What's going on, pursuers? Welcome to the Pursuit of Calling podcast, where my goal
and purpose is to provide you with the tools you need to successfully discover and pursue
your God-given calling. In this episode, we're talking about how to discover your purpose.
I dive a lot into the Discover Your Calling planning guide, so you can go ahead and download
that right now at pursuitofcalling.com. All right. I'll see you guys in there. How's it
going, pursuers? So in this episode, we're going to be talking about how to discover
your calling. Now, last episode, we talked about what purpose or what calling even is.
We talked about the bees and how they have a purpose on their lives, and they will fulfill
their purpose to the extent to work themselves to death to fulfill their purpose. And unlike
the honeybee, our purpose isn't this pre-programmed set of instructions like the honeybees have.
We each individually have our own set of instructions. We each individually have our own purpose
in calling on our lives, and we don't know what that is right out of the womb. We don't
know what that is whenever we get old enough. We have to discover it for ourselves. And
again, I believe that this is a calling from God. Like I talk about on this podcast a lot,
my calling is to provide people with the tools they need to successfully discover and pursue
their God-given calling. That's just a phrasing I kind of use for that. But I want you, as
we go through and after this episode, and maybe I'll write that down in my notes to
reference that again. So I'm going to ask you guys what, I'll just write down that.
And like, yeah, like what phrasing can you use to really put somebody to your calling?
That whenever you're in every situation, you can think, does this align with my calling?
Or how can this align with my calling even? So in what ways? So then there's, I'm going
to be, I don't know if I said it already, but I'm going to be referring to the Discover
Your Calling Planning Guide a lot in this episode. And you guys might already have it.
If you don't, you can go to pursuitofcalling.com and go ahead and download your own right now
so you can follow along with what I'm talking about. And yes, I have to go to pursuitofcalling.com
right on the homepage. There's a quick little form, fill it out, and it gets written in
your inbox like instantly. So that's pretty cool. So go ahead and get that. You can pause
it, come back and let's dive in. So we're going to go through, there are a few different
sections in this guide. There's Discover What Drives You, your Strengths Assessment, your
Purpose Reflection, Values in Action, and Practical Steps. So I'm going to go, I'm not
going to go through every question because like I said, you're going to have to go through,
you're going to have to get the planning guide to go ahead and fill out yourself. And I want
to keep this episode short for you guys. So there's, but I want to go a little bit out
of each section so you guys can get a taste, even if you don't download the guide, even
though you should. So let's dive into the Discover What Drives You section, the first
section. So there's this last question here. It says, if time, money, or other limitations
were an issue, what would you commit to wholeheartedly? That's like, that's reflection. That is a
time of reflection. Like if money, if time, money, or limitations, or any other limitations
were any, weren't an issue, what would you commit to wholeheartedly? So it, have you
ever thought of a, have you ever thought of a non-profit idea? Or if you could, if there
was something that you love to do, but you don't know how to make it into a income per
se, what would those things be? Maybe you like to bake, but you couldn't fit, but you
don't see how that could become a thriving business. And we really live in that calling.
Now, of course, your calling goes with you wherever you go, but I don't want to get sucked
into the whole that your calling is only a career or a business. However, that is a great
way to live it out, but that's going to be in the next episode. But if none of these
things, if money, if you don't have any restrictions, there's no restrictions and there's never
will be, what would you do for the rest of your life? What would you commit to wholeheartedly?
And now that's not going to tell you you're calling, that that's going to give you a hint,
right? Because then you have, then you can dive into why, right? Why is that? Why did,
why would I do that wholeheartedly? What pieces of that do I enjoy? So let's get into the
strength assessment. So I remember, if you remember on John Stongy's episode, he, one
of the questions he said, ask yourself is to help you discover your calling is what
are the things that other people say that I'm good at? I'm going to say it again. What
are the things that my friends, people that are close to me, what are they saying I'm
good at? What are they saying you're good at? Um, so you can write down, there's the
other skills, there's activities, uh, and like, or maybe like you just easily these
things that you just think you intuitively understand. They could be how you relate to,
how you relate to others, how you communicate, how maybe it's, maybe it is a skill. Maybe
you're really good at sports. Like my roommate Silas, like it can pick up any sport at any
time and just be great at it for whatever reason. And that's that, that's just, I believe
that's part of, part of who he is, part of his calling. And like, that's not here nor
there though. Like just think about those things that you have on your life. Think about
those things that people say you're good at. That's, that's a hint. That's a massive hint
to what you're, to what you can live, how you can live in your calling. That's the whole
purpose of this podcast to help you live in your calling. It's not the pursuit of, not
just the pursuit, but also living in it fully. So, and next, next after that, we have next
list examples of how you're, you've used these strengths in various areas of life. So like
this kind of, this ties in with the previous question. What are the things that they said
that you're good at and what areas of life are you using those skills or activities?
