How To Find Your Purpose

“What is my purpose?”

That’s a question that comes up often.

It’s similar to asking, “How do I find what I am obsessed with?”

Maybe you already think you know. Maybe you don’t have a clue. Maybe you have lost your way. You could be young and confused. Or you could be in the middle of a life transition such as changing jobs, getting over a relationship, or just feeling unmotivated.

I’ve been there. Throughout my life, for different reasons, I have asked myself these questions again and again:

• Why am I doing what I’m doing?
• What’s my purpose?
• What is going to get me excited?

When you identify why you want to achieve something, you can fully and completely get obsessed with achieving it. You need this obsession to blow away any barriers you run into on the way to your goal.

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You Can Obsess About Anything

You already know about negative obsessions like drugs and wasting time on social media.

Then there are the positive obsessions. You can be obsessed with things like exercise, losing weight, or getting in shape. You can be obsessed with supporting a charity, helping an ill parent, or conceiving a new baby.?

When I talk about obsessions, I am talking about those things that are worthy of your attention because they support your purpose. I was obsessed with getting rich because my purpose was to make sure my family never had to worry or struggle like I did as a kid after my dad died.

Purpose is the holy grail of the obsessed. I see purpose as a person’s reason for doing something. It’s the reason why someone or something even exists. It is the “Big Why” that fuels your obsessions.

Thanks to my dad, I never believed that I had to like something to commit myself to it. When I was nine years old, I remember watching him working in the yard, picking up sticks and leaves and stuffing them into a trash bag. He was doing it so attentively that it appeared to me that he loved every second of it. I asked him, “Dad, do you like doing that?” He replied, “You don’t always need to like what you do to love what you do.”

My father was obsessed with taking care of his family and attaining success so he could provide for us.? And that meant doing things I am certain he didn’t like or want to do. Simple as that.

You don’t need to like what you do to love what you do.?

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I remember when I committed to being a great car salesman. Even though I didn’t particularly like selling cars, I acted like I loved it. It wasn’t my dream job. It wasn’t even what I was passionate about. The first two years I sold automobiles, I hated it. But I became obsessed with making myself great at the job and eventually fell in love with it. I made endless cold calls to people who hung up on me or told me to never call them again. When everyone else went home, I was still there at midnight making deals.

Remember,? you don’t need to love your job to get obsessed enough to become successful. That said, it’s important to figure out those obsessions that are worthy of your attention.

Find Your Purpose

To understand what my purpose is and to keep fueling it, I constantly ask myself questions.?

These questions have opened my mind up to so many new directions. They inspired me to accomplish great things and kept me alert to opportunities in alignment with my obsession.

When you start answering these questions, do not second-guess yourself. Answer the question? without any judgment with the first response that comes to you. You don’t even need to follow through on something unless you want to. Just ask yourself the questions.

Then, at the same time tomorrow, do it again. And then do it again the next day and the day after that. Over time you’ll notice that the same answers keep coming up or you come up with new answers. You may see surprising patterns or be reminded of a dream from long ago.

Ask yourself these questions:

Personal Interests

• What is so exciting to me that I would do anything to accomplish it??
• What is the thing I have always wanted to do?
• What don’t I want to do, no matter the payoff?

Money Motivation

• What am I willing to do for no money?
• What amount of money would give me the security I need?
• What amount of money would I need to have financial freedom?

Skills and Talents

• What can I do better than anyone??
• What skills or talents do I have that I ignore?
• What am I terrible at and should not be doing at all?

Market Research

• What is a product or service that I have complained about repeatedly?
• What great ideas have I had for starting a company??
• What is something that I haven’t followed through on?

Legacy

• What do I want to be remembered for?
• What contributions can I make to society that I would be most proud of?
• What do I want to make sure people never say about me?

What If . . .

• I were going to write a book… what would it be about??
• I knew I couldn’t fail… what would I do?
• I could be known for one great thing… what would I want it to be?

You don’t need to put together a Purpose Statement from this exercise. I think trying to boil your purpose down to one sentence or one idea is way too narrow. You have the capacity to be obsessed with many things. You may have many purposes in your life.?

But asking yourself these questions will help you identify positive obsessions that will lead you to your purpose. Your purpose is composed of what constitutes a complete life for you.

Once you know what your purpose is at this time, you can stop doing the things that are preventing you from moving forward. You can give yourself permission to be obsessed with your true obsessions… that’s the first step.

And if growing your business is one of your obsessions, I have something for you…

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Be Great,

Grant Cardone