Many people believe that the process of discovering your purpose in life is a most difficult assignment. The reason for this is that most of us are never shown how. We seem to be expected to just figure it out on our own. Discovering your purpose is not all that difficult. You just need to learn how.
5 Steps to Discovering Your Purpose:
- Believe that you can discover your purpose. You will not discover your purpose unless you think that you can.
- Identify the unique gifts that make you who you are.
- Define your passions by paying attention to what brings you joy.
- List all the ways that you can combine your gifts and passions to be of service.
- Experiment
with the various combinations to see what flows and what does not.
Try to let go of thinking that discovering your purpose has to be difficult. The information you need is right inside of you. You just need to pay attention to what makes you unique, what you love to do, and what you stand for in this life.
Clues for Purpose:
- Activities that cause you to lose track of time
- Unique talents and characteristics
- Yearnings and dreams that don’t go away
- Section in a bookstore you are most drawn to
- Classes you enjoy taking
- Complements you often get
- Roles that you naturally take on with family and friends
- Someone whose life you admire and wish you could be doing the same
Tips for picking out clues:
- Think of yourself as a detective, always sniffing for clues.
- Don’t take any clue for granted. They come in big and small sizes.
- Have an open mind that sees all possibilities in what the clue may suggest.
Excerpt from Inner Architect: How to Build the LIfe You Were Designed to Live
by Susan Hanshaw.
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