Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 1AboutHi there!I'm Celestine Chua and my biggest passion in life is to help you achieve your highest potential and liveyour best life. I'mthefounderofPersonal Excellence, your!sitetoachieveyour highest potential inlife. "here, you#ill findhundreds of top $uality articles covering many personal gro#th topics from %#areness & 'ro#th, 'oal %chievement,(elationships & People )*ills, Habits, Emotional +astery, Productivity and 'etting "hings ,one, Purpose & +eaning,and many more."his free eboo* is a gift from me to you, for pursuing your gro#th. "han* you so much for being you and for being #hoyou are. I'm very passionate about you and your gro#th, and I truly #ant you to get the best learnings so you can liveyour best life. I believe you'll find the content in this boo* very useful as you pursue your personal gro#th -ourney.If you li*e #hat you read here, you are going to love all the other content in store for you at Personal Excellence. Ifyou haven't already, be sure to sign up for the free ne#sletter . /ot only #ill you get free #elcome gifts of !0! "hings"o,o1efore2ou,ie3eboo*4and!0!+ost Inspiring5uotesof %ll "ime3eboo*4, you'll alsoget afreelifetimesubscription of premium personal development articles.Please sit bac*, relax and en-oy . 6eel free to pass this on to your friends or family to so all of us can gro# in excellence together! Celestine ChuaPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.coPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 2Meaning of Life: How To Discover Your Purpose (7-Part eries!This is a 7-part series on how to discover your real purpose in life.!. How To Find Out If You Are ivin! Your "eal Purpose #ow 7. $ %olid "easons You %hould Have A Purpose 8. &hy Earnin! 'oney Is #ot Your "eal Purpose (And How To )now &hat Is* 9. + I,portant Thin!s that ed 'e to -iscover 'y "eal Purpose :. . Thin!s to /onsider 0efore Identifyin! Your Purpose ;. -iscover Your ife Purpose In The #ext 12 'inutes hile this may seem li*e $uite a harsh benchmar* @@ How can one 6eexciteda6out livin! everyday< Isn=t that weariso,e< @@ it ispossible.%nd no, it isn't #earisome at all. I'm not tal*ing about craAy highs #hereyou -ump aroundscreamingat thetopof yourlungs, thoughthat canhappen on some days. ?4 I'm also not tal*ing about being !00B happy#ithout a single ounce of negativity in your soul 3this'd have more to do#ith achieving nirvana than finding your life purpose4, though it can #ellbe li*e this on some days too.Here, I'm tal*ing about a constant, inner excitement about life, *ind ofli*e a ChummingC sensation inside your soul #here you *no# your placein the #orld and that you're doing things to ma*e it happen. /ot literallyahummingsound, buta buAAingfeeling inside you. It doesn'tmatter#hether youhavea-adedpersonalitybynatureorif youhavebeenliving the past 70, 80, 90, :0, ;0 years of your life #ith disinterest. >henyoudiscover and livetrue toyour lifepurposeinthehighest possible#ay, your soul #ill CsingC ina#ayyou'venever CseenC before. It'safeeling you'll *no# #hen you realiAe it.In the #ords of my recently coaching client %nna #ho recently found her life purpose,I found >,y life purpose? this ,ornin!. I feel e,otional a6out it. It really resonates with ,y life@ everythin! I have done so far. You=re ri!ht 44 everythin! fits perfectly. I can ,ove forward with this life purpose now. A*Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co (>hich brings us to this million@dollar $uestion?How do I find ,y life purposehat's going to happen=)uddenly, life as you *no# it #ill be different. )uddenly, you become privy to a #hole ne# spectrum of life you never *ne# #as there. )uddenly, you#a*eupeachday#ithne#@foundAest of #hat'stocome, and#hatyou're about to do @@ *ore so t+an before.I'm not saying that you'll find your life purpose -ust by reading this series."hat depends on ho#faralong you areinyourself@development,ho#much thought you put into reading this series, and ho# far you ta*e thecontent and exercise that I'll be sharing in the next fe# parts.%ll I'msayingis, havingalifepurposeisafundamental of livingaconscious life. I #ant tosupport youinlivingyour best lifeever. 1y*eeping an open mind 3and heart4, you #illallo# me to support you inPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co ,your gro#th, in turn accelerating in your path to#ard being your highest self and living your highest life. 6or those of you #ho feel you have full clarity of your purpose, li*e#ise @@ I invite you to read this series #ith an open mind and see #hat comes out of it.)ometimes, it's possible that #hat #e thin* as truth isn't true, in #hich it's by adopting an open mind that the real truth #illcome to us. If #hat youthin* is your purpose really is so, it'll float bac* to you by the time #e're done.+y hope is by the end of this series, you'll be steps closer to#ard finding your real life purpose @@ in turn, living a truly conscious life of your creation.>hether you find your purpose or not is a secondary effect that happens #hen the right pieces are in place, and isn't the primary goal here. Ei*e I oftenshare in my courses, progress, not perfection, is the *ey.I'm stretching out my hand to you no#. Hold my hand and hold it tight. ?4 In the next fe# parts of this series, I'll be #al*ing you through the -ourney ofdiscovering your purpose @@ your life's highest mission.Proceed to part 7? >hy Have a Eife Purpose= : (easons 2ou )hould Have a Purpose, #here #e loo* into #hat is a life purpose and #hy it's importantto have one.I,a!esA Cuestion ,arB: Flower field Ori!inal Article inBPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 7Part 2: -+# Have a Life Purpose& ) .easons You +ou%" Have a PurposeThis is part 2 of a 34part series on how to discover your real purpose in life.8&hen a ,an does not Bnow what har6or he is ,aBin! for: nowind is the ri!ht wind.; 7 %eneca8Havin! a purpose is the difference 6etween ,aBin! a livin!and ,aBin! a life.; 7 To, Thiss8Efforts and coura!e are not enou!h without purpose anddirection.; 7 Dohn F. )ennedyHaveyouever #ondered, &hat is8lifepurpose;ell, thereare multipleinterpretationsof #hat lifepurposeis. 6or thedeeply spiritual, they may call it a spiritual callingF for the religious, theymay see it as a higher instruction from 'od.1eyond religious connotations, a life purpose is simply #our %ife/s *essage. It is the message you #ish to drive in the #orld during your existence onEarth 3and beyond F4 4. Having a life purpose applies to all of us, #hether #e are religious, non@religious, or atheistic.Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 0Gther terms for life purpose can be Hlife direction,I Hpurpose statement,I and Hlife mission statement,I all of #hich mean the same thing.It doesnJt matter #hether youJre !:, 70, 80, 90, :0, ;0, or older. It doesnJt matter #ho you are, #here youJre from, or #hat you do.As %ong as #ou wis+to %ive a *ore *eaningfu% an" conscious %ife1 a %ife purpose is for #ou2Examples of a life purpose are,8To inspire and unleash creativity in every individual: one person at a ti,e.;8To help wo,en discover their worth: 6reaB their 6arriers: and realiEe their hopes and drea,s.;8To educate and ena6le people to achieve their 6est health and hence: live a happier and healthier life.;-+# Have a Life Purpose&)ome people may as*, H>hy have a life purpose= >hy not -ust live life as #e *no# it and ignore everything else= >hy not chill out and relax until#e die=I>ell, here are : reasons #hy I feel every person needs a purpose?12 Life purpose is t+e starting point of %ife6irstly, letJs face it K the reason youJre reading Personal Excellence isnJt because youJre loo*ing for shopping tips or celebrity gossip. Chances are,youJre reading Personal Excellence because you see the importance of personal gro#thL your gro#th. ,eep inside, you are passionate about beingyour best self and living your best life, and you feel that the material at PE can help you achieve that.Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 3>ell, a life purpose is the first step towar" %iving a tru%# conscious %ife of #our creation. >hile you can be busy #ith a million goals and tas*s everyday, #hen you donJt have a clear purpose 3one that you believe in #ith your heart4, you may #ell be bar*ing up the #rong tree. "hatJs because yourgoals and tas*s may #ell have nothing to do #ith your higher purpose in life, #hich means that you can pursue your current goals and tas*s for !0, 70,80 years, then realiAe do#n the road thatL hey: this isn9t what I really want after all. %s )tephen Covey once said,'ore decision ,aBin! Fuotes at Personal Excellence Cuotes/o#, #hen you define your purpose, a purpose that s+a$es #our +eart an" stirs #our sou%, thatJs #hen conscious living begin. "hatJs because youno#*no##hat youstandfor andyour placeinthis#orld. >hileit doesnJt meanthat everythingsuddenly becomesrosyandall your problemsdisappear 3see +yth ! above4, at least you no# have a strong clarity of #hat you #ant to drive in this #orld. "his subse$uently helps you to set long@Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 14term goals that move you in the right direction 3to#ard your purpose4, in turn rippling out to your short@term goals, then action plans, then daily actions.In short?ife purpose G on!4ter, !oals G %hort4ter, !oals G Action plans G -aily actionsHaEy purpose or no purpose G HaEy: rando, !oals G HaEy: rando, action plans G HaEy: rando, daily actions or constantly 6usy with others9 a!endas: or/lear purpose G /lear lon!4ter, !oals G /lear short4ter, !oals G /lear action plans G /lear daily actions "he latter scenario is #hat you #ant and #hat #ill help you live your most meaningful life.22 5%arit# on i*portant vs2 uni*portant>hen you *no# yourpurpose, youcaninstantly differentiate bet#eenthe importantand unimportant."herealityisthat most people today are socaught up #ith a million things that ultimately do not ma*e a difference in their lives. Earn ,ore ,oneyH Iet a houseH Iet a second houseH Iet a carHIet a second carH Iet a fleet of carsH >ith your purpose, you no longer get inundated by these societal goals. 2ou can cut through the 1) and get rightto the things that truly matter in creating your highest existence.6or example, after I found my purpose, I realiAed that almost all the goals that I had been #or*ing to#ard, largely due to societalconditioning, #erepointless in the grand scheme of things. (ather, #hat I sa# as important #as the ability to pursue my purpose? "o raise the #orldJs consciousness andhelp others to gro#. "his is #hat I deem as the most important thing to pursue in the #orld, even today. 3+ore on my purpose story in part 9.4"he great thing is that frontloading the #or* and investing a fe# months of my life to discover my purpose allo#ed me to get #or*ing on it right a#ay. %sopposed to #asting some 70, 80 more years of my life pursuing things that I thought I #anted and needed, I could start paving the path to#ard myhighest lifeKevenif I couldnJt doit right a#ay. )oafter 7.: years3fromthepoint #henI identifiedmytruepurpose4, Personal Excellence #asborn. "oday, itJs my e have half a million visitors and nearly a million pagevie#s atthe blogPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 11every month! "he great part is, I feel li*e IJm -ust getting started, and I canJt #ait to see #hat the next fe# decades #ill bring!I often tal* about the M0@70 rule on PE, #hich is the principle of prioritiAation #here you focus on the 70B big roc*s thatJll give you maximum change andfulfillment. Ho#ever, one canJt *no# #hat their 70B big roc*s are unless they are clear of #hatJs truly important to them. "his starts from *no#ing yourpurpose. >hen you discover your purpose, you can direct your focus to the real important things. Instead of #asting your time on inconse$uential tas*s,you can focus on your 70B bigroc*s . 1ig roc*s that matter not to others, not to the society, not to the #orld, butL to you.'2 Live a %ife of "irection an" *eaning>henyou pursueyour purposeand#or*onyour high@impact goals,youJllreadily see your life lit #ith direction and meaning. %s opposed to#astingyour timeina-obyoudonJt love, no#youcan#or* to#ard acareer that better fits your purpose. %s opposed to being around people#ho are not compatible #ith youD your goals , no# you can find li*e@mindedpeopleandhangaround theminstead. %sopposedtolivingarandomexistence, no#youcancreateyour lifeof highest meaning.%nd that, in itself, is magic."hisis#hat happenedtomyrecent coachingclient %nna. %fter shefound her life purpose a fe# months ago, she began the steady processof transiting to her ideallife.Even though she started off in an unidealplace 3she #as and still is #or*ing in a -ob she doesnJt li*e, I" security4,#e $uic*ly #or*ed together to identify her long@term goals and game planto realiAe her purpose. 6rom there, she identified a certification course toe$uip the right s*ills to pursue her purpose, started her 6aceboo* pagefor her business, built her blog, gained initial traffic, got her initialclients, and found her tribe. Nust recently, she informed her company H( about herplans to depart soon to pursue her purpose.Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 12/o#, none of this is some temporary fad K %nna *no#s this is #hat she #ants to do. )he no# lives her life more fulfilled than she ever had. In her#ords, HI feel li*e I #as born a fish and for the first time in my life, IJve -umped in the ocean to s#im #ith my fish friends. ?4 I "his is a star* contrast from#hen I first met her at the beginning of our coaching, #hen she #as very frustrated and unhappy as she #asnJt doing #hat she loved. >hat %nna hasexperienced is #hat #ill happen to you too #hen you discover your true purpose and pursue it.