I was speaking at a seminar in Central London the other day and afterwards a gentleman walked up to me and asked, "Dayo, how can I find my purpose?" For the purpose of this write up I will use myself as an example and tell you how I found My Purpose.
Discovering your purpose in life is something you must do.
Knowing what to pursue gives your life purpose.
Do you really know what your purpose is? Why not? Which of these do you think will serve you better, to wander through life without direction or meaning, or to pick something worthwhile you get excitement from and then pursue it? These were my thoughts initially.
Personally, I have 4 purposes that I think about all the time.
The first is improving my personal relationship with my God, my family and my fellow human beings.
Second, to make a positive difference in the lives of the people I meet, and if possible the people that I have never met.
Third, to align myself with the people who will enable me make a difference in the world.
Finally, to keep fit spiritually, physically, intellectually and emotionally.
With these purposes, I am able to achieve the goals I set.
My mission is "to motivate and inspire 100,000 people and/or organisations per year to higher levels of achievement, and peak performance by providing information, tips, tools and strategies through speaking, seminar, writing, training, mentoring and coaching" In discovering my purpose, I was introduced to a process by Mark Edward Duin, founder of http://www.
duinit.
com, and this I will like to share with you.
It involved answering six questions which answers revealed to me what I wanted to do in life.
Listed below is a real life example of this process.
Read through my own example of questions and answers so you have a strong understanding of how the process works.
When you become familiar with the questions and the process, you should try answering the same questions.
In the process you'll discover the first of many worthwhile purposes that will transform your life into super living.
Question Number 1: What were you doing when you were having the most fun? My answer: I have the most fun when writing materials for my column, speaking at workshops or seminars, training, coaching, and developing projects of my own.
Also, I have fun when I am involved in bringing out the best in others, when I am reading or listening to motivational tapes, and when I am in the midst of positive minded people or attending a toastmasters' meeting.
Question Number 2: What were you doing when you were having the least fun? My answer: I don't enjoy going to or visiting people at the hospital and I don't enjoy physical labour.
Question Number 3: What things give you energy and get your excited? My answer: I gain energy from inspiring and empowering people to higher levels of achievement and peak performance through speaking, training and coaching.
I also gain energy by leading my local toastmaster club.
Question Number 4: What do you get excited learning or talking about? My answer: I get excited learning about how I can be a better person and using what I have learnt to impact people positively.
I get excited talking about the unlimited potential of human beings; how they can begin from nowhere to somewhere (attaining heights unimaginable).
I love talking about setting and achieving goals, overcoming adversities, taking organisations to the next level, faith in God and in oneself, personal victories, and my story of how I overcame adversities and became an inspiration to others, also about projects that benefit others.
Question Number 5:What are your greatest strengths? My answer: My greatest strengths are my faith in God and myself.
I strongly value family and friendship.
I enjoy developing creative strategies, which are solution based.
I have a good dress sense, I am daring, determined, tenacious, inspiring, supportive, hardworking and I am passionate about doing things well and exceeding expectations.
Question Number 6: Considering all you have learnt about yourself, what could you be doing that would fill you with passion and meaningful purpose and that would provide great value and service to others? My answer: Learning new skills and strategies, teaching others, and speaking at workshops and seminars.
Delivering IT and key skills training.
Writing articles and publishing my electronic magazine - Rise to the Top.
Coaching people to higher levels of achievement and peak performance.
Developing new audio programs that will add value and writing motivational books.
Question Number 7: Considering where you are today and your obligations, responsibilities and current circumstances, what could you be doing that would fill you with passion and meaningful purpose and that would provide great value and service to others? My answer: Speaking, coaching, training, writing books and columns, producing and developing audio programs to inspire people and organisations to higher levels of achievement and peak performance.
If you answer the above questions in your own way and honestly respond from your heart, you will be able to find your purpose.
Discovering your purpose in life is something you must do.
Knowing what to pursue gives your life purpose.
Do you really know what your purpose is? Why not? Which of these do you think will serve you better, to wander through life without direction or meaning, or to pick something worthwhile you get excitement from and then pursue it? These were my thoughts initially.
Personally, I have 4 purposes that I think about all the time.
The first is improving my personal relationship with my God, my family and my fellow human beings.
Second, to make a positive difference in the lives of the people I meet, and if possible the people that I have never met.
Third, to align myself with the people who will enable me make a difference in the world.
Finally, to keep fit spiritually, physically, intellectually and emotionally.
With these purposes, I am able to achieve the goals I set.
My mission is "to motivate and inspire 100,000 people and/or organisations per year to higher levels of achievement, and peak performance by providing information, tips, tools and strategies through speaking, seminar, writing, training, mentoring and coaching" In discovering my purpose, I was introduced to a process by Mark Edward Duin, founder of http://www.
duinit.
com, and this I will like to share with you.
It involved answering six questions which answers revealed to me what I wanted to do in life.
Listed below is a real life example of this process.
Read through my own example of questions and answers so you have a strong understanding of how the process works.
When you become familiar with the questions and the process, you should try answering the same questions.
In the process you'll discover the first of many worthwhile purposes that will transform your life into super living.
Question Number 1: What were you doing when you were having the most fun? My answer: I have the most fun when writing materials for my column, speaking at workshops or seminars, training, coaching, and developing projects of my own.
Also, I have fun when I am involved in bringing out the best in others, when I am reading or listening to motivational tapes, and when I am in the midst of positive minded people or attending a toastmasters' meeting.
Question Number 2: What were you doing when you were having the least fun? My answer: I don't enjoy going to or visiting people at the hospital and I don't enjoy physical labour.
Question Number 3: What things give you energy and get your excited? My answer: I gain energy from inspiring and empowering people to higher levels of achievement and peak performance through speaking, training and coaching.
I also gain energy by leading my local toastmaster club.
Question Number 4: What do you get excited learning or talking about? My answer: I get excited learning about how I can be a better person and using what I have learnt to impact people positively.
I get excited talking about the unlimited potential of human beings; how they can begin from nowhere to somewhere (attaining heights unimaginable).
I love talking about setting and achieving goals, overcoming adversities, taking organisations to the next level, faith in God and in oneself, personal victories, and my story of how I overcame adversities and became an inspiration to others, also about projects that benefit others.
Question Number 5:What are your greatest strengths? My answer: My greatest strengths are my faith in God and myself.
I strongly value family and friendship.
I enjoy developing creative strategies, which are solution based.
I have a good dress sense, I am daring, determined, tenacious, inspiring, supportive, hardworking and I am passionate about doing things well and exceeding expectations.
Question Number 6: Considering all you have learnt about yourself, what could you be doing that would fill you with passion and meaningful purpose and that would provide great value and service to others? My answer: Learning new skills and strategies, teaching others, and speaking at workshops and seminars.
Delivering IT and key skills training.
Writing articles and publishing my electronic magazine - Rise to the Top.
Coaching people to higher levels of achievement and peak performance.
Developing new audio programs that will add value and writing motivational books.
Question Number 7: Considering where you are today and your obligations, responsibilities and current circumstances, what could you be doing that would fill you with passion and meaningful purpose and that would provide great value and service to others? My answer: Speaking, coaching, training, writing books and columns, producing and developing audio programs to inspire people and organisations to higher levels of achievement and peak performance.
If you answer the above questions in your own way and honestly respond from your heart, you will be able to find your purpose.
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