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Who Are You? Unlock Your Purpose Through Discovering Your Identity · Revolution of Purpose Podcast

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  Welcome to the Revolution of Purpose podcast.
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  I'm your host, Jon Street,
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  and each week we bring you conversations
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  with thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and individuals
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  who have aligned their life with purpose
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  and created extraordinary results.
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  So I'm gonna live through it and accept it radically
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  with grace and hope and love.
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  I mean, I would be proud to be in this house.
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  It was an honor.
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  I had so much fun.
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  Tune in every Monday
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  for the Revolution of Purpose solo show
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  and every Thursday for Revolution of Purpose Conversation.
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  Welcome to the first episode
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  of the Revolution of Purpose podcast.
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  This one is a solo show.
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  And stay tuned because each Monday
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  we will launch a new solo show
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  where I delve into topics like purpose finding,
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  identifying limiting beliefs, and other mindset teachings
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  to help you live your most aligned life.
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  And then each Thursday
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  is Revolution of Purpose Conversations
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  where I interview thought leaders from around the world
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  who are living and flowing in their purpose.
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  Whether you're listening to this
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  or you're watching the video version over on YouTube,
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  I'm so glad you're here.
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  My name is Jon Street.
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  This is my dog Judah in the background.
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  He'll be making some cameo appearances
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  on the podcast from time to time.
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  He is also a husky rescue,
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  so you'll probably hear him talk every now and again as well.
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  I'm a mindset coach.
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  I'm a speaker.
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  I'm an author.
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  And I'm someone who is passionate
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  about helping people identify your purpose,
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  how to transform your life
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  and implement a new vision of your life
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  that is based on your purpose.
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  If you've ever felt like there has to be more to life,
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  if you've ever achieved goals but still felt unfulfilled,
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  if you've ever wondered why some people
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  seem so aligned and energized
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  while others just feel stuck and disconnected,
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  then you're in the right place
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  because today we're talking about a question
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  that sounds simple
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  but has the power to completely transform your life.
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  Who are you?
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  Not what do you do,
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  not what title do you hold,
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  not how much money you make,
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  and certainly not what do other people think about you.
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  Who are you really?
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  Down deep in your core
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  because before you can discover your purpose,
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  you have to know yourself.
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  You see, I spent years chasing goals.
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  I worked in sales.
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  I worked in sales management.
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  I worked as a sales director.
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  I worked in real estate.
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  I built businesses.
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  I achieved things that I once only dreamt about.
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  And while many of those accomplishments brought joy
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  and they brought fulfillments,
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  there were also seasons where I found myself asking,
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  is this it?
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  I mean, yeah, there were definitely like some high points
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  and some low points.
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  It was not always roses.
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  There were times that I won awards and accolades.
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  There were also times where I struggled.
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  But for the most part,
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  I was on what seemed to be a trajectory of success
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  but I knew something was missing.
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  I was like, what am I truly supposed to be doing
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  with my life?
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  What I eventually realized
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  was that I was asking the wrong questions.
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  It wasn't what I'm supposed to be doing.
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  It wasn't why is something still missing?
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  It was who am I?
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  Not what should I do, but who should I become?
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  Because what you do is ultimately just an expression
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  of who you believe yourself to be.
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  When you know who you are, your decisions become easier.
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  Your relationships become stronger
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  and your confidence grows.
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  Your purpose becomes clearer.
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  Everything begins with identity.
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  So John, why does this question even matter?
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  The ancient Greeks had a phrase
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  that was inscribed on the temple of Apollo,
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  know thyself.
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  Thousands of years later,
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  I believe it remains one of the most important pieces
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  of wisdom ever shared.
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  Think about it.
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  Many people spend their lives
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  trying to become someone else.
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  They're trying to fit into a box,
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  trying to meet expectations,
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  trying to live someone else's version of your success.
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  But when you don't know yourself,
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  it's easy to spend years just climbing a ladder
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  only to realize that it's leaning against the wrong wall.
