Find Your Purpose In Ten Questions

Purpose always seemed to find me when I was younger. When I was in college, baseball was my purpose. Then I stumbled into a television production class and knew immediately that would become my new purpose. In my 20’s stand-up comedy became my purpose and I spent half a decade in that world. I’ve played pinball with James Brown, hit a home run at Fenway Park & produced a $40 million dollar show out of 30 Rock. I’ve had an interesting and purposeful life.

Then I hit a wall. I no longer felt like I was living my purpose. This time I had no idea what was next. I searched, “How Do I Find My Purpose?” Each article I read had a series of questions. “What makes you happy?” If I knew the answer to this, I wouldn’t be searching on-line for my purpose. “What are you passionate about?” Well, at that point I was passionate about finding my purpose. “What are you good at?” I knew I was good at being funny, producing television shows and baseball, but none of that helped me to figure out what was next.

I’m sure these questions work for some people, but they just weren’t creative enough to get me thinking. I decided to curate and create my own list of questions that I still use about once a month to make sure I am always living my purpose.

Remember, life is more than just one targeted area. You can use these questions for career, but you can also use them for health, love, friendships, personal development, hobbies and family. Life is all about action and taking one step at a time, but first you need to know which direction to step in. Now here are some questions to gain clarity and discover your life’s purpose.

10 QUESTIONS TO FIND YOUR PURPOSE

1) If you could pick anyone in the world to teach you something, who would it be and what skill would they teach you?

2) What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

3) If you could instantly download any expertise into your brain, what would it be?

4) What do you love so much, that you forget to eat while you’re doing it?

5) If you knew you were going to be reincarnated, and you got to keep one skill or part of your personality, what would it be?

6) What is something you would have total FOMO over if your friends did it without you?

7) If you were to buy you a“world’s best” mug, what would it say?

8) What subject matter could you see yourself getting into a heated debate over?

9) What do you daydream about in the shower?

10) What do you hope 90-year old you gets to brag about some day?

Take 15 minutes to journal your answers to these questions and see what insights you uncover. Look for any common themes that pop up. If you need help getting clarity, book a free consultation with me and we can work through these questions together.