Find Your True Life’s Purpose and Harmonic Wealth!

by Carrie on June 24, 2008

“There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.”

- Christopher Morley

How to Find Your True Life’s Purpose! 

Your success in life will be largely determined by your ability to find your true life’s purpose, the right work for you to do, and then putting your whole heart into doing it everyday!
The happiest people are those who have carefully thought through who they are, what they want, where they are going, and then lay out their plan of exactly what they need to do to reach this goal. Asking yourself these five simple questions can help you hone in on whatever path is right just for you.

#1: What do I do easily and well?

When you are seeking your true calling, you must look over your life and find those activities that have always been easy for you but have been difficult for others. Often, you will get comments and compliments on how well you do a particular task. You will be surprised when you hear those remarks, because you never even thought about it. These were things that just came natural for you from the very beginning.

#2: What are the things that I have done in life that have been most responsible for my success?

I love asking clients this question. They just look at me stunned, with that “Is it that easy?” expression on their face. In looking back over the years in your work and your personal life’s activities, what are the things you have done that have given you the greatest rewards, satisfaction and success? In your work, what are the activities you have engaged in that have achieved the very best results for yourself and your company? Your previous success experiences are signposts pointing to the sort of things that you should be doing more and more of if you want satisfaction and harmony in your life.

#3: What would I do differently, knowing what I know now?

That’s a biggie! Is there anything that you are currently doing that you wouldn’t start up again if you had to do it over? Is there any relationship that you are in that you wouldn’t get into if you could make the choice today? Is there any job or part of any job that you are doing that you would not embark upon, knowing what you now know, if you had to do it over?

As many as 95 percent of people working today are under-employed, not working to their full capacity for themselves and their companies. Only 5 percent, when interviewed, will say that they are working fully extended at their current job. Only 5 percent feel that their entire potential is being engaged and that they are working at the edge of their abilities. These people also tend to be the happiest, the highest paid, and the most fulfilled in any organization or enterprise.

#4: What work would I choose to do if you were handed a million dollars, cash, to do anything you choose to make a difference in the world? 

I love this age-old question. This is a question I sometimes ask my seminar audiences. When you hear this question, your gut reaction is a good indicator of where you are today and possibly where you should be going in the future. Most people, when they think of winning a million dollars, think of quitting their current job and doing something else. There is nothing wrong with that. Since most people have backed into their current jobs, taking them because they just happened to be there at the time a job was needed, most people probably should be doing something else.

Napoleon Hill once said the key to success in America is to find out what you really enjoy doing, and then find a way to make a good living at it. Do what you love and the money will follow. We’ve heard it so many times before. What do you most love to do? What is your heart’s desire?

Successful people don’t feel like they work at all. They are doing what they love to do, and they are so busy doing it that their work becomes their play. I call this, “PLaying With a Purpose!” Their work life and their personal life blends together seamlessly. There is no separation. They are totally committed individuals who are accomplishing far more in a shorter period of time than the average person.

#5: If I were absolutely guaranteed to be wildly successful in anything I chose, what I choose to do?

One of the major reasons people hold themselves back from doing what they are truly meant to do is that they are afraid they will fail in some way. And being afraid that you will fail is the surest guarantor that you will fail.

But what if you are absolutely guaranteed success in any field you choose? What would it be? What would you want to do if you had unlimited time, unlimited resources, a huge paycheck, and guaranteed success?

The answer to that question should cause you to tingle a little bit. It should make your stomach flutter. It should send a thrill of excitement and anticipation through you that tells you this is the job you should be doing. You get a physical reaction and you want to blurt out, “That’s It!!” THis is your true Life’s Purpose. This is your life’s work!

Asking and answering the above five questions can change your life.

You have within you talents and abilities so vast that you could never use them all in a million years. You have natural skills and talents that can enable you to overcome any obstacle and achieve any goal you could ever set for yourself. There are no limits on what you can be, have, or do if you find your true purpose.

When you become one of the few people who are doing what they love to do, who are totally absorbed in doing something they really care about, you will make more progress in a couple of years than the average person may make in  a lifetime. You will automactically attract to you the people who can help you and open doors for you. You will be happy and fulfilled in both your work and your personal relationships. You will have more energy, enthusiasm, and creativity. You will unlock your true potential, and your future will become unlimited.
Finding your true calling can help you find happiness, success, and even wealth. Put Carrie’s strategies to work, and you could have it all. And if you want to find your focal point and learn to maximize your income and minimize your effort, contact Carrie at carrie@carriejacobs.com and sign up for her lifechanging workshop called
“Lifestyle Harmonic”(C)!
Play Full On!

If you don’t this time next year, you will be one year older and still living the same life and asking, what happened?
call me at: 913-706-9453
 

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