Answer the question

“Answer the question”

John Maxwell says that "The two best days of your life are, the day you born and the day you discovered why". It amazes me how many people do not really know why they are on planet earth and what they are to do with their lives.

I know this is not an easy question to answer, most people don’t just wake up one morning with an epiphany about why they were born, some find the answer in a trial of fire, some find the answer by experimenting with lots of different things, some find the answer to this question as they purpose to serve causes that are greater than themselves.

I do not believe anyone else can answer this question for you; it just doesn’t work that way.
I usually tell people that it is up to each one of us to wrestle the answer from the hand of God.
What I mean by this is that the struggle towards discovering our purpose empowers us towards fulfilling it.
Once you go through the pain and internal discomfort that it takes to discover your purpose, you will be less likely to quit in the midst of challenges and set backs.

It cost you too much to come to your place of conviction concerning your purpose.

Whilst your life’s purpose is not always glaringly obvious to you immediately, there are a few key questions that will help you unlock this issue.

1) What am I naturally good at?

Think about this for a moment with me. What are the areas in your life that you seem to have greater success in than others?
What just clicks with you more than anything else?
Are you naturally creative, athletic, positive, insightful, influential or intellectual?
Your purpose will not live far away from your natural giftings

2) What brings energy, passion and excitement to my life?

You will know that you are living in touch with your purpose if you find yourself easily motivated by what you are doing and achieving.
Equilibrium will permeate your inner self bringing passion and excitement to your world. Find those things that you are naturally drawn to

3) If I had all the money I ever needed and no limitations on my time or energy, what would I be doing with my life?

Once you remove all the excuses for why you believe you could not set out to fulfill your purpose from your mind and get really honest with yourself about what it is that you would spend your life on if there were no limitations (which if we get down to it, most limitations are nothing more than the borders of our current thinking anyway) You will be on the road to greater clarity and definition of purpose

I believe that successful people aren’t necessarily any more naturally gifted or fortunate than the next person; they just tend to ask better questions about themselves.

You will be amazed at how energized and potent your life will become once you establish what your purpose is and allow the law of intentional focus to do its work. Things like lack of money, education, natural talents will no longer inhibit your quest towards fulfilling your purpose, all that stuff comes to the feet of a focused person.

I remember some years ago having an idea about creating a business that sold inspirational stationary, this was really exciting for me as I had already established that one of the key areas of purpose for my life was going to be encouraging people towards becoming all they could be.I lived on about 4 hours sleep a night for about 18 months as I stayed up architecting what this company would look like. As I got closer and closer to launching the business I was acutely aware that I did not have the $200,000 needed to launch the project.
I remember becoming a little discouraged at this point until I heard a mentor of mine say “that resources have a way of ending up in the hands of energized focused people”. I took this to heart and remained focused on the dream at hand.
In the next couple of months I was called up by a graphics design guy whom I had not seen for years who jumped at the prospect of partnering with me on this project, next came a guy who was looking for an opportunity to invest some money into, after this I received a call from a guy who offered me a position that ended up placing me in contact with the major customers that would buy my products over the next four years.

If only just one of these things had happened, you could put it down to coincidence if you wanted to be skeptical, but over and over again, I found that remaining resilient and focused caused me to be in the right place at the right time for all these things to play out.

Its time to become as specific as you can be with regards to what you were born to do, who you are supposed to become and what you are called to have. You have been given this wonderful gift called life; you owe it to yourself, your family and your friends to live it to the full.

Answer the question for yourself and start living out your best life on purpose.

David Balestri
Giant Maker