Just different refrain to add to the ongoing chorus...
I don't believe you can think your way to your purpose. It's all the noise in your head that is blocking out the meaning that you carried with you into this life. When Steve talked about making lists, I don't think he meant to get your mind running in high gear until you crank out the right answer. The idea is to get the list running so it blocks out your thoughts. This will quiet your mind and your ego and let your true self speak. When that part of you speaks, you just know. You need to listen to the knower behind the thinker, as Eckhart Tolle calls it, because you already know the answer. You just can't hear it.
But in the end, it's really not about being able to say you know it. You don't need to be able to articulate your purpose to live it. If you live from the awareness of your inner self, you will live that meaning that brought you into this world. Then maybe after living it you will find a way of stating it.
Good luck!
Andy
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