The principle of love relates heavily to the message of your career. When you discover your core message, it will connect with you on a very deep level, and the emotional release of that connection can literally move you to tears.
Here’s a simple yet powerful process you can use to discover your core message, also known as your life purpose. This process has produced major breakthroughs for many who’ve tried it. Find a place where you can be alone and won’t be interrupted, then complete the following steps:
1. Take out a sheet of paper or open up a blank word-processing document where you can type.
2. Write at the top: What is my true purpose in life?
3. Write down an answer (any answer) that pops into your head. It doesn’t have to be a complete sentence. A short phrase is fine. If you’re feeling nihilistic, begin with the answer: “I don’t have a purpose,” or “Life is meaningless,” and take it from there.
4. Repeat Step 3 until you write the answer that makes you cry. This is your core message.
How long will it take to converge on the final answer? That varies tremendously from person to person. It largely depends on how closely you’re aligned with truth, love, and power. Usually it takes at least 15 to 20 minutes to clear your mind of all the false answers that will arise from your memory. When the true answer finally arrives, it will feel like it’s coming from a different source entirely. For most people, this takes 30 to 60 minutes and more than 100 false answers. Some people come up with the right answer almost immediately. Others have to return to this exercise repeatedly for several days in a row before finding the answer that really strikes them at a deep level.
At some point during the process (typically after about 50 to 100 answers), you may want to quit because you just can’t see the right answer emerging. You may feel the urge to get up and do something else. That’s normal. Push through this resistance and just keep writing. The discomfort will eventually pass.
You may discover a few answers that give you a mini-surge of emotion, but they don’t quite make you cry. Highlight those answers as you go along so you can come back to them to generate new permutations. Each one reveals a piece of your message. When you start getting these kinds of answers, it means you’re getting warm. Keep going.
When you find your unique answer to the question of why you’re here, it will resonate within you very strongly. The words will have a special energy for you, and you’ll feel that energy whenever you read them.
If you’re inclined to ask why this process works, just put that question aside until after you’ve successfully completed it. Once you’ve done that, you’ll probably have your own answer. Most likely, if you ask ten different people who’ve completed it why it works, you’ll get ten different reasons, all filtered through their belief systems, each containing an element of truth.
Many people have sent me (Steve Pavlina) their purpose statements upon completing this exercise, and they always strike me as beautiful. Discovering your core message is only the first step, however. Once you know your message, you must use the principle of truth to find a proper medium to express that message. Then you must apply the principle of power to turn your medium and your message into action.
* Source: Personal Development for Smart People by Steve Pavlina