Why A True Purpose Only Has 4 Aspects

In our Level 1 workshop, In our Level 1 workshop, we help people find a true purpose that focuses on the four essential needs of the mind — Adventure (Excited By), Talent (Good At), Passion (Suited To), and Optimism (Know Well). The characteristics in brackets represent what people already have. That gets them started and eventually leads to a life of great Adventure, Talent, Passion, and Optimism.

But there are three other centres of the mind we haven’t talked about yet — Desire, Inspiration, and Happiness. The reason we don’t base a purpose on them in Level 1 is because they’re self-governing emotional centres, and kinda take care of themselves.

• Adventure and Talent create a natural Desire

• Passion and Optimism create a natural Inspiration

• It all combines together to create true lasting Happiness.

For example, if you’re excited by what you do, and you're good at it, you'll really want to do it (Desire). Similarly, if you’re doing what suits you, and you know it well, you’ll know what to do (Inspiration). And if you're doing all that, you really enjoy what you do, and love sharing it with others (Happiness).

Compare that to not being excited by what you do (Dread), and you kinda suck at doing it (Mediocrity), you won’t feel much desire to do it at all (Apathy). Similarly, if you're doing what others expect (Conformity); and you don't know much about it (Pessimism), you're not going to be very inspired by it at all (Uncertainty). None of that is going to make you truly happy (Unhappiness).

In summary, when it comes to finding your true purpose in life, you don’t need to identify your Desire, Inspiration, or Happiness to find it. Those qualities are created as you live it. There are ways to better manage those three centres — which we cover in Level 3 — but not when you find it in Level 1.