What Is your Purpose?

How do I find what my passion is? Randy Komisar a Virtual CEO posed and addressed this question in a seminar for Stanford University. This is a question everyone meets at some point in their lifetime. Many wonder how to find the answer. Some find the answer quickly, others search their entire life. Randy suggests two things to watch out for. The fallacy that their is only one passion and what is the ultimate thing your going to do with your life.
Pay no attention to finding one passion, he says. We each have many gifts and abilites. Life is full of opportunities so take advantage and learn everything you can. Realize that you will complete many goals therefore there is not one ultimate thing you will accomplish.

Randy also has suggestions to guide you. He says to ask yourself two questions. "What are my values? What do I care about?...Think about the horizon, rather than a point on the horizon...Look at what direction you are facing. What are the opportunities in front of you if you face this way. How do they sync up with the passions that you have today?" Thinking this way would clear the mind and create an area of involvment. It would be easy to look at the talents and abilities you have and look to an area you want to work in, then progress forward. Questions disappear and decisions become clearer when we take steps forward. If we don't move towards anything then we won't know if a decision is good or bad.

Well, where do you start? A Hero's Journey teaches how to find a starting point. Ask 5 friends what you are really good at. This gives an idea of what skills you have and what areas you could be successful at. "If you can find your most precious God-given gifts and where they intersect with finding great joy you'll be very close to your calling. Ask yourself, what need calls out to your heart? What problem do you feel you were put on this earth to solve? There you will find your calling.