There are three essential elements to discovering the purpose of your life

life. • break your daily routine, step away from what you’re used to; • allow yourself enough time to connect with yourself; • give yourself time to ponder and connect the dots of your life and; once the process is complete, you will be embalmed in clarity of purpose such as you’ve never experienced. Some practical advice • Go away from large cities. Go somewhere where you can enjoy peace and silence; • If you can, go abroad for some time: being away from what you know and not seeing things you're used to seeing is of great help to have those much needed inner dialogues with yourself; • Spend time outdoors as much as you can. Become one with the nature; • Plan to be away for a minimum of 2 weeks, preferably 4-6; • The trip should be done alone for maximum benefit. If you’re traveling with a significant other, both should follow the process together. Unless you do it together, the non-participant will become increasingly frustrated with the periods of silence and inactivity; You should ideally not to be contactable, and you should not contact anyone except immediate family. The process is more effective if contact can be cut completely. Especially avoid work-related contacts; • The experience will be significantly enhanced if you can do without what you currently consider to be necessities: internet, mobile phone, colognes and cosmetics, high-heeled shoes and fancy clothes, personal electronics; • No TV, movies, books, magazines or newspapers. Each of these are simply noise and distract you from your goal; • Take a journal and a pen with you. Write down your thoughts, keep a written record of your journey While it does take some patience and discipline to discover your purpose, the process of connecting the dots takes no effort at all. Your brain simply combines all of the input amassed over your lifetime and, free from other interruptions, is able to compute the variables and spits out a torrent of answers. Ideas that are going to blow your mind. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, said the following at a commencement address: "You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle." Find your love and passion; pursue it and you will find success. Yes, every beginning is hard and requires an effort. That’s the way it is. You may never reach your goals; for that you will be forgiven. But if you don't make at least one serious attempt to go for your dreams, would you be able to look yourself in the eye and say: "Naah, I never wanted it anyway"?