An approach to finding your purpose at the convergence…

An approach to finding your purpose at the convergence of four elements; what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can get paid for it.

— from The Flight Plan (Purpose/Wisdom/Risk)

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What do you keep circling back to, what genuinely matters to you? One useful map sets your purpose at the meeting point of four things — what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. Another is simply to ask "why" of your work five times in a row until you hit the real reason underneath it. […] Then the steps. Draft a one-line destination. Put it where the four circles meet — what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, what you can be paid for — and pressure-test it by asking "why" until you reach bedrock. Watch where your free attention already goes for the clue. — The Flight Plan (Purpose/Wisdom/Risk)

Focus and passion together are what carry a person out of the ordinary and into the extraordinary. A good place to dig for it is the spot where four things overlap — what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what someone will pay you for. Before the hard work of mastery comes play, which is why children must be allowed to goof around long enough to catch an interest before anyone asks them to hone it. — Enjoy the Flight (Living/Balance/Happiness/Passion)

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