CREATE YOUR PURPOSE (Section 1)
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by it’s ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid” — Albert Einstein
No one walks on their first try as a baby, or hits the perfect note the first time they open their mouth to sing, or bowls a strike the first time they throw a bowling ball, or anything else they’ve never tried before, I decided to share my knowledge on few fundamental we tend to miss out in life through a series of Blogs under the Title Called “Create Your Purpose” so lets get started with Section 1
Ask yourself a different question: What are your regrets? Most people say a variation of the same thing. They regret not having done something, or many things. They regret not having spent more time painting or writing, not having taken the leap with that business idea, not having left a legacy of giving or caring, or a million other things.
So lets get started with an exercise that is as simple as it could offer a great eye opener at the end of the exercise, many experts have different names but famously known as ‘ikigai Model, but I would like to call as the “4 Step Box Model” which is easy to remember
First I would like you to carefully take a took at it and secondly would invite you to fill it by being honest to yourself, refer the below instructions
Label quadrant one : “Things I Love Doing,” and make a list of all the things that you love doing in that box. This can be anything you love doing. Don’t hold back. If you love writing, cooking, running, public speaking, playing video games — anything you love doing. Write those things down
Label quadrant two : “Things I am Good at,” and make a list of all your skills. This does not necessarily have to be 26 what you like doing, only what you are good at doing. They can overlap, however, and often do. Don’t hold back here. Don’t worry about being humble and don’t let yourself feel guilty if you feel a little proud. Just get it all out onto the paper
Label quadrant three : “Things the World Needs” and make a list of what you see missing from the world. This is personal. No two people will come up with the same list of needs here. You might believe the world lacks beauty, urgency, kindness or wonder. Whatever these are to you, write them down.
label quadrant four : lastly “Things I Can Be Paid For,” and write all the things you can do right now that you think people would pay you to do. This can be things you are already doing in your job or career, or it could be anything else that you believe is marketable and you have the ability to do
Now stand back and take a look at what you’ve written. Are there items that appear in multiple quadrants? For most people, the answer is “yes.”
WHAT DOES SIMILARITIES FOUND IN 1 AND 2 MEAN?
The overlap between these two quadrants, meaning any items that are in both, is what the model calls “Passion.”
WHAT DOES SIMILARITIES FOUND IN 1AND 3 MEAN?
The intersection between one and three is called “Mission”
WHAT DOES SIMILARITIES FOUND IN 3 AND 4 MEAN?
The overlap between three and four is called “Vocation.”
WHAT DOES SIMILARITIES FOUND IN 3 AND 4 MEAN?
Anything in both two and four is “Job.”
Are you starting to see the purpose of the 4 step Box model? The reality is, most people spend most of their time engaging in the activities of “Vocation” and “Job.” You might be realizing that about yourself as you read this. But if you want to live a life of purpose, fulfillment, and passion, you will need to spend more time in the areas of “Passion” and “Mission.” The ultimate overlap is when you’re engaging in activities that show up in all four quadrants. This is what is known as “Ikigai,” or your “reason for being.”
This is your purpose. You have to create space in your life for your purpose.
With that Section 1 of ’CREATE YOUR PURPOSE’ ends. Believing this article with regards to create purpose in life has helped u find the purpose of your self, this blog is all about sharing positivity let’s help one another benefit while you take a moment to reflect yourself and the others out there.
All ideas,suggestions from all those who are striving to learn and improve life are welcomed since this platform is to uplift one another
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Will be sharing Section 2 Next week!
“A winner is just a loser who tried one more time.” — George M. Moore Jr.
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Aqeeb Imtiaz | aqeebimtiaz6@gmail.com
Source : Summary Abstracted from Jay Shetty (Find Your Purpose) Program
