If you are doing the work of finding and fulfilling your purpose WE CELEBRATE YOU!

In this episode we talk about the excitement and the incomparable feeling of contentedness that comes from living your purpose. There's literally no better way to live than living your purpose.

To watch the video of the podcast as well as many other videos that provide actionable steps to creating personal and professional success, go to Rhonda's ⁠YouTube⁠ channel.

If you, or someone you know, is searching for purpose and meaning, please share this podcast. And be sure to subscribe and listen every week as we continue to move toward finding and living the purpose for which you were born and perfectly matched.

You are not an accident. You are an "intentional!" YOU MATTER and your purpose matters. There are people who need YOU.

Please find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin @rhondasciortino and on Pinterest @rhondasciortino1.

If you would like to share a comment or suggestion, please email a voice note to  ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/findyourpurposenow/message⁠⁠ or send an email to [email protected].

#purpose #meaning #beyou #youmatter #yourrealsuccess. For other PURPOSE resources or FIND YOUR PURPOSE events, go to www.rhonda.org.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rhondasciortino.substack.com

OK, let's clarify that there's a very high likelihood that you'll have to DO SOMETHING to find your purpose. It's awesome when someone just stumbles into their purpose, but it doesn't usually happen that way. 

In this episode we talk about the face that more often than not, finding and living our purpose involves discipline, focus and a determination to say yes to what moves us closer to our purpose and a "hard NO" on the things that do not move us toward our purpose.

To watch the video of the podcast as well as many other videos that provide actionable steps to creating personal and professional success, go to ⁠Rhonda's ⁠YouTube⁠ channel⁠.

If you, or someone you know, is searching for purpose and meaning, please share this podcast. And be sure to subscribe and listen every week as we continue to move toward finding and living the purpose for which you were born and perfectly matched. You are not an accident. You are an "intentional!" YOU MATTER and your purpose matters. There are people who need YOU.

Please find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin @rhondasciortino and on Pinterest @rhondasciortino1.

If you would like to share a comment or suggestion, please email a voice note to  ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/findyourpurposenow/message⁠⁠ or send an email to [email protected].

#purpose #meaning #beyou #youmatter #yourrealsuccess. For other PURPOSE resources or FIND YOUR PURPOSE events, go to www.rhonda.org.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rhondasciortino.substack.com

When our world is small and the people in it are few, our perspective becomes small. It appears that our choices are few. Limited choices and microscopically focused perspective can result in us missing our purpose. But what's the answer?

In this episode we talk about being willing to go to new places, try new things, meet new people, observe the different lifestyles of others, listen to their observations of us, and our eyes will be opened to possibilities that we might not otherwise have ever considered. 

To watch the video of the podcast as well as many other videos that provide actionable steps to creating personal and professional success, go to ⁠Rhonda's ⁠YouTube⁠ channel⁠.

If you, or someone you know, is searching for purpose and meaning, please share this podcast. And be sure to subscribe and listen every week as we continue to move toward finding and living the purpose for which you were born and perfectly matched. You are not an accident. You are an "intentional!" YOU MATTER and your purpose matters. There are people who need YOU.

Please find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin @rhondasciortino and on Pinterest @rhondasciortino1.

If you would like to share a comment or suggestion, please email a voice note to  ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/findyourpurposenow/message⁠⁠ or send an email to [email protected].

#purpose #meaning #beyou #youmatter #yourrealsuccess. For other PURPOSE resources or FIND YOUR PURPOSE events, go to www.rhonda.org.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rhondasciortino.substack.com

We've talked about many of the clues to finding your purpose. It's time we begin to talk about how to put your clues together to live a life of purpose. 

In this episode we talk about putting together the clues you've discovered and then what to do with those clues. Going through this process is SO WORTH IT! Doing this one thing can change the trajectory of your life and put you on the path toward fulfillment of your purpose.

To watch the video of the podcast as well as many other videos that provide actionable steps to creating personal and professional success, go to ⁠Rhonda's ⁠YouTube⁠ channel⁠.

If you, or someone you know, is searching for purpose and meaning, please share this podcast. And be sure to subscribe and listen every week as we continue to move toward finding and living the purpose for which you were born and perfectly matched. 

You are not an accident. You are an "intentional!" YOU MATTER and your purpose matters. There are people who need YOU.

Please find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin @rhondasciortino and on Pinterest @rhondasciortino1.

If you would like to share a comment or suggestion, please email a voice note to  ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/findyourpurposenow/message⁠⁠⁠⁠ or send an email to ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.

#purpose #meaning #beyou #youmatter #yourrealsuccess. For other PURPOSE resources or FIND YOUR PURPOSE events, go to ⁠⁠www.rhonda.org⁠⁠.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rhondasciortino.substack.com

Misery is the #1 indicator of not living in your purpose. If you're miserable, grouchy, irritable and just downright difficult, you're NOT living in your purpose. 

There is an antidote to misery, and we talk about it in this episode. It's can heal a broken heart or a wounded soul. In fact, it's the only thing that can. Listen to this episode to find out what it is and how to get it!

To watch the video of the podcast as well as many other videos that provide actionable steps to creating personal and professional success, go to ⁠⁠Rhonda's ⁠YouTube⁠ channel⁠⁠.

If you, or someone you know, is searching for purpose and meaning, please share this podcast. And be sure to subscribe and listen every week as we continue to move toward finding and living the purpose for which you were born and perfectly matched. 

You are not an accident. You are an "intentional!" YOU MATTER and your purpose matters. There are people who need YOU.

Please find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin @rhondasciortino and on Pinterest @rhondasciortino1.

If you would like to share a comment or suggestion, please email a voice note to  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/findyourpurposenow/message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or send an email to ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠.

