Your Life's Purpose

Uncover What Really Fulfills You

Michael J. Losier

• Publisher: RosettaBooks
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9780795350368
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Mental Health & Wellbeing

You may have learned how to get what you want—but what if you don't know what you want? A guide to finding your purpose by the author of Law of Attraction. In his bestselling book Law of Attraction, Michael Losier showed us how we can attract the things we want through our attention, energy, and focus. But what if you aren't able to pinpoint what you want in life? What if you're stuck, unsatisfied, but unable to see what's holding you back? How do you identify what will truly bring you joy? In Your Life's Purpose, Losier dives into our most basic motivations and lays out a simple guide to help you identify your strongest needs. These needs, which he calls Fulfillment Needs, are the four core motivators that, when taken together, describe the meaning and purpose of your life. Losier spent five years developing a proven methodology for identifying these needs. His easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide will help you understand not just what drives you, but how to integrate joy into your day-to-day life. Complete with interactive exercises, charts, and personal testimonials, this results-driven book will help you evaluate your job, build compassion and understanding in your relationships, and make big life decisions based on your level of fulfillment. Michael Losier's books, courses, and videos have helped millions around the globe to improve their relationships, redirect their energies, and find personal fulfillment. You may be surprised how easily you can find your life's purpose!

RELATIONSHIP FULFILLMENT

LUCY’S STORY

MY MOTHER USED TO say, “Lucy, there are plenty of fish in the sea—just hold your nose and pick one!” My mom grew up on the East Coast and loved fishing metaphors. She also was very traditional and viewed relationships through the lens of religion and duty. Once you’ve caught one, you just hold tight and reel him in. Set up a house, have a family, and we’ll all live happily ever after. That’s what I’ve been brought up to believe, and that is what shapes the dilemma I face now as I search for a life partner.

As a teenager I imagined falling in love with some handsome, mysterious guy, escaping my hometown in a VW van then driving down to Baja and getting married on the seashore with the light of bioluminescence sparkling around our ankles.

Ever since I finished college, I’ve been on the lookout for that seashore man, and with each passing year my searching gets all the more urgent.

Consequently, I rush in too fast with men and scare the bejesus out of most of them. More than a few have confessed this to me in “Dear Lucy” letters. I have a collection, you know. It’s like I’m playing some crazy version of Beat the Clock. Maybe I’m trying to beat my biological clock.

I do worry I won’t find the one. I really want children and grandchildren, but I also don’t want to settle for the next guy that comes along. I want a life partner who’ll be there through thick and thin and who likes b...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Aims of This Book
• Formula for Living a Fulfilling Life
• Understanding
• How Fulfillment Needs Are Connected to the Purpose of Your Life
• The Thirty Most Common Fulfillment Needs and What They Mean
• Uncovering
• Career Fulfillment
• Relationship Fulfillment
• Self Fulfillment
• Now It’s Your Turn
• Applying
• Getting More Clarity on Your Top 4
• How Knowing About Fulfillment Needs Will Impact Your Relationships
• Using the Law of Attraction to Satisfy Your Fulfillment Needs
• Daily Practice Seven-Day Observation Log
• Interpretive Glossary of Fulfillment Needs
• Afterword
• About the Author