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Questions To Ask To Discover Your Purpose
Questions To Ask To Discover Your Purpose
Discovering your purpose and calling in life is a thought-driven process. Watching self-help videos or reading motivational books may lift your spirits and give you some skills, but you’ll be no closer to knowing your purpose in life.
In fact, overloading your mind with extraneous mental clutter might cause more problems. To uncover one’s purpose, you’ll need to simplify things and get to your authentic self.
The key to doing that is to ask yourself crucial questions that help you discover who you really are. So often, we wear masks when out in the world that we never really get in touch with who we really are. The mask is all we know… and we act and think like how we believe we should.
By digging deep and asking yourself the questions that matter, you’ll discover what it is you truly want in life. It’s imperative that you be radically honest with yourself. Forget what the world has told you to believe in.
Go with your heart and answer the questions below:
- What did you enjoy doing when growing up?
- What were you naturally good at when young?
- What do you enjoy talking about?
- What activities can you easily spend hours on?
- If you could start over in life, what would you do differently?
- If money was not an issue, what activities would you engage in?
These questions can help to reveal your innate talents and desires. For example, you may have loved art and crafts – and might have been naturally gifted at them.
But somewhere along the way, your parents or teachers told you that subjects such as math and science were more important for landing a good job in future. So, you ditched the art and listened to them.
Years later, you’re stuck in a job you hate, and it’s related to math or science. But your heart and soul pines for more. Your dissatisfaction with your life cannot be explained.
There is a missing piece – but you don’t know what it is. In this case, you may miss being involved with art.
Getting back to it might bring joy to your heart. You may even wish to pursue it as a career and become a prominent success in this field. You’d never know unless you ask yourself what you truly love doing and if you’re good at it.
Once you know what you love, you can always practice and hone your skills until you master them.
- What is your ideal life like?
- How do you want others to see you?
These 2 questions will reveal your heart’s innermost desires. Your ideal life is the best version of you. It’s your dream you.
Your purpose will be wrapped up in this image. You may want to be fit and muscular so that you can inspire others to achieve their dream bodies too.
It’s quite common to see overweight people who have transformed their bodies and went on to become fitness coaches because they found that their purpose in life was helping others become fit and get the body of their dreams too.
Be willing to explore and be imaginative. Forget the limitations you’ve been led to believe. Ask yourself what you’d do if anything was possible. This is what you’d do if you were on purpose.
You’ll find your answers once you still your mind and listen to the voice within. This can be a difficult task and you may wish to start journaling to aid with the process.
Ask yourself the same questions daily and write down your thoughts. Keep digging deeper and give yourself the freedom to answer without restraint. The world has kept your innermost desires buried long enough.
It’s time you dug out your authentic self from underneath the burdening rubble of other people’s beliefs and expectations – and live life according to your true purpose.
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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How To Find Your Purpose By Letting Go
Finding your purpose in life is a process where you dig deep within yourself to discover what makes you happy. You’ll need to look at your talents, skills, desires and what you really want.
The process requires you to clear the clutter in your mind and also in your heart and soul. Like the author, Deepak Chopra, says, “In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.”
That’s exactly what you must do – let go.
Don’t Let Your Past Drag You Down
All human beings have regrets, mistakes we wish we could undo, past memories of instances where people did us wrong and so on.
Millions of people relive these bad memories and experience the same negative feelings over and over. They’re in a vicious cycle that just doesn’t seem to end.
It’s impossible to discover your purpose if your mind and heart is filled with repressed anger and other negative emotions. In most cases, one will not be able to undo the mistakes of the past.
Holding on to baggage from years ago will only burden you. This excess weight will drag you down day by day and life will feel like a struggle.
The key to finding your purpose and putting a spring in your step will be to let go of the unwanted baggage you’re carrying. This could be memories, negative habits, toxic people and so on.
Benefits Of Letting Go
There are several benefits that can be accrued by letting go of past grievances and bad memories. It’s a cathartic process that will make you happier and feel a sense of ‘lightness’.
If you’ve made mistakes in the past, the first step is to forgive yourself. Regretting the same mistakes over and over is just self-punishment that will prevent you from redeeming yourself. Let these regrets go and strive to do better from here on out.
