How to know your life purpose in 5 minutes | Adam Leipzig | TEDxMalibu

Adam Leipzig has overseen more than 25 movies as a producer, executive and distributor. and has produced more than 300 stage plays and live events, and he was one of the founders of the Los Angeles Theatre Center.

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[sdkwntc]

I'm mad jealous of people who know what they want to do.

[jayfunk]

My lifes purpose is to watch youtube videos all day right now I'm killing it

[jazzyg]

I think so many struggle with "finding their purpose" because they are under pressure to be financially successful in this pursuit. So often the things we enjoy and value immensely are not necessarily going to make us hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars.

[julie]

I always felt when I worked as a nanny, I made those kids feel secure and wanted and valued in ways I never felt growing up. I always feel if I never achieved anything else in my life, I know I achieved this.

[RenG]

My life’s purpose is to search for “My Life’s Purpose” 😭

[jordanforbes]

As someone who has spent countless hours, days, weeks, months, years obsessing over this topic I can tell you all that our purpose in life is to live it to the fullest. Don't spend so much time looking for a purpose, just enjoy the small things. Follow what you enjoy and what is meaningful to you but you don't need to think so deeply about it, if you don't overthink things you'll naturally be led to things that make you happy. Don't put your life on hold while searching. I also think many people who are very successful in life are unhappy because their lives lack balance. Balance is extremely important in life.

[TheBloodyDahlia]

For a long time, my purpose was to make my parents proud, find a good job, be independent, have a house and my own family. But this was always another one's dream. My mom's dream. Now I have learned that I have to find my own purpose and I feel like even after watching this, I am still lost. I have to live my life for me and not for someone else, but I don't even know why I even live it

[quirkygirlboss]

So glad I watched this video because if I hadn't, I might have been lost for a long long time. Something just clicked for me when he mentioned it's more about other people and not yourself. For the first time in a long time, I have this calming feeling inside of me instead of constantly being anxious about why I'm in this world. Such a life changing TED talk, thank you very much Adam!

[erikaloyo]

In short, your life purpose is the contribution you give to other people, from your strenghts and from what you´re passionate about.

[jackyboy]