(2 5onstant "rive an" passion>hen you pursue your purpose, youJll gain this incredible burst of energythat never seems to run out."heabilitytopursuemylifepurposefills meup#ithsomuchenergy,drive, and passion that IJm constantly excited every day. ?4 Everymorning, I bound out of bed, excited at #hat I can do and create in this#orld. %t night, I dread going to sleep because I #ould much rather beliving out my purpose than spend ;@M hours out of commission! ItJs as if Ihave79D< accesstoa #ell #ithunlimitedenergy! "his#asho#I felt#hen I first pursued my purpose in 700MF believe it or not, ; years latertoday, I still feel the exact same #ay! %nd I doubt itJs ever going tochange. ?4Gntheother hand, #henyouarenJt livingtruetoyour purpose, daysbecome a drag. >ee*days come and you do #hatJs neededF #ee*endsapproach and you loo* for#ard to them. "hen the #ee* starts and you#a*e up to +ondays #ith resistance and boredom, #aiting for #ee*ends to come again. "his #as actually I experienced in my last months prior to$uitting my -ob to pursue my purpose. >hile I did everything in my day -ob #ith dedication and perfection because thatJs simply #ho I am, I #ouldnJt#a*e up #ith excitement to get to my tas* list. In fact, my day -ob #as increasingly painful and unbearable as #ee*s passed by, because it had norelevance to my lifeJs message.Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 1'If you find yourselfloo*ing for#ard to #ee*ends and vacations as opposed to #hatyou do each day,itJs time to thin* about #hether your #or* issomething you seriously care about, or #hether it is simply a means to an end 3for financial stability, to support your livelihood, to have the money to buythings you donJt need4. >hat you #ant is to pursue something of highest meaning to you, and for this to happen, youJve to first start #ith, H>hat is mypurpose=I 3>hich #eJll get to later.4)2 Ac+ieve success (in #our ter*s6!+any people clamor for success as an end in itself. Ho#ever, I #ant to highlight that success is a natural effect of doing #hat you love 3and having cleargoals, plans, and s*ills4, vs. something you aim for as an end in itself.>hat doI mean=If youJvereadmyarticle !0,000Hours"o,evelop"alent, youJll *no#that HtalentI isnJt somuchsomethingthatJsinborn, butsomething thatJs cultivated through time. >hether it ta*es !0,000 or 70,000 hours of hard #or*, the point is that everyone starts from some#here, anditJs through consistent hard #or* in honing our craft that #e then become HtalentedI in an area./o#, cloc*ing !0,000 or 70,000 hours of hard #or* in a domain is no easy feat. If you consider that #eJre productive for at most9@: hours a day 3i.e.,not doing adminstuff, notbeingdistracted4, thatJs about M.: yearsto cloc*!0,000hours. M.: years! "hatJs M.:years todeveloptalent, #hich#illsubse$uently ,ay6e help you to achieve success in your field. >hoJd have the energy to turn up for #or* every day and push through in a field thatheDshe doesnJt care !00B about for M.: years, if not an emotional@less robot= 3%nd robots need to recharge too!4%s opposed to aiming for success as an end for itself, doesnJt it ma*e more sense to first identify #hat you truly care for, and then to direct your energyto ma*e this a reality= "his is #here your purpose comes in. >hen you discover your true purpose, you #ill naturally #ant to devote yourlife to pursuingit, because itJs #hat gives you the most fulfillment. 2ou #ill naturally #ant to spend time doing it even #hen you donJt have to, because you care. 2ou#ill naturally get better and better at it, even if you start at 0 s*ill level, simply because the time you dedicate #ill give you the experience and necessarys*ills. 1ecause of that, success becomes imminent. 2ou #ill excel and soar in #hatever you set yourself to do.Part ': 7a%se vs2 .ea% PurposesPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 1(In the next part, IJll tal* about false purposes. ItJs crucial to *no# this as #e #or* on your purpose discovery later in the series.I,a!esA &ater droplet in pool: 'an ar,s outstretched: Happy !irlOri!inal Article inBPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 1)Part ': -+# 8arning Mone# 9s :ot Your .ea% Purpose (An" How To ;now -+at 9s!This is part ' of a 34part series on how to discover your real purpose in life.8It is never too late to 6e who you ,i!ht have 6een.; Ieor!e Eliot>hen you #ere a *id, had you ever been told by your parents, teachers,peers or other people #hat you should do in life= It might be to earn a lotof money, tobesuccessful, toberespectable, tobeafilial child, tocontribute to the society, to serve a higher entity, etc.>hatever it #as,#hatrole did you play in identifying it= "he li*elihood#as someho#,some#here, people #ho #ere not you too* the onus ofdeciding ho# you should lead your life on your behalf, #ithout includingyou in the -ury. Presumably, your role #as to live out the purpose, not to$uestion it."heseare i*pose"purposes .purposes#hichhavebeen i*pose"upon #ou b# ot+er peop%e as w+at t+e# t+in$ #ou s+ou%""o2 Imposedpurposes are notyourreal purposesbecausetheyreflect#hat others #ant from you. "hey have been glossed over and pac*aged as un$uestionable, single universal truths. 1ecause of the subtlety in #hichthey #ere introduced into your lives, because of allthe structures and pillars that are already in place in your #orld #hich seemingly hold up thesebeliefs, fe# people actually give much thought, if any at all, to them.%fter all, if everyone around you is adhering to these purposes, there is simply no reason to $uestion its basis.Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 1,I gre# up pursuing imposed purposes, such as to earn money, to be successful, to be a faithful follo#er of my religion 31uddhism4 and to be a goodcitiAen of the society. %fter over a decade of unconscious adherence, I finally discovered my real purpose and began to actually live in a consciousmanner. 3chec* out the next part in the series for the full story4.I need to clarify that I am not trying to undermine the merit of imposed purposes . in fact, even though I am no# non@religious, I am more conscious andappreciative of 1uddhaJs teachings no# than #hen I #as a 1uddhist.%ll I am trying to say is unless #hat you are pursuing is the result of conscious evaluation and choice on your part, your life has not begun. %nd havinglived on both sides of the dichotomy before, I can genuinely attest that there is indeed a very concrete, palpable difference bet#een both.