Finding Your Purpose in Life

Finding Your Purpose in Life - Bringing Passion to the Game of Life by Keith Raymond

If you do not have a purpose for "why" you are doing what you are doing, you may be saying to yourself "something is missing in my work or life". It's often because you do not have a purpose and you want help with that. Purpose is something you create or decide on. Many people think it's something mystical and discovered by accident. It's not.

Ever wonder why it some people seem to "make it" while most of us seem to just wander along aimlessly? Well... that is what happens when you have no clue what you were meant to do in this life. Without vision the people perish, said Moses. And without a vision for your life you are at risk of getting way off course and living somebody else's idea of what your life should be. DO NOT DO THIS! A failure to plan is plan to fail.

Finding your purpose in life is the key factor in setting objectives and achieving goals in your life. If you cannot identify a clear purpose in your life, in your career or business pursuit it is difficult to set and achieve meaningful goals.

Are You In Touch With Your Life Purpose?

If you don't think you're out of touch with your life purpose, take a couple seconds to complete this quick quiz about one area of your life - your career:

1. Are you doing EXACTLY the kind of work that makes you want to leap out of bed each morning excited to begin a new day?

2. Does your work satisfy a deep need within to express yourself, your talents, and your values?

3. Does your work allow for a balanced life - one that leaves time for family and friends, for exercise or hobbies, for you?

4. Are you doing what you love and loving what you do?

Without a clear purpose in life, people easily lose their direction and motivation or the will to continue when life throws them a curveball, when they hit a pothole or face difficult challenges. Without a life purpose, it is difficult to develop any sense of satisfaction for accomplishments along life's path.

On the Path to Finding Your Purpose in Life - The Torch of Passion

The great thing is that it is easy to find your purpose in life and reconnect with your life passions. You could easily reconnect yourself with your life purpose and passions in life. With just a few simple steps, you can identify or confirm what your life purpose is. There are simple, easy-to-use steps to help you uncover what your passions are and what your purpose in life is. Most importantly once you've identified this the rest of your glife game plan seems so much easier:

1) Clarify Your Purpose in Life: Purpose as define by Webster is: "the reason for which something exists, is done, made, etc... an intended or desired result, aim or goal. To intend or resolve." If, for example, your career seems stagnant it could be that you've never clearly defined your career objectives. If you have lost your enthusiasm for your job, family, or spiritually, it's because you have disconnected with the "why". Reconnect with your purpose, once and for all, what your purpose and passion is for your career, family, finance, etc...If you don't know where you're going, you're sure to get there!

2) A Personal Mission Statement. This is the first part of your motivation plan, crossing the gulf between your purpose (career, family, etc...) and achieving your goals. There is enormous power that is unleashed when you write down your personal mission statement. It opens the power of the subconscious mind to seek out and collect the necessary resources to fulfill your goals as determined by your purpose. It also infuses your spirit with the passion of it's connection to your purpose. It is often seen in team sports as the group rallies to the challenge and cause of a championship.

3) Goal Setting and Objectives are a must-have if you want to set and track your progress. While you may have the desire to win the series and championship, it takes planning and those to act on that vision. It is outlining the steps -milestones (interim goals) - that need to be achieved to attain the victory. They are calculated at every step and you must hit those milestones before achieving the ultimate target. How often have your heard a team coach say we lost because we didn't follow our game plan?

4) Self Motivation Techniques. Success is the culmination of the simple yet often overlooked elements of success: purpose, determination, commitment, attitude, self confidence, etc...These words may seem aloof and distant, but they only appear that way when you don't have the first three parts of your plan. These are the internal abilities that have laid dormant over the years. Your innate self motivating techniques are like seeds in the ground laying dormant ready to germinate once the three other component of your plan are enabled. You can awaken these techniques by putting together the first three part above.

Knowing what your purpose in life is for all areas of your life is and how to write personal mission statements can help you lead a fulfilling life. If you have an idea of what you want, you're not afraid of going after what you want. In knowing what you want, this creates internal orientation because you now know what you want and creates the motivation to get it. With the plan and goal setting you know how to get it. By setting out goals along the way - markers to measure the progress of your plan, you'll be able to measure your progress and evaluate results. In this way, you are tapping into your latent self motivation techniques that are the hallmark of any great champion team or individual athlete.



About the Author
Keith Raymond is a Business Mentor, Life Coach and author of The Elements of Success. You can learn more about how to recharge your life by finding your purpose in life. Please visit http://www.yoursuccessprinciples.com to tap into your life's passion.


Here is a lecture I delivered to toastmasters on finding your purpose and passions in life: