Five Steps To Achieve Your Heart's Desire

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There's a quote from "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho that I've always been very inspired by:

"When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream."

Did you ever really want something so much -- like to get that big break, or find the perfect home or car -- and then a bunch of coincidences happened that almost literally led you your goal? Maybe you met the right contact at the right time, or saw an ad in a particular website, or took a way home from work different than you usually do?

How To Find Your True Purpose In Life

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There are many self-help books regarding the quest for one's true purpose in life. There are also career coaches and gurus who will help you determine this perhaps most important pieces of self-knowledge. After all, if we cannot divine what our Purpose truly is, how can we possibly structure the rest of our life?

But the easiest way I know how to find out our true purpose is to simply think back to what we liked to do as children. Young people have more of a direct connection to their Self than adults...they have yet to learn to second-guess themselves or try to be something they're not just to make others happy. By looking back on what mattered to us most back then -- activities, entertainment, wishes and dreams -- we can best pinpoint what we should be doing now in order to find supreme personal fulfillment.