OK let me begin by saying this video has a purpose and I'm going to explain it to you, but first I need to clarify some things. A few years ago I was a lazy teenager who spent his time; lying on the lounge, playing video games, either eating junk or not eating at all, I had a number of extremely embarrassing medical conditions and no social life outside the few friends I occasionally talked to in real life. If any of this sounds familiar then let me start of by telling you that there are thousands, even millions of people who are in the same situation, however not all of them are in the same mindset as you. Many people continue their lives sitting on their ass, doing nothing, not enjoying life and are using video games, movies books etc to either hide their insecurities or just escape from reality. Now don't get me wrong, you are clearly an intelligent person if you are looking at videos like this, there is clearly something inside you that wants to succeed or "Break free". Now for all of you who are complaining about the videos impact on you, your social anxiety or the lack of purpose isn't the reason it didn't work. The real reason is fear. Now this could mean you are afraid of a few things: Failure, People not liking you, Dying alone, Being unhappy, Not earning enough money and many others. However the thing is all these fears have been brought on by one person in the past (No not the same person for all of them), these thoughts all began as one person saying them as a fact and everyone else believing him (or her).
They are all universal fears promoted by society and social media and are forced upon us at a young age, we are practically conditioned to fail. Some people like you and me however have the ability to break free of this conditioning, you are probably wondering how I know this and I'll quickly explain how: By forcing yourself through this paragraph it shows you are determined to find a way out of your current life and find your purpose, something that most people don't have the mental strength to do. Anyway back to the wall of text. Let me tell you a story about my good friend, for confidentiality sake he will be referred to as L. Now L was in a similar state to me, no confidence, little to no friends, unhappy with his appearance, thought no one will ever date him, heck he only had his first kiss this year. Now his biggest issue was he wasn't confident in himself, he was afraid to show what he was passionate about because he didn't want people judging him for it. One day I was at his house when he asked me "Hey J, how do you talk to people you've never met before like that, how are you so confident?" and that's when it clicked in him, that's when he began asking questions, he wanted to find happiness, so I helped him find it, some peoples passion is music or art, his was helping others, so I asked him.
"What makes you happy?"
As I expected he replied with helping others, I then asked him:
"Where do you feel in control the most?"
He replied with the same answer. I proceeded to ask him a line of questions such as:
"Where are you most comfortable?"
and
"What is success to you?"
he replied with a similar answer each time. I told him to picture himself helping someone each time he approaches them he said it sounded hard and that he was afraid something bad might happen, I then told him to tell me his life purpose, he immediately was confused as you probably are after watching this video, I repeated the question once again, He responded with "I don't know, to be successful I guess?" I said so whats your life goal? He told me to be rich, i asked him why, he said because its what makes you happy. He didn't realize that he knew his purpose due to the fact that he was conditioned to be successful by everyone else standard, anyway he now has a beautiful girlfriend and is living in a small home living with his cat, to most this doesn't sound like much but to him, life is perfect, he is happy and free he was able to break free of this, conditioning, Now, YOU need to be able to find what is holding you back, find the thing that is stopping you from finding happiness NOONE ELSE CAN DO THIS FOR YOU. Usually its the fear of being judged, The thing we fear being judged about the most is the thing that will make us the happiest. However to defeat this fear we must first find the thing we are most afraid of, being judged about the thing that will make us happy. And that is the purpose of this video: To find that thing. The thing that you are best at, the thing that will truly make you happy is the thing you are most afraid of publicly talking about, that one thing that you know you are great at deep down but are too afraid to follow it. The reason this video didn't work is because you already know your purpose, you know how to make yourself happy, you know your purpose, you just need to get out there and chase it and don't quit until you've caught it. If you made it this far you should pat yourself on the back, you persevered when most people wouldn't have even clicked "read more". You are one of the very few who are willing to do what it takes to be happy, to succeed. I wan't you to do a small task, it will take less time than it does to finish a standard netflix episode: Once every day I want you to either write down, or speak out loud the sentence: My name is and my purpose is After that if you wan't you can practice the skills required to achieve this purpose. Thank you for reading, good luck in all your future endeavors, I personally believe in you and you should too.
TLDR: If you skipped to the bottom for an easy way out, then you should either A. Read this paragraph or B. Miss out on information less than 2% of the population are willing to understand.

[maglan]

After reading almost half of the comments and finish watching this video I've come up with this fact that life is the way you pursue your enjoyable activities it's the pathway of doing what makes you invigorated and what grows such a huge entertainment inside you, just forget about this purpose thing and follow what you're passionate about what you feel flat out energetic and ready to do for no price whatsoever this thing will usher you automatically to your genuine passion .

[marciasinger]

At 78, and a lifetime of rediscovering "purpose, " meaning, I'll add that whatever you are loving being and doing, most wonderfully as conscious Practice, IS your Gift to the world, your "purpose, " and there's a flow between 'you' and 'other', whether it's serving another human, a plant, a four legged. And your presence, for small or large moments of your life, is all you can offer, and enough.

[blu]

its sad how fast i clicked on this
even more sad how the only answer i have is my name

[paulfogartysongs]

I ran this guy's presentation at double speed and it took only 4 minutes and 47 seconds. Now I'm gonna watch all of YouTube at double speed and emerge in about two years with a brain that works at double speed so normal life seems like a piece of cake.

[novafalcosmith]

A life purpose can be being a better person, kinder, more giving, to be stronger, to travel, to help people, to foster kids, to help animals, to grow, to be more spiritual, to be closer to your God, to learn to let go, to just live your best

[AmericanStuff]

I was not confused about my life purpose. But what I discovered by defining every day what made me happy that day and what gave me joy that day without costing ANY money, I discovered the kinds of activities and experiences I needed to increase in my life. Increasing those kinds of activities and experiences has made a big difference.

[malakalguliyeva]

This made me more depressed than 5 minutes ago

[nickbolas]

I like how finding your purpose is about serving others using what you enjoy. I believe this is true.

[seayellow]

OMG he's making a point, when people look outwards there are happier, and I always look inwards.

[mystickage]

My life long purpose is to provide for my family. For a lot of us it really is that simple. If you can get food on the table and a warm home you have made it.