Okay, so the other day I was surfing
through the internet to my leisure and boredom.
Suddenly, I stumbled upon a question
on Quora about not knowing your
purpose in life and is there any way to just know it.
I kept browsing through the web for
any answers. Well, I was swarmed with answers. There were thousands of books
written over the same subject, you must be aware of that fact.
I’m pretty sure you would’ve come
across the same question at some point in your life.
Nowadays, with the advent of day-to-day new technology which has surely made
our routines so busy that we don’t have time to read a whole book to find
answers rather quick answers, like on our friendly companion: Google!
Amongst my pursuit for the right and
short answer, I came across a TEDx Video of around 10 minutes. That was it.
I’ll be sharing some light on that.
Go grab a seat and get ready to focus on what’s about to come. It will only
take 5 minutes.
So, there are 5 little questions that
you need to ask yourself.
1. Who are you?
2. What do you do?
3. Who do you do it for?
4. What do those people want or need?
5. And what did those people get out of it or how did
they change as a result?
Getting on with the first one. With
me, say your name out aloud. That’s it, that’s who you are. Moving on, what do
you do? Think of the one thing you love to do. Wait, I know there must dozens
of them. Scale it down to the one thing that you love to do that involves other
people. You serve and help people in pain. You solve problems. You share knowledge.
You write, code, run, or play as an athlete. That’s what you do. So far, that
only took merely a moment of our time and we’re done with the first two
questions.
On with the third one, who do you do
it for? Now, close your eyes and think of the people or person you do it for.
It could be your family, friends, yourself, everyone or anyone. Yes, say it out
aloud so that you know. What do those people want or need? Ask yourself. Help,
medicine, advice, and knowledge, getting their problems solved, any peculiar
service or anything else.
We are almost there. The last one.
How did the people you do it for change as a result? Making people look and
feel better if you are a designer. Giving children awesome dreams if you a
writer. Release people out of their depression or psychological issues if you
are a therapist or psychiatrist.
There you have it. The important
aspect of this exercise is that you need to remember that only two of the
questions were about you and the rest three were about other people, so you
should look towards making others happy and taking care of them, and as one of
life’s truths is that you will also be taken care of.
Now whenever somebody asks you what
do you do. Just say the last thing you just said out aloud. The part where the
people you do it for change as a result of what you do. Like for example: you
give kids awesome dreams(if you are a writer). This bit spikes curiosity in
others and they’ll be eager to know how you do it. It kind of lifts your
personality pitch for you and you’d feel satisfied. You make people happy.
You’ll be happy.
I hope you found that helpful. Have a
nice day!
If you want to watch the video, go
here: Watch TEDx Video on Youtube
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