Over the years we’ve had the good fortunate of speaking with thousands of successful entrepreneurs, artists and creatives. Some are happy, some are not. The happy ones almost always had a strong sense of purpose and so we are very focused on trying to help our community members and audience find their purpose. This series is our attempt to create more dialogue around finding your purpose.
Derrick Hicks jr
That’s a great question. I’d have to say it was when I realize that I took an idea I had and created something that brought people together and had an impact on their lives in a positive way. That alone fulfilled me creatively and motivated me to continue to pursue this as a career. Read more>>
Tosha Marshall
How did I find my purpose? This is a great question. Having a sense of purpose comes from feeling connected to others. As a mother of 4, I’m always in protective mode. 2 out of my 4 kids suffered from eczema. During the pandemic I had began to research ways to naturally improve their skin. Read more>>
Matthew Hardman
I don’t think I have a purpose. I think life is silly and irrational and trying to find an ultimate purpose to existence really just leads to more existential crisis than anything else. Snapping out of “looking for a purpose” and just looking for what makes me happy made life suddenly seem endlessly colorful and much less cumbersome. Read more>>
Sean Welch
Poetry is a female dominated industry, but men go through the similar situations and have the somewhat of the same feelings, but no one speaks on it. So, because I feel that I am so outspoken, I made it a point to not only be the voice for men my age going through shit, but also to be a voice in this industry that doesn’t really shine light on men who feel shit, and that have trouble getting through shit. Read more>>
Dontez Rash
Through diligent and consistent self work I am finding that my purpose is to motivate and help individuals achieve their own version of success. I grew to find this out in college when I got to be on my own for the first time. Going through this phase was important to see who I really was internally and what I liked. Read more>>
Zach King
I’m not sure that I am the one who found my purpose, or if my purpose was the one that found me. But I know I’ve known what it was ever since I can remember, and ran from it for a long time. As long as I can remember, I knew that acting was what I was put on this planet to do, but growing up that sort of aspiration is taught to you as being unattainable or unreasonable, so for the majority of my life I just let it sit in the back of my mind and not act on it, I tried a lot of other things, but the burning desire was present within me every minute of every day. Read more>>
Kelly Decsy
My father is a refuge to the USA and loves this country. I wanted to be able to give people from all countries the opportunity to also come to the US to live, work and grow! Read more>>
PaDrino J
My purpose emerged organically through my love for photography, art, and music. As a 24-year-old living in Columbus, Ohio, these creative pursuits have been more than just hobbies; they’ve become essential parts of my identity and personal growth. Read more>>
Tacy Nielson
I knew from a young age that helping/teaching/guiding was the foundation of my purpose in this life. I didn’t, however, have any clue what field or area of work that was in. Read more>>
Sarah Edwards
Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve always loved playing around with cameras and computers. Whether it was recording a memory of my family on our old camcorder or playing computer games for hours, just always fascinated with technology. When I was around 17 years old I was at this “transitional” period and was trying to figure out next steps in my life. Read more>>
Joanna Chrys
I was born in NYC. Art has always been an integral part of my life as I grew up surrounded by it. Both sides of my family are artists. On my mother’s side, were the weavers and on my father’s side, the painters. As a little girl, I remember expressing myself through painting and embroidery. Read more>>
Tami Canaday
Have you ever heard the saying the loved one is sicker than the addict? Read more>>
Annette Czech Kopp
Actually, I didn’t realize that the Miso Mice had chosen me to chronicle their adventures until recently. “Coincidence – something happened – maybe small, maybe big, or even a dream, but it made you take notice. It was significant to you and held a feeling of timelessness. Stop and catch that feeling outside of time.” Read more>>
Terrell M. Green
By 30, every man that helped raise me was dead, I had become Blackballed by the Philly Theatre company for whistleblowing on PlayPenn, and I had completed a multi-week stint in rehab for using overusing alcohol as a coping mechanism, Oh and Did I mention surviving 3 near-fatal accidents. Watching such strong men who raised me all be whittled down to emaciated shells of humans fighting various organ cancers; furthermore, so many friends who had the same identities as me either, Black men or Black, gay men and under 40, were dead. Read more>>
Kyle Sigmon
This is such an interesting question. Do we have just one purpose? Does purpose presuppose that our value is measured by the outcomes of our productivity? Eckhart Tolle makes the claim that our purpose is whatever we are doing right here, right now. So right now, my purpose is answering this question. Read more>>
Marci Taylor
After being in the radio industry for over 20 years and building relationships and networking I realized that I liked hearing stories of people in the community. In 2020, I was talking with a friend of mines and I suggested that she does a podcast for women in the community who rise above and become bosses. Read more>>
Jesse Ernst
When I think about my purpose I have to look back over my life and see that the underlying purpose is the same, but the avenues, methods, and philosophies on how I live into that purpose have changed from season to season. My purpose is to serve God, serve my Family, and serve the community. Serving others is a deep and meaningful purpose, and one thing I have noticed as my wife and I run out businesses is that the more we serve others the greater our influence and income grows. Read more>>
Sarah George
Deep rooted in my Christian faith I’ve always looked for how I can serve God. He’s given me certain talents and I get the pleasure to cultivate them. We all have a purpose in His kingdom and part of our journey is to learn what it is and how to use it effectively. Read more>>
Mathew Dry
Until the age of 11, my heart was set on being a zoologist. Then, at 11, I discovered tennis. Tennis became my passion and my dream. I played college tennis, went on the pro tour and traveled the world doing what I loved. I never lost my passion for wildlife, and would visit wildlife parks in every place I was playing tennis, but tennis consumed my life until the age of 35. Read more>>
Jiali Wang
