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Just as a boat under power can handle any size wave if perpendicular to it, there is little you can't do if you have a purpose you believe in. While there's no one pathway for discovering your life purpose, there are many ways you can gain deeper insight into yourself, and a larger perspective on what you have to offer the world. This can make all the difference as you look ahead at what you'd love to do with the rest of your precious life.

Since leaving Papua New Guinea in the late 1990s, my professional path has been anything but linear. I've had to restart my career/calling/business (they're all wrapped up together) on multiple continents as we moved around the world with Andrew's career — from Moresby back to Melbourne, over to Adelaide, off to Dallas, Texas, weeks after 9/11, then up to Washington, DC, back Down Under, up to Singapore, now back to the USA, though this time on our terms.

Sometimes it's been tough going. Yet whenever I've considered just throwing it all in and ‘getting a job’, I've always circled back to the same place … that is (and indulge me in the double negative) — I cannot not do what I do. Such is the pull of my calling.

Figure 2: finding purpose in work

Four questions follow (as illustrated in figure 2) to help you find the ‘sweet spot’ that rests in the intersection between what you care about, what you can contribute and what will be valued most from you:

Passion — What makes you come alive?

Strengths — What are your innate talents and gifts?

Expertise — Where do you make the biggest impact?

Values — How will you measure success?