{"id":5054,"date":"2013-08-27T22:03:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T05:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=5054"},"modified":"2013-08-29T13:48:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T20:48:02","slug":"discover-life-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=5054","title":{"rendered":"2 Easy Steps to Discover Your Life Purpose [Free Worksheet]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5056\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5056\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5056\" alt=\"find your purpose in life\" src=\"http:\/\/noomii-blog-files2.s3.amazonaws.com\/2013\/08\/purpose-in-life.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"523\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wheatfields\/\">net_efekt on Flickr<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Do you ever ask yourself what your life purpose is? You\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2re not alone. Every day, we get <a title=\"request a coach recommendation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.noomii.com\/post-request\">coach requests<\/a> from people who say things like:<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cI want to be doing what fulfills me and is my life&#8217;s purpose\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cI want to live life more purposefully\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cI want to discover what my purpose is so I can find the right career direction\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n<p>While many people spend a lifetime trying to figure out what their life purpose is, Adam Leipzig, a former Disney executive, offers a simple solution in his TEDx Talk called \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cHow to Know Your Life Purpose in 5 Minutes.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n<h2>Why Leipzig\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Life Purpose Formula is Un-Self-Help Worthy<\/h2>\n<p>As a self-help junkie, I know the allure and danger of introspection. I support the idea of examining your thoughts, feelings, and motivation but at some point in time, you gotta get out of your own head and the best way to do that is to become other-focused.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s exactly what Leipzig suggests. By examining the happiest of his colleagues, he theorizes that their life purpose is tied to serving others, which is consistent with the <a title=\"About the Un-Self-Help Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/about-the-un-self-help\">Un-Self-Help core principle #3<\/a>: Other people matter.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you want to get clearer on your life purpose, here\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s what you need to do next:<\/p>\n<h2>1. Watch the TEDx Talk below<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vVsXO9brK7M\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another interesting point is that you can define what you do by asking yourself &#8220;What are you supremely qualified to teach others?&#8221; Maybe Cal Newport is right that <a title=\"Ugh, No Passion at Work? 5 Thought Leaders on Career Happiness\" href=\"http:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/5020-ugh-no-passion-at-work-5-thought-leaders-on-career-happiness\">skill trumps passion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Download, print and fill out the life purpose worksheet below<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6_UJxEWLZfcZ2RhT3JPeDZFV0U\/edit?usp=sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5055 aligncenter\" alt=\"worksheet, find your life purpose\" src=\"http:\/\/noomii-blog-files2.s3.amazonaws.com\/2013\/08\/Worksheet-How-to-Know-Your-Life-Purpose-Thumbnail.jpg\" width=\"416\" height=\"538\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Still need help discovering your life purpose?<\/h2>\n<p>If you still have questions, please leave a comment below or consider hiring one of Noomii&#8217;s <a title=\"Life Coaches on Noomii\" href=\"http:\/\/www.noomii.com\/life-coaches\">life coaches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H3>Related Posts<\/H3><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Your Inner Critic: How to Figure out its Kryptonite &#038; Give it a Makeover\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=5078\" rel=\"bookmark\">Your Inner Critic: How to Figure out its Kryptonite &#038; Give it a Makeover<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Trust &#8211; THE Power Tool for Living Large\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=1676\" rel=\"bookmark\">Trust &#8211; THE Power Tool for Living Large<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Life Saving Tips for Better Work and Life Balance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=1185\" rel=\"bookmark\">Life Saving Tips for Better Work and Life Balance<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Perfectionism May Be A Disease, But A Little Bit Won&#8217;t Kill Ya\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=2601\" rel=\"bookmark\">Perfectionism May Be A Disease, But A Little Bit Won&#8217;t Kill Ya<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Why change now?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=2762\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why change now?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While many people spend a lifetime trying to figure out what their life purpose is, Adam Leipzig, a former Disney executive, offers a simple solution in his TEDx Talk called \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cHow to Know Your Life Purpose in 5 Minutes.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Download the free life purpose worksheet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[449,251,447,249],"class_list":["post-5054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-coaching","tag-discovering-purpose","tag-life-purpose","tag-living-a-purpose-filled-life","tag-purpose-in-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/noomii-blog-files2\/2013\/08\/purpose-in-life-thumb.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5054"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5063,"href":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5054\/revisions\/5063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}