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…