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  The more disconnected that you become from yourself,
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  the more disconnected you become from your purpose.
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  And that's why self-awareness is not just important
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  and it certainly isn't selfish,
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  but it is absolutely necessary.
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  You see, the clues to who you are
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  are already there in your life.
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  I don't believe that purpose is something
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  that you just randomly stumble across one day.
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  I believe that purpose leaves clues for you.
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  The clues have been showing up
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  throughout your life all along.
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  There's a famous quote from Steve Jobs that says,
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  you can't connect the dots looking forward,
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  but you can connect the dots looking back.
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  I believe that looking back,
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  you'll be able to see how God,
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  how the universe has been working together
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  to try to help you find this purpose,
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  how it's been bubbling up from deep within you
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  this whole time.
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  Maybe you just didn't realize it.
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  So let me ask you a few questions.
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  When in your life have you felt the most alive?
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  I don't necessarily mean happiness.
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  I just mean alive.
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  Like when were you completely engaged
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  and bought into your life?
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  Like when were you so excited about doing something
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  that time just disappeared?
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  What activity in your life made you feel so energized
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  instead of exhausted,
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  that gave you energy instead of pulling it from you?
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  For some people, that's teaching.
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  For some people, that's creating.
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  For others, it's a time in your life
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  where maybe you were leading.
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  For others, it's about just helping people in service
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  and for others, it's about building something.
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  Purpose often leaves fingerprints
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  in the moments where we feel most alive.
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  I want you to really pause and think back
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  and pay attention to what those moments actually are
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  and where were they pointing you.
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  The second clue comes from our values.
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  What values matter the most to you?
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  Is it freedom?
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  Is it honesty?
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  Is it your faith?
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  Is it family?
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  Is it growth like personal development work
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  and mindset growth?
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  Is it service of others?
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  For some people, it's a value of adventure,
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  of feeling independent and not locked down.
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  Is it contribution,
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  knowing that you're helping your community grow?
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  Most people never really sit down
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  and actually identify what their values are
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  and yet it's these very values
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  that are driving every decision that you make.
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  Here's something that I've learned.
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  Whenever I feel frustrated or resentful or disconnected,
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  it's often because I'm living out of alignment
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  with my values
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  because you see my values are like my compass.
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  They are what are pointing me toward a life
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  that feels authentic
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  and authenticity is where your purpose begins.
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  You see, authenticity is your superpower.
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  There are people out there
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  who need the light that only you can bring
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  but if you're dimming your light
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  because you don't want to be yourself,
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  then they're not gonna see that
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  and y'all, not everybody is gonna be your person.
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  Not everybody is gonna be your people.
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  Not everybody is gonna resonate with you,
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  with your energy or with your light and that's okay.
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  Letting go of needing to be liked
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  is a first step to living in alignment with your purpose.
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  Realizing that the people who need you
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  will find you as long as you are 100% authentically yourself.
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  Let me briefly interrupt your podcast episode
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  with a word from your sponsor, me.
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  So if you're wanting to stay in touch with me
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  and I hope that you are,
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  please follow me on socials.
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  Instagram is johnstreetofficial,
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  TikTok is john.street.tiktok
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  and here on YouTube is johnstreet333.
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  Also, there's a Facebook, John Street Mindset Coach.
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  Check out my website, johnstreet.org
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  where you can actually book a discovery call with me
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  to talk about my coaching program, Revolution of Purpose
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  and also find a copy of the book,
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  Revolution of Purpose there as well too
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  and don't worry,
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  I will be uploading some candid photos of Judah
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  on there as well.
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  He is the actual star of the show.
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  So I will be glad to get back to this podcast episode
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  but I do look forward to connecting.
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  I have another question for you as well.
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  What are you tolerating?
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  Now here's that uncomfortable question.
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  I mean, what have you accepted
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  that no longer is even serving you?
