Not knowing why you are going wherever it is that you are going sounds silly, but so often folks live life without thinking about their purpose. We believe that thinking about your purpose and trying to identify what it might be is one of the most impactful things you can do to level up your life, career, and general level of happiness and fulfillment. Having a sense of what your why is will help you become a better decision maker which inevitably will improve your life. Below, you’ll find some interesting discussions, stories and perspectives around find your purpose.
Jenny Parra
Everything I have gone through in my life has guided me to my purpose. Growing up, I always loved to write stories. I would write all these mini-stories in my steno notebook and act them out. It wasn’t until I used a video camera and learned to edit, that I fell in love with storytelling through video. Read more>>
Randall Michael Tobin
At a very early age I remember reaching for a piano and wanting to play it. I had a natural affinity for it. In elementary school I enjoyed the music teacher’s class and was in the school band as a percussionist. I remember playing the chimes (tubular bells) with a rawhide mallet. Read more>>
Nahshon Dion
I didn’t discover a purpose for myself. Rather, a grand purpose was bestowed upon me. In 1991, I witnessed the transformative power of a SONY camcorder as it captured the horrific police brutality inflicted upon my family friend, Rodney King, by Los Angeles police officers. For years the chaotic aftermath and the media spotlight on this event played out on my front lawn, driveway, and apartment, where Rodney and his wife Denetta lived before my family moved in. Read more>>
Raul Moreno
I found my purpose when I was introduced to surreal art. As a kid I loved video games I found it fascinating how many things can be controlled in a fictional world, it made think life was a game as a kid. The more I played the more my curiosity grew till one day a cousin of mine told me about photoshop. I was so confused when I started little did I know my cousin was giving me the basics to start my foundation this foundation later help me outgrow gamer life. Read more>>
Leena Jun
My idea of purpose is intertwined with my idea of calling, and I guess you could say that I found (or rediscovered) my purpose slowly…by disengaging myself from others’ expectations/demands, layer by layer, and simultaneously nurturing my core interests. Read more>>
Nicole Williams
Man, I’ve actually been asked this question alot lately…I found my purpose when I decided to take my passion and turn it into a business. I knew I didn’t want to just be able to do makeup, but to bring that beauty vibe to other ladies doing a job that I love and can pass that on to my daughter is the biggest blessing. Read more>>
KingK Tony
We found purpose through sharing other’s people experiences, stories, and talents with the world . We are a talkshow on YouTube called “Down2talk” created and hosted by KingK and Tony. We like to believe we are changing the world one conversation at a time. It all started with both of us trying to figure out life and all it’s problems and processes we each have to go through on our own. We’d always discuss what we was going through then KingK said we should start a podcast, we turned on the camera and the rest was history. Read more>>
LaWanda Lewis Burrell
I believe everyone is born with a sole purpose. Some may fulfill theirs while others may allow fear to consume their goals. In life, you never know when your moment of opportunity may come, but when it does, you should take it! You can either let fear stall you or drive you. Not feeling worthy, lack of guidance and support, and low self-esteem can hinder you from striving to be your best and achieve your goals. I knew at a very early age that my purpose was to help others. Read more>>
Jeff Maronilla-Seva Quintano
This year 2023 marks my 10th year in tattooing. I was fortunate that even in the beginning I was already doing the tattoos I like which are my own designs. It was great and fun but after a while I felt like there should be more to it, that the designs should have more weight. Read more>>
Elisabeth White
I’m often asked how I found my purpose in life, and the truth is, my purpose wasn’t mapped out for me in any special way. Like many of us, I had to find it. But in a way, I think it also found me. My journey to discovering my purpose started at a young age, and it was the unlikeliest of places that set me on this path. Read more>>
Missy Feldman
When you are a little kid, your teachers and parents always ask, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” and my answer as a kid was to be a cleaning lady, or a veterinarian. As an adult, I look back and can understand why I picked those two things – because my love for animals, and I’m extremely OCD. Fast forward to high school and college, I studied film – thinking that would be my carrier path. Read more>>
Simona Berger
