Why A True Purpose Only Has 4 Aspects

In our Level 2 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).

And people sometimes wonder why the mind only has four needs. Well, it actually has seven, but it's a very little-known fact that three of them are self-governing and kinda take care of themselves. That leaves the remaining four, which keeps things really simple — there are only four things you need to do to live the perfect life.

Here's how that works:

The three other centres of the mind are Desire, Inspiration, and Happiness. But those three centres are fed by the other four.

• Adventure and Talent create the feeling of Desire

• Passion and Optimism create the feeling of Inspiration

• Desire and Inspiration combine together as true lasting Happiness.

For example, if you’re excited by what you do (Adventure), and you're good at it (Talent)— you'll really want to do it (Desire). Compare that to dreading 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 suits you as a person (Passion), and you know it really well (Optimism), you’ll know exactly what to do (Inspiration). Compare that to doing what others expect (Conformity), and you don't know much about it (Pessimism), you're not going to be very inspired with ways to do it (Uncertainty).

But combine the desire of doing what excites you really well, with the inspiration of doing it your way with full understanding, and you'll feel true lasting happiness.

In short, when it comes to finding your true purpose in life, you don’t need to identify your Desires, Inspirations, or Happiness. They'll come to you naturally from living the most Adventurous, Talented, Passionate, and Optimistic version of it you can. There are ways to better manage those three centres when you live it — which we cover in Level 3 and Level 4 — but not when you go find it in Level 2.