Why A True Purpose Only Has 4 Aspects

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), Individuality (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, Individuality, and Optimism.

But there are three other centres of the mind we haven’t talked about yet — Desire, Inspiration, and Passion. 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, Individuality and Optimism create a natural Inspiration, and it all combines together to create a natural Passion.

For example, when you’re excited by what you do(Adventure), and you're good at it (Talent), you really want to do it! (Desire). Similarly, if you’re doing what suits you (Individuality), and it’s what you already know well (Optimism), you’ll know exactly how you to do it, and ways to make it bigger (Inspiration). And if you're doing all that, you really enjoy what you do and love sharing it with others (Passion).

Compare that to if you’re not all that excited by it (Dread), and you kinda suck at it (Mediocrity), you won’t have much Desire to do it at all (Limitation). Similarly, if you're being someone you're not (Conformity), and don't know much about it (Pessimism), you won’t be Inspired to make it bigger and better (Suppression).

To avoid all that, we base a purpose on Adventure (Excited By), Talent (Good At), Individuality (Suited To), and Optimism (Know Well), knowing it will naturally create its own internal Desire, Inspiration, and Passion.

In short, when it comes to finding your true purpose in life, you don’t need to identify your Desire, Inspiration, or Passion to find it. There are better ways to manage those three centres when you live it — which we cover in Level 2 — but not when you find it in Level 1.