I have been reading Mastery by Robert Greene, which focuses on the idea “How to become really good at something.”  This has really made me think about my life’s purpose.  What has the universe arranged for me to do (and be really good at) in this life? How should I go about finding my dream job?

If you want to be really good and pour yourself into something, you must really love doing it.  Everyone I know that works long hours and experiences great success does not look at their work as “work”.  If you don’t love what you are doing, you won’t put in as much effort, thought, or planning, and the other people in your field will progress without you.  So how do you find what you love doing?  One of the hardest things is ignoring what might make you rich or what your parents encourage you to do; what society and your friends think you should do.  This is an invisible script that we have in our minds – assumptions about the path we must follow in life.  We must look beyond this script into our true nature.

Think back to all the things you used to love to do as a child, that you would do forever and people could hardly tear you away from. This is a starting point from which you can begin to ascertain what you are naturally inclined to do.  For me, the first things that comes to mind is memorizing maps.  I got top finishes at the state geography bee because, for a couple of years, I memorized the entire World Book Encyclopedia Atlas.  The problem for me is that I have always wanted to be a jack-of-all-trades, and I have always had a diverse group of interests.  Origami, Speed Skating, Backpacking, Chess, Collecting things… you name it.  How does one combine a love of many things into a single path in life?  Find a career that blends as many different disciplines as possible. Be an aggregator of ideas.  The best person I can think of that currently embodies such a style is Tim Ferriss.  So here I am, becoming a writer, blogger, and collector of good ideas and ways to enhance your life.

In an upcoming post I will get into ways to help identify your hidden assumptions, and consider careers that fit with your life’s purpose.

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