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FIND YOUR SWEET SPOT & WRITE YOUR PURPOSE STATEMENT
What would you rather be doing than working? What would you do if you couldn't fail? What would you do if you could fail? There are many questions we use to try to find our life purpose. In this section, we tackle purpose in a new way: with a Venn diagram and a Madlib!
First we'll find our sweet spot, where passion meets skill meets market opportunity! Then, we'll answer five question to craft a purpose statement that highlights what we do, who we do it for, and how we change their life as a result.
Artwork by Bill Amend
- Find Your Sweet Spot
Tina Seelig
Faculty member at Stanford University and author.
Faculty member at Stanford University and author.
Your Sweet Spot
Jot down your answers to these three questions in your notebook and see if you can find your sweet spot.
Passion
What gets you out of bed in the morning?
Skill
What are you better at than most people you know?
Market
What will people pay you for, in minutes or dollars?
2. Write Your Purpose Statement
2. Write Your Purpose Statement
On your piece of paper, answer these five questions and fill in the blanks to construct your purpose statement.
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