Open to discover your purpose in life
Yes, it’s as simple as that
There’s a quote I saw online that I just spent quite a while looking for.
It wasn’t by any famous person — it was a screenshot of a tweet or a Tumblr post.
I can’t seem to find it again, but it stuck with me so much that I’m going to do my best to paraphrase it for you now.
It went something like this—
Imagine that you’re talking to God, or your guardian angel, or the universe.
And you ask it:
“Why am I here? What is my purpose in life?”
And they tell you:
“Remember when you were 12, and you helped that old woman cross the street?
You were just here for that. If you hadn’t helped her, she would have been hit by a bus.
But, yeah, that’s it!
Everything else is just extra free time :)”
We spend so much time wondering…
What is my purpose?
Am I fulfilling my purpose?
Am I maximizing my potential?
Am I on track?
Am I where I’m supposed to be?
What if you’ve already fulfilled your purpose?
What if your entire reason for being was just so you could do some small, natural, seemingly inconsequential thing, that you didn’t even think about at the time?
And now that thing is done?
The puzzle is complete. Your task is finished. You’re totally good.
And what if everything else — all the time you have left here on earth…
Is just icing on the cake, and glorious extra free time?
What would you do with your life, if you thought about it like that?
Come tell me, if you’d like. I’d love to hear your answer.
You can drop by anytime for a no-strings-attached coffee chat ☕️
It’s not a sales pitch.
It’s just an opportunity for us to discuss whatever’s on your mind…
And I’ll offer some one-off coaching and brainstorming about your situation.
Or you can book a consult call, and we can map out a full coaching engagement.
If this question opened up some intriguing avenues in your brain…
And you want to explore what your life and your career would look like, if you thought of yourself as already having “arrived”…
And then you want to put that life and career vision into practice, and make it real…
Then come talk to me, and let’s make it happen.
What my clients have to say…
“I would in particular recommend Pooja to this specific phenotype of high achievers.
We put a lot of pressure on ourselves and the outside world might never understand that our lives are not as perfect as they seem, or that we struggle as much as we do.
I think that phenotype in particular, would benefit a ton from working with Pooja specifically.”
—Client | Head of Business Development at MedTech Company
I help high performers build their careers around flow.
This requires…
Internally, learning how to access your flow no matter what’s going on around you (or inside you)
Externally, designing a career strategy that angles your flow at a high-priority problem that someone will pay you good money to solve
Tactically, navigating the transition from the role you’re in to the role you want
Today’s article focused on #1.
For more writing on all 3 of these, check out my table of contents.
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