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  It could be a relationship.
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  It could be a situation.
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  It could be a belief.
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  It could be some type of excuse.
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  It could be something in your environment
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  that you're tolerating that is just not fitting with you
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  because sometimes purpose doesn't become clear
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  because we're surrounded by things
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  that are drowning out our inner voice.
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  We become so busy tolerating what isn't right for us
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  that we never create the space for what is
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  and sometimes that next chapter of your life begins
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  when you finally decide,
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  I refuse to tolerate this anymore.
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  I want you to ask yourself,
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  what things in your life are you tolerating?
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  What things are not giving you joy?
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  What things are sucking your energy?
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  Sometimes when it's a person,
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  it's someone that you can't cut off per se
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  but it is something that you can put in
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  some better boundaries with,
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  especially if it's a family member or a close friend.
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  You don't necessarily have to cut them out
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  but you do need to have boundaries
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  so that their presence does not pull you away
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  from your purpose.
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  Next, I wanna point out that purpose is not just a job title.
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  I think so many people overcomplicate the term purpose.
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  They think that purpose is like one magical career.
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  You know, if I just had that perfect job,
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  that perfect opportunity, one giant revelation,
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  that's my purpose.
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  But you guys, I don't see it that way.
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  Purpose is often found at the intersection
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  of what you love and what you're good at
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  and what helps others and what creates value in the world.
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  Purpose is less about a challenge
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  and more about a contribution.
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  It is less about achievement and more about alignment.
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  Purpose is becoming fully who you were created to be.
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  The Japanese have an ancient practice called ikigai.
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  And this is something in my coaching course
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  that I teach one-on-one to people and also in our groups
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  is how to find your ikigai,
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  which is basically the ancient Japanese word for purpose.
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  They ask themselves, what does the world need?
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  And you draw out like a Venn diagram and that's one circle.
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  And then another question is, what am I good at?
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  Another question is, what can I be paid for?
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  And another question is, what do I love?
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  And where those four circles all intersect
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  is your ikigai.
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  And your ikigai is your purpose.
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  Deepak Chopra refers to it from the Indian tradition
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  as your dharma, as that light that you have
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  that the world needs and that only you have.
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  So I want you to really think about those things.
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  What are some things that I love?
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  What are some things that I'm good at?
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  What are some things that the world needs?
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  And what are things that I can be paid for?
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  I'm gonna actually give you a challenge for this week.
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  I want you to take some time reflecting on these questions.
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  What activities make me feel most alive?
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  What values matter most to me?
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  What am I currently tolerating?
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  I don't want you to rush through these questions.
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  I want you to journal them.
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  I want you to think about them while you're driving.
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  Sit with them over coffee.
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  Because the quality of your answers
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  may change the direction of your life.
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  And then you'll find an ikigai worksheet
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  here in the notes of this episode.
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  And I want you to download it
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  and I want you to fill that out.
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  I want you to truly ponder what does the world need?
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  I want you to truly ponder what you're good at.
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  I want you to truly ponder what you love.
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  And I wanna truly have you ponder what you can be paid for.
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  And then ask yourself, when you see what that ikigai is,
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  is that a reflection of what your life looks like right now?
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  And if not, is that something that you want your life
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  to look like in the future?
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  Thank you so much for joining me
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  for this very first episode
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  of the Revolution of Purpose podcast.
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  If today's conversation really resonates with you,
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  then I hope that you'll subscribe.
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  Hit that like button, leave a review, leave a comment.
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  Let me know where you're watching from.
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  And share this episode with someone who may need it.
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  And remember, you don't discover your purpose
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  by looking outside of yourself.
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  You discover your purpose by understanding who you are.
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  Because purpose isn't something you find.
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  Purpose is something you uncover.
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  Until next time, identify your purpose,
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  ignite your transformation, and implement your vision.
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  Decide who you are and live it full-on out loud.
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  I'll see you on the next episode.