Did you know that your purpose is a huge key to your personal and professional development, and of course, your ultimate success? It shows you how you feel fully alive, thrive, and make the contribution you came here to make.
It’s possible that the journey you can take to discover life purpose could be one of the most underrated secrets of success.
“Who am I?” and “Why am I here?” are timeless questions we all ask in our search to understand the big picture of our lives. These questions call to the soul, the eternal part of us that reaches beyond the physical trappings of our life to grasp the underlying meaning.
Fortunately, your life purpose is also surprisingly easy to understand. And it’s even one of the best success secrets we have found in two decades of building our holistic practice.
Your Heart Holds the Keys
The things that bring you the most heartfelt joy and excitement are the things to focus on as you set out to understand and realize your purpose. These are the things that make you feel most alive.
It is amazing to think that everything about you was designed to optimize your ability to realize your vision and purpose.
Also realize that it is by overcoming challenges that your unique brilliance and the picture of what you are here to do come into focus. So if you think your past struggles are signs of weakness, think again. It’s alchemy. They have made you who you are today.
A good place to start is to write a list of the strengths and talents that bring you the most joy and excitement, the ones that make you feel most alive. This may also include strengths you have developed by overcoming challenges. There tends to be a theme around overcoming your greatest challenges that is linked with your purpose.
These strengths and talents are the ingredients to draw upon as you go forward. It is reassuring to think that you don’t need to be anyone other than who you are. Though we all need to develop some skills along the way and clear out some debris, we are here by design.
Your Unique Contribution
Next, consider the gifts that bring you the most joy and excitement, the ones that evoke passion about what you are doing. If you’re not sure, listen to your heart.
Now ask yourself what you feel guided to do to make the world a better place. This, in all likelihood, is your life purpose. Also realize that there may be more than one thing that you are here to do, and this is fine. Your purpose will also evolve as you evolve. It will become clearer as you become clearer about your true identity.
The important thing here is to hone in on one or two areas to focus on, so you can use your energy wisely.
“The Life Purpose Formula”
Your Strengths and Talents
+ Your Passion and Heartfelt Joy
+ Your Unique Contribution
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= Your Life Purpose
To determine your purpose, explore the following:
1. Your Unique Genius: Focus on your positive qualities. Write a list of the strengths and talents you have that create the most heartfelt joy and excitement, the ones that evoke passion about what you are doing.
2. Your Contribution: What do you feel guided in your heart to do to make the world a better place? Again, jot down what comes to mind.
3. Your Weaknesses: While you’re at it, you may also want to identify your weak areas, the ones that may be better to delegate to others. Write a list that includes things you don’t enjoy or don’t come naturally to you. Identifying your weak areas and staying clear or delegating them to others will help you to free up your energy to focus on the things that are most important.
Once you have identified your purpose, your job going forward is to be operating out of your unique genius, or brilliance zone, as much as possible as you design and build your business. This is another huge key to write down and keep at the forefront of your awareness. Your unique genius is what you are here to share with the world. It is also your secret formula for success.
Rick Schefren, one of the top business coaches in the US, compares functioning outside of your brilliance zone to writing with your non-dominant hand. Functioning inside “the zone” is like writing with your dominant hand. If you were writing a book, which hand would you want to use? Similarly, in creating your business, which zone do you want to be in?
When you are in your brilliance zone, you will:
* be happiest and most effective.
* attract your ideal clients and customers.
* consistently produce powerful changes in people’s lives.
* produce powerful results and the most satisfied buyers.
* receive rave reviews and fabulous testimonials.
* reap the financial and lifestyle rewards of your success.
* feel joyful and fulfilled.
These are all reasons why it’s so important to understand your life purpose and unique brilliance. Once you do, you can build your heartfelt joy and passion into every aspect of your life and your business. They will carry you through the challenges and excite others about being part of what you are doing. Take them everywhere!
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Besides food and shelter, it’s hard to find anything more important than life purpose.
The ultimate purpose in life is spiritual in nature and has nothing to do with what you do for a living.
What if you have no idea of your life purpose and unaware of any special skill or talent? How do you get out of ground hog day?
Paul,
Just start small, notice what you enjoy and build from there. You’ll make progress before you know it if you keep pursuing these small steps.