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

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.