Have you ever asked “What should I do with my life?”

When we’re in grade school our teachers ask us “What do you want to be when your grow up?”

Everyone wants to be someone heroic like a fire fighter or a police officer
Or someone that matters like a teacher or a nurse or a doctor.

And somewhere in between the time when you’re a kid and an adult other things happen and you begin to live a life around surviving.

You wanted to get a job that would pay the bills.

Then here comes middle age and you start asking “does my life matter?” or “do I really make a difference in this world?”

And you begin to ask this question again “What should I do with my life?”

“What should I be when I grow up?” even though you’re already grown up.

After tons of research and a lot of money spent on training, personal coaching, assessments and other things trying to figure out the answer to this question.

I realized that what you should do with your life boils down to just 4 things.

These 4 things are wrapped up in my definition of purpose and understanding what to do with your life.

Here’s the definition:

When you find what you love to do and use what you’re great at doing to become a solution to problems that you feel called by God to fix.

That’s where you’ll find what you’re supposed to do with your life.

It’s a specific role where these 4 things intersect.

Passion

It’s when you find what you love to do those are your passions.  The things that excite you in life.

Strengths

This is where you do what you’re great at doing.   These are your strengths or inborn talents in your life that have been developed.

The Gallup Organization has asked millions of people “How many of you get to do what you do great on a daily basis?”

Do you know how many people say they get to do that?

17%!!!

Less than 2 out of 10 people in thise world are getting to use their God given gifts and talents in an area that matters!

That’s one of the things that drove me to do research on this topic because I wanted to be 1 of those 2 people and I wanted to see if I could get that number higher.

What would happen if 50% of people could say they get to do what they do great on a daily basis?

How great would that be?!

This world would be a totally different place because people would feel fulfilled and like they’re actually making a difference in this world.

Needs

This is when you become a solution to problems.

So believe it or not.

You’ve been created to make a difference.

You have been created to serve people and you do that by solving problems.

In fact, when it comes to money you get paid according to the size problem that you fix.

So when you fix bigger problems you get paid more.

Your life might not be about making money, I don’t think it should be about making money, I think it should be about contributing to the world and solving problems and making a difference.

And when you’re involved in this role, statistics shows that when people are involved in a role that matters to them they make more money.

Not that money is the issue, but it is a plus if you could build a life that matters and get paid to do it!

Calling

The fourth and final part is understanding what God is calling you to do.

I believe that every single one of you has something inside of you that is put there by God.

He says “I designed you to be a part of this one thing.”

And it comes down to understanding how to discover that one thing.

And living your life according to that thing that God has called you to do.

So…

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In the town where I grew up there was a prestigious school on the top of a mountain.  Everyday as I drove to my school at the bottom of the mountain, I would look up at this sprawling campus and wish that I could go there.  It was the one thing that I would pray for every night before I went to bed.  I wanted to go to that school one day.  To make a long story short, I got my wish.  I worked and studied hard, received recommendations from my instructors and aced the entrance exams.  In many ways the Tips to Find My Purpose were discovered when I accomplished this goal so many years ago.  Whether we are trying to get an education, start a business or raise a family, we are all climbing a mountain.  Some people are going around and around the base of the mountain with no idea where they are going.  Some people have begun the ascent wondering whether or not they are climbing the right mountain at all.  Some people do not even have the right equipment for the mountain they are trying to climb.  One thing is certain, in order to climb the mountain successfully, you will need to use these tips to find my purpose to get to the top.

Finding Your Mountain – Your Calling
Somewhere on the plains of your life, there is a mountain with great appeal and allure.  You are drawn to it.  It speaks to you.  This mountain is the area in life that gets you excited.  Maybe you love to play video games and want to design them.  This would be considered Entertainment.  Maybe you are a terrific basketball player and want to coach a team.  This is Sports.  Or you may want to be a great mother and raise your children with excellence.  This is Family.  There is something in your life that ignites a fire in you.  This is your calling.

Assessing Your Equipment – Your Talents and Strengths
Once you’ve found your calling, you have to take a good look at your equipment.  What are your strengths?  What are you great at doing?  Sometimes your strengths are very subtle because you do them with such ease that you barely take notice of them.  So, what do you do that is almost effortless to you but that others wish they could do like you?  You may be very organized, you may have a good grasp on mathematics, you may be very athletic or be creative and artistic.  These are strengths.  You will need to use all your strengths, gifts and talents if you want to climb to the top of your mountain.  It would be ridiculous to try to hike in a pair of high heel shoes.  It would equally ridiculous to try to be a figure skater if you are uncoordinated and clumsy or a landscaper if you’re allergic to pollen.  Use your equipment!

