How do you find your true purpose?
Have you ever had that feeling of going
around in circles and just not knowing which direction to go,
not knowing which direction to pursue
or that you feel like there's so many options out there,
so many interests that you have and
you don't know where to focus your interest or
that you have all this different skill sets.
You have all these strengths and you don't know which one,
which direction to focus your skill set.
You've been having that feeling and overall it feels like you've
just been going around in circles? Then this is for you.
In order to find the right path, in order to really discover your purpose,
it is important that you get critically reflective of your current situation.
Whether or not you're in a job that you hate, whether or not it is unfulfillment,
whether or not it is a toxic situation,
whether or not you feel underqualified that the direction you really want to go
on, you're missing key skill sets to get there.
Whatever that situation is, that you have to be
brutally honest with yourself about what is the current situation.
What are the contextual features around
what's happening in your career path right now that is
preventing you from moving forward?
Because we've all had that situation where we felt like we could have gone on,
we could have taken action on something but we never did.
And I'll tell you a story in the past where,
after my undergraduate degree, and I did my first degree in biochemistry,
and I did a minor in microbiology, and it was towards the end
of that degree where I felt that, I think I wanted
to do my Master's degree because during
my fourth year in Undergrad I was accepted into a l
ab research project, they call it a undergraduate dissertation,
where I had a student directed project in my fourth year.
And at the end of that project I was expected
to write a really long dissertation about my research.
And that's what really fueled my interest in
neuroscience because it was the first time I was doing research in the lab.
And so because of that experience, I knew for myself that
I wanted to do a Master's degree. At the time,
my mentors were telling me,
my teachers were telling me "it's not a good idea to have a gap in your resume."
So I was feeling maybe I should just go for my
Master's degree right after my undergrad. And of course,
graduation day approaches
and I knew that I should really be applying for a Master's degree.
I should really be looking for my supervisor.
I should really be looking at applying for scholarships
and trying to secure my financial situation,
because I was going abroad for my Master's degree
and I knew that there were these things that I should do,
but some things got in the way.
I had these fears of going abroad for my Master's.
I had these fears of running out of money
and I didn't take action on a few things.
And that really delayed my process by six months.
And so I was six months late into applying for my
Master's degree and I started six months later than I had intended to.
So be critically honest of your current situation. What is it?
Is it a lack of education? Is it a lack of skill? Is it fear?
Is it lack of confidence? What is it and what is it that is missing?
What is that gap right now for you and be critically honest
about your situation because when it comes down
to you know the things that you should do and
if you reflect on an instance where you knew the things
that you should have done but you never take action to do it.
It really comes down to status quo bias, and status quo bias
is when we favor the current situation over a change,
even if that change is healthy for us. For my example,
I knew that I should have applied in advance before my graduation date.
I knew I should apply from my Master's degree
and start to do research on universities and supervisors and financial health
and financial aid. I knew I should be doing those things,
but I delayed it by six months
because I was afraid of the changes. I was afraid of rejection.
I was afraid if I had applied and no supervisor wanted to work with me,
then I would be faced with a "no" and it would affect my self esteem.
So these things are status quo bias when we just want to favor the current
situation, whether or not it is healthy for us,
whether or not that is productive, we have a bias,
a tendency to want to stay with the status quo.
It's easier to stick with the answers that you already know,
which is the default and it's even easier the more complex the problem is,
especially when it comes to problems of figuring out what is your purpose,
what is your purpose in life?
What is your purpose that you want to pursue in your career?
That's a very complex decision. It's a very complex problem to solve.
So the more complex the problem is we tend to stick with the answers we already
know, which is the default. I'm going to give you three fundamental facts
that you have to have in order to discover your purpose.
The first one I already talked about.
And that is to have facts about your current situation.
Think about these as your coordinates.
So you're on a career path right now and it is one of self discovery.
It's one of discovering your purpose.
So you have to have your coordinates.
So if you were on a boat right now and you were in the middle
of the ocean and all you can see is stretched across the horizon was just water
everywhere, 360 degree of water.
What the first thing you need to know is where you are right now,
and those your coordinates, because you cannot plan a trip
if you don't know your starting point.
So being critically clear about your current situation is
extremely important because that's your starting point. It's your coordinates.
The second fundamental fact are your goals.
So think of this as your destination.
So you're on the boat in the middle of the ocean and you have your coordinates,
you know your starting points. If you want to get to where you want to be,
you have to know where you want to go.
So that is your destination. So the point between where you are now
in your career journey, and you have to be clear on what you want.
You have to be clear on the things you want in your career path.
What are your goals of your career path and that is your destination.
So that's the second fact you need to know, is your goal, your career goal.
The third fact that you have to have is the path that connects it to.
The path that connects your coordinates with the destination.
That is the path that connects your current situation,
the facts about your current situation, with your career goals.
And that is your route. Because when you're on that boat
and you're looking out into the vast ocean ahead of you,
you first have to know your coordinates, where you are, where you are right now,
because you can't start
and you can't plan a trip without knowing your starting point.
And then you have to know where you want to go.
You have to know your destination and then you have to plan your route.
So that's the third thing. You have to know the route
and that's the path that joins where you are and where you want to be.
And if you think about it, if you're planning a trip in a new city,
say you're visiting a new city and you want to go somewhere,
but you've never been to that city before, the first thing
you would do is maybe you would enter it on Google maps.
You take out your phone and you enter it on Google maps and Google maps
will ask you what your current location is. So you confirm your location
and then you enter where you want to go. So you want to visit a restaurant,
you enter the name of the restaurant and you know that gives you,
so this is where the restaurant is and then it it shows you the map.
And then what's the next thing you can do?
Google maps allows you to choose your route.
For example, do you want to choose a route that that involves only highways
or do you want to avoid the highways? Do you want to choose your route based
on shortest distance or the quickest time there, right?
So that's why it's important in your career path to know your purpose.
You also have to choose your route. What are things that you're comfortable with?
What are things that you want to avoid?
What are things that you want to challenge yourself with?
Because you know that's important for your personal growth.
So once you have these three fundamental facts,
these are the three facts that are necessary for you to discover your purpose.
Maybe that's you. Maybe right now you are trying to discover your purpose.
Maybe right now you are looking for that next step in your career where you
feel that you're working in purpose and on purpose.
And maybe you have a general idea of where you want to be,
but you don't really know what you want in your career.
Or maybe you know what you want in your career,
but you don't know how to get there. If that's you,
then I invite you to visit careerrevisionist.com/intensive
that's careerrevisionist.com/intensive and I'm going to include that link below,
so look below for that link, because this is created just for you.
If you're looking for that purpose in your career
and you don't know how to get there or you're looking for that purpose
and you don't know what that looks like for you,
the intensive is designed to give you a step by step framework
on how to build that career so that you can have the fulfillment you're looking
for.
So click on that link below careerrevisionist.com/intensive
and get the help you need to discover that purpose.
Get the help you need and get the coaching from me.
And I will be there every single day along the way to help you to discover,
what it is that is the purpose of your career so that you can be
connected to that and doing work that is meaningful to you. Comment below,
where are you at in your journey? Do you know your destination?
Do you know your current coordinates and do know the route that you're going to
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