Making Purpose Part of Life

 

• “Follow your own passion - not your parents,’ not your teachers’ - yours.” - Robert Ballard
• You have taken the time to explore your talents, discover your passions and determine what fills you with meaning. You know what you want and how you want to show up. You are prepared to devote your life to fulfilling your purpose.

  Before you can claim your passions, talents, and purpose to connect with the work you want to do, you have to figure out how to make it a part of your life every day. Living a passionate life begins with what brings you joy, knowing what you care about and why you create the things you do.
  
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• The definition of purpose is "the reason you do what you do," "your motive," or "the rationale." That is purposeful work that contributes to the world and allows you to use your skills and talents. Following your purpose and living a passionate life enables you to offer value to others. So how can you use how you have narrowed down your primary reason for being?
• “The dynamic process of aligning yourself with your life purpose requires energy and willpower: wind in your sails to move you forward, and a strong rudder to prevent being blown off course,” writes Victor Strecher, a behavioural scientist at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, and author of the book called Life on Purpose.

  Making your purpose a passionate part of your life requires energy and willpower, setting a course, and taking action. Of course, these can be boosted by having a healthy lifestyle that includes sleeping and eating well, getting plenty of exercises, and being present in your everyday life through meditation, prayer, or other practices.
  

  A healthy lifestyle influences every other area of your life. Along with a healthy lifestyle, though, is the need to take action and be aware of every choice or decision you make as it relates to your purpose.