Know your main purpose is the most important habit of the wealthy and successful. Those people who pursue a dream or a main purpose in life are by far the wealthiest and happiest among us. Because they love what they do for a living, they are happy to devote more hours each day driving toward their purpose.

Odds are, if you are not satisfied or happy at your job, it is because you are doing something you do not particularly like. When you can do something you enjoy, you have found your main purpose.

A quick way to get a sense of your life’s purpose is by reviewing the kind of person you are and the abilities that come naturally to you. This way, you can gain insight into your life purpose, says psychotherapist Tina Tessina, Ph.D., author of The Ten Smartest Decisions a Woman Can Make after Forty. Do so by writing down a list of descriptions about yourself in each of the following categories:

• Personal qualities (e.g., friendly, intellectual, a good communicator)
• Your talents (e.g., painting, motivating people by public speaking, athletics, mentoring)
• The circumstances that tend to repeat in your life (e.g., do you wind up teaching others, listening to people’s problems, working with children or technology?)
• Your desires (e.g., traveling, cleaning up the environment, running for political office)

Then take the answer that is most important to you in each category and complete the following sentence:

I ________________ (your name) am designed to be a ________________ (insert personal quality) who can ________________ (insert talent) and I find myself ________________ (fill in recurring patterns or circumstances) often, because I am supposed to ________________ (desire).

Source: “Answer 6 Questions to Reveal Your Life Purpose”, By jjimenez, Success Magazine, December 25, 2014
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