I was born with a purpose: to be amazing! LOL Just joking. This could be considered an easy question, and I could start using philosophy to answer the how, when, and why. However, it gets a bit more complicated once we stop and think that we don’t really want to use obvious answers using a diffused motivational language. Read more>>
LaDonna Marie
When I was younger, I felt broken and hurt with how I felt misunderstood as a person. The dreams and purpose for my life was starting to feel big, as I begin to tell others, what God had share with me.. God’s promise to me, was that as he healed me the words, poems, etc that I would write would so the same for others. Read more>>
Satynne Shellman
Finding one’s purpose in life can be a journey that takes time, self-reflection, and exploration. For me, discovering my passion for hairstyling was a process that unfolded gradually over the years. I’ve always enjoyed experimenting with different hairstyles, whether on myself or on friends and family. Read more>>
Orinthia Cater
I found my purpose at a young age, even though at the time I didn’t know, then. As a child growing up in Jamaica I was inspired by watching my great grandmother design for the neighborhood and our family. It brought so much joy to her and everyone she serviced with her gift and talent. I was greatly fascinated with the craft of sketching, sewing, and designing. Read more>>
Amina Kargbo
Thank you for having me back. I’d say I found my purpose by firstly finding myself and secondly, through life experiences that have led me to where I am today. From birth, we are taught and conditioned to live our lives a certain way and once certain goals are met (or lack thereof) and we still don’t feel fulfilled, we begin to question our true purpose in life. Read more>>
Shirlonda Chambliss-Drummond
Unfortunately, I found my purpose through the untimely and unexpected death of my brother, Willie “Boogee” Chambliss, who passed away from COVID in 2021. My brother passed away, leaving behind his wife and 11-year-old daughter. In an effort to honor his memory and support my niece, Bella, I thought it may be a great idea to give family and friends the opportunity to purchase a shirt with #Chamblissnation logo he created. Read more>>
Bernadette Brown
Truth is, I am still looking for it. I am still seeing things that give me purpose. I don’t think it is one thing. I think it is a myriad of things, so I keep living to find it. I’m not convinced that you have only one purpose in life. I believe life is so complex and ever-changing that your purpose can evolve. As you change, as life happens to you, as the world changes, you seek purpose. The joy comes from searching for purpose, not in just having found it. So I keep living, failing, experiencing new things, trying things out, questioning, learning, connecting with others, and my purpose(s) will be revealed as I live. Read more>>
Murlonda Janelle
During my years in Elementary School I did not like to read. It was during the summer going into middle school that my mom challenged me to read more. That summer I found my love of reading and have been reading tons of books since. Currently, I have four nephews and wanted to make sure they had at least an appreciation of reading so I sought out to find books that they could relate to. Read more>>
Leah Forney
My journey to discovering my purpose came in the midst of adversity. 2018 to 2019 was the worst year of my life. During that time, I buried 5 loved ones including my fiancé’. I was 31 years old and just experienced what I like to call a defining moment. A defining moment is a moment in your life where you have to make a decision. Read more>>
Myesha Banks
Growing up I was one of many talents. I was a person who would learn and apply. Myesha could do hair , makeup , style people, draw , design clothes etc. If I could learn it I could do it. At one point I was lost and confused and wasn’t really sure what avenue I wanted to focus on. My mom would always say “girl you don’t know what you want to do with yourself”. Read more>>
Mikki Eveloff Ashley Ludwig
Our journey to discover our purpose was something we never could have predicted. The trajectory of our lives was moving smoothly as planned until…2014. Mikki was living her best life with her husband of nearly 40 years in Scottsdale, Arizona. Ashley and her husband had settled into newlywed life in San Diego. Read more>>
Kristina Zemlanikina
I feel like to know your purpose 100% is impossible, as the life is designed to enjoy the journey with all ups & downs, and grow through those experiences, then the next step towards the purpose is presented. Read more>>
Hannah Zimmerman
Growing up, I always knew that I wanted to work with people with disabilities. My younger brother is autistic so I was also around his therapists, teachers, and other support staff. It wasn’t until I needed some volunteer hours that I was able to figure out exactly what I wanted to do with my life. This summer camp was run by speech-language pathologists and the amazing Dr. Wiley at LA Speech and Language. Read more>>
Ryan Hodges
