What do you consider to be your actual purpose in life?

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Matt Eiden · Answer

Now this is a question that I never thought I would be answering here. What do I consider to be my actual purpose in life? If you ask me when I was in college, it would have been to play baseball and be really good at it and do it as long as I could, and help people along the way. If you would have asked me when I first started training athletes, it would have been to build big, strong athletes, and get the most out of them and just dedicate myself to training athletes. Making them better. If you'd asked me a few years ago, it would have been to have more balance in my life and to show people that it's not just about working hard and grinding because that's good and and that can lead you to a lots of good things in your life. And it's great to have that work ethic. But to show them that it's not about glorifying the grind. It's about putting in good work and getting done everything you need to and going above and beyond. But also dedicating time Time to your family and your friends and fulfilling other purposes in your life to not just work and now it's a lot more than just about me and what I'm doing. So kind of finding structure in my priorities. I guess, and making sure I'm actually prioritizing what I'm saying. I'm prioritizing not just saying Family First and finding balance but To make sure that I'm doing things that I'm preaching. And I also think that I don't know where my life is going next. I think I know what I'm good at and I know what I'm trying to do, but you just never know what people have in store for you. So I think it's more about my mindset and how I treat people, and what I'm trying to kind of do an all aspects of my life and carrying that approach into anything that I do in life. If so I think it's just trying to be a good person and leading by example and making sure that I'm actually doing what I'm preaching to people and what I'm teaching doing that myself. So great question.

Jessie Diggins · Answer

Hi Suzanne. I love this question. I've actually thought a lot about the difference between passion and purpose because my passion is cross-country skiing. I love what I do, I love my job, I love getting to race but my actual purpose in life, thankfully isn't just to ski in circles really fast. That's not my purpose. That's not why I'm here. My purpose is to help open up the conversation about mental health and specifically Eating Disorders because I had one When I was 18 19 years old. I've been in recovery ever since and I think it's so important for people to know that if it's okay to not be perfect and it's okay if you need to ask for help with something, we all need help in our lives. With lots of things. That's okay. That's why we have medical professionals. That's why we have family and friends and people who have our backs. So I think my purpose in life is to open up that conversation and Empower people to feel safe and and okay with asking for the help that they need. So that's that's basically my biggest goal.

John Sinclair · Answer

Hi Suzanne. It's crazy. That you asked this question, because as I was exercising here on my bike, I started thinking about this a little bit more this weekend, when I was chatting with my sister-in-law, as she's trying to find her purpose in her career. And, you know, for me, I was fortunate enough to find a career that I knew met my purpose in life, and that is To inspire people to Allah with a lifelong opportunity for more movement. And so in the 25 years that I've been coaching educating exercising, myself and or whether I was an athlete or now, just as a coach, I've come to realize that I was fortunate in my life to find my purpose really early. Like, when I was a little kid, I knew that this was something I was going to do. The rest of my life. And I think getting involved as a coach, someone who gets an opportunity to work with young people and to inspire them to become better athletes to work with the active aging Community to inspire them to have more longevity in their life. To inspire them to do the things that they love and to follow their hobbies and their passions and to help them guide themselves, maybe away from Pain and towards pleasure has been the most rewarding part of my life so far. I couldn't think of another career. I'd rather be doing so thank you for asking the question and I'd like to hear from you. What is your purpose in your life?

Bryan Doo · Answer

Wow, this is a pretty intense question. What do you consider your actual purpose in life? I actually think my purpose in life, is to help people and to build confidence in to people and help them to be reach their potential. I've coached a lot of sports and a lot of different activities but that common thing that keeps coming up is how I can make people better and how I can help them. I feel like that is an internal drive. That makes me do what I do and get up in the morning and just live the way I live. Thanks.

Lee Sommers · Answer

Hi Suzanne. Thanks for a really interesting question. What do I think my purpose in life is I've always kind of felt like my purpose in life was to help people. Whether it be my clients, the athletes that I get to work with other trainers that I've had working for me, or that I've had the opportunity to educate my family. My friends, under family, obviously my children who are obviously priority number one for me. I've always really wanted to help people through charitable organizations. It's always been something that I really put a high priority on and really kind of, you know, was was the thing that I thought was my primary purpose in life. In fact, when I actually broke off to start my own company, a few years back, I actually named my company after a lot of, a lot of thought purpose, Personal Fitness, you know, my purpose in life was to help people, but it was also to help people find their purpose. At least it as far as it pertained to health and wellness. I wanted to really help people achieve what they wanted to achieve. Identify what that was and kind of give them the blueprint and some inspiration to be able to do it. So, you know, throughout my life I've kind of always thought that that helping people was, was something that, you know, it was the thing that I could do to kind of contribute to society and contribute to other people's lives. I hope that answers your question. Cheers.

Wendy McClure · Answer

What do you consider to be your actual purpose in life? Well, being a mother. And then working in the fitness industry, I realize that every day you can make a positive impact in someone's life. So, getting up in the morning and giving yourself a few, intentions aspirations of, how are you going to create a positive wave in the world today? With someone or just in general with your behavior, seems to be the most important purpose in life.

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