Finding Your Life's Purpose
Many people tend to believe that their life’s purpose stems from innate gifts that make you stand out from other people,
such as being good at drawing or public speaking.
Just because you have a natural talent for something, doesn’t necessarily mean it is what you are MEANT to do with your life. Although there is a definite connection between our natural born abilities and talents, and our future careers, it most likely means that you just scored yourself a kick-ass hobby.
So, if you’re one of those people (which is a LOT, might I add) that are feeling lost or disconnected from their current job, here are 5 questions you can ask yourself to act as a guide to finding your life’s purpose:
Who are you? (What is your name?)
What do you love to do? (Focus on one thing you feel extremely qualified to teach people)
Who do you do it for? (women, men, kids, teachers, coaches, etc.).
What do they want or need? (Those people you do things for).
How do they change as a result? (The people you do things for).
= Life’s purpose.
Et voila! Just like that you now have a better idea or direction of where to guide or focus your life’s purpose!
Okay. I know it’s not that simple, but everyone needs to start somewhere.
If we’re being honest, some of these questions seem simple, but in reality they are extremely difficult to answer for someone who hasn’t thought of them before. And that’s OKAY.
Have you noticed anything interesting about these questions? 3 out of the 5 questions regarding YOUR life’s purpose are actually outward facing. This means that they are about the needs and desires of other people and not necessarily yourself.
Why is that you might ask?
The happiest people in the world make a point of doing things for other people. It seems quite naive to say that if you centre yourself around the needs of others, you will be happier. But in reality, when we take care of others, we in turn, take care of ourselves.
“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”
#IfICanDoItSheCanToo
Author: Carlynn Overbury, Marketing Coordinator