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Do you want to know how to find your purpose in life<\/a>? What advice does Robin Sharma give about purpose in his book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari<\/em>, Robin Sharma gives advice on how to find your purpose<\/a> (or your dharma) in life. We’ve taken his advice and expanded on it to give you a broader understanding of what dharma is and how to find it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue below for advice on how to find purpose in life<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How to Find Your Purpose<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The concept of dharma<\/em>, which roughly means \u201cpurpose,\u201d <\/em>teaches that everyone has a mission on Earth, and unique skills and gifts to help complete that mission. According to Sharma, living by your Dharma is the only way to achieve true happiness<\/a>; therefore, in order to live happily and contentedly, you must first figure out how to find purpose<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari <\/em>translates dharma as \u201cpurpose,\u201d which is accurate but doesn\u2019t convey the full scope of the word. Dharma has a much deeper and more religious meaning than just one\u2019s purpose in life; it\u2019s both the laws of the universe as set down by the gods, and it\u2019s what each individual person is meant to do as a result of those laws. The Bhagavad Gita<\/em><\/a> <\/em>explores this topic in greater depth.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Setting Clear Goals<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sharma teaches that the first step toward finding your dharma is setting clear and specific goals. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do this right now: Take a piece of paper and write down some specific <\/em>long-term goals. Write whatever comes to mind in the moment\u2014you can always reevaluate your list later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having a list of goals will help sort through the clutter of your daily thoughts, so that you can focus your attention and energy on what\u2019s important to you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Eat That Frog<\/em><\/a>, Brian Tracy\u2019s book about achieving difficult goals, the first chapter discusses the importance of knowing what those goals are. Tracy, like Sharma, writes that having specific goals will focus your energy and motivate you to achieve them\u2014and the more ambitious your goals are, the more motivated you\u2019ll be.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

John\u2019s Dharma<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari <\/em>parable, the main character John reminisces about how he used to lose track of time while painting. He compares the feeling to being in heaven. Julian tells him that feeling is the result of focusing his energy on something that he loves.<\/strong> He suggests that John\u2019s Dharma may be to make beautiful paintings for others to enjoy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dharma Leads to Flow; Flow Leads to Nirvana<\/strong>

Flow<\/em><\/a>, by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, is a deep dive into the kind of experience that John\u2019s remembering. Csikszentmihalyi describes flow as an \u201coptimal experience\u201d where you\u2019re completely focused and completely happy\u2014you\u2019re not losing any mental energy<\/a> to intrusive thoughts or unhelpful feelings. Nirvana <\/em>is a state of endless, perfect happiness, which Sharma touches on briefly in The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari<\/em>.

In a religious context, Nirvana is roughly equivalent to heaven; thus, John\u2019s comment that painting was like \u201cbeing in heaven\u201d shows the link between dharma and Nirvana. Nirvana is the end goal of Buddhism and Hinduism, where it\u2019s defined as a perfect union between your spirit and god (or the universe). <\/strong>The Bhagavad Gita offers details on this more religious interpretation of the concept.

In a more secular context, you could consider Nirvana to be a state of perpetual flow<\/strong>\u2014thus, according to Sharma, living by your dharma is a crucial part of reaching Nirvana. Sharma and Csikszentmihalyi offer two different approaches to reaching this state of perfect focus and happiness: Sharma says that you can be happy at all times<\/strong> by finding your dharma, and devoting all of your energy to fulfilling it. According to Sharma, any time that you\u2019re working toward your dharma, you\u2019ll be in a flow state<\/a> (though he doesn\u2019t use the word \u201cflow\u201d to describe it). 

Csikszentmihalyi says you can find <\/em>flow in any situation<\/strong> by setting challenges for yourself. These challenges should be difficult, but achievable.For example, if you want to improve your basketball skills, perhaps you\u2019d practice three-point shots. You\u2019ll experience flow<\/a> as long as those shots are difficult (but not impossible) for you to make. If making those shots becomes too easy, you\u2019ll exit the flow state<\/a>, and that\u2019s how you\u2019ll know that it\u2019s time to set a new challenge. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

John now questions whether his goals can be smaller and more practical, such as losing weight. Julian replies that there\u2019s nothing wrong with setting a lot of small goals on the way to larger objectives; in fact, small steps are the best way to get started on major life changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small goals lead to small victories, which are crucial for maintaining your enthusiasm as you work on a large project like finding your Dharma. Our Iceberg Is Melting<\/em><\/a> <\/em>is another parable about making major changes. According to that book, one of the key steps in a major project is to achieve and celebrate small victories<\/strong>, just like Julian described in the previous section. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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