If others have done you wrong, the best thing you can do is forgive them. You don’t have to tell them a word, and you’re not doing it for them. You’re doing it for you.
As long as you have anger, sadness and hate in your heart for wrongs done by others, you’re robbing yourself of happiness that you could be having right now. Don’t let them live rent-free in your head and heart. Let it all go… for your sanity and well-being.
What Should You Let Go Of?
What one needs to let go of will depend on them. It varies from individual to individual. Here is a common list of things you should let go of
- Any grudges, gossip, grievances.
- Regrets because of mistakes you made in the past
- Bad habits that have plagued you for years
- A job that makes you hate your life
- Fear of failure and the unknown
- Jealousy and comparing yourself with others
- Demanding partners
- Toxic ‘friends’ and family members
- Poor financial habits
- Perfectionism
- Trying to please everyone
- A poor diet and a bad body image
- Procrastination
- Possessions that you no longer need
This list is just a starting point. You may have other things in your life that you need to let go of. A rule of thumb is that if it doesn’t make you feel good or serve you well, then you need to let it go.
Once you’ve rid yourself of what’s holding you down and holding you back, you can focus on what you want and how you can feel happy and fulfilled. That’s how you discover your purpose.
“You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – André Gid
4 Important Factors That Determine If Purpose Can Lead To Profit
Most of us would have seen the quote – “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” This quote has been around so long that some people attribute it to Confucius, while others say it’s Mark Twain who said it.
Whatever the case may be, there is a fallacy in this quote. You could love knitting and spend hours on the task. Yet, that does not necessarily mean you could make a living from it.
There are 4 important factors to consider when ascertaining if your purpose in life can derive profit for you. By finding a way to make a living while living your purpose-driven life, you’ll not only find happiness, but will also be able to generate an income that sustains a comfortable life.
The Task Makes You Happy
This is the litmus test of finding your purpose. If the task you’re engaged in makes you happy and you enjoy what you’re doing, you’ll naturally be inclined to do more of it without any ‘forcing’ on your part.
People drag themselves to work because they dislike their jobs. They get no satisfaction from what they do, and the mundane tasks they’re engaged in saps their energy and soul.
A part of finding your purpose is to engage in work that brings you pleasure. It could be writing, painting, dancing, construction, training animals, etc. As long as it makes you happy, you’re on the right track.
You’re Naturally Good At What You Do
If you were good at art since young and you loved it, that’s a sign it could be your true calling. So often, the world tries to shape and mould us into what we’re not.
Parents try to impose their wishes on their children and stifle their kids’ natural talents. A kid who loves telling jokes is often told to stop ‘playing around’ and focus on his/her studies.
The child’s natural talent at comedy is never given room to grow – and the world loses a talented comedian. The same applies to other arts such as dancing, painting, etc.
People measure talents based on the jobs they can get in future. This is myopic.
The key to finding purpose in life is to focus on your natural talents and hone your innate skills until you’re very good at what you do.
The World Needs You
To get paid for what you do, you MUST bring value to the marketplace. Your natural talents and skills must be needed by other people.
A good writer must be able to write books that people crave to read. An exquisite dancer should have moves that awes the audience. The talented artist should create works of art that captures people’s imagination.
Your success in the marketplace is directly linked to the demand for your work. Being good at what you do and loving the process is just half the equation. The other half is that people must want what you have to provide.
You Must Get Paid For It
As obvious as this sounds, many people tend to forget about it. You can only profit from your work if people pay you for it. So, if you wish to make a living doing what you love, you’ll have to find a way to market yourself and your products/services.
This is the key to living life with purpose without going to a job you detest. Initially, it may be a struggle when you’re learning the ropes and trying to get your name out there.
However, if you stay the course – success will inevitably be yours. Always make sure you love doing what you do and you’re great at it. Then check if the world needs what you do and if they’re willing to pay you for it.
Satisfy these 4 factors and the world will be your oyster.
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8 Signs You Will See When You Have Discovered Your Purpose
8 Signs You Will See When You Have Discovered Your Purpose
Mark Twain once said, “”The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
What he meant was that finding your purpose in life is extremely important… and it’s the only way to true happiness and inner peace. It’s the difference between living and existing.
