Most people say that you have to find your purpose, but it's not true.
You don't find your purpose, you create it.
How do you figure out your true purpose? Hi,
my name is Grace and founder of Career Revisionist and host
of a podcast by the same name.
Last week I did a video on deciding on your career,
how to figure out your career path. And I got some questions asking me, well,
how do I know what my true purpose is?
I have many interests and I know the things that I like,
but there isn't one particular thing that I'm passionate about.
So how do I know what my purpose is? So today for this video,
I want to share with you some tips and some advice on how to figure out for
yourself what your true purpose is.
Let's first look at the definition of purpose. There are two definitions.
The first one is a person's sense of resolve or determination.
And the second definition is the reason why something exists or the reason why
we do something. So when you look at it that way,
there are two components of your purpose. One is your objectives,
and two is your values.
Your objectives focus on the goals that you want to achieve.
They basically set the intentions for your life and for your career.
Your values are things that you naturally seek out,
things that puts you in the flow where time just passes you by.
They are things that are very important to you. Your values are things that
you are naturally drawn to. You naturally seek them out.
They are the things that fulfill you. So when you're looking for your purpose,
look and think about the activities that you have been doing,
the components of your life,
the components of your career path in which you absolutely
felt completely drawn to it.
You felt that you were in your element,
you felt like they were the essence of who you are,
and you felt that nobody has to remind you to do these things.
You naturally enjoy them. You naturally are good at them,
and you naturally find passion in it. So when people tell me,
I don't know my purpose, I don't believe them. Because you do know your purpose.
Just look for clues in your life. There are clues around you.
There are clues in your environment. There are clues in your behavior,
in your thought processes, in your conversations,
that point you towards what your purpose is.
And it's all about becoming attuned to them.
Listening to feedback from yourself, from your body, from your mind,
and from the things that you think about, the things that you are inclined to
speak about all the time, the things that you spend most of your thoughts about.
So when you open your mind to look for clues in your life that are already
happening,
they're already coming true in your life.
That's where you will find your purpose.
And the thing is most people say that you have to find your purpose,
but it's not true. You don't find your purpose. You create it.
And when you create it with purpose and when you create
it with intention and commitment,
that's where you can create some inspiring things for your life and
for your career. When I was in college, I had a lot of interests. I mean,
I like to play certain sports. I like to run, I like to go jogging outside.
I like to spend time with friends, going to the movies, dining out,
and I thought to myself, well, none of these interests,
I can't turn any of these interests into a career.
And I had this struggle that I felt like I couldn't find my purpose.
I didn't know what my purpose was,
but when I really got down into it, when I really got honest with myself,
one of the things that really stood out to me was studying and education.
Nobody had to remind me to study. No one had to remind
me to be present in learning.
That was something I did naturally and no one had to,
I didn't have to set up any alarms. I didn't have to,
I never procrastinated on homework or assignments.
Learning and studying and self mastery was just something that came naturally to
me. So when I really got down to it and I looked at clues in what was already
happening in my life,
that's where I found that learning and education was of high value to me.
So after I became aware of my values,
that was when I was empowered to carve a career path for myself.
That was truly inspiring.
And today my career path involves a lot of teaching and coaching professionals
on their career paths. And so the teaching component,
that component of it allows me to pass on my knowledge, right?
And so in that process I have to constantly be bettering myself.
I have to constantly be expanding my knowledge.
And that's where it speaks to my highest value on learning and education.
I am always investing in my personal development.
I'm always constantly investing in gaining
knowledge from various disciplines and putting them together,
organizing it and packaging it and applying
it and turning it into invaluable wisdom for others.
So you see my initial value in college of learning,
of studying,
of educating myself has now turned into a full blown career where I'm doing
something that truly inspires
me in which I am feeling every day like I'm in my element because I discovered
for myself what is my
purpose and my purpose comes from my objectives and my values,
my values that I placed on learning and education.
If you're watching this and you are trying to figure out your purpose,
chances are you might be feeling
that some things are missing in your career, in life.
Hone in on those and be honest with yourself on your perceptions,
on what's missing, what is,
what are the gaps in your life that would truly make life
and your career inspiring and focus in on those because they could be your inner
yearnings.
There's an inner voice that we all have these deep seated yearnings where our
souls are crying out,
that there are certain things in our life that we want more of.
There are certain things that we don't have right now that we desire. So whole,
ask yourself, what are these inner yearnings?
What do I perceive as missing in my career,
as missing in my life that I would desire more of?
If I had these things in my life, would it be inspiring to me?
Would it energize me?
Would it cause me to feel more passionate about what I'm doing?
And I'll give you some examples.
Some things that we could yearn for is a meaningful contribution in this world.
We can yearn to make a difference, a positive difference in people's lives.
We can yearn to have more
freedom and flexibility in our schedules or to have more time with family and
people we care about. So think for yourself. These are just some examples,
but think for yourself on what are these inner yearnings
and your desires and your feelings and perceptions of what's missing in your
life and in your career are
giving you cues on what your heart is trying to tell you.
When you're doing this reflection.
Make sure that you separate yourself from the situation and you honor yourself.
You know, give yourself this permission to do an exploration,
to be honest with what you perceive
as missing in your life and to make decisions,
to close that gap and to pursue those things
that bring you inspiration. Because
it is your inner voice that is compelling you. It's urging you to take action.
It's urging you to make the changes that are necessary for you to feel
fulfillment in your career.
So ask yourself and give yourself permission and decide right now to honor your
inner voice. And if you do feel resistance, it's normal, right?
If you feel resistance it's normal because you're
about to embark on a journey that you've never embarked on before or you're
about to explore
things inside really deep inside that you have never explored to that depths.
So it's normal to feel some resistance,
but you want to work through that resistance because on the other side of that,
are all the things that you've dreamed beyond your wildest dreams
that you never thought were possible. So comment below with a simple yes or no.
Are you currently figuring out your purpose? Is that your journey right now?
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