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Find YOUR Purpose and be the Man you were meant to be!

Do you know what your purpose is? Do you really understand purpose or what it is? It’s not what you think.
On today’s show I want to challenge the common concept of purpose. Purpose is incredibly important and I believe as men we need to seek out our...

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Do you know what your purpose is? Do you really understand purpose or what it is? It’s not what you think.

On today’s show I want to challenge the common concept of purpose. Purpose is incredibly important and I believe as men we need to seek out our purpose with all of our might.

Men who find their purpose and align their lives with it are happier, more content, more fulfilled and have a greater clarity on all the other aspects of their lives. Being aligned with your purpose makes every decision easier and helps you to set more effective goals and have greater success in achieving them.

On this Episode:

  • What Purpose is Wrongly Perceived As
  • What is the common misconception about it
  • What is Purpose
  • Why you Need to seek yours
  • And more…

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1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:01,509 Do you know what your purpose is? 2 00:00:01,509 --> 00:00:04,583 Have you ever really wondered, there was that whole popular series for a while, 3 00:00:04,583 --> 00:00:09,653 purpose Driven Life and all that, but do you really understand the concept of what 4 00:00:09,658 --> 00:00:11,573 your purpose is or what a purpose is? 5 00:00:12,293 --> 00:00:14,513 It's, it's not what most people think. 6 00:00:14,513 --> 00:00:19,583 In fact, it's actually probably counter to what most culture believes it is. 7 00:00:20,543 --> 00:00:23,303 Guys, on this episode of the Foul Man Podcast, we're gonna dig 8 00:00:23,303 --> 00:00:27,803 into what your purpose looks like or what it purpose actually is. 9 00:00:28,823 --> 00:00:32,783 So you can start moving on the path that you want to, to be more successful, 10 00:00:33,023 --> 00:00:34,193 become the man you want to be. 11 00:00:34,673 --> 00:00:35,213 Let's go. 12 00:00:35,963 --> 00:00:37,523 Here's the million dollar question. 13 00:00:38,033 --> 00:00:41,723 How do men like us reach our full potential and grow into the men we 14 00:00:41,723 --> 00:00:45,573 dream of being while taking care of our responsibilities, working, 15 00:00:46,043 --> 00:00:50,373 being good husbands, fathers, and still take care of ourselves? 16 00:00:51,283 --> 00:00:53,093 That's the question in this podcast. 17 00:00:53,393 --> 00:00:54,713 We'll help you with those answers. 18 00:00:54,718 --> 00:00:57,683 My name is Brent and welcome to the Fallible Man Podcast. 19 00:00:58,658 --> 00:01:00,038 Welcome to the Fallible Man Podcast. 20 00:01:00,038 --> 00:01:02,198 Your home for all things, man, husband, and father. 21 00:01:02,468 --> 00:01:03,728 Big shout out to the fallible nation. 22 00:01:03,728 --> 00:01:05,498 A more welcome to our first time listeners. 23 00:01:05,498 --> 00:01:09,158 My name is Brent and I am the fallible man. 24 00:01:09,938 --> 00:01:13,298 On today's show, I want to challenge the common concept of purpose. 25 00:01:14,018 --> 00:01:18,098 Purpose is incredibly important, and I believe as men we need to seek out 26 00:01:18,098 --> 00:01:20,378 our purpose with all of our might. 27 00:01:21,488 --> 00:01:26,888 Men who find their purpose align their lives and are much happier. 28 00:01:26,948 --> 00:01:27,498 They're more. 29 00:01:28,823 --> 00:01:32,436 More fulfilled and have greater clarity on all aspects of their life. 30 00:01:33,456 --> 00:01:37,176 Being aligned with your purpose makes every decision easier, and it helps 31 00:01:37,176 --> 00:01:41,286 you set more effective goals and have greater success achieving them. 32 00:01:42,876 --> 00:01:46,476 I don't believe that your purpose requires you to perform a specific 33 00:01:46,476 --> 00:01:49,116 job or achieve a specific thing. 34 00:01:50,886 --> 00:01:54,186 Most of the time that's what we've associated with purpose. 