The Path and Purpose Test

“In Japanese, Ikigai means “a reason for being” and Okinawans refer to it as “a reason to get up in the morning”. It’s your path to self-realization, unique to you in every way.” Matt Valentine

Discovering Your True Path To Success And Happiness In 20 Questions

1. What are you really, really good at?
2. What did people compliment you on growing up?
3. What do people compliment you on now?
4. What do strangers tell you you’re good at?
5. What comes easily to you?
6. What can you talk about effortlessly?

1. What work do you love to do so much that you would do it for free, or even pay someone to allow you to do it?
2. What do work do you do where hours seem like minutes?
3. What do you love to learn/read about now?
4. What did you love to learn/read about as a child or teenager?
5. What do you think about when you have nothing to do (in the shower, driving, when you wake up, before you go to bed, etc.)?
6. What subject or work do you bring up most often to someone during breakfast, lunch and/or dinner?
7. What skills are you passionate about developing?
8. What did you grow up around?
9. What work are you willing to spend hours doing the tedious, boring, or undesirable parts of the job?
10. What do you look forward to doing the most?
11. What pain are you willing to sustain (What are you willing to struggle for)?
12. What did you spend the most time on when you were 13 years old?
13. What would you do, how would you spend most of your day, if time and money were not an option?
14. What would I do and love every day, even if I were failing?

Quotes About Passion

Expressing your path and purpose is your gift to the world. Jack Canfield, Living the Law of Attraction

Being good at something precedes passion. Mark Cuban

Find out what’s really important to you and do more of that. Joe Rogan

People don’t really succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. Dale Carnegie

Success often precedes passion. Scott Adams

You must be passionate about the business you’re in. The business must fulfill your purpose. There must be something beyond the money that gets you through the dip, the dark period, the quiet period of the business. Mike Michalowicz

Once you understand your why, you’ll figure out your way. Mike Michalowicz

You know you’ve found your passion when you can’t tell if it’s work or play. Warren Beatty

Your true passion should feel like breathing. It’s that natural. Oprah Winfrey

Passion fuels performance. If you don’t love it, you’ll never work hard enough to be great. Gunnar Peterson

If you feel lazy within your job or career, you’re probably in the wrong game. If you feel lazy in your relationship, you’re probably with the wrong person. Through self-discovery and experimentation, I found a few things I am really passionate about, and I am not lazy about those things. Michael Serwa

Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it. Epictetus

Passion fuels performance. If you don’t love it, you’ll never work hard enough to be great. Gunnar Peterson

The thing you do obsessively from ages 13 and 18, that’s the thing you have to most chance of being world class at. Bill Gates

Look for the job that you would take if you didn’t need a job. You really want to find something you love doing, and don’t give up until you find it. Warren Buffet

To find your passion and purpose, ask yourself, “If I had all the money and time in the world, what would I do? Joshua Hudson

Find a need in the world that can be served by your passion. Jason Silva

Choose to do something that is going to feed your soul and spirit. Jordan Belfort

The fundamental purpose of life is to find out how many skills I can acquire that have utility, then put that utility to the test in service of something greater than myself. Tom Bilyeu

The path to happiness is through enthusiasm; find what makes you enthusiastic. Firas Zahabi

When you’re doing things for people, you’ll never quit. When you doing things for yourself, you’ll quit. PJ Fleck

What makes people successful is their degree of motivation. When you are motivated, when you feel yourself emotionally engaged in the subject, you learn faster. You learn what could take someone 10 years to learn, you could learn in two years. When you feel emotionally engaged with something, you are able to push past all the obstacles. Robert Greene

Find a career path that allows you to follow the natural deepest inclinations (Primal Inclinations) of your psyche. Robert Greene

I’m going to ask you one question. And this question will probably predict just how good you’ll end up being at whatever it is you’re passionate about. Ready? “How long are you going to be doing this?” Yeah, doing something for a long time probably correlates with being decent at it but that’s not the point. Committing in advance to being in it for the long haul made all the difference. Even when practicing the same amount, those who made a long-term commitment did 400% better than the short-termers. -Eric Barker

1. Passionate about it, I love to do it, it expresses my values
2. I’m genetically encoded to do it, I feel like a fish in water
3. I’m useful, contribution of social and/or economic value

• What do you enjoy?
• Where do you excel?
• What do others encourage in you?
• What comes effortlessly?
• What gives you energy?

• What can you do that is important?
• What struggle or sacrifice are you willing to tolerate?
• What is true about you today that would make your eight year old self cry?
• What makes you forget to eat or go to the bathroom?
• How can I better embarrass myself?
• How am I going to save the world?
• Gun to your head, if you had to leave the house all day every day, where would you go and what would you do?

• -The Four Circles (where do they intersect?). Where these 4 circles intersect is where you can be in the 95th percentile (top 5% in the world):
• -What did you grow up around?
• -What do strangers tell you you’re good at?
• -What have you done for the last 10 years?
• -What can you talk about effortlessly?