Purpose is something that fuels my everyday work. I find my purpose within my personal passions. In order to maintain motivation even on days where you don’t “feel” like doing the work, you have to remember your ‘Why’s”. Why is it you are doing what you do, and what led you to do it in the first place? Most often times the answer is highlighted in your personal passions. You have a love, for what you do, and that love gives you endless purpose. Even on the days I may have to dig a bit, that purpose is there. Read more>>
Marian Gonzalez
I find my purpose each day, every time I look around me and see what I built for myself, every single day that I choose being here, with the people that I love, doing what I love.. Every time I’m grateful; how everything happens for a reason, whether the purpose of that reason is good or bad at the moment, it always ends up teaching me something I’m thankful for. Read more>>
Erika Billings-Rivera
I see the world through an artistic lens first. It’s important for me to recognize the bigger picture of everything I have experienced and accomplished over the years. Everything connects for me. I observe and extract anything that aligns with my greater purpose. I have always and continue to believe that my truth and my purpose is to play a key part in the arts world where I can truly make an impact on the youth. Read more>>
Jeana Chavez
I remember the day I found my dream job on Craigslist. The ad read “Sell sunglasses on the beach at The Hotel Del Coronado.” I had just purchased my first pair of Ray-Ban sunglass prescription, a classic pair of Cats 5000 in brown tortoise, polarized. Growing up, we didn’t spend money on luxury items so when I fell in love with a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses, it was unknown territory. Read more>>
Helen Plehn
It has been a 12-year self-discovery, self-healing, self-acceptance, self-love, self-expression and self-trust process to find my purpose and keep sharing my soul’s gifts: joy, beauty, and wisdom through my business Helen Creates Beauty. It is a journey of knowing, accepting, and loving myself deeply. It is not a destination. So it is okay to start this journey at anytime and let go of the attachment of the outcome. Read more>>
Danielle Kloberdanz
The path towards uncovering my deeper purpose started over ten years ago with the acknowledgement that I wasn’t truly happy. Sure, I had a great husband, four healthy children, and lived in a great neighborhood. But, parenting was much harder and, as difficult as it was to admit, not as fulfilling as I had hoped it would be. Read more>>
Carolina Galindo
I had been a full-time mom for a few years and I was looking to feel more productive. Even though I enjoyed it, I did not want to be only a housewife and a full-time mom. With the aim of not neglecting my children and to continue being part of their day-to-day life as well as taking care of them, I began the business. All it had taken was a search in making my daughters first birthday more fun. I soon felt that without postponing my desire to be a mother and to begin to feel fuller as a person, as a woman, I had found my purpose. Read more>>
Alice Chen
Ever since I was a little girl my favorite books to read were books about all the different types of dog breeds and my favorite shows to watch were AKC dog shows. Often times my parents would take me to the local animal shelter to help feed the dogs and spend time with them. So at a young age I knew I had a love for animals and that I wanted to be a vet. It wasn’t until high school I realized I am not good at biology at all which made me try other things and consider other career paths. Read more>>
Juliana Lewis
Plain and simple, my purpose is my husband and children. I have been a stay-at-home mother for almost ten years now, and it was just in the recent years that I started my business. I wake up every morning at 4:15am, seven days a week, to focus on my small hand-made wedding headpieces business so one day I can tell my kids “if you want it, you will make the time and you will find your will.” Read more>>
Francisco Ortega Jr
I found my purpose through a series of misfortunate events. I won’t get into all the details of it. But let’s just say I know I’m on the path that I’m supposed to be on. I have always tried to remain integral, in the person I am and stayed true to myself. I know that my purpose will forever and always be helping others. Whilst also doing something that I’m passionate about. Read more>>
Craig Sotkovsky
After about a decade of battling 9/11 cancer, I realized my mindset was lacking the drive to move forward, and I was finally able to realize that I was enough. Cancer beats you down and it rips out part of your soul. I was staring death in the face, pondering whether or not I was going to die, and I needed to decide whether I was going to succumb to the cancer and let it beat me, or persevere and improve my mentality in order for me to beat it and push through all of the emotional baggage that comes with it. I call that my “A-HA!” moment. Read more>>
