if you don't have a clear purpose in life you will often struggle with things like
motivation and happiness because it feels like there's nothing to get out of bed and fight for
today i want to go over nine different forms of purpose that i've observed in highly motivated
people if you watch this video till the very end you'll gain a clear idea of how to rekindle that
fire within yourself so that you can feel alive again so pay close attention we're going to
start off our list with one of the most common forms of purpose which is to provide providing
has been around since the very beginning and it used to be one of the strongest and most common
forms of purpose that people had most of us have a built-in desire to provide for those that we love
whether it be for our kids our family or even our community we want to give these people our time
food and care so that they can survive grow and prosper the problem with providing nowadays is
that most of it is done for us right we no longer need to spend an entire day chasing around a boar
or gathering berries in order to keep our loved ones fed nowadays we can simply press a couple
of buttons and have food delivered to us within 30 minutes if you want to cultivate this sense of
purpose you have to place yourself in a situation where the only person that can provide for an
individual is you i've seen this occur in people who had a family member that suddenly becomes ill
or when they have a baby for the first time all of a sudden they have someone relying on them
for their survival and a fire awakens within them to provide this actually relates to the next form
of purpose on my list which is to protect the desire to protect isn't only about protecting
your family or loved ones people often have a desire to protect their community their ethnic
group and even their ideas this is an incredibly strong form of purpose if you think about it it's
been the driving force behind most wars in human history the protection of resources protection
from invaders and protection of ideas being the most common cause of these conflicts even
the idea of honor when boiled down is simply a strong desire to protect what one stands for
if you want to cultivate the sense of purpose you need to do two things first you need to fall
in love with something outside of yourself this can be a person a group of people or even an idea
and second you need to observe something that threatens the survival of what you love this can
be something that you see coming in the future an attack from another group or even another
idea that threatens your idea once both of these conditions are met you will feel a strong desire
to protect that which you love the next former purpose is to teach which is the desire to mow
those around you to arm people that you care about with the knowledge to survive and thrive
to prepare them for what's to come now unlike the desire to provide which is more about helping your
loved ones survive the desire to teach is more focused on preparing them so they can thrive on
their own so that one day the student can outshine the master this form of purpose is most commonly
found in parents teachers and online educators in order to cultivate this form of purpose you must
first become exceptionally good at something once you see the benefits this knowledge has brought
into your life you can then experience the joy of passing it down so that others can feel the same
the next formal purpose is to explore which comes from the desire to experience as much as
possible to taste all the flavors to see all the sights and to meet all sorts of people this form
of purpose is the driving force behind all great adventurers and world travelers however it is not
only limited to physical experiences if you have a strong desire to explore you will enjoy exploring
ideas as well learning becomes fulfilling especially when it comes to things that you know
little about in order to cultivate this form of purpose you need to first cultivate one of the
big five personality traits called openness and an interesting fact about openness studies have
found that it naturally increases from the time that we're born until we're about eight
after which it decreases which suggests that most people enjoy exploration as a kid but as they get
older they prefer to stick to what they're used to if you want to cultivate a strong sense of
purpose you must do the opposite you must become a kid again and embrace your fear of the unknown
and you can do this by starting out small by going to places in your city that you've
never gone before by trying out a new dish instead of always ordering the same thing
you were once fascinated by the world so it's certainly possible to be like that once again
another way to cultivate the desire to explore is by learning new languages see when you learn a new
language you are literally training your brain to think about things differently not only that but
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now back to the topic at hand the next formal purpose on our list is to conquer to become the
best of the best to rise to the top and squash your competition this is the most common driving
force behind great athletes and entrepreneurs in order to cultivate the desire to conquer you
must have a belief that you can rise to the top with enough work and effort without confidence it
simply won't seem possible on top of that you'll need to spend some time every day visualizing
what it would be like to conquer your competition the more you think about it the larger the fire
will burn within you now a fair warning having conquering as your main purpose in life can be