You can discover your purpose by asking yourself questions about what you want in life and what brings you joy. You’ll have to look at your innate talents and how you can monetize them.
This is a process of self-discovery… but that’s not what this article is about. No, this article assumes that you’ve found your purpose and you’re living your authentic life.
But how do you know for sure that you are living your purpose?
And that’s exactly what this article is about – recognizing the signs of a purpose-driven life.
You Were Born To Do It
It doesn’t matter what your innate talents/skills are. It could be writing, painting, singing, playing the piano or even rock climbing. The common denominator is that you will feel like you were born to do this activity.
The skills come to you naturally… and you’ll see much faster improvement with practice than someone who is not born to do what you do.
For example, if you’re naturally good at painting, with good instruction and practice, you’ll become great at it.
However, someone who merely treats it as a passing interest may become good, but never see as much progress as you (given the same instruction and practice). You excel by leaps and bounds, but they progress incrementally.
This is one of the most obvious signs.
Everything Changes Internally Even If Nothing Outwardly Changes
Initially, when you discover your purpose, on the outside nothing may have changed. You may have the same job, same income, same friends and so on.
However, internally, everything would have changed. You feel much better and are less prone to illness. You have pep in your step and you don’t even know why.
Your energy levels increase and so does your happiness level. You can’t wait to wake up every morning and start your day.
Life begins to have new promise, and you have plans for bigger things. The job you’re currently working at (but detest) is now just a steppingstone for you. You know in your bones that life is going to get a lot grander.
Money Starts Flowing In
As time passes and you discover how to monetize your innate skills, you’ll see your income increase exponentially.
While earning a decent income may have been a struggle before, now you’re doing it easily and making much more.
In some cases, you may earn less than what you made at your previous job, but you’re happier and more fulfilled.
You no longer have poor spending habits because buying expensive items is not a form of therapy anymore.
You Make A Difference
Inevitably, you’ll notice that once you find your purpose and focus on it, your efforts will not only yield fruit for you, but your work will also positively impact others’ lives.
Generally, you’ll be creating products that benefit others or you’ll be providing services that improves peoples’ well-being.
Even if you’re volunteering for a non-profit organization and that’s your purpose, others will still benefit from your efforts.
Your ‘People’ Find You
In the past, you may have found that you could not find people who were on the same page as you. Even if you were in a group, you may have felt like an outsider who just couldn’t gel with the rest.
You may have tried to conform to belong, but it would have felt awkward. When you’re on purpose, others with similar interests will somehow be drawn to you. That’s just the way the universe works.
New mentors may appear in your life to guide you and help you forward in your journey. You’ll finally feel like you belong.
Everything Starts To Add Up
Regardless of what mistakes you made in the past or your bad experiences, once you’ve found your purpose, you’ll discover that most of what happened in the past were just lessons meant to teach you or strengthen your resolve to reach your ultimate destination.
Your negative experiences are the foundation upon which you’ll build your purpose-driven life, and there’s no way but up for you now.
It’s No Longer About The Money
Most people who have discovered their purpose in life will usually earn an income that allows them to live comfortably. Even those who are on a lower income level will still get by.
What doesn’t change though is the fact that even if they had all the money in the world, they wouldn’t stop doing what they were doing now. They know their purpose and it’s a joy to do it.
This is the reason why wealthy actors carry on making movies even when they have more money than they can spend in one lifetime. It’s why bestselling authors keep writing, why successful artistes keep performing and so on.
They have found their life-calling and it’s the purpose that keeps them going.
You’re Truly At Peace With Yourself
Happiness is fleeting. It comes and goes. Whether you have purpose or not, life will have challenges. You suddenly do not get an easy life after becoming ‘one with the universe’.
That’s not how purpose works. Finding purpose is about doing what makes you fulfilled – and with that, you’ll get inner peace even if the world around you seems to be falling apart.
You’ll know that things will get better and you’ll stay on track. You’ll be at peace with yourself. This elusive feeling of peace will be yours once you’re on purpose.
Look out for these 8 signs in your life and if you see them, you’ll know that you’re on the path you were meant to be on. Greatness will be yours in time to come.
“When you walk with purpose, you collide with destiny.”
