Purpose: 6 Tools and Insights to Unlock Deeper Purpose (Professional and Personal)

Lately, I have been having more conversations about Purpose. Many people seem to have lost it, or worse yet never really had any of it.

Meaning and Purpose, especially in our professional lives are vital elements to our ability to Perform at our best.

Whereas some of us seem to have Purpose locked in and never have to look back. Others have to dig deep and find ways to unlock it.

Purpose surely is a Force that helps us get through when the days are rainy and going gets tough.

Purpose is also a powerful trigger to activate Flow states into our day.?

When we?Feel?that we are making a difference, helping others, and contributing to something larger than ourselves is where Purpose can be found.?

If you are currently in a soul-sucking job and feel like there is nothing that motivates you and everything just seems meaningless then here are six ideas, insights, and tools that you can use to start moving forward differently.

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Purpose is about Giving, Not Getting

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We do not get Purpose, but we give it away. Meaning that Purpose is not a signpost or a Goal to which you will arrive.?

Purpose is about contribution and giving. It is more about what you can do, instead of what you can get.

As my good friend Roy Kowarski would say:

“It is the warm fuzzy feeling inside of us when we give and help others“.

This takes us to the next idea…

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Purpose is a Feeling

Yes, not really a thought or a Mindset as such. Our Purpose is less about what we think and more about How we feel.?

The famous?Why?underneath our actions and contributions.

Purpose gives us the Emotional A1 Jet Fuel to push through and get up on the playing field.?

So, look for a feeling, not necessarily your thoughts.

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4 Tools to Unlock Your Purpose.

The path and work to activate Purpose do not have to be hard, in fact, most often the work involved is less than expected.

At times we might stumble onto something, get an insight, or through an experience find out what our Purpose in life is.

Or what our Purpose becomes.

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To me our Purpose is not something that is set in stone and needs to or will stay the same, it surely can change over time?(Although in most cases we find out that it is very similar throughout our lives).

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Look for a common through line.

What was quite eye-opening to me a few years back was when I took stock of everything that I have done in my professional life.?

Every job, career, or position that I ever held was about helping others, being an instructor, teacher, guide, or Coach. Those were just the labels I gave or were given to me, yet it was and IS always about helping people in one way or the other!

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So, look for a common thread.

What is true in every professional activity that you have ever done?

It can be an eye-opening little exercise that gives you an insight into Why you do what you do.?

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Passion and Curiosity

Another way to go about unlocking your Purpose is to first look at what you are curious about.

Curiosity is the first point of interest because often curiosity can lead to Passion. And Passion surely is another emotional fire starter, that is by the way also present in #Flow states.?

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Though Passion is still more subjective. It is something that we keep to ourselves. Yet as Kira Day pointed out in our Lifestyle Mastery Podcast Episode 26 ,?Passion Shared = Purpose.?

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So, when we use our Passion to help others, contribute to something larger than ourselves, and be in service to something greater we are also connected to our Purpose.?

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Start with Curiosity that can activate your Passion and ultimately unlock your Purpose.

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Power of subtraction

We often want to add to our plates and do more to get more, yes??

But when it comes to our Purpose, the process is actually the very opposite!

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We do not unlock our Purpose by doing more, but often by doing less. The hustle and doing are mostly there to give us temporary meaning and replace the empty void inside.?

So, what can you do less to feel something more of?

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The process to Purpose looks more like subtraction than an add-on. Find the signal from the noise, because there surely is a lot of noise around all of us.?

Which takes us beautifully to our last tool and practice.

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Solitude and self-examination

As Socrates famously said,

“The unexamined life is not worth living ”.

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I would not go as far as that, yet there is some truth to it. Meditation and other Mindfulness-based practices allow us to come in closer contact with our inner core, beliefs, and truth.?

If we never allow ourselves to sit still and just examine our internal world, how can we ever be in contact with our Purpose??

I always encourage Achievers I coach to establish solid boundaries to safeguard the time with themselves, daily! It is possibly the most valuable time that will set your foundation straight.

And it is more of a daily practice instead of an occasional event due to the ever-increasing inputs that many of us are exposed to.?

And as with everything else, start small. Even a 5-10min session will make a difference.?

So, there you have it. Which tool or insight resonated the most with you today?

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PS. When you are ready to dive 10X deeper into your Purpose, activate your Passion and start living through your Potential, Ask me about Coaching packages Today!

All Green Lights,

Tuomo