Build an Amazing Life on Purpose

You can build an amazing life on purpose. Maybe you’re working hard to achieve your dream life. Perhaps you’re an entrepreneur, or aiming for promotion, or trying to get your business off the ground. You might even be retired and trying to figure out what your purpose is now. If you’re finding success elusive, maybe you need to find your life’s purpose to lift you above the pack and change your mindset from struggle to success. It’s entirely possible that the purpose of your life has changed.

Finding your purpose is like finding a magic key to help you align everything you do and allows you to focus on getting to your best life now. Here are five steps to help set you in the right direction.

1. LOOK WITHIN

Too many people look to others for the answers. Too many people follow a path that’s not their path. Only you can know what your dream life looks like. The definition of your life’s purpose lies deep within you. All you have to do is tune into it. Journaling can be a helpful tool to allow your subconscious to speak your truth. Or meditation, or brainstorming. The important thing is that you look into your own heart.

2. TRUST YOUR INTUITION

Learn to trust that inner voice that often tells you that the conventional way of doing things may not be right for you. Whether it’s getting a college degree, following a famous spiritual guru, or obeying all the rules, if it doesn’t feel right, you don’t have to do it! Find your own way of living your life, and you’ll be much more likely to feel content and to be successful. Get to know who you are rather than getting to know what other people think.

3. MAKE FEAR YOUR FRIEND

Many people choose to live safe, conventional lives, too afraid to do things differently or to take a chance. They shouldn’t feel surprised if their lives are less than they could be. They experience a sense of longing that sometimes feels like failure. We all have a fear of the unknown, but we can choose to face our fears and to lean in to it and meet new challenges head-on.

Deciding to live your own life according to your values and your passion means being able to look fear in the face and step out of your comfort zone. Many people will say, “what if something goes wrong?” but we can choose to say, “what if it goes right?”

4. DON’T BE BOUND BY YOUR TO DO LIST

It’s easy to become a slave to the never-ending checklist of things you need to do before you can live your purpose. On your list, what is moving you forward and what is just marking time? There is no prize for having a long to-do list, especially if most of the items are “make busy” things. You only get one shot at life.

Have a look at your current list of tasks. How many of them will move you closer to living your best life? How many can you just scrub out or delegate to someone else? Some of us might ask, why does house cleaning, reading emails and Facebook come before the search for meaning and purpose?

5. YOU ALREADY HAVE WHAT YOU NEED

Maybe the most important thing to know is that you don’t need expensive courses or workshops, or the right suit or car. You already have everything you need to start living your life’s purpose. It’s all within you. What really matters is what you do about it.

It’s time to build your own amazing life based on purpose. And today is the best time to start!