What Is Purpose?

Purpose is what wakes you up everyday with enthusiasm and direction. It gives you a foundation on how to build your life. The thing about purpose, is that it’s not always great, it will give you a lot of challenges as well. I believe the foundation of everyones purpose is growth and service, but how everyone expresses that is going to be different. Your purpose can also change overtime, but not the foundation. I used to believe that it had to be tied in with your career, but not necessarily. Perhaps now, it’s to be the best parent you can be, and maybe in a few years it will be something else.

How To Find Your Purpose

Now that we know what it is, how do we find it? Given that the foundation is growth and service, I would start by working on you. Find peace and clarity within. Overcome past traumas, limiting beliefs, and old patterns. Start becoming the greatest version of yourself. From that place, it will be much easier to know what direction your purpose is in because you got the foundation down.

Blocks From Living Your Purpose

1. Limiting beliefs

These are old ideas that we are carrying around that are perhaps not even ours. They are limiting because they hold us back from living our full potential. A common example is if you believe money is the root of all evil, then your going to be struggling because unconsciously you don’t want to be evil. To overcome this, you must first be aware of what they are, know why, or where they came from, then replace it with an empowering belief, lastly live according to your new belief.

2. Old Patterns

These are old ways of being that no longer serve us. Old habits, mindsets, and practices. Take an inventory of your life in all areas. Health, wealth, relationships, and beyond. What are your habits, your results are a reflection of them. Were talking about being the greatest version of you. This requires sacrificing who we are for what we could become. This requires sacrificing short term pleasures, which are fleeting, for long term fulfillment. They ask, what about fun? Listen here, you will never have more fun, fulfillment and passion than when you are on your purpose because it’s coming from within. Your not reliant on short term dopamine hits that don’t last.

3. Old relationships

I’m not just talking about with people, but also yourself and everything around you. How do you respond when things don’t go right? The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives. All relationships start with you. Doing the inner work to be more fulfilled will change how you relate to reality itself. the thing about greatness is that it requires you to overcome yourself. Once you can do that, anything is possible.

The Impact That Your Purpose Has On Your Overall Well Being

1. Enhanced sense of aliveness

A big study showed that people with a sense of purpose had a decrease risk of all cause mortality. This could be because when you have a sense of direction, you will inherently have less stress, and more of a will to do things that matter.

2. Greater sense of service

Another big study showing how purpose decreases all cause mortality. They hypothesized that it’s because it helps you get beyond the self, and into impact. Knowing your gifts and how to use them to create change will lead to greater fulfillment.

3. Become bullet proof

Walking your path will make you a much more resilient individual overall. For it is through the foraging of ones character that a true impact the world will be made. Strength is a virtue. Freedom is the gateway, open the door my friend.