How to Find Your Purpose (in 10-min)

About this video

Clark Kegley argues purpose is found by actively journaling on four questions for an hour, not by waiting for it to hit you. Drawing on his own period living in his mom’s basement, $30,000 in debt after college and a breakup, he describes choice overload and fear of failure keeping people stuck. The questions are: what would you do if you knew you could not fail (suspending the inner critic for about 20 minutes); when do you come alive, since the opposite of a purposeless life is apathy and the opposite of apathy is excitement/enthusiasm; what would you pay to do and how can you get paid to do it, which can be uncovered from credit card spending and content you consume — for him, YouTube plus self-improvement books led to distilling 10 big ideas from books, a series he says gained the channel its initial roughly 30,000 subscribers; and what are your strengths and how can you use them daily, citing Martin Seligman’s positive psychology and recommending strength tests including the Myers-Brigg 16 Personalities test.

Key takeaways

• Ask what you would do if you knew you could not fail, and temporarily suspend the inner critic voice that shoots down ideas
• Track when you come alive and feel enthusiastic, treating excitement as a signal and keeping a log over a week or month
• List what you would pay to do — checking spending and content consumption — then ask how you could get paid to do it
• Identify your strengths, for example via the 16 Personalities test, and use them daily to build momentum and self-esteem
• Give your gift away in service to others, following the Picasso quote Kegley cites: the meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose is to give it away

Episode details: published January 23, 2024 · 11:31 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Clark Kegley’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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