Are you truly satisfied with the life you’re living?
It’s not that we have to have a passion to be alive, a lot of human kind are born, live a life and die eventually without leaving a mark. Is it important to leave a mark behind? Why passion if must?
Here in this article let us explore these question together.
A journey that leads to a more fulfilling life can be a journey tagged as journey/life driven by passion. Many people accept an unfulfilled life, maybe they don’t even know what a fulfilled is. And they may be financially successful etc. We’ll explore what purpose and passion really mean, how to identify them, and practical steps to integrate them into our daily life.
Purpose and/or Passion?
We land up using passion and purpose interchangeably. However they differ from each other.
Meaning of Purpose
What we do is controlled by the why behind it and that can be tagged as purpose. Purpose is like a guiding compass that helps us stay aligned with our core and long-term goals.
Meaning of Passion
Passion is the fire that makes you excited to wake up each morning and dive into your day without knowing when the day ended. It is that spark which ignites your motivation and keeps you energized.
How They Differ and Overlap
While purpose provides direction, passion fuels the journey. Purpose is about “why” you’re moving forward, while passion is about “how” you’re energized and motivated to move. Both work together: passion without purpose can lead to fleeting excitement, while purpose without passion can feel like a heavy burden. When aligned, they create a powerful drive that propels you toward your goals.
What is the Importance of Purpose and Passion?
Why a Clear Purpose?
When we live with a purpose, every action of our is infused with meaning leading to a heightened happened and deeper sense of fulfilment. And this fuels our resilience during the tough time and guides us in making decision reflecting what our true core values are.
How Passion Drives Motivation and Fulfilment?
Passion for sure infuses our life with needed energy to go beyond our limits and be what we aspire to be. Passion helps us break-free from limit mindset passed onto us from generations and society. We are more likely to invest time, effort into our life, leading to greater personal growth, achievement and heightened happiness.
People Who Found Their Purpose and Passion
Names like Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey need no introduction. Steve Jobs who created a global digital noun called Apple driven by passion for technology. Not to forget lady Oprah Winfrey, whose purpose to inspire and uplift others led her to become a beloved media mogul and philanthropist.
Identifying Your Passion
Reflecting on Personal Interests and Hobbies
Think back to the activities that have brought you joy throughout your life. What hobbies or interests consistently capture your attention? Whether it’s painting, writing, or gardening, these interests can offer clues about what you’re truly passionate about.
Recognizing What Activities Make You Lose Track of Time
Pay attention to the activities that make you lose track of time. When you’re deeply engaged and absorbed, you’re likely tapping into your passion. Notice these moments and consider how they might fit into your broader goals and aspirations.
Analyzing Past Experiences for Clues
Reflect on past experiences where you felt particularly fulfilled or accomplished. What were you doing? Who were you with? These experiences can provide insight into what truly excites and motivates you, helping you identify patterns and interests.
Exploring Purpose
Understanding Values and Beliefs
Our purpose is closely tied to our core belief system and values. We need to some time reflect on what we stand for and what matters. Understanding our core belief system and values will certainly help us define a purpose that matches with who you are.
Long-Term Goals and Aspirations
Do we have a target on what we want to achieve in long-term? What are our small and big dreams? Having a clear long-term goal, gives us a direction and helps us stayed focussed on our efforts.
Do we want to Impact the World?
Does it really matter? Do we really need to leave a mark behind in this world? What is our world? Our purpose often involves making a positive impact, whether it’s through our career, relationships, or community involvement. Identifying this impact can guide us in aligning our actions with our purpose.
Overcoming Obstacles
What are Challenges in Finding Purpose and Passion?
To name a few, fear of failure, self-doubts, external validation are most prominent pillars of failures and the pillars that blocks our path to be awesome. These obstacles come in our way to pursue our passion and purpose. As rightly said by the 26th President of USA, Theodore Roosevelt “Believe you can and you’re half way there”. So believe in yourself.
How to Overcome Fear and Self-Doubt?
A simple rule to follow: start small, and smaller actionable tasks. At the end of each task, pat your back and move on. If people around you are not motivating you, you need different set of people are you then. Find your tribe. Do not take constructive criticism from someone who hasn’t constructed anything yet.
How to deal with External Pressures and Expectations?
While it is totally naturally to seek external validation but from whom you are seeking external validation is more important. It is far more important to stay true to yourself and in this way you will certainly making right decisions to pursue your passion. Giving in to external pressures is easy and you won’t be reading this article until here. Am I right?
Step-by-Step discovering your passion
- Self-Assessment: The internet is full of online tools that will help you identify your personality traits and interests. Try them out for sure please.
- Journaling and Reflection Techniques: Once you start to put pen to paper, bang…. you immediately start getting clarity. So, start journaling. As simple as that. No tall promises.
- Seeking Feedback: Seek feedback from someone who has constructed something else no use taking “constructive feedbacks” Perspective of your mentor, your family and peers are important, however it’s their perspective. Keep that in mind.
Set Goals and Take Action
Can’t emphasise enough, a simple thing. Have one or more short and long-term goals. Create tiny actionable tasks and pursue them no matter what. Direction is more important than the speed to get to your destination.
Continuous Growth and Adaptation
Embracing Change and Evolving Interests
Understand that your passions and purpose may evolve over time. Embrace change as a natural part of growth and be open to exploring new interests. Adaptability will help you stay engaged and fulfilled as you navigate different phases of your life.
Learning from Experiences and Setbacks
View setbacks as learning opportunities rather than failures. It is important to find what went wrong and how you got there so that you learn from that experience. Each experience makes us better than yesterday.
Staying Motivated and Inspired
Find ways to stay motivated and inspired. If your surrounding is not inspiring you, you need to find your tribe that inspire you.
Conclusion
Passion, purpose is totally a personal journey, no single rule works for all. What sets your pulse racing is the key. Be nice to yourself and be your own friend.
I have collected some of these popular quotes that will certainly give a boost when you are feeling a little low.
Here are my favourite 22 quotes.
Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. -Steve Jobs.
Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. -Napoleon Hill
Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you. -Tony Hsieh
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams. -Oprah Winfrey
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. -Zig Ziglar
Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live. -Criss Jami
When you find your why, you find a way to make it happen. -Eric Thomas
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. -George Bernard Shaw
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. -Albert Einstein
You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it. -Charles Buxton
The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible. -Charles Kingsleigh
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. -Theodore Roosevelt
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. -Mahatma Gandhi
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. -Winston Churchill
These quotes offer valuable insights into finding purpose and passion. Keep them in mind as you navigate your own journey.
Empowering Tip: Start Now and be the Unstoppable, Awesome You!
