7 Questions To Find Your Purpose
If identifying your passion(s) and/or finding your purpose feels like a daunting zelda quest to you, please keep reading...
I used to spin my wheels all the time trying to get to the bottom of these questions.
I wasn’t the kid (or young adult) who knew from the jump what my purpose or passion was. While others seemed to know they were passionate about medicine and wanted to be doctors or passionate about educating and wanted to be teachers, I felt lost.
A turning point came when I realized that my purpose was connected to the precise thing that I took for granted. And I did that because the thing came so naturally to me that I assumed everyone had the same gift and that if it was that effortless, it must be invaluable.
Wrong!
Here’s the thing: sometimes chasing down your purpose can be the exact wrong thing to do. It’s like smothering a fire. You have to let it breathe.
You also have to come to terms with the fact that your purpose won’t always look the same in the way that it’s enacted or embodied in your life.
For me, connection is deeply attached to my passions and purpose (connecting people to people and people to resources for the betterment of all involved). That has looked like me owning a credit card processing company and connecting small business owners to fair and lower-cost pricing. That’s looked like me founding a 30,000 person networking events company and making literal friends and professional connections for people. That’s looked like me connecting resources on lifestyle design, mindset, and business growth for my coaching clients. And it will continue to evolve and look different throughout the course of my life.
The same is true for you if you don’t force or resist it.
That’s all good and well, but you might be asking, ‘so how the hell do I actually discover my purpose?’
If you’re ready to do some self-analysis, ask yourself (and write down):
✨ what if there was nothing holding me back and no excuses?
✨ at what am I great?
✨ how do I want to serve the world?
✨ what activities do I do that energize me?
✨ what issues pain me or makes me want to get up and do something about it?
✨ what made me unique as a kid or teen?
✨ what makes me jealous (a sign that I want it)?
These are not all-encompassing, but they will start to get your wheels spinning.
What you’ll find is that the intersection of what you love, at what you’re great, what energizes you, and/or how you want to serve the world is your purpose.
And, you can become passionate about something at this intersection if you’re not already!
Stop chasing passion. Instead, get passionate about your existing circumstances. Flipping the script can have an immense impact on your happiness and energy.