HOW TO FIND YOUR PURPOSE
Nigel Jones
Life Coach | Hypnotherapist | Positive Psychology Coach | NLP Practitioner | Author | Speaker | Founder 9KM BY 9AM | Brand, Marketing, Sponsorship & PR Expert | Fellow RSA | Marketing Agency Owner
My purpose is a core part of my identity. It embodies my values and my beliefs. It is my mission in life.
Living an alcohol-free life, almost 2.5 years now, has made my well-being a central part of who I am. It led me to question and to find my purpose.
I think of my purpose as a life journey on a sail boat to an island. I am at the helm, steering the boat through the waters of my day-to-day life to follow my purpose. There are forces at play that are not within my control, like the winds and storms. But there are others that I can control, such as learning to use the sails and rudder to stay on course and ride out storms that try their best to blow me off my course.
Sometimes I can’t sail the direct course – I must follow the wind. Sometimes there will be no wind and I need to use other sources, like rowing or using a motor.
If I am fighting the wind, I am not pursuing my purpose. I know when I am moving smoothly through life, smoothly over the water, that I’m doing things right. I am in line with the island that I’m heading to: I am in line with my purpose.
STEPS YOU CAN TAKE
If you don’t know your purpose, it does not mean you don’t have one. It just means you have not found it yet. The following steps will help you create a draft purpose statement.
When drafting, developing and deciding on your purpose, never be afraid, remember ‘The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.’
STEP 1 – WHAT DRIVES YOU?
What are the things that drive you? Make a list.
STEP 2 – WHAT ARE YOU GOOD AT?
List the things you are good at.
STEP 3 – WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?
Make a list of the things you would really like to do.
STEP 4 – STATEMENT
Write your draft Purpose Statement based on the answers to Steps 1, 2 and 3. Here is mine: ‘I am a healthy, sober, family man who loves learning about life, arts, culture and helping people find well-being.’
My book, Walking Back To Happiness: The Secret To Alcohol-Free Living & Well-Being and my coaching course Reroot Yourself shows how you can massively improve your mental and physical well-being. Through identifying my values, cementing my beliefs and finding my purpose I re-connected with the natural world, fell in love with walking outdoors, watching sunrises, forest bathing and being more mindful about the changes in nature that are happening all around me.
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