% real purpose %iberates. It comes alive from #ithin your soul, igniting1 burning1 b%ahen I #as gro#ing up, I #as constantly told by peers, teachers and parents ali*e that our ob-ective in life #as to be successfu% an" be financia%%#abun"ant. People #ho have achieved such statures #ere aspirational figures #hich #e should model after. /ot doing #ell in school #as associated#ith -eopardiAing that end outcome . it #as lin*ed #ith failure and our eventual do#nfall. )tudents #ith poor results or in less reputable schools #eregenerally fro#ned upon and regarded #ith shame.%mong us students, our conversations generally circled around studying, preparing for exams and doing pro-ects. EifeJs biggest highlights #ere finishingexams, scoring#ell andhavingholidays. ,uringholidays, someof myfriends#ho#eremorecompetitive#ouldbestudyingaheadforthenextsemester. %lmost everyone had private tuition, on top of the extra tuition that schoolteachers #ere already providing.Eife as a student #as aboutstudying and doing #ell in school."he e$uation #as simple? 'et good grades QR 'et a good -ob QR Earn a lot of money QR )uccess.)ince I #as too young to assess #hat #as a route of real meaning, I trusted in the -udgment of others around me and follo#ed suit in the path. )o thatJs#hat I fixated myself #ith. 'et good grades, so I could earn lots of money. Earn lots of money, because it #as the *ey indicator of success in oursociety. "hese goals became deeply ingrained in me.It became *ind of li*e a mantra over time.>hile I #as set on achieving these material goals, I continued to #onder about the $uestion on the meaning of life. I #ould thin* deeply about it, butsince I could never $uite find an ans#er, I #ould -ust par* it aside. "hat #as -ust a temporary fix though, because the $uestion #as al#ays some#herefloating in my mind. It #ould arise every no# and then, only to be par*ed again because I couldnJt find any ans#er to it. %nd since I didnJt have any realans#er, I #ould continue to see* recluse in #hat I had *no#n by others to be the purpose of living . monetary gains and success.M# first e=periences %iving out *# i*pose" purposesPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 21"hroughout my schooling life before university,I #as regarded as a top performer by peers and teachers. I #as consistently the recipient of manyscholastic a#ards, one of the top students in my standard and a model student. If people #ere to extrapolate my results as a *id to adulthood, it #ouldbe safe to say that I #as on my path to living out my intended purpose.>hen I #as !: in !SSS, I had my o#n computer and internet access for the first time. %t this point, one of my friends told me about this guy online #ho#as earning money through his #ebsite. I #as immediately intrigued since I *ne# earning money #as an important goal #e needed to achieve. I startedpic*ing up #ebsite and graphic design by myself and developing a site on the same topic 3des*top enhancements4, since it #as already a provensuccess model. I created the content from scratch, learned about internet mar*eting and monetiAation online. %s traffic started to pic* up, I startedcreating sister sites to ride off the success, including a competition site, a ran*ings site, a #ebring, etc.%t that point I noticed /eon 'enesis Evangelion #as the most popular anime 3still arguably is4, so I created a fan site to capitaliAe on its booming mar*etpotential, eventhoughIhadnever#atchedtheseriesbefore. 1asically, gettingtrafficandearningmoney#asmy*eyob-ectiveandI #asdoingeverything to attain that.1y 7000, I had become the o#ner of a huge net#or* of no less than : sites, #ith each site being highly successful and regarded in its o#n genre. %t itsprime, my sites had half a million visitors a month, #hich #ere very high in the early days of the internet. I #as getting regular chec*s in the mail from myadvertisers. If earning money and being successful #ere supposed to be my purpose, I #as definitely achieving it in my o#n #ay online. >here peersaround me #ere busy studying, I #as already earning money and partially living out the purpose I set myself out to do. I #as very satisfied #ith myachievements.9ncrease" a%ign*ent wit+ *# i*pose" purposes>hen I #as !M, I made an arbitrary goal in the future to earn T! million dollars and get a convertible. In )ingapore #here I live, a car is seen as asymbol of luxury and success, due to the high prices. "he limited land area in )ingapore resulted in hi*ed prices for cars and turned them into luxurygoods. Convertibles are in a different, higher league of luxury goods compared to regular cars. "here #as a time #hen my friend drove me in his "oyotaCelica . a slic* car #hich inspired me to get a convertible #hen I gro# up."he education system in )ingapore, li*e that of other countries, is segmented into different parts. "he conventional route is to move from nursery, toPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 22*indergarten, to primary school, to secondary school, to -unior college 3if grades permit4, to university, and finally to the #or* force. "hat is a #holestretch of nearly 7 decades of schooling. "he ob-ective of each stage is to graduate #ith top results so you can enter into a good school in the nextstage. "he ultimate ob-ective of the education system, #hich many people #ould agree is to get a reputable, high paying -ob.>hen it #as time to choose my university course, I decided to enter business school out of all possible specialiAations as it represented to me thepinnacles of #ealth and success in the #orld. I #anted to be in #hatever leads me to the most success and money, in alignment #ith my purpose.%fterentering business school, theimportance of#ealth andsuccess #asfurtherreinforced ifanything. EveryoneJsfocus#asto getahighC%P3)ingaporeJs e$uivalent of 'P%4, build resumes, secure internships and ultimately employment #ith top companies. "he common buAA among teachersandstudents#asonho#tosecureapositioninatopcompany.preferablya+/C3multi@national corporation4 .that hadexcellent gro#thopportunities, attractive benefits and a aspirational reputation. In campus, there #ere plenty of recruitment tal*s, career seminars, net#or*ing events,company@sponsored competitions and #hat not. %ll of them #ere invariably lin*ed to preparing for employment in a +/C.I*ept myselfpretty busyin my universityyears. )tudies@#ise,I focused on #hatinfluenced theresults, spendingtime on assignments, testsandpro-ects and s*ipping lectures #hich I felt #ere a #aste of time. I #as a ,eanJs Eister 3I eventually graduated as the top student in +ar*eting, #hich #asmyma-or, and#ashonored#ithaccoladesforbeingthemost outstanding1usinessstudent4. >ithintheschool, I #asactivelyinvolvedincore@curricular activities. Gutside school, I #as running my o#n graphics and #eb design business. I #as also giving academic tuition to *ids, as part of mydrive to earn more money.