– Bertice Berry
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7 Common Misconceptions About Finding Your Purpose
7 Common Misconceptions About Finding Your Purpose
Finding one’s purpose in life can sound like a deep and complicated task. To make matters more convoluted, you’ll probably have beliefs that were foisted upon you since childhood, either by your parents or other adults.
Following your passion by finding your ‘why’ or purpose is something pretty much every human being aspire to, because it promises a life of fulfilment because you re truly doing what you want to do.
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The truth of the matter is that finding one’s purpose is a simple process of thoughtful introspection. Once you dispel the misconceptions and lies that surround this topic, you’ll find things much simpler.
Let’s look at the common misconceptions…
You Have To Create It
You don’t have to create your purpose. It already exists. You just need to find it… and you’ll only find it by asking yourself introspective questions about what makes you truly happy and fulfilled.
We live in a world where self-help gurus will tell you to ‘hustle and grind’ so that you make millions and live up to your full potential.
But what if that’s not what you want? What if you only want an income that’s comfortable but you want more free time to volunteer and make a difference to your community.
Then that might be your purpose. Your purpose is determined by your feelings and desires. Not goals or external influences.
Everyone Only Has One Purpose
Different people are born with different talents and desires. Some people may be good writers and sing well too. They may excel at both talents and they’ll need to choose one that they feel they were ‘born to do’.
You’re not only given ‘one purpose’. Your purpose in life may change as your belief systems change. What you thought was important once, may seem trivial now.
For example, you may have loved surfing before and felt that it was your purpose to ride the waves and become a surfing instructor. However, a trip to an African village may have made you feel blessed and suddenly now, you think that surfing is no longer that important.
You’d rather volunteer and help the less fortunate in the village. You get more satisfaction and a sense of achievement that you never had before. This could be the missing piece in your life.
Your purpose is closely linked to what you feel is important to you and what motivates you to get up daily and get going with enthusiasm.
Some ‘Callings’ Are Better Than Others
Measuring your purpose against other peoples’ achievements is a pointless and depressing endeavor. You may be a painter who creates magnificent works of art. But if you compare yourself with a doctor who saves lives, you may feel like painting is trivial in comparison.
However, what you fail to realize is that your art brings joy and wonder to many people – from the person who buys your art to everyone else who gazes upon it.
No one purpose is better or more rewarding than the other. All that matters is that you do what’s right for you.
It MUST Be Your Job
Your purpose doesn’t have to be your job. A lady may be a waitress at a café, but feel like her purpose in life is to raise well-balanced children who grow up to be successful adults.
On the other hand, another lady may be more career-oriented and feel that her purpose in life is to grow her company so that it positively affects thousands of lives while making millions of dollars in return.
Your purpose is not tied to dollars and cents. It’s not your job, your career or your achievements. It’s more subtle than that.
It Requires Immense Sacrifice And Pain
If you need to struggle and force yourself to sacrifice for it, it probably isn’t your purpose. Very often, when you discover your purpose, there will be a sense of excitement and ease to it.
The work may be hard, but you’ll willingly do it because it’s what you want to do. There may be sacrifices involved to achieve your aim and meet your purpose BUT you’ll handle the hurdles with grace.
Discovering and following your purpose in life is a pleasant process and while it may be challenging, it shouldn’t be depressing or cause you to despair.
You Need To Be Religious
Purpose doesn’t have anything to do with your religion. While millions of people claim to have discovered their purpose in life after ‘finding God’, this is not a necessity.
Finding your purpose is a personal journey towards self-discovery. You can go the spiritual route, or you can self-reflect and do some journaling until you realize what it is you truly want to do. Therein lies your purpose.
It’s A Non-Profit Endeavor
You don’t need to be a solitary monk eking out a meagre existence on the mountain top just to be on purpose. You can be a millionaire too and still feel like you’re following your calling.
For example, a successful plastic surgeon who makes millions may truly love what he does. He enjoys enhancing his clients’ appearances and seeing the happiness and increased confidence in the patients once they see the results.
By helping others, the surgeon feels like he’s living with purpose. Since plastic surgery requires a high level of skill, he charges accordingly and his wealth is a by-product of his efforts.
You can follow your purpose and make a lot of money at the same time. There’s no rule that says you need to be broke to be on purpose.
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These 7 misconceptions are just the tip of the iceberg. There are many others out there.
