It really amazes me, and saddens me deeply, how often I run into people who have no idea what they want to be doing in their lives. My path is continuously crossed by people who are lost, who are unhappy and are unfulfilled in their careers, and who just don’t know what it is they DO want to be doing. They are simply “stuck” in a place where all they know is that they want more. And that, by the way, included myself for a very long time!

That step, of knowing you want more, in and of itself, is actually a huge step towards creating change in your life, and it is the first step I teach in my Path to Purpose program.

Before you can begin making any changes in your life you first have to recognize that a change needs to be made!

So many people these days are living life on auto-pilot, or are “sleep-walking” through life, and are simply going through the motions day after day. So many won’t even admit, when first asked, that they are unhappy, or that something is missing in their lives. We’ve been conditioned to believe that life is meant to be a struggle, that “nothing comes easy,” that “life is tough,” and that you just “gotta do what’ya gotta do.”

Let me ask you a question though… if you really dig deep inside your soul, if you truly asked your heart, ARE you really satisfied with a just-getting-by kind of life?

Many of us often hear that whisper inside that says “I want more,” and some of us actually believe, on that deeper level, that we can and deserve to have more in life. We look at other people who seem to be “happy”, and “fulfilled”, and just “have their $h*t” together, and some of us feel that we want that too.

Yet, so many of us continue, on a regular basis, to ignore that whisper and give ourselves countless excuses as to why that just isn’t so, and why we can’t actually “have more.” And as time goes on, and things remain the same, that whisper gets buried deep under all those stories and excuses we tell ourselves, and have heard others tell us, and after a while we can barely even hear it at all. We become completely disconnected from ourselves, from our truth, and our purpose that we no longer know who we are or what we want – and that is one of the biggest things that is wrong with the world today, and that leads to disastrous consequences in the major areas of our lives, like health and relationships.

So, however quiet that whisper is in your heart right now, however deep it’s become buried in your mind, your thoughts, your dreams – or wherever it may come up, it is so important that it is actually there, and it is crucial, if you want to achieve any kind of happiness and fulfillment in your life, to actually begin paying attention to that whisper and allow it to begin speaking up a bit louder.

If you don’t know something is wrong you cannot even begin to take the appropriate steps to fix it!

You becoming aware of your thoughts, paying attention to your feelings and noticing whatever that is going on inside you, is the first step to transforming your life and is a cause for celebration! Getting in touch with your true self and your deepest desires and dreams is the key that is going to shift everything in your life, and all areas of your life are going to be affected from there.

So as you hear yourself “whining” or “complaining” about having to drag yourself to work in the morning, or as you stare at the clock mid-day thinking “it’s only NOON??”, or as you sit in traffic on your way home after work – take a moment, take a deep breath, and ask yourself…

is this what I want my life to be like? Am I happy and fulfilled in what I do, or, is there more that is possible for me? When I imagine my life 1 year, 5 years, 10 years from now – do I want to be doing exactly the same thing as I am doing now, or is that thought in itself terrifying enough?

And as you begin hearing the answers, just allow them to come up, do not judge them or try to analyze them, just simply let them come to the surface and begin exercising becoming aware of them. If you have a chance, start a journal and write them down, or record them into your phone or personal voice recorder, or type them up on your computer – however you do it, it would be very beneficial for you to keep track of your thoughts, your feelings, your emotions, and your ideas as you explore them deeper and deeper. And there’s a good chance that, as you listen to yourself more, that whisper will grow louder and louder and become clearer and clearer, and that…

…will serve as the first step on YOUR Path to Purpose!

As always, remember, the relationship you have with yourself is the longest one you’ll ever be in, make sure it’s also the best one! Make sure your life is filled with Purpose, and driven by Passion, and that you earn a Profit doing what you love every single day!