I'm going to even add to it. This is a bonus for you. List areas where you could be adding
these things, adding these skills. Maybe you don't use these skills. You don't use these
strengths in your strengths in your career at your job. And you could be, you would make
it, that would make it more enjoyable. What are those things? How could you do, how could
you do that? How can your strengths and talents can achieve you to making a positive impact
on others? There is no negative thing about a calling. So if there's any piece of you
as you're on your discovery journey, that is telling you that when you're starting to
get closer to achieving your calling or not even achieving, but to discovering your calling,
you never achieve your calling. You like, how can you, how can this, I'm going to say,
if you're ever hearing anything negative, that's the enemy. When I say the enemy, I
mean the devil. And that's my personal belief. Or maybe it's just, you can say it's just
these negative thoughts. So there may be this negative people that are telling you that
you shouldn't be living in, living in this part of your life. It's like, maybe they don't,
they don't see what you see out of the thing. And they don't feel the things you feel whenever
you do certain things. So yeah, I just want to tell you like, there's nothing negative
about calling, nothing negative about purpose. So at any point, anytime you're starting to
feel that start to question it, start to question the negative thoughts. Cause I, I just want
to, I just wanted to point that out. Um, but how can you, but how can you make use that
as a pot, make a positive impact on others? Your calling is not just for you, it's for
everybody around you. So how can these things be used to positively, positively influence
those around you? And that might be easy because of the answers you've given previously, but
maybe it's not. So maybe you actually have to think about this a little bit more intuitively.
Let's jump into the next section. Purpose reflection. Reflect on a time when you felt
deeply fulfilled or had a sense of purpose. What were you doing during that time? So you
notice a lot of these things talk about things that you're doing. I'm going to keep repeating
that you're calling. Is it something that you do? You're calling is something that you
live. And this is just identifying these things that the, where you're calling shined.
So reflect on a time when you felt deeply fulfilled or had a sense of purpose.
And then you look up, you can look at why you had that sense of purpose.
Where did that, why did you feel, um, let me give you an example. So whenever I, I told
you this before, whenever I first read or heard about Nick and McKeen ethics, just about
understanding how people think and getting to know that more, that sparked my interest
more than anything in a really long time. I didn't really know why I wasn't really thinking
about it at the time. And now looking back on it, and now that I've actually finished
that book and it was interesting the whole way through, um, I realize the reason that that
that sparked my interest is because I just find people interesting and I find people
interesting in this way to understand how wanting to understand why, understand why
people do the things that they do. Why do people think the way that they think?
Because I want them to, I want people to live in their calling. I want people to live in
the purpose that God has for their lives. And so cause that's not just why do you think
people do the good things that they do? It's like, why do people do the bad things that they do?
Why do people do things that actually hurt them? That's, those are like, for me, that's
like, that's where my purpose resides. And that's why I found that particular thing
interesting. All the people who read that book for a completely different reason. I don't
know what those reasons are, but like that align, that could align with that person's purpose.
So why do you do so? Like we said, purpose is the why behind all the things that you do.
Right? It's the why behind why you find something interesting. It's why you feel fulfilled when you
do certain things like we were mentioning. So, you know, reflect on a time when you felt deeply
fulfilled. What were you doing? Why was it fulfilling? Let's jump into the next section.
Values in action. So, let's look at the next section. Values in action.
Values in action. So, let's three core values that you hold. Maybe this is easy. Maybe you're
a Christian like me and your values are rooted in Christ. And you can just think of, okay, well,
my values rooted in Christ is to love, for me, is love others, love others, serve, love others,
serve. I just off the top of my head, love others, serve and always, always pursue my calling.
That's my, that those are my values is to always look for ways to pursue my calling.
And I believe that all of those kind of, like all those kind of things kind of things fall into
each other. It's love others, serve others, serve others and find ways to pursue my calling.
In a more excellent manner. I that's the other thing. It's either your values. If you don't
understand that, if you're not sure what that means, it's just aspects of your life that you value.
Above all else. So, it could be, I value my friend. I value my values fall into my friend,
maybe in your friendships above all else. And that can maybe, and why did it fall into
your friendships? Maybe because you love other, maybe because you value having other people close
to you. And then you have to maybe dive even deeper into that. Why you value having people
close to you. There's a whole thing you can do, but you write down, will you write down your
three values the way you would interpret them on there? And then the next question after that,
is reflect on how these values influence your decisions. How can they can help you,
how they can guide you toward your life's calling. So it's going back all the way to all the other
questions and being like, and telling you why you value, why do you value these things? Why do you
value these things? Why do you, why do you get fulfillment from the things that you do?
When you do the things that you find fulfillment from, they're going to tie back to your values
and all this stuff together. It's mixing the pot. It's going to come out with your calling.
And then practical, practical steps finally is identify three simple steps you can complete
in the next seven days to bring you closer to your calling. Three practical steps. I'm going
to give you one right now. Fill out this guide. Fill out this guide. We listen to this, re-listen
to this episode and write down, maybe it's get better at time, not just get better time management,
but create a to-do list. It's starting to, and it's starting to dive in the to-do list of the
things that you can do to maybe do more of the things that you love to do, more of the things
that you feel fulfilled at. Maybe it's starting to figure out how you can get paid to actually
live in your calling. That actually sounds really exciting, right? So sorry, I got a little bit of
a cough now. My throat's getting a little dry. But yeah, identify three simple steps you can complete
in the next seven days to bring you closer to your calling. I'm going to leave you with that. And
finally, I want to go back and say, what phrase, what phrase can you apply to your calling to give
it somebody like mine, providing people with the tools they need to successfully discover and pursue
their God-given calling? What phrase can you add to your calling so that want something that goes
with you wherever you go? I'm going to leave you with that, pursuers. All right. If you really like
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