Finding Your True Calling Will Fill Your Heart- And Your Pockets!

Three keys to discovering your roadmap towards success

Not knowing what your calling is can be a lifelong dilemma. The biblical phrase: “man shall not live by bread alone” becomes very valid when having a stable job grimes your creativity away.

If you feel working is something you do just to put food on the table, it’s more than possible you haven’t found your true calling.

Let me share with you how and why finding your purpose will increase your productivity.

Changing yourself will change the world:

There comes a time when we suddenly start asking ourselves how our future will look like.

What is my purpose in life? What moves me? What type of legacy am I building?

After reading dozens of books, attending conferences, and doing a lot of personal work, I finally had to accept it: I was still lost.

No one was pointing at me and saying: this is what you’re good for, this is your calling!. I had to decide, and if I wanted to make it work, I had to be committed.

But, how can you choose a path when there are so many options? These are the three realizations that guided me to discover my own truth.

1.Honoring your passion will lead you to financial success:

When reflecting on your true calling, nothing is more soul-crushing than hearing this phrase:

“Passion is what you can do regardless of getting paid.”

Let’s make something clear: your calling is not what you could do even if you’re not getting paid.

Quite the opposite; your calling is that job you wish you had AND receive good compensation for it… Quite a difference, right?

It’s time to get real people, we are in the middle of a global crisis, and no one has the time or resources to live out of likes.

We need answers and results A.S.A.P.

Yet, keeping a “well-paying job” you don’t like is, surprisingly, not that profitable. I had a couple of those jobs in which I just wasn’t passionate about.

Monotony made me feel frustrated; stuck.

Suddenly, it was hard to get out of bed to go to work, but I still got to do it because of the money.

As a result, my employers weren’t excited about my performance. I felt burnout and desperate to try new things.

I was going from one job to the other, whipping the possibilities of being promoted or fulfilled. I ended up changing my career path twice.

Twelve years of accumulating professional experience later, I attest to the fact that the activity in which you invest more than a third of your day, A.K.A. your job, defines your whole life:

• The extent of your professional achievements.
• Your mental health.
• Your ability to network.
• Your income.
• Your physical health.
• Your self-esteem.
• Your ability to befriend coworkers.
• Your dating game and your sex life.

These are all determined by how good you feel about yourself and the vibe you put out there.

Where to start?

To find your true calling, look back and remember those moments when you have felt fulfilled. For example:

• The college classes in which you were honestly interested.
• The conversation topics with friends you keep coming back to over and over again.
• The list of courses you’ve started but couldn’t finish because life happened.
• The sort of documentaries, videos, albums, or novels that you can’t stop purchasing, enjoying, and thinking about.

This doesn’t mean you should turn all your hobbies into something profitable. It means that working can be something that you actually enjoy.

When you like your job, your effort ends up generating a higher income.

Do you find yourself counting the minutes to get out of the office? As I mentioned before, dissatisfaction is at the core of desire fueling change.

Yes, the actual circumstances are often overwhelming, and not having a steady income can put you to the edge. But trust me, romanticizing poverty isn’t really my thing.

And It doesn’t have to be yours either.

Following your passion will encourage you to take advantage of every ounce of talent, energy, and creativity you have. You will be willingly working harder than ever with a smile on your face.

Designing and applying a good marketing strategy, you’ll soon enough be surrounded by valuable connections and the income you deserve for following your passion.

2. Embracing your calling will get you further than settling for something you don’t love:

Still, what your calling lies on a personal decision. The path you will follow and how you will put your resources to work can always change.

That’s why you have to accept, commit, and honor that decision. Nothing is more toxic to success than inconsistency.

Like me, you’ve probably read great articles on how to be successful on Medium. Each one of those articles states that discipline and consistency are essential.

As one of my favorite painters once said:

“Inspiration exists, but you have to find it working.”

Pablo Picasso

Decision-making often means that you will have to put other things aside. The good part is, it doesn’t mean you have to give them up forever.

It only means that you have to design a plan that makes every action counts.

I struggled for a long time with “finding my passion” because I like to do more than one thing.

However, it was possible to find a thread subtly connecting all those things. That thread is called: values.

3. Values and talents are complementary and define the services you provide:

Fortunately, to find your calling, you don’t have to do all the heavy lifting yourself.

To understand your values and embrace your talents, ask five relatives and close friends what they think about you and the most POSITIVE aspects of your personality.

Listen carefully and write down the words and compliments you receive. Focus on their words and accept what you hear with gratitude.

Now that you have a list, you can start seeing the bigger picture:

• Someone mentioned the ability to analyze.
• Another person said you were smart.
• Someone else said creative.

Match the similar attributes so you can have a vision of what it’s like to be around you. That way, you’ll be able to determine what type of experience you‘ll provide to your customers.

Now! Let’s work on your values.

What guides you? Think about the parameters you regularly use to make decisions.

These parameters are often learned very early during childhood, typically from your family.

Values are the compass that determines the way you conduct your business and personal life:

• Honesty.
• Resilience.
• Loyalty.
• Reliability.

These are the things that can differentiate your business, entrepreneurship, articles, and services from others in the industry. Keep that list close to you. It will make your life easier.

“Values are like fingerprints. Nobody has the same, but you leave them all over everything you do.”

Elvis Presley.

Here’s the secret part that no one tells you:

You already know what you’re passionate about.

You’re just too afraid to deal with change. I understand changes are awkward, full of uncertainty and risks.

Nevertheless, there’s no need to put your life upside down; you can commit to making a reasonable and progressive transition from one career to the other.

Consider that even if it makes you tick, your calling is not just something you do. It is something you should be great at, always.

So, consider you would probably have to get some training and take some classes to set the whole thing in motion.

Honing your craft by taking classes can help you network, change your career perspectives and bring interesting business opportunities to your table.

Keep in mind you never start from scratch. You start with a bag full of the experiences and resources accumulated over the years.

The world is your oyster.

If you insist, let me tell you what your calling is:

• Your calling is the emotion you feel when you hear someone talking about that topic.
• Your calling is that insomnia keeping you glued to the screen because you want to learn everything there is to know about it.
• Your calling is that thing that you love to do but are too afraid to take seriously.
• Is feeling your whole world will crumble if you commit to it because everyone says it won’t work.

It’s about time to accept that you deserve the chance to chase your dreams.

We are all so used to think about what’s profitable that we completely forget we have the power to control our lives.

The world is full of examples of people succeeding in the most diverse areas.

They all have different backgrounds, have sort different obstacles, and have learned from their mistakes.

You have the same potential waiting to come out.

Do you already know what you’re passionate about? I would love to hear all about it in the comments!