>hen I #as a 7nd year, I applied for a summer internship #ith the most prestigious 6ortune !00 company for brand management . also touted as thedream -ob for mar*eters. 1ecause of ho# highly coveted a placement #ith them #as, I #as vying #ith hundreds of other candidates for that internship.%fter ; rounds of different $ualifying tests, including an interesting 7nd intervie#, I #as a#arded the internship. %fter the internship, I received a pre@placement offer from them due to my strong internship performance, 7 years before I #as supposed to graduate.Gverall, I felt I #as living to my purpose of earning money and being successful. I became more and more confident in my abilities and *ne# that aslong as I drive to#ard my goals in life, IJll definitely achieve them at some point.Ta$ing a step bac$ fro* ever#t+ingPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 2'%s I felt that the learning curve in school #as already plateauing, I decided to drop my 9th year of honors and graduate ! year earlier. )ince I hadalready achieved the #idely inoculated purpose of school 3#hich #as to secure an employment4, I #anted to spend the last year of school relishing inlife. I discontinued my graphics designing business and tuition assignments at the same time.6or the first time in my life, I #asnJt being looped in any chase or pursuit. I #as basically given the gold pass to sit bac*, introspect and #atch as peoplearound me lead theirs.Everything #as seemingly in the right place . yet interestingly, I felt that I #as a missing bigger picture. )ure, I #as completing my education, #hich #asregarded as the first ma-or hurdle of life. I had already secured a promising career #ith the best company for mar*eters. >hile the achievement of thesegoals gratified me hugely at first, they felt strangely empty after a short period.Have you ever thought about your future before= /ot -ust a simple !@: years. /ot -ust !0 years either. IJm referring to 70, 80, 90, :0, ;0, hat if I had achieved those goals then= >or*ed and thrived in a consultancy, earned even more money, gainedsocially@conferred statuses, had *ids= >hat #as next= I thought my focus could be s#itched to my family. Perhaps my family and I could migrate to a$uiet, country side #here #e could en-oy a peaceful, relaxing lifestyle. 6or some reason, I had al#ays thought I #ould migrate to a #estern country atsome point in the future and this loo*ed li*e a perfect time to do that.>ith that in mind, I pro-ected 80 years into the future. >hat #ould be in store for me here= +y children #ould be teenagers by then. >hat #ould I bedoing= >hat should I set myself to do= I couldnJt thin* of anything much. "he only recurring goals #ere to earn more money, gain recognition and builda loving family. "hese seemed li*e safe and reliable goals to pursue, since they #ere endorsed by largely everyone in the #orld."hen I thought about 90 years later. +ore money, more success. Possibly #ould have grand *ids by then. En-oying the bliss of family togetherness.:0 years later. (elishing in a life of luxury, surrounded by symbols of success.;0. )ame thing.hen the individuals are gone, the relationship itself is lost as #ell. I #ill die someday, andso #ill the people I forged the relationships #ith. >hy should #e forge strong social bonds and relationships if they are going to disappear #hen #e die=Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 2,In addition, it made no sense to me that #e are part of continua% %ife an" "eat+ w+ic+ see*ing%# +as no en" to itse%f. >hy are #e brought into this#orld, if #e are to die= >hy is ne# life constantly being created only to end at some point= >hat is the real ob-ective of life= >hat is the end point tothis cycle= "he more I thought about it, the more biAarre and confused I #as. Everything #as bringing more $uestions, not ans#ers.%ll this made me realiAe that there is possibly a *uc+ bigger conte=t to %ife than #hat people around me #ere painting. "he purposes I had beenpursuing in the past decade of my life seemed to be fla#ed. I do not deny that there are merits behind those inculcated purposes, but they clearly do notstand by themselves as single purposes. It seems that there is a bigger frame#or* in the bac*ground that holds all these together, a bigger frame#or*#hich I #as not privy to yet.I started sounding out my friends around me. I tried to share #ith them my revelations about the hollo#ness of the goals #e had been pursuing. I tried totrigger them to thin* further on about our lives. Everyone #as too busy studying, sending resumes and securing intervie#s. >hile some intellectuallyunderstood #hat I #as tal*ing about, there #as no emotional resonance behind that.)uddenly, I felt I #as all alone in the #orld and in my thoughts. It #as a *ind of loneliness I had never experienced before.Pursuit to "iscover *# rea% purposeGn hindsight, it #as only #hen I stopped getting caught in the #hole frenAy that I realiAed ho# drone@li*e it #as. %s I observed them on the sideline,everyone #as -ust caught in a race of some sort. "hey #ere busying themselves to achieve a certain outcome, but did not really stop to thin* about#hether that outcome#assomethingthey#anted. "hey#ere#orryingday@in, day@out about their results, their intervie#s, their-obplacements./obody so much as thought about their life beyond that. >hat *ind of life #ere they loo*ing for after school= >hat *ind of life #ere they loo*ing for in :,!0, 70 years= /o one really thought about that. "heir ob-ective of life seemed to have been simplistically narro#ed do#n into !4 getting a good 'P% 3orC%P by the )ingapore system4 74 getting a -ob offer. It #as if they #ere -ust sleep#al*ing through their lives.Ironically, that #as probably a very adept descriptor of myself, before I turned in#ard to thin* in depth about my future.Interestingly, despite all the time #e spent at school, there #as never any formal education on purpose. ,espite all the time #e spend living, the fractionof time people spent contemplating on their purpose is miniscule compared to the time they spend doing other things. Ei*e say, studying, eating, ma*ingPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 27money,chatting, #atching tv, going out and sleeping. )urely something of such fundamentalimportance in our lives deserves more attention thananything else! Everyone seemed to be more involved in going through the motions everyday than finding out #hy they are actually here..ea"ing boo$s on purposeI tried reading self@help boo*s on purpose. +any of them give half@ba*ed ans#ers #ithout tac*ling the $uestion at its core. Instead of helping the readerto discover his or her purpose, the authors declare #hat their purpose is 3along the lines of Oserving the highest good of allJ, Ounite #ith godJ, Obe happyJor Olive life to the fullestJ4 and assume it to be the readerJs purpose as #ell. "heir purposes have their o#n meritsF but I #as not loo*ing for them to OtellJme #hat my purpose #as -ust li*e everyone else in life, I #as loo*ing for pointers on +ow to fin" it. I #as running into another dead end..ea"ing "ifferent sites an" *ateria%sI alsostartedbecominganavidreader onvariousconsciousness@raisingsites, suchasUaadA3no#*no#nas 'aia4and 'lobal +indshift. Gneespecially note#orthy piece I read #as of this #inning essay from >orld 1an*. >orld 1an* #inning entries are essentially inspiring essays that detailedthe #ritersJ passion and conviction to#ard serving various #orld causes, stemming from their real and heartfelt life experiences. "he piece #hich struc*me #as from this #riter #hose #hole life changed #hen best friend died in a terrorist bombing. >hile I had intellectually *no#n there #ere a lot ofmortalities in this #orld that needed addressing, to read the personal account of someone #ho had lived through it #as totally different.ee$ing *eaning in re%igionHo# about my religion= I #as born into 1uddhismF my parents are devoted 1uddhists. I #ould go to the temples #henever I #as expected to do so bymyparents. 1ut beyondthat, I didnot haveanyunderstandingor strongemotional attachment to#ard1uddhism. %funnythingI observed#as#henever I tried to ma*e any comment or as* any $uestion regarding 1uddhism, my parents deemed me as being deviant and #ould immediatelyshush me up. It #as biAarre and made no rational sense #hatsoever. I have no $uestion of doubt that my parents had personal experiences #hichstrengthened their faith but I felt that they are overall unconscious follo#ers.%s I #as gro#ing up, I remained largely a detached 1uddhist. +ost of my friends #ere li*e meF they #ere born into their religions and adopted it as partPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 20of their livesF versus it being a choice made consciously. I assumed religion #as as an outlet for people to see* solace in life.>ith regards to other religions, I never paid much attention to them since it #as a #idely *no#n fact that religious texts have been #ritten, re#ritten andmodified over the ages by people #ith their o#n sets of agendas. I #as also not able to reconcile #ith ho# all the different religions claims that #hat itadvocates is the single truth. )houldnJt there should only be one single truth in the #orld= >hich religion represents the real truth= >ho is right and #hois #rong= If there can only be a religion that is correct, ho# can all the people follo#ing a different religion be blind to the truth= )ince there #ere only$uestions but no ans#ers, I *ept the topic of religions in the bac* burner and never thought about it much.Gver time though, my curiosity for the truth started nagging at me. "he need for an ans#er became even stronger #hen I #as trying to figure out theactual purpose of our life. >hile it is easy to -ust #rite off religions and claim that the follo#ers are unconscious or disillusioned, there are #ay too manypeople in $uestion for the assumption to stand 3for example, #e are tal*ing about at least 900 million people for the 1uddhism 3:th largest religion4 andover 7.7 billion people for Christianity 3the largest religion4!4. 6or a certain religion to survive and #ithstand the test through the ages, I truly believe therehas to be a certain level of truth behind it.I started examining different religions and their beliefs. >hen I compared them, I observed *an# co**ona%ities an" sa*e un"er%#ing t+e*es suchas existence of a certain larger po#er #e can tap into, avocation of values li*e love, compassion, selflessness, #isdom and courage, use of meditationto attain a peace of mind, observed affirmative phenomena arising from positive beliefs, etc. >hile the religions come under different names and haddifferent practicesDrituals, t+e# are rea%%# t+e sa*e in essence! I started to conclude that there is one single universal truth, #ith each religion being theproduct of vie#ing that truth #ith individual cultural lens.Instead of #riting off religions, I finally realiAed that ever#one in t+is wor%" wit+ t+eir own sets of fait+s an" be%iefs are a%% essentia%%# be%ieving int+e sa*e t+ing. "hey are -ust doing it in a different manner and #ith a different interpretation.)ubse$uently, I found out that there is an existing movement 3/e# %ge4 #hich is in alignment #ith #hat I had concluded 3/e# %ge is about see*ing theuniversal truth and the attainment of the highest individual human potential4 as #ell as everything I have experienced in life thus far.>ith that, I bro*e a#ay from being a 1uddhist, since it no longer reflected my ne# understanding of the #orld. +e being a non@1uddhist does not meanthat I do not believe in 1uddhist teachings . in fact, my revelation made me more closely connected to 1uddhist teachings, as #ell as beliefs of all otherreligions, than #hen I #as a 1uddhist. >e are really all believing in one and the same thing.Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co 23Discovering *# rea% purpose>hile my revelation above on religions shed light on one of my big $uestions about life, it still did not ans#er my fundamental $uestion . >hat is thepoint of 3human4 life and my life=I startedexaminingon#hat #ouldlast throughtimeandspace. "heans#er that continuouslycameup#asthis. our consciousness. Gurconsciousness is the state of our a#areness and essence of our existence. "o put it in laymanJs term, consciousness is our soul. >hen #e die, #e loseour physical bodies. 1ut, our consciousness remains in this universe and move on to a different plane. ,epending on your beliefs, you may or may notagree #ith this . discussion on this #ill ta*e $uite a lengthy article, #hich is outside the scope of this.)o if consciousness is the one thing lasts through time and space, it #ill also be the single thing that is #orth developing in our life time. %nd letJs say #e*eep developing our consciousness. >hat is the net outcome of its evolution= >e canJt *eep gro#ing and gro#ing, can #e= "here has to be a certainend point to it. "here has to be a certain tangible result #hich #e are striving for.I imagined myself evolving to a higher level of consciousness. I also imagined everyone else doing the same thing. "he highest, ultimate point I couldfathom from scaling up on the goal is unity of the #orld. "his goes beyond the normal O#orld peaceJ, OutopiaJ and Ouniting the #orldJ proclamations youtypically hear. "his is the pure unity of the consciousness of everyone . of every single person in the #orld.6or us to achieve that state, the individual consciousness has to first be at its pinnacle level . probably Enlightenment. It isnJt enough too . 