Find Life Purpose Exercise - Ask Yourself Four Questions

I'm not claiming that this is some kind of magic bullet, but it's a good starting point to get you thinking properly about where you want to go.

It is important though to get into entrepreneurialism for the right reasons.

You have to be engaged with what you do.

Money is only one motivator. You need to make sure the area you choose fires you up otherwise you'll find the going tough when you hit a trough.

And trust me, you'll definitely hit many on the way!

Once you've found your life purpose it's much easier to move to the next stage and self reflect, set goals to accomplish success and take responsibility for where you're going.

Take a blank writing book (of course, buy one if necessary), if it is a diary make sure the pages are large enough to write plenty of information on, I would suggest A4 at least.

Make sure you have a watch or clock with second hands or, even better, a stop watch.

For this Find Life Purpose Exercise the rapid fire approach is the best way to go.

Make a list as fast as you can: in 20 minutes, focussed around four questions.

Don't evaluate anything you write, just let everything fall out onto the paper.

Allocate five minutes to each question and you must stick to it. No shorter and no longer. If you over run on time, just jump onto the next question - no stopping.

If you undershoot, you need to keep on thinking and writing until the five minutes is up.

The reason for the time limit is to focus your mind, I just want you to get your mind racing. That way you're more likely to come from the heart as you'll have less time to think and become distracted..

On the first writeable page (if it is a diary, then start with today's date), in each case, list the first things that come to mind for the following:

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Make a list of your unique talents and characteristics.

Go really deep inside yourself.

Some people lack self esteem and might find this difficult, but we all have unique talents that are special to us individually.

We just don't connect ourselves to them often enough. They're already there but only in our subconscious mind - so extract them.

Most importantly - do this from your perspective, not from others'. Don't try and put yourself into other peoples' shoes.

Don't try to compete with others' talents. Ignore them and just focus on yours. You won't find life purpose by pretending to be somebody else.

Idea - Perhaps list some 'peculiar oddities' you might possess. What I mean here is those particular talents that people you know might mention to you on occasion, like close friends and family.

Perhaps you have a special talent which is perceived as unorthodox?

2) What do I give in abundance - what do I find easy to give?

List all the things that you seem to naturally give to other people. You have some kind of internal motivation as why you always do this: it's easy for you.

We're not talking just physical things here. Think of what you in particular bring into other people's lives.

Again, remember the rapid fire.

3) Why do I do things?

Think about those activities you do that you really enjoy.

Why do you enjoy them?

What makes you drawn to the small things in everyday life that you seem to occupy yourself with all the time?

Try and picture how you spend all your time, not just in work and play, but in your 'idle' moments too.

Again: Rapid fire.

4) Where do I feel most at ease?

Picture yourself in your perfect place. Why do you feel most comfortable here? It could be a place you already occupy or a place in the future that you would like to be.

The latter might be the most important one as it is your dream , you're in control of it and so it can be as big and bright as you want to make it.

Use your imagination, what are you always thinking about?

Try and remember the idle daydreams you have, don't discount them. They're trying to tell you something.

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You may have used more than one sheet, if so that's fine. Now take a second blank page.

Write the four questions along the top or down the side if there isn't enough space then use two sheets. Look over your answers and begin to list them more neatly.

Rule out what isn't one hundred percent true or relevant.

For example, the stuff you wrote straightaway might not be what you actually truly felt, it could be that you were still in an 'outside world' state of mind to begin with.

As time went on though, you went deeper into the real you as the outside domain slowly drifted away.

However, what you first wrote might have been right on the money so don't discount it if you feel it's leading you in the right direction.

Carry on reflecting on what you wrote and try to connect to your emotions as you read and write, this is important as it makes it easier for you to find life purpose.

Thin the list down until you have a few sentences or phrases for each question that clearly relate to just you.

You are inspired by them and they swell up deep internal emotion for you.

Take a new blank page and finally put together a statement, this can be a few lines, phrases or bullet points, make it poetic if you want.

The point here is that this will be your personal mission statement that helps you find life purpose.

You will refer to it on other occasions, refine it as necessary and preferably keep it with you for the rest of your life.

You need to write it in the best possible way for you to clearly understand it. So take as much time as you like here, it's important.

Keep revising it, using new pages if necessary, but aim to get to one final, neat page.

Don't worry if you can't get down to that final draft in this exercise.

This is not a race, if you've spent a good deal of time doing this exercise and you just can't get to it, leave it and come back later.

You'll reach it with time and patience.

I hope that this exercise at least gets you going to find life purpose.

The rest is up to you.

This test is based on the Carl Jung and Isabel Myers-Briggs typological approach which uses four criteria to assess a person's personality or character.

Using these four criteria the test determines sixteen broad personality types. You can read a description of yours when you finish the test.

Knowing your personality type makes it much easier to find life purpose too.

Answer the questions honestly from your perspective.

It shouldn't take longer than 10 minutes to complete.

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