How to find a purpose that excites you, no matter your age or background

A struggle many face, particularly in the modern age, is a lack of purpose.

We hear gurus talk about finding your purpose left, right and centre, but what do they really mean?

There are many ways to interpret it, and essentially, it comes down to finding a strong reason or a why to do things.

Your why keeps you going when you might have otherwise quit had such a sense of purpose been absent.

It can be a why that keeps you busy for a week, or it can be a why that holds your attention for life.

Through the work I do with my clients, I’ve found one of the best ways to describe purpose that connects with people is this:

You are on purpose when you find a way to contribute in a way no one else (or few) can.

You can certainly get excited about more materialistic purposes, like ‘I am going to buy my dream mansion in City Heights by age 35.’ These kinds of purposes may keep you going for a while. But they won’t get to why some people are driven in ways that few others are not over the long term.

When you make it about contribution, suddenly things get interesting. Contribution inevitably requires that you set yourself on a course to provide value in…