Badassery Magazine Issue 11 April 2017 | Page 49

My business ended up feeling stifling and wrong and “off” until I listened to what was screaming at me. purpose, or at least not living it completely. Until I clarified my actual purpose further. Passion and purpose can totally be connected. I’m now expressing my purpose through my business (among other ways) and my busi- ness includes my passions. Until I transformed my business to express my purpose directly. And until I realized that I un- knowingly believed a myth about life purpose. What’s fucked up is that I didn’t even realize that there was a myth that I unknow- ingly believed. Because it’s such a common teaching. The main myth I believed was that my passion was my purpose. Totally common, right? But my passion wasn’t my pur- pose. It was my passion. By focusing on my passion, I was accidentally ignoring my life Maybe this is true for you, too. But they’re different things. Your passion might be gardening or cooking or fitness. It doesn’t mean your purpose is about any of those things. In fact, your purpose could be something completely unrelated. Like being a spiritual teacher. What’s interesting is that you could even express your purpose when you’re doing something you aren’t passionate about. Weird, right? Maybe you’re not at all passionate about public speaking (like me). But your purpose is about being a spiritual teacher in the spotlight (like me). So you speak (and you come to love it . . . like me). Maybe, though, your passion is helping people and your purpose is about being a healer. Totally connected . . . but still different things. There could be many scenarios. The point is that if you’ve come to know your purpose by discovering your passions, or if you’ve built a business based on a passion alone, you may be accidentally ignoring your true life purpose, or not living it completely. Like I did. Learn more about myths around life purpose at http://www.lean- nechesser.com/life-purpose- myths.  About the Author Leanne Chesser, B.A., B.Ed., CC is a certified teacher and coach. As the “Unhindered You” coach, she empowers women entrepreneurs to come out of hiding, live their purpose and be their unique, unhindered selves without the “shoulds” so they can get visible and get clients. She uses hand analysis as one tool to help women discover their true selves and their purpose in life. She is the creator of the “You Are Awesome’ Toolkit” and the “Unhindered You” program. She loves teaching women about their worth, helping them know who they uniquely are and working with them to express that uniqueness in their lives and businesses. You can find Leanne at https://www.leannechesser.com or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/leannechesserpage. 48