What’s most important is that you realize that discovering your purpose is a journey that’s done inside you – and has nothing to do with the distractions/expectations of the world outside you.
Once you understand this, you’ll find your purpose and shine.
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
– Pablo Picasso
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Can Everyone Find Their Passion And Purpose?
Do you find that some days you wish you lived a different life? Perhaps you find yourself wishing that you were Richard Branson, Donald Trump or Brad Pitt.
It isn’t unusual to wish you lived a different life or were someone else. If you find that you have days where you feel unsatisfied or discontented, then it may be time to think about what you can do turn your life around.
What’s different about your life and that of those you admire and who inspire you? At first glance it may be that you think it’s money or fame. Often you will look at possessions.
Instead look deeper and list those qualities that you admire. It may be that you are inspired by their skills, knowledge, generosity or temperament.
What do they have that you don’t? They have passion and a purpose. They have something that they care about and are filled with a desire to make a difference; not just for themselves but for others.
Your life can be fulfilling. Living a life with passion and purpose is possible for everyone. You do not need to be rich, famous or highly educated.
To find your passion and purpose you need to discover what you really want. Don’t just consider material objects, look deeper at lifestyle, relationships, your health and emotions.
For a positive difference to take place you don’t need to give up your job and follow your calling 100% of the time. You can start small and paint your masterpiece or write your novel in your spare time.
This will allow you to begin to feel the benefits of doing what you love and feeling the positive effects and changes while still working and earning an income.
Not everyone wants to change the world. It may be that you want to make a difference by volunteering at the local homeless shelter. Your desire to bring about positive change in the lives of others, less well off than yourself, will bring about an enormous change in your life.
You will experience the joy of giving and in return feel a sense of satisfaction. In addition, you’ll probably pick up new skills, make new friends and connections and discover other changes you want to make in your own life.
Everyone deserves to live their best life. All you need to do is find what you really want to do that can make you feel excited, joyful, engaged and fulfilled. That way you can begin to live your best life instead of settling for a humdrum existence.
Four Secrets To Achieving Success
Everyone wants to be successful. Focus generally tends to be towards career success.
However, personal or life success, is also important. Success is about achieving goals.
After all if you haven’t got a goal then how can you be successful? So what are the four secrets that can help you be successful?
Set Goals
It is vital that you set yourself goals for your personal and professional lives. These will provide a target to aim for.
Once you’ve listed your goals then write down the steps you are going to take to achieve them. Add who or what can help you to your list.
Find an accountability partner, mentor or coach who can help and support you.
And when you are setting goals, don’t always be totally focused on the end point but try to enjoy the journey along the way. Life is about enjoyment, not just achieving something.
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Remember That Your Personal and Professional Lives Are Inter-dependent
You may think that your career goals are totally separate from your personal goals.
However, they are inter-dependent. Your career relies on your well-being, impacts on your family and relationships, your health and happiness.
Your happiness, relationships and health are affected by your career.
If you’re not happy at work or doing a job you love then it will have an impact on your emotional and physical well-being, as well as affecting other areas of your personal life.
To be successful in one area you need to create success in the other.
Find Your Passion And Purpose
If your personal and professional lives are inter-dependent, then to be successful in them you will need to discover your passion and purpose.
By discovering these you will create determination to succeed, enhance your creativity, spark inspiration and be able to harness the power of flow in your activities.
Ask yourself what you really want to do with your life. What do you want your legacy to be?
Don’t Focus On The Money
While many people consider amassing wealth to be a sign of success, that should not be your end goal or sole success indicator.
Instead focus on your emotions, lifestyle and well-being. What will your life look and feel like when you have successfully achieved your goals? How will your family and friends feel? Why not create a vision board with words, quotes and pictures showing your life as a success?
When thinking about your professional success consider how you will know you’ve succeeded. What will your position be? How will you be making an impact in your company and in the wider community? What will your working day look like?
Think about work/life balance and the effect on your family and relationships with friends. How will your new role or business affect your life, health and happiness?
While success can mean different things to different people, one thing all definitions have in common is that success is measured by achieving goals that make you feel positive emotions, for example, happiness and achievement.
You will find the greatest success comes when you use your passions to create your goals in life and work.
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