Deal With Your Doubts

The biggest problem I had once I was really clear on what my purpose was and what it meant, which happened later, really was fear, fear and resistance. That is very common. If the purpose is very accurate, it will usually also be very intimidating. If you're really nervous about your purpose, frightened of it, don't want to tell anybody about it, it's almost certainly correct. Now, this is 20 years ago. No one was talking about purpose in business. I was one of the first to be talking about purpose in business. I was terrified of people's reactions. I was terrified of how business people would react. I was terrified of how evangelical Christians would react. I was terrified of all sorts of things. And that's very normal, to have a lot of fear. First about knowing the purpose and then, once the purpose is known, fear about living it and about doing it. It took me, when I wrote the book True Purpose, probably two years longer than it needed to, to publish it because of my fear and how difficult it was for me to focus on doing the steps to get the book out there. The biggest problem with that is fear, just like I said before, fear of talking to it and learning your purpose. The prospect of having the Holy Spirit, your Buddha nature, or your spirit guide tell you in no uncertain terms what your purpose is terrifies most people.