35 00:01:54,576 --> 00:01:59,871 We've decided that having a purpose, Means that there is one right path for us. 36 00:01:59,901 --> 00:02:04,041 There is one specific thing that we're supposed to do. 37 00:02:04,701 --> 00:02:07,558 Maybe we're supposed to conquer a mighty i. 38 00:02:07,558 --> 00:02:08,128 I don't know. 39 00:02:08,608 --> 00:02:14,158 That's the thing is we've gotten all cobbled about what purpose really is. 40 00:02:15,298 --> 00:02:19,168 Helen Keller said, true happiness is not attained through self-gratification, 41 00:02:19,678 --> 00:02:21,828 but through fidelity to worthy purpose. 42 00:02:23,518 --> 00:02:29,518 Now, if purpose was actually a specific job or a specific thing, 43 00:02:30,598 --> 00:02:32,008 that would be really limiting. 44 00:02:33,928 --> 00:02:39,898 I mean, we'd all have to do like just a handful of things and then 45 00:02:39,898 --> 00:02:42,628 we'd all be doing the same thing and that wouldn't be achieving anything. 46 00:02:43,108 --> 00:02:47,878 It doesn't really make sense if that's the way you approach purpose. 47 00:02:48,958 --> 00:02:50,248 It's just that one thing. 48 00:02:51,808 --> 00:02:53,008 Now, I get it. 49 00:02:53,038 --> 00:02:53,908 I'm 42. 50 00:02:53,908 --> 00:02:55,038 I don't know anything. 51 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:55,948 I'm actually learning. 52 00:02:55,948 --> 00:02:58,108 The more I learn, the less I actually know. 53 00:02:58,828 --> 00:03:05,758 But one of the things that I've been challenged with is what is my purpose? 54 00:03:05,818 --> 00:03:09,268 At one point in my life, I ran from what I believe was my purpose. 55 00:03:11,038 --> 00:03:12,808 Now I have a different purpose. 56 00:03:12,808 --> 00:03:16,686 So if it's one thing then that wouldn't be possible. 57 00:03:17,571 --> 00:03:23,901 I had to stop and rethink purpose as we normally frame it, because if it 58 00:03:23,901 --> 00:03:27,591 was a specific thing, you couldn't have more than one purpose in your life. 59 00:03:28,341 --> 00:03:37,311 And I think that's pretty shortsighted to think that you only have one 60 00:03:37,316 --> 00:03:43,671 purpose or maybe purpose just isn't really what we think it is. 61 00:03:44,001 --> 00:03:46,271 Maybe you do have one purpose and we've. 62 00:03:47,196 --> 00:03:50,466 Look to purpose from the wrong perspective for a while. 63 00:03:52,206 --> 00:03:57,443 So let me propose this concept to you, I believe, and you let me know 64 00:03:57,443 --> 00:03:59,543 what you think that purpose is. 65 00:03:59,763 --> 00:04:04,493 A non-tangible thing that produces tangible results is 66 00:04:04,493 --> 00:04:10,613 something that you are, and that dictates how you engage life. 67 00:04:11,613 --> 00:04:12,933 What is a purpose? 68 00:04:12,933 --> 00:04:16,563 Well, let's try some ideas. 69 00:04:16,593 --> 00:04:16,983 Okay. 70 00:04:18,903 --> 00:04:20,163 Are you an encourager? 71 00:04:21,783 --> 00:04:23,043 Are you a nurturer? 72 00:04:23,463 --> 00:04:25,743 Are you an educator or a motivator? 73 00:04:27,303 --> 00:04:32,013 Maybe you make people laugh and bring joy and laughter. 74 00:04:32,703 --> 00:04:33,813 Do you lift people up? 75 00:04:35,043 --> 00:04:39,240 Do you prop them up and make them bigger and stronger and better? 76 00:04:39,945 --> 00:04:41,085 Are you an equipper? 77 00:04:41,955 --> 00:04:43,035 Are you a giver? 78 00:04:44,145 --> 00:04:47,235 See, all these things are purposes and there's more. 79 00:04:47,235 --> 00:04:49,138 That's not a comprehensive list. 80 00:04:50,428 --> 00:04:52,888 That was just a really quick list. 81 00:04:54,598 --> 00:04:57,958 Now let's revisit that concept, right? 82 00:05:00,808 --> 00:05:06,478 You can dedicate your life to a worthy purpose. 83 00:05:08,743 --> 00:05:15,733 Well, if you're a nurturer, that would be some form of taking care of people. 84 00:05:16,603 --> 00:05:22,003 Well, that means there's not one set path that means there's one 85 00:05:22,153 --> 00:05:30,583 set purpose in your life, which is nurturing other people That can appear 86 00:05:30,583 --> 00:05:31,843 in a lot of different forms, right? 87 00:05:33,133 --> 00:05:35,083 That could appear as somebody in the medical. 88 00:05:36,328 --> 00:05:45,598 That could appear in apparent, that can appear as an educator even, right? 89 00:05:45,598 --> 00:05:49,108 A nurturer could take several different shapes. 90 00:05:50,218 --> 00:05:55,378 So maybe you have more than one purpose, or maybe you have a specific 91 00:05:55,378 --> 00:06:00,598 purpose that is a combination of these purposes together. 