“We’re here to rescue Hayden’s dream.”

I don’t know how I could have been so oblivious to this, but you and the rest of my readers sure weren’t. Ya’ll jumped all over my ‘anti-life coach’ post with a vengeance.

That’s when I realized that the underlying presumption I had was that people who were trying to live their purpose became life coaches to help other people find their purpose.

Gee, Hayden, not everyone wants to do that, DUH. I realized that the mere fact of that assumption, meant that I wanted to become a life coach and help other people live their purpose.

So that’s where I’m at. I can’t thank you enough for writing this.

To me the most vital component of what you are describing is honesty with oneself.

So many of us lie to ourselves about our true motives or desires. We are unhappy with that paths we have taken so we dupe ourselves into believing that the new boat or car or house or spouse is what we are really after. In our purest moments of honesty many of us would admit to ourselves and anyone who would listen that we know that more (fill in the blank) won’t really make us happy.

And yet we are rarely ever that open with ourselves - its as if we think that if we don’t audibly or consciously acknowledge something than it doesn’t really exist.

There are plenty of people out there who chose to be lawyers or doctors etc for the money and, as a result they are miserable. There are also individuals out there who honestly assessed their passions, realized that what they dreamed of doing probably wouldn’t lead to great financial riches and headed down that path, eyes wide open knowing full well that being wealthy in life has little to do with money.

Hayden - to echo Dereck’s point - do what you dream of doing, not as a means to an end but as the end itself. If end = living your life in a way that maximizes your fulfillment and helping others identify and fulfill their dreams =’s maximum fulfillment for you than any other consideration is insignificant in comparison.