experience, part a non-local knowing beyond the individual.

Whatever its source, an insight reaches the client in the same way: in conversation, as a question, an impulse, a scientific finding, a story or a framework (read more here).

My “Coaching” Approach

The result is a multifaceted coach-client interaction that combines and interlaces these modalities and sources, weaving them into a structured dialogue at eye level. It combines reflective work with clear orientation and pragmatic guidance, based on frameworks, models and tools.

However, the sessions go beyond a purely intellectual exchange, engaging also the emotional and physical dimensions, for optimal learning, transformation and growth. They include visualizations, focusing and somatic awareness exercises, joint work and assignments.

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