powerful it can motivate you to do many things but it's not very fulfilling in the end game
you see olympic athletes are often met with a wave of depression once they win the gold medal
because all of a sudden they realize that they are the best there's no one else to beat their desire
to conquer disappears overnight and they are left with no purpose in life if you are someone who
wants to go down this path just keep in mind that you'll need another formal purpose down the line
the next formal purpose is faith which comes from a desire to live life according to certain rules
now this might be because you believe something will happen if you stick to these rules or it
might be because you believe that following these rules is the best way to go about living life
regardless having faith as a former purpose is extremely powerful it's the driving force behind
all religious and cultural movements throughout time in order to cultivate this form of purpose
you must remove as many doubts as possible about your faith you must have a close to 100 belief
that this is how life should be lived be careful for if you ever start to doubt your faith you will
be left with a huge hole in your heart you will lose your sense of purpose in the world now i'm
not saying that you should blindly follow whatever beliefs people tell you to you should question
things but once you figure out what belief system you want to follow you need to believe in it with
all your heart if you want it to become a motivational driving force in your life
the next formal purpose is to accumulate which comes from a desire to have more and to collect
what's rare this is one of the most common forms of purpose in today's society it's the driving
force behind the consumption culture that we currently live in now i don't think that this
form of purpose is necessarily bad because you do need to accumulate a certain amount of wealth if
you ever want to be truly free many people spend more than 50 percent of their waking hours working
for someone else helping them accumulate so i don't think there's anything wrong with focusing
on accumulation for yourself until you reach a point where you don't need to work that much right
because once you're free you'll have the time to focus on more fulfilling forms of purpose like
raising your kids or exploring the world if you want to cultivate a strong desire to accumulate
all you need to do is spend time on social media looking at people who have more than you which
most of us already do which is why this formal purpose is so common however it's much healthier
to look at those with more free time as compared to those with more stuff because more stuff will
almost never bring fulfillment in life whereas more free time definitely can but even then make
sure not to overdo this because spending hours every day on social media simply isn't healthy
taking a look just once or twice a week is more than enough to spark the fire within most of you
the next formal purpose is to create which comes from a desire to make things and share your work
with the world this is the driving force behind every great artist and inventor now
this is an extremely fulfilling form of purpose because the act of creating tends to bring us
into the flow state where we are laser focused on what's in front of us which tends to remove
suffering and at the same time creating allows us to share our work with the world so that others
can benefit we can create art and make others feel certain positive emotions we can write
to spark fires within others we can invent new gadgets and help make the world a better place
creating allows us to give back to the world instead of just take in order to cultivate
this form of purpose you simply need to spend less time consuming and more time creating you can take
baby steps instead of spending all day surfing the web take 10 minutes and work on something
doodle dance right build some crazy contraption get used to the idea of creating and you should
start to enjoy it more and more and finally the last form of purpose on our list is to help
to remove the suffering of others to help them overcome whatever obstacle that they're currently
facing the desire to help is built into most of us and it is one of the most fulfilling forms
of purpose out there in order to cultivate this form of purpose you need to do two things first
you need to love other people you have to have a deep understanding that all humans are the same
that we have many of the same fears and desires that we all feel pain once you realize this you'll
have a strong desire to help those that are in need because preventing suffering in another
becomes just as important as preventing suffering in your own life the second thing you have to do
is get a taste of what it's like to help others try and do a small favor for your neighbor go
out of your way to give food to the homeless or help an elderly person move their stuff
once you do make sure to look them in the face and see how much of a difference your actions can make
you'll start to realize how much happiness you can bring into the life of another by simply lending a
hand the more you do this the stronger this form of purpose will be within you now it's important
to note that i did not cover all forms of purpose in this video simply nine of the most common ones
that i've observed in life i'm curious which of these appeal to you the most which ones do you
feel like i forgot to mention let me know in the comments down below if you'd like to learn more
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