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Discover Your Purpose in the Next 30 Minutes
This is part 6 of a 7-part series on how to discover your real purpose in life.
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.” Rumi
“Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.” Brian Tracy
There have been many exercises out there to discover your life purpose. Out of these exercises, I found the exercise recommended by Steve Pavlina to be the most helpful. I’ll be sharing how you can do this exercise in this article.
Set aside at least 30 minutes, with no distractions, before you start. If you feel that you are too busy to spare even 30 minutes, consider that 30 minutes is a minuscule investment for an output that will turn your whole life around. Seriously, it is from consciously taking time out to think about my life purpose that I live with clarity today. If you have time to surf/chat/watch TV/do random activities, you will have time for this. Cut the time out from there and do this activity.
Exercise #1: Consult Your Inner Self
The exercise to discover your purpose is really simple, and can be summarized in 4 easy steps.
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Equip yourself with a pen/paper or word processor….
Published Dec 22 2008
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Purpose & Meaning
Tags: existence, meaning, real purpose
6 Things to Consider Before Discovering Your Purpose
This is part 5 of a 7-part series on how to discover your real purpose in life.
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Several self-help authors and writers recommend discovering your purpose by imagining you are at your eulogy – i.e., your funeral. What will you want others to say about you when you die? What is the legacy you want to leave behind?
Personally, I do not agree to this method for two reasons:
- Ego-based. By anchoring yourself on others’ perceptions of you, you are tapping into your ego and fear. A purpose is not about the leaving a legacy or making others remember you positively; it is about living your life in a way that you yourself will stand proud against
- Short-term. Our existence between now and physical death is merely a very small speck in the larger spectrum of life. By defining our purpose in the context of our physical existence only, we are not living out our life in the fullest entirety possible.
How should my purpose be like?
Your purpose is what is going to guide you through every act in life, so it is critical that you define it accurately.
Here are a list of guiding principles on…
Published Dec 21 2008
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Purpose & Meaning
Tags: existence, meaning of life, what a purpose should be
Two Important Things that Led to My Discovery of My Real Purpose
This is part 4 of a 7-part series on how to discover your real purpose in life.
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(Originally written and published on Dec 20 2008. Updated on Feb 21 2010)
In this article, I will be sharing my experience on pursuing imposed purposes by others for over a decade, what happened along the way; how I eventually realized that they were fallacies and how I finally came to discover my real life purpose. It is a long article (over 6,300 words!) which chronicles the various segments of my life and my actions during those stages. In the process, I found there were two important things which led me to my real purpose, which you will find out as you read on.
The article is so long because I want to ensure that the essence of what led to my discovery is properly encapsulated here, so that you, the reader, can get the most value. I could have written a 500 word article and made it short and snappy, but the effect will never be the same. This article is for those who are truly looking to discover what their life purpose is,…
Published Dec 20 2008
Filed: About Celes, Awareness & Growth, Purpose & Meaning
Tags: discover my purpose, existence, life purpose, meaning, purpose of life, real purpose
Why Should You Have A Purpose? Here’s 5 Solid Reasons Why
This is part 2 of a 7-part series on how to discover your real purpose in life.
“When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.” -Seneca
“Having a purpose is the difference between making a living and making a life.” -Tom Thiss
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” -John F. Kennedy
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Why should you have a purpose? Do you think people like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Theresa, Winston Churchill, Helen Keller and Oprah Winfrey, have life purposes?
Of course they do! Grand, visionary purposes which other people scoffed at an earlier point in their lives. And it was their purposes which led them to their level of greatness that no one would have thought possible.
Having a purpose gives you an entirely new latitude in life. It is like your secret access pass which unlocks benefits like fulfillment, happiness and success – things people spend their entire lives trying to seek.
What is important is to understand things like abundance, success, wealth, fulfillment, etc are the results of discovering and pursuing your purpose – as long as you find and live your purpose fully and truly, everything will…
Published Dec 15 2008
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Purpose & Meaning
Tags: existence, life purpose, meaning of life, purpose of life, why you should have a purpose
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