I came to the US to study my master’s degree, as one of my life purposes, I made my dream comes true and successfully graduated in 2017 with a degree of Master of Fine Art in Modern (Post-Modern) Dance. Actually, I was thinking about going back to China after finishing my 3 years graduates’ school, however, life keeps giving me new opportunities and challenges that allows me to see more and more potentials in my dance world. Read more>>
Tyler Herwig
I discovered music at a young age and learned I had an affinity for it naturally. It took me up until a few years ago to really learn how to work that love of music into what my purpose is. Before three years ago, I struggled with a drug and alcohol addiction that ran my life. Read more>>
Isabel Mazzolini
I never really found my purpose, I still question whether purpose exists and if it’s a real concept to be honest. Read more>>
Ryan LeVanseler
Our skin color may be different, our culture may be different, we may live in different locations, we may have experienced different challenges on our journies, and our perceptions of the world are not identical. Despite all this, we ask these same questions at some point in our lives… “What is my purpose?”, “Why am I here?”, and “Where do I even start?” Read more>>
Simone Mack-Orr
Wow! Finding my purpose came out of me needing to be in an environment allowed me to do and include all the things that I love most. I love people, I love music, I love fitness and wellness and I love positivity. Honestly I found the activity that included all of those and that was fitness. Read more>>
Beoncia Dunn
I found my purpose by continuing to dream while trusting God with my Life. I was always an Artist & Creative since I was a little girl, but adults were constantly reminding Me that art is a hobby not a career. Unfortunately, the reminders seeped in for a while, but I was able to overcome them. Along my journey, I took a few odd jobs for a while, but I used that time to clear the noise. Read more>>
Courtney Weis
When I was 18 years old I was headed to a spring break trip which turned into a rollover car accident in which I got ejected from the vehicle. I was young and all I cared about the time was partying and having fun with my friends. Although it was the toughest thing I’ve ever went through in my life, it also was a pivetol moment that changed my life forever. Read more>>
Noba
Well, I have strong faith in Christ and he is the one who has ordered my footsteps and given me a purpose. Read more>>
Jenna Morris
I found my passion for digital design when I started a skin care line and started making my labels and social media post. I had more fun creating labels and social media content than making the actual products. From there I started making label templates to birthday invites and menus and then all things wedding selling them on Etsy. Read more>>
Mary Wiegand
Finding my purpose, at least this current sense of purpose I have with Boon, began in 2007. That year I started my first career job after college as a Business Analyst for Target Corporation. There, and at similarly large retailers afterward, I had the opportunity to learn skills, thought processes and strategies as they pertain to merchandise planning on a large scale. Read more>>
Lina Li
The journey to find my purpose is one of self-discovery and personal growth. It’s not a single moment, but rather a series of experiences and reflections made up of many moments that gradually helped me gain a clearer understanding of my purpose. One key factor is self-reflection and introspection. Read more>>
ZIJIE ZHOU
My purpose came to me very late in life. Before that life was more autodidactically centered around myself, and I was going to dream bigger and be happier for myself. But after getting to know AI and documentaries and some mystical experiences, I think my purpose is to tell other people’s stories as much as I can, to tell those interesting stories while healing the subjects and thinking about society’s injustice. Read more>>
William Doc Jones
At 21, I was asked to consider returning to school; I knew nothing about music. Not only did I never like school, I was never good at it. After one semester at Loop jr College in Chicago, my hometown, I decided to drop out. Read more>>
Joanne Hanson
I found my purpose through a culmination of things. After a particularly stressful time in my corporate job, my husband and I took a trip to Giants Ridge, MN to stay in an Airbnb on the lake. We loved it, it was exactly the break we needed from our busy, stressful city lives. Read more>>
Savanna Cummings
I ran towards the thing that made me feel the most alive.. Since I can remember, I have been drawn to music. I am big on trusting my gut and my intuition to guide me, and I’ve always felt like singing and creating art is what I was put on this earth to do. Read more>>
Nathan Mitchell
i feel purpose is revealed through ones passion and naturally manifested through there God given gifts. I always knew my purpose in life was associated with music. I never thought it would reach the levels that it has reached. However, I am simply thankful for my gift of music and the purpose associated with it to change lives globally. Read more>>
Shannon Stevens
I found my purpose the day I lost everything literally. About a hundred dollars to my name, no job, at that time I had one kid, and I had to hustle for my life and my daughter life. My purpose was rebirthed and recognized when I was going through the worst time in my life. I say my purpose was rebirthed because it was always presented to me but I never really took it serious until it was all I had to survive! Read more>>
Fred Duncan Jr
“The creation of FamilyThruTies Entertainment came from a collective group of guys who saw our passion as friends who just wanted to see each other succeed,” says CEO Fred Hundo. Frederick Duncan and Nathaniel Gleaton aka Mula, then founded the company and brand in 2018 which the two didn’t care about the name as much as they cared about the business. Within a year, at a time that business seemed like it was going downhill is where the two CEOs saw themselves soaring from their demise. Read more>>
Tomekia Latoya
How did I find my purpose…….I would say that after trying multiples things that I thought were my purpose I was guided to the path of my purpose. Read more>>
Camisha Weatherspoon
I found my purpose when I survived my second Brain Surgery. Read more>>
Phannie Krentzman
My first step in finding my purpose was deconstructing the meaning I had made about living my purpose or the imaginary reality I presumed would exist if I were to find my purpose. Concept can really get in the way of what is, so over about the course of a year I examined basically everything I assumed was true or ‘the way it was’, and broke it down to its simplest expression. Read more>>
Andrea Schwarz
Finding your purpose is a journey. I have worked for many years with my Executive Coach on defining my purpose. And for a long time I thought is was as simple as putting smile of people’s faces or leaving a stamp on someone’s heart. When I started my company IMUA OLA and worked in its purpose, I was still not clear on what mine was. Read more>>
