The Process To Finding Purpose
Everyone is seeking the one thing they were put on earth to do. The one predestine action they were born to complete. There is a shift in the atmosphere. More and more of you are looking for fulfillment and a sense of meaningful accomplishment not means and achievement. Money no longer is king, happiness is.
When I begin my own quest to uncover the hidden purpose for my birth I was told all the usual things I’m sure you’ve heard. What would you do for free? What do you enjoy doing? Why do people seek you out? What bothers you? None of them led me any closer to an answer than the other. Why? No movement. I wasn’t doing anything. I’d buried my gift under burnout.
You, like I did, have to learn to go after it, whatever it is, until you know. Like when Thomas Edison was told he’d failed 10,000 times trying to invent the light bulb and he replied, “nonsense, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work”. It’s a good feeling. It’s the feeling you should use to find your purpose. Even when things aren’t going as planned you will still feel good about what you’re doing. Start now, keep track of the things that give you a sense of accomplishment. Doesn’t matter, how small it is, write it down. Write down tasks, not jobs, make it specific. The more you write down, the more you will begin to see a pattern and this pattern will lead you to your next step in life, fulfilling your purpose. Be committed… Take a deep breath, think long and hard on who you are and discover how to laugh, learn and love the authentic you.
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Anita Washington, M.Ed. & M.B.A., CEO & Founder of That Anita Live, LLC, host of the TV show That Anita Live and The Emotional Happiness Podcast with That Anita Live provides a platform for women to learn, laugh and more importantly heal emotionally by learning from the challenges and successes of others.
A former school and community agency counselor and creator of the 7-Step Method, Anita’s helped guide people from the ages of eleven to fifty through their own life issues, personal transformations and professional endeavors. With an old soul and a comedic, honest voice. She uses many southern colloquialisms and colorful expressions to unwrap personal stories of surviving a homicidal alcoholic father, a mother in denial and four physically and emotionally abusive brothers and relates them to guiding principles and healing techniques.
Through her powerful and uplifting interviews at ThatAnitaLive.TV and The Emotional Happiness Podcast women get to see and hear real women with resourceful stories living relentless lives after life's most devastating events. Through her charismatic and compelling speaking, Anita helps women use the tools and resources they already have to reveal and release success blockers such as childhood trauma and family dysfunction so they can build self-confidence, boost their self-esteem and feel free to live true to their own personality, spirit and character.
In her newly released ebook, 7 Simple Steps to Beat Emotional Baggage, Anita shares actionable techniques that will walk women through letting go of the past and rising above the glass ceiling to reach higher levels of success and satisfaction in life.
From nine-to-five, Anita is a Senior Acquisition Support Specialist, possessing over nineteen years of performing and administering program management and cradle-to-grave commercial and federal contracting activities for acquisitions ranging from $500,000 to over $2 Billion. She has progressively worked her way up the federal acquisition lifecycle and commercial supply chain through various positions from pre-award and requirements definition to commodities buying to contract close-out. In her career, she has mastered the art of transitioning to level-up.
Anita is a graduate of Limestone College, Virginia State University, and Strayer University with a B.S. in Mathematics, an M.Ed. in Guidance & Counseling, and an M.B.A. in Contracts & Acquisitions. You can find Anita online at ThatAnitaLive.com, Twitter, Periscope, Instagram and Facebook. Her handle is That Anita Live on all four social media platforms.
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