26/05/2016
It's a worthwhile journey to undertake.
Just what is purpose?
It's Saturday pm and the itch to doodle came on. I used to get 😞 😞 when the word "Purpose"was mentioned. It is only when I asked myself, who am I and what am I doing here that the search began. This was 11 years ago. I had to settle my identity and design a template to help others to see the common thread for their personal development. I then developed a fun online course. A series of mishaps and events pooled things together and it is now I understand some experiences in every sphere of my life bringing me to this moment.
Since I decided to start the process of being self-employed, I have been inundated with "the How To Do Syndrome". I grimace at my inbox and unsubscribed to a lot of information that is mind boggling. Some of which I don't ascribe to 113 ways to be happy, 5 ways to make a six figure salary overnight or 10 ways to keep your relationship 😉 😉
I like keeping it simple, What is Purpose? The answer lies in a first question Why do you do what you do? Contrary to popular belief purpose is not some cataclysmic event that comes from the sky and hits you like a bolt of lightning. Purpose is born in you. You are a solution to a human problem.
Whether you are a housewife, artist, cake maker, businesswoman selling clothes or lingerie, doctor, hairdresser, business consultant, coach or an author, you solve a problem. It is interesting though, for some it's not what you got educated for. 😲 😲
Purpose is born out of a passion or pain that moves you to solve that problem. One cannot preach what they have not conquered!! Your purpose therefore is no less than mine, our demographic, influence and geographical area is the only variant. Martin Luther King to the civil rights movement in the USA, President Mangufuli to Tanzania. Wairimú to the women and men who have experienced abuse or a mental health illness especially in the black community in the UK for now.
One of the biggest challenges in doing this, is converting a service oriented concept into an income generating project. Since I lack the patience to understand some stuff, I will hire or be mentored by a business consultant to help me. As Paul says, "we are all one body different functions". I don't do hair I need a hairdresser or a barber.
I have met people who feel like they have been left out because they don't know their purpose. If you keep it simple to the problem you resolve for others you are good.
Always do what you are doing guided by principle many have found purpose, the method just varied.