“Find the part of yourself that always knows the answer, and let it be your guide.” – The Path
Happy Friday.
Before we deep-dive into business stuff next week…
(more on that in the PS)
…I wanted to share a powerful exchange from our Path community about finding your life purpose:
And, why your “purpose” might not be what you think it is.
Read below:
Original post by @Marek
Developing opinion:
Our life purpose is not about what we do, it’s about the state of consciousness we bring to what we do.
When you live from that state of consciousness, you can do whatever you want.
You can be a garbage man or work on Wall Street and still be living your purpose — as long as your actions come from being aligned with the right state of consciousness.
It’s about who you’re being, not what you’re doing.
Taylor’s Response
I mostly agree, and your insight is a valuable one.
However, I will add this:
The “state of consciousness” you’re speaking of tends to manifest in specific ways, not random ways.
So while being is the source, there is a specific doing that naturally arises from each individual’s state of being.
This “doing” is what we call a life purpose.
Christ was never gonna be a garbage man.
Elon was never gonna be a suit on Wall St.
Steve Jobs was never gonna be a librarian.
We each have our own unique pattern to carry out, and our job is to settle into our “being” (ie. who we most naturally are), let go of the agendas of our ego, and allow that pattern to be carried out through us.
The only thing that blocks this process is wanting to be something other than what we are…
(ie. wanting to be an athlete when we’re really an entrepreneur; wanting to be a scientist when we’re really a writer; wanting to be a teacher when we’re really an engineer, etc)
…And the only thing that wants to be something other than what we are is ego.
Once our social / egoic programming is stripped away, no role is better or worse than any other, just more or less aligned with who we are.
There is a person for every role, a key for every lock.
Our task is to stop trying to jam our key into the lock we think we want to open, and open the one we’re designed for.
I hope that lands for you 🙂
If it sparked any questions, just hit reply.
Otherwise, I’ll see you back here next week for the biggest event of our summer calendar.
More on that below…
– T
P.S. Next week, we will officially begin accepting applications for FounderLab:
A 6-week LIVE incubator for early-stage businesses who want to scale to 10k/month and beyond.
This is the first time I’ve ever shared the system I’ve used to generate 8 figures in revenue since 2010.
(and over $85M collectively between myself and my coaching clients)
So, if you’re:
- Stuck between 0-10k/month
- Just getting started, OR started but struggling to gain traction
- Committed to making this damn thing work, no matter what it takes
…Hit reply with the word “interested” to get on our early-invite list.
I’m only accepting 15 founders, and will be accepting in order of application.
Stay tuned.
In the meantime, here’s…
3 things to make your weekend better
Bangers across the board in this one.
Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years
A-tier comedian showing his mastery of his craft. So good.
Your Friends & Neighbours (Apple+)
I was kind of shocked at how good this is. The premise seemed silly to me, at first. But the show turned out to be a powerful, flawlessly-written commentary on the dangers of hollow success. Highly recommended.
Maggie Rogers @ NYU
Maggie doesn’t miss. Absolute gold.
“When the spotlight hits you, and the house goes dark, all you can see are the exit signs.” – Maggie Rogers
