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Knowing your life purpose; why does it matter?
Not everyone thinks that “finding your life purpose” is important. Instead, they think that it is:
- Too self-absorbed and even self-indulgent
- Not a high priority, especially in difficult times
- A personal growth topic to be pursued at best in your spare time
And I can understand that point of view; I probably would have said something similar in the past. What changed my opinion is that I have personally paid a heavy price for not realizing earlier in my life what my purpose was (see my last post ). If I had known it, I would have been able to:
- Choose work (or a business) that was more consistent with my purpose. Now let me explain something; your life purpose is bigger than your career or your business. That makes sense when you think about it; don’t we all know that there’s more to life than your job? The trick though is to make sure that the work you do for so many hours a day expresses your purpose in some way. If your life purpose involves being a healer, you wouldn’t be very happy doing a technical job with few human interactions.
- Be more successful in my work, whatever it is. Going back to the healer example, let’s say that Jane studied engineering before she got to know her deeper self better, and now she doesn’t want to toss her training, experience and security out the window to start again in another field. She could still live her daily life more on purpose by:
- Being the one who uplifts morale, negotiates differences of opinion, or increases the level of trust between various sub-groups
- Choosing positions in her company that involve these kinds of activities; not only will she enjoy them, she is likely to excel at them.
- Doing volunteer work that allows her to be a healing presence
- Taking self-development courses that interest her in alternative healing, counseling, coaching, mediation, or wellness
- Making time for listening deeply to friends and family members
- Be happier and less stressed. Doing work that contradicts your purpose is exhausting because your heart isn’t in it and you’re not playing with a full deck since your subconscious knows that you’re off course. You’re missing on that feeling of deep satisfaction, and constantly “making yourself” do things to earn money, rather than doing good work that expresses who you are. And you feel empty, tired, and disconnected.
This is even more important as an entrepreneur because you don’t have the same ability to leave the job behind when you go home, or console yourself that at least, you’re enjoying social interactions at work. Not only that, having strong positive energy is essential to sales success, and we know that being in business for yourself means selling what you have to offer.
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Thank you for sharing these thoughts. Life goes so quickly that it is important to cherish the time we have and as you point out we spend a lot of time at work so being in the right place is crucial. I like the idea of not abandoning what you have trained to do, especially as many of us feel we have little option with the current economic downturn to change course, but to look at your work from a different perspective. It is good to explore different ways to fulfill or enhance the work experience by tapping into other parts of your skills/personality!