StevePavlina.com Podcast #015 - What Is Your Purpose?
June 10th, 2006 by Steve Pavlina
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StevePavlina.com Personal Development for Smart People podcast #15: What Is Your Purpose?
This was one of my favorite podcasts to record because it takes the high concept of purpose and brings it down to the level of practical application. If you’ve completed the exercise on discovering your life purpose, then you already have a general purpose statement for your life. This podcast explains how to take that general purpose and turn it into a more specific one, such that you can realistically reach the delightful position of being able to make a great living while doing work that deeply fulfills and inspires you.
Here are some additional resources to help you along your path to purpose:
- How to Discover Your Life Purpose in About 20 Minutes
- Why Does Purpose Matter?
- Purpose = Freedom
- Living Congruently
- The Meaning of Life: Discover Your Purpose
- The Meaning of Life: From Purpose to Action
- The Meaning of Life: Transitioning
- Becoming the Person You Were Meant to Be
- To Thine Own Self Be True
Enjoy the podcast…
Pavlina-015-What-Is-Your-Purpose.mp3
(Time = 30:10, Size = 13.8MB)
Visit the audio section to play this podcast directly through your web browser and to view the entire podcast collection.
June 12th, 2006 at 12:15 pm
[…] So I finally tried the Life Purpose Exercise on Stevepavlina.com. It’s an interesting exercise which I read a while ago, but never actually did. Last night I was in a still and very quiet mind set and mood and after seeing the podcast on Purpose I decided it would be advantageous to actually do the exercise before listening to the podcast, so I gave it a try. I don’t think I went in with any expectations. Although, I have to admit that the first time I saw it I thought, it really couldn’t be this simple. Not when people are spending millions of dollars in seminars and self-help books (myself included) to discover this. It just couldn’t be this simple. […]
June 17th, 2006 at 1:08 pm
[…] And, to follow up, read up on more of his purpose-related blog posts here. Nice work, Steve. Posted by Pronoia Filed in Life-coaching, self-improvement, therapy […]
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[…] Предназначение - это то, ради чего вы живёте. Другими словами, предназначение - это персональный смысл жизни. Жить можно следуя своему предназначению, а можно и не зная его вообще. Как говорит Стив Павлина в аудиостатье “What-Is-Your-Purpose“, более важно узнать не есть ли у каждого человека предназначение, сколько как жить интереснее и эффективнее: следуя своему предназначению или не зная его вообще. Есть оно у каждого или нет - определить сложно, а ещё сложнее доказать. Это всегда вопрос выбора - выяснить своё предназначение или нет. И даже если выяснили: следовать ему или нет. Если это делает жизнь лучше - то, конечно, хотелось бы узнать (или выбрать) своё предназначение и следовать ему. А если нет - то тогда зачем на это тратить время? […]
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November 28th, 2006 at 4:14 pm
[…] Looking where your purpose overlaps your passion lies the answer of what to do. Steve Pavlina breaks purpose down into four layers of what you need to do, what you have the skills to do, what you want to do and finally what you should do. The answer is fairly similar in deciding what you should do right now. It is where your needs, your abilities, your desires and ability to serve coincide. […]