1eyond that,#e have to enable others around us to reach the highest level of consciousness. >hen everyone attains that, thatJs #hen our consciousness can thenultimately merge and become one single #hole. %s to #hatever happens after . #e #ill probably *no# #hen #e reach there.3"o read more about consciousness, chec* out +ap of Consciousness #here I share the !< different levels of consciousness.4"his made me realiAe that perhaps the reason #hy #e are trapped in the loop of life and death is because everyone is still vibrating at different levels ofconsciousness. +any are still stuc* at lo#er levels of consciousness such as fear, apathy, anger, guilt and grief. "he average consciousness level of the#orld no# is at Courage, #hich is M levels belo# the highest possible level of Enlightenment. If all the individuals in the #orld are to attain our highestlevel of consciousness one day, the cycle of life and death can probably then end, since #e are all united as a single #hole.Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co '4)o this #as it. "his #as #hen I realiAed my purpose of life and my life. It #as to reach my highest level of consciousness and to help others do to same3i.e. achieve our highest potential, #hich is actually the vision of Personal Excellence as #ell4 . so #e could eventually be united as one #hole one day.It #as $uite an ironic realiAation too? >hen I #as young, I al#ays thought people #ho proclaimed about uniting the #orld, pursuing humanitarian causes,helpingother people, etc#ereambitionless. ,iscussionsonhelpingpeople, givingbac*andcontributionnever deeplyinterestedme. 2et byaninteresting t#ist of fate, I no# realiAe that helping others gro# is actually the core reason for my being and my existence, because it is fundamental toachieving the end goal of unity of the #orld. "here is nothing of higher meaning than to be able to pursue this in full fervor and passion."o crystalliAe my purpose into a mission statement? 8To touch others9 lives: help the, achieve their hi!hest potential and live their 6est lives; 8To achieve ,y hi!hest potential and live consciously and freely in truth: love and power;A new foun" *eaning an" passion in %ife6rom then on, I started to embar* on my ne# purpose. "his purpose gives me such rich clarity, passion, -oy and fulfillment that I cannot imagine living#ithout it. Everyday,I live life #ith such incredible energy and Aest, single@mindedly driven on this path. "he thought of being in action, committingmyself to helping every single person in this #orld achieve their highest level of consciousness -ust fuels me to no end. It is li*e an internal energyreserve that never runs out.>henever I see people living lives that are less than #hat they are really capable of, I #ould be so charged up #ith trying to #a*e them from theirtrance. I #ould be loo*ing to release the mental shac*les they place on themselves, their abilities and their #orths. %nd #henever I do that, there #ouldbe a sheer sense of unadulterated -oy, passion and satisfaction that s#ells up inside of me and overflo#s through my being.%s simple as these t#o purpose statements are, t+e# gui"e *e in *# ever#"a# actions an" "ecision *a$ing. >henever I am faced #ith a dilemma,I loo* bac* to my purpose to rene# my clarity. 6or example, #hen I resigned from my -ob in Gct J0M, people around me reacted #ith varying levels ofresistance and shoc*. )ome could not phantom #hy I #ould ever ma*e a decision li*e this. 1ut #hen I loo* at my purpose, it #as a very simple andeasy decision . my purpose #as to help other people discover their purpose and achieve their highest potential. "he career I #as in #as not in directalignment #ith that. Even #hen I eventually decided this month to return to corporate #or* next year, it #as based on a conscious assessment that thisPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co '1is my current best option #hich #ill enable me to live my purpose most fruitfully.I personally believe that one day, #hen everyone achieves their highest consciousness, the #orld #illunite and #e #ill move on to the next level ofexistence. It may not come in the near future, but I believe #e are definitely starting to reach there. Nust loo* at the increased in global movements andmind shifts that has been ta*ing place in the past decade . itJs undeniable that humanity as a collective has reached a ne# level of consciousness andmaturity. % recent poll OIs Humanity 'ro#ing PpJ= on the perceived social maturity of humanity points that #e are at the adolescence stage right no# .no doubt this #ill come to change in years to come.:ote on Apr 2414 . "oday, almost 9 years after originally discovering my real purpose, I continue to live fiercely in alignment #ith my purpose. If it iseven possible, IJm more passionate about it than I #as in the past. %nd this passion increases #ith each moment. "he -ourney in these past fe# yearshas helped me to realiAe on many different levels that this is indeed #hat I #ant to do. It has driven me on to do things I #ould other#ise never havedone. I #rote about this in my end of 700S posts? >hy I Gpenly )hare +y Eife >ith 2ou, "he +edia %nd "he >orld +y End of 700S (eflections +y Eetter "o %ll Gf 2ou Two Most 9*portant T+ings T+at Le" to M# Discover#%s I loo* bac*, I realiAed there #ere t#o *ey things #hich enabled me to discover my real purpose.12 Discover# of .ea% Purpose >-? Discover# of e%f6irstly, 9 was ab%e to "iscover *# rea% purpose because 9 +a" ac+ieve" a certain %eve% of se%f-awareness. "he discovery of our purpose, is reallytied to our discovery of ourselves. >ithout first *no#ing yourself, you canJt discover #hat you #ant to set as the meaning of life. 2ou have to first *no#yourself to gain ans#er to your $uestions in life.)incetheearlyyearsof mylife, Ihavebeen active%#e*bar$ingon*#persona% growt+.I #ouldset andpursuemanygoals, beit academic,Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co '2business, recreational, financial, etc. I opened myself to learn and explore. /o matter #hat I #as doing, I #ould set the highest standards for myself. I#ould go allout in everything I did. Gf course, I met #ith different obstacles along the #ay,but I #ould overcome them in the matter of time #ithpersistence, hard #or* and faith. It #as these obstacles #hich #ere the real gro#th enablers. If it had been a smooth sailing path, I #ouldnJt have toodifferent of a person today.Even the active pursuit of my imposed purposes #ere lessons in gro#th. %s I started living in line #ith them, it made me realiAe they #ere not #hat I#anted. If I had not been actively pursuing them, I #ould not have found that out. I #ould still be seeing them as the meaning of life.It is all these experiences #hich helped me discover #ho I am. >hat I #ant, #hat I believe in. 1y *no#ing myself, I #as then able to discover #hat Ireally #ant to do in life.22 Your Purpose +ou%" @e Ti*e%ess an" Aniversa%)econdly, I learned a rea% purpose is universa% an" stan"s true across t+e conte=t of ti*e an" space. "ime, meaning it should hold true #hetheryou are loo*ing at your purpose !0,000 years ago or !0,000 years later. )pace, meaning itJs still #hat you #ant to do no matter #here you exist in theuniverse."hings li*e money, material possessions, recognition, etc are only relevant to our present, physical reality. "hey lose significance #hen #e start seeinglife as something that exists beyond our current physical plane, and our current lifespan. )ay, if I #ere to die today, all the money, material possessions,recognition, statuses, etc #ould no longer matter, since they donJt exist outside of this reality. "o relentlessly ac$uire them as ends in themselves #ouldbe the e$uivalent of -ust building a candy fort around you . one #hich #ould crumble sooner or later. "his made me realiAe my previous purpose to earnmoney and gain success #ere not my real purposes.1y vie#ing life through an entirely different lens . in its o#n entirety . I #as able to identify my purpose #hich #as timeless, ageless, limitless. +y no#purpose of achieving my highest consciousness and helping others achieve their highest consciousness #ill never be obsolete, because at the end oftheday#eareall consciousness. "hisma*esmypurposeonethat ispermanent, unsha*ableandimpervioustoanything, andthusma*esitempo#ering to live in line #ith.Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co ''In the next part, #e #ill go discuss in detail on about the ; important guidelines to consider #hen identifying your purpose. 2our purpose is going to yourmotif #hich #ill guide you through every act in life, so it is critical that you define it accurately.I,a!e JOri!inal Article inBPersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co '(Part ): , T+ings to 5onsi"er @efore Discovering Your PurposeThis is part ) of a 34part series on how to discover your real purpose in life.)everal self@help authors and #riters recommend discovering yourpurpose by imagining you are at your eulogy . i.e., your funeral. >hat #illyou #ant others to say about you #hen you die= >hat is the legacy you#ant to leave behind=Personally, I do not agree to this method for t#o reasons?!. 8go-base". 1y anchoring yourself on othersJ perceptions of you,you are tapping into your ego and fear. % purpose is not about theleaving a legacy or ma*ing others remember you positivelyFit isabout living your life in a #ay that you yourself #illstand proudagainst7. +ort-ter*. Gur existencebet#eenno#andphysical deathismerely a very small spec* in the larger spectrum of life. 1y defining our purpose in the context of our physical existence only, #e are not livingout our life in the fullest entirety possible.How s+ou%" *# purpose be %i$e&2our purpose is #hat is going to guide you through every act in life, so it is critical that you define it accurately. Here are a list of guiding principles onho# your purpose should be li*e?Personal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co ')12 .esonates wit+ w+o #ou are2>hat do you absolutely relish doing= 2our purpose should accurately reflect your passion, your desires, your core being and values. "his re$uires thatyou to have reached a sufficient level of self@a#areness. %s* yourself? 8If I have to do so,ethin! for the rest of ,y life: without !ettin! paid a sin!le cent:what would I want to dorite all thoughts that pop in. %ll of them, including miscellaneous ones. 6or every thought that pops in, continue as*ing that same $uestion.9. Veep doing it until you finally reach the ans#er that ma*es you cry."hatJs it. /othing fancy, nothing gimmic*y. If you #ere expecting something lengthy and complicated, there really isnJt any. ,iscovering your life purposeisnJt a mystery because your inner self has the ans#er all along. ItJs matter of tal*ing to himDher directly and getting the ans#er from himDher, #hich is#hat #eJll be doing #ith this -ournaling exercise. "hrough this exercise, I discovered my purpose and so have many of my !@! clients and readers, and#e have since lived our life on purpose.14 Tips To He%p You Det Your AnswerIJve received many $uestions on this exercise. )ome readers face difficulties, fears or resistances #hen doing it. )ome get mind bloc*s. )ome donJt getany#here. Here are !0 tips?!. -rite w+atever co*es to *in". +ost participants face difficulty because they thin* that the first fe# ans#ers must be the right one, but it canJtbe further than the truth. "hese ans#ers actually donJt matterF itJs about getting them out first so you can then get to the deeper ans#ers #hichcome from your soul7. Do not overt+in$2Don/t fi%ter. 6iltering #illaffect the progress. Nust #rite do#n everythingthat comes to mind. Even if you come up #ithans#ers li*e OI #ant to -ust do nothingJ or OI #ant to laAe a#ay and sleepJ, #rite these do#n and *eep going. >hat you type here is not importantFit is the final ans#er you reach at the end of the exercise that is your real purpose. In order to get to the final ans#er, you have to first get out allthe irrelevant ans#ers D thoughts. It also does not matter if your thought is a short phrase, a long sentence, repeated or seems irrelevant. "hepoint is not to let your logical mind interfere and filter out anything.8. :ot+ingness is Eust a *i"-point. If no thoughts are coming to mind, again repeat the $uestion you chose. If you are thin*ing HI donJt *no#I,then #rite HI donJt *no#I. If youJre thin*ing nothing, then #rite HnothingI. Eventually something ne# #ill come up.9. Det past t+e socia%%# con"itione" f%a$es. If you have not experienced any clarity on your purpose in life before, you #ill find that your ans#ersstart off as imposed purposes. "hese are the fla*es of social, media and environmental conditioning that are accumulated in your mind over thePersonal Excellence www.personalexcellence.co (4course of your life. Nust #rite do#n them any#ay because it helps to get them out of the #ay. 2our liberating purposes #ill soon start popping in.:. -rite #our "oubts. )ome readers have told me that doubtsDfears come up as they do the exercise. If so, -ust #rite those doubtsDfears do#n."hen, as* yourself H>hat is my purpose=I If there are doubts that emerge, again #rite them do#n and repeat the $uestion. )oon something ne##ill come up.;. .esistance *eans #ou/re getting so*ew+ere. Half@#ay through, you might get the nagging feeling to stop and do something else. Gr maybeyour mind is dra#ing up in a blan*. Gr maybe you feel tired. Press onF this means youJre getting some#here.ays "o Eive 2our Eife "o "he 6ullest !0! >ays "o 1e a 1etter Person !0! 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