92 00:06:01,108 --> 00:06:05,128 You're not just an encourager, you're a nurturing encourag. 93 00:06:05,998 --> 00:06:08,368 Or an educational nurturer. 94 00:06:08,698 --> 00:06:10,493 Nurturer, nurturer. 95 00:06:10,493 --> 00:06:12,797 If I start making up words now, you're gonna have to tell me, guys, 96 00:06:14,057 --> 00:06:16,157 all these things are purposes. 97 00:06:17,537 --> 00:06:18,737 It's part of who you are. 98 00:06:19,427 --> 00:06:22,217 You can't just pick that's who you're gonna be. 99 00:06:22,847 --> 00:06:28,127 You can nurture, I'll see if I, how many times I can use that word or 100 00:06:28,127 --> 00:06:30,317 build up some of those tendencies. 101 00:06:32,777 --> 00:06:34,997 But it's part of who you are. 102 00:06:35,897 --> 00:06:39,017 Each one can be applied to any and every portion of your life. 103 00:06:40,217 --> 00:06:45,467 Each one specifically changes the output of how you deal with the situation. 104 00:06:45,677 --> 00:06:49,187 It shapes the way you perceive the world and even shapes how 105 00:06:49,187 --> 00:06:50,717 you interact with other people. 106 00:06:52,937 --> 00:06:56,887 Each is a worthy purpose, as Helen Keller said, that you 107 00:06:56,887 --> 00:06:58,577 can devote yourself to fully. 108 00:07:00,677 --> 00:07:07,457 Think of when you go to work, if you are a nurturer, if you are an educator, 109 00:07:07,877 --> 00:07:12,827 how can that manifest in your job to make your job more fulfilling to you? 110 00:07:14,537 --> 00:07:19,127 How can that show up in the way you do your work and interact with your 111 00:07:19,187 --> 00:07:24,317 coworkers to make that job more satisfying, to feel that purpose? 112 00:07:27,017 --> 00:07:27,137 You? 113 00:07:29,852 --> 00:07:38,582 Each time we get close to our purpose, it is gives us a sense of fulfillment. 114 00:07:39,182 --> 00:07:40,712 It makes us more satisfied. 115 00:07:41,822 --> 00:07:43,412 So which one is your purpose? 116 00:07:43,412 --> 00:07:44,252 What is your purpose? 117 00:07:44,252 --> 00:07:45,692 Maybe it's not in that list. 118 00:07:46,262 --> 00:07:48,392 You have one that you're inclined towards. 119 00:07:48,397 --> 00:07:50,642 That one that fills you with joy. 120 00:07:51,602 --> 00:07:54,572 One that breeds satisfaction and contentment when you 121 00:07:55,162 --> 00:07:56,252 exercise that purpose. 122 00:07:57,557 --> 00:08:01,427 Pursue that purpose and the rest of your life will start to come 123 00:08:01,427 --> 00:08:03,677 into a much clearer alignment. 124 00:08:04,457 --> 00:08:07,877 You'll have just much ti easier time answering some of those 125 00:08:07,877 --> 00:08:11,987 questions about what you wanna do with life, where you're going, who 126 00:08:11,987 --> 00:08:14,057 you wanna be, how you wanna live. 127 00:08:14,627 --> 00:08:20,147 When you align yourself with that purpose, that naturally fills 128 00:08:20,147 --> 00:08:22,367 you up and makes you complete. 129 00:08:24,107 --> 00:08:25,217 Guys, if you're looking for some. 130 00:08:26,042 --> 00:08:30,002 Conquering goals, building a plan, seeking life you wanna live. 131 00:08:30,002 --> 00:08:35,552 You can find me at www.followmans.com/coaching and 132 00:08:35,552 --> 00:08:39,452 schedule a discovery call and work with me directly in my coaching services. 133 00:08:40,292 --> 00:08:43,292 I'd love to help you on your journey in any way that I can 134 00:08:44,312 --> 00:08:46,262 think about what your purpose is. 135 00:08:46,622 --> 00:08:47,522 Nurture that. 136 00:08:47,822 --> 00:08:55,382 There we go again and see just how far life can go when purpose stops being. 137 00:08:56,267 --> 00:09:04,367 A specific thing that you do and starts being the specific thing that you are. 138 00:09:05,537 --> 00:09:08,597 Be better tomorrow because what you do today, and we'll see on the next one. 139 00:09:10,307 --> 00:09:12,797 This has been the Fable Man Podcast. 140 00:09:13,427 --> 00:09:16,697 Your home for everything, man, husband, and father. 141 00:09:17,567 --> 00:09:19,457 Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss. 142 00:09:20,732 --> 00:09:27,092 Head over to www.thefallibleman.com for more content and get 143 00:09:27,092 --> 00:09:28,592 your own Fallible man gear.