Learning the Terrain – Solving Problems
Every mountain is different.  It has features unique to it.  The area you’re called to has it’s own specific needs.  On your mountain and with your equipment, there is a specific pathway to the top for you.  Mother Teresa climbed to the top of the religious mountain because she saw the needs of the people and met them.  Donald Trump climbed to the top of the business mountain because he realized that people needed real estate.  In order to climb the mountain, you need to be a problem solver.

Hopefully, you are well on your way to answering the question: What are the tips to find my purpose?  When you find a calling that utilizes your talents and strengths to solve the problems within the area in which you were called, you will have found your purpose.

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Knowing God’s purpose for your life is one of the best things you could ever find out.  It’s so important I spent months (and thousands of dollars) trying to learn how to do this on a real practical level.

Jesus said in John 17:4, “I have brought you glory on Earth by completing the work you have given me to do.”

First of all we are called to bring glory to God on this Earth and the way we do this is by completing the work he has given us to do.

This led me to a thought.  Paul said “we have all sinned and fallen short of bringing God glory.”  Why?  Because we haven’t understood our assignment or the work we are supposed to do.  If we don’t know our assignment then we definitely won’t complete it, which means we won’t bring glory to God.

Do you see why this is important?

To start off in learning God’s purpose for your life, you need to meet God on a personal level.  I’m not just talking about believing God or knowing about him.  I’m talking about knowing him.  We know a lot of things about famous people but we don’t really know them.  It’s the same with God.  He’s a personal God who wants to hang out with you.  It was always his desire to be with his people.  Unfortunately because of wrong doing (aka sin) he was separated from his people.  But he made a way to be with his people again by sending his Son to pay the price for our sins.  And because of this, we can be with God again!

Now, since you are friends with God.  Ask him what he wants you to do with your life.  He’d love to tell you!

Then I would pay attention to the desires of your heart.  What is it you long to do?  If money wasn’t an issue what would you be doing with your life?  This is a huge key in understanding your purpose.  Not everyone has the same passions as you do.  God puts those passions in your heart because he wants to use you in that area!

The next thing is to discover your God given gifts & talents.  You’ve been hard-wired by God to be great at something.  When you learn this, begin to focus your life around these specific strengths.

And finally use those strengths to become a solution to problems.  Don’t just be one of those people who sees problems and complains about them.  Be a problem solver!  The most effective way for you to solve people’s problems is by offering up your gifts & talents.

As you discover these things you will begin to understand God’s purpose for you life.

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Everything that God wants you to do can be summed up like this:

Love God & Love People

But how do you do that?

What’s the best way to love God and love others?
Jesus answered these questions when he told God, “I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you have given me to do.”

There are two important things to note in this statement:
1. We are called to bring God glory on the earth and not just when we die.
2. We do this by finishing the assignments given to us by God.

So how do you find out what God has given you to do?  Apart from hearing the audible voice of God out of a burning bush, you can:

Find what you love to do and use what you are great at doing to become a solution to a problem that God has called you to fix.  That is where you will find your purpose, or what God wants you to do.

There are 4 steps or principles to finding your purpose and they are:

1. Passion
 2. Talent
 3. Needs
 4. Calling

Where these four areas converge, or join forces, is where you have been perfectly designed by God to make a huge difference in people’s lives.

Passion
Passion is the thing that you do that excites you.  Living out your passions will wake you up faster than a strong cup of coffee! It invigorates you. Everyone’s passion is different. Your passion might be coaching, or helping hurting women, baking or starting businesses.  The possibilities are endless.

Talent
Talents are those things that you do great all the time. God has given every single person a specific set of “giftings”. Your talents are those things that people say they wish they could do like you but that come so easy to you that you hardly even think of them as talents.  You might say you’re a natural at these things.  Your talents may include organizing, feeling the emotions of others, public speaking, sales or sports.

Needs

Purpose is always built around helping people. You help people by solving problems or meeting needs in the area that you’re passionate about and then using your talents to fix those problems.

Calling

Your calling is the very specific niche that God wants you to address with your life.  Ask him what you should be doing. He loves you so much he will actually tell you what he wants you to do.

Here’s an example of how this all works out in the end:

I met a lady once who was passionate about relieving suffering. But what was her talent? She was a research scientist. The need she felt called to fix was helping women who couldn’t have babies. She began to research homeopathic remedies and developed a line of products that would help these ladies out.  She found what God was calling her to do where her passion and talent addressed a specific need that she wanted to meet!

Find out where these 4 things intersect in your own life and you will find what God wants you do.

RK

Castillo has helped nearly 100,000 people find their life purpose in the last 10 years as a public speaker. If you would

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