#purpose #meaning #beyou #youmatter #yourrealsuccess. For other PURPOSE resources or FIND YOUR PURPOSE events, go to ⁠⁠⁠www.rhonda.org⁠⁠⁠.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rhondasciortino.substack.com

Have you ever accomplished something and felt like you were on top of the world? If you have, the area of your accomplishment may be pointing you in the direction of this important clue. (If you haven't felt that way, keep trying different things until you feel that "cloud nine" feeling.)

When we feel good about ourselves and what we've achieved, it could be because we're found our passion. The things we do that we enjoy doing so much that we lose track of time, we forget to eat, and we can hardly wait to do it again are things about which we feel passion. 

When we engage in the areas about which we are passionate, we trigger a release of "feel good" chemicals that literally do help us to feel better. 

In this episode, we talk about finding our passion by finding the intersection between what we can do and the people who need our unique expertise. When we find that thing, we've found the area of our passion. From that point, we find a way to make our passion generate an income or find an income that will pay for our passion. 

To watch the video of the podcast as well as many other videos that provide actionable steps to creating personal and professional success, go to ⁠⁠Rhonda's ⁠YouTube⁠ channel⁠⁠.

If you, or someone you know, is searching for purpose and meaning, please share this podcast. And be sure to subscribe and listen every week as we continue to move toward finding and living the purpose for which you were born and perfectly matched. 

You are not an accident. You are an "intentional!" YOU MATTER and your purpose matters. There are people who need YOU.

Please find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin @rhondasciortino and on Pinterest @rhondasciortino1.

If you would like to share a comment or suggestion, please email a voice note to  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/findyourpurposenow/message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or send an email to ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠.

#purpose #meaning #beyou #youmatter #yourrealsuccess. For other PURPOSE resources or FIND YOUR PURPOSE events, go to ⁠⁠⁠www.rhonda.org⁠⁠⁠.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rhondasciortino.substack.com

Some children know what they want to be when they grow up, and they proceed to grow up and do exactly what they said they wanted to do. Many of us have known a teacher who as a child set up her dolls as though they were in a classroom. Good for those people who never had to think about finding their purpose, but that's not most of us.

Some people, like our guest today, get a phone call or an email that leads to their purpose finding them. But for many of us, finding our purpose is a matter of trial and error. The problem is when we let insecurity or feelings of inadequacy hold us back from saying YES and trying something new. If we don't try the new thing, we will never know what we're missing out on.

People who are confident in themselves have an advantage over everyone else because they're better able to push through the fear or anxiety to try new things. They know that even if they fail, they'll still be OK. People who don't say YES to new opportunities may never find that thing that really lights them up--the thing that they are passionate about. (Passion--that's a subject we'll talk about in future episodes.)

In this episode, we speak with Ernie Mariscal, a successful survivor of child abuse, a retired veteran, a motivational speaker, and now the owner of KEEP UP THE FIGHT APPAREL! Ernie shares his story of being depressed and suicidal when one phone call changed his life. It was an opportunity that led to him finding his purpose. Saying YES that one time, when he least felt like it, changed the trajectory of his life. Ernie can be reached through his website www.keepupthefightapparel.com. 

To watch the video of the podcast as well as many other videos that provide actionable steps to creating personal and professional success, go to ⁠⁠Rhonda's ⁠YouTube⁠ channel⁠⁠.

If you, or someone you know, is searching for purpose and meaning, please share this podcast. And be sure to subscribe and listen every week as we continue to move toward finding and living the purpose for which you were born and perfectly matched. 

You are not an accident. You are an "intentional!" YOU MATTER and your purpose matters. There are people who need YOU.

Please find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin @rhondasciortino and on Pinterest @rhondasciortino1.

If you would like to share a comment or suggestion, please email a voice note to  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/findyourpurposenow/message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or send an email to ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠.

#purpose #meaning #beyou #youmatter #yourrealsuccess. For other PURPOSE resources or FIND YOUR PURPOSE events, go to ⁠⁠⁠www.rhonda.org⁠⁠⁠.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rhondasciortino.substack.com

Your purpose ALWAYS involves helping others. Often the ones we're to help are, well, difficult. The pathway to purpose through helping people who are irritable, grouchy, or downright mean may not seem obvious at the time, but if we will do it, the connection to our purpose will eventually becomes clear to those of us who are actively seeking to fulfill our purpose. 

In this episode, I talk about how breaking through the hard shell exterior of difficult people moves us closer to our purpose. 

To watch the video of the podcast as well as many other videos that provide actionable steps to creating personal and professional success, go to ⁠⁠Rhonda's ⁠YouTube⁠ channel⁠⁠.

If you, or someone you know, is searching for purpose and meaning, please share this podcast. And be sure to subscribe and listen every week as we continue to move toward finding and living the purpose for which you were born and perfectly matched. 

You are not an accident. You are an "intentional!" YOU MATTER and your purpose matters. There are people who need YOU.

Please find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin @rhondasciortino and on Pinterest @rhondasciortino1.

If you would like to share a comment or suggestion, please email a voice note to  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/findyourpurposenow/message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or send an email to ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠.

#purpose #meaning #beyou #youmatter #yourrealsuccess. For other PURPOSE resources or FIND YOUR PURPOSE events, go to ⁠⁠⁠www.rhonda.org⁠⁠⁠.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rhondasciortino.substack.com

We've all said or done things that we wished we hadn't. We know the minute those words come out of our mouth (or that donut goes into our mouth) that we shouldn't, but we just can't seem to help ourselves. It's human nature. 

The problem is that those are the kinds of things that can keep us from finding and living our purpose. Think about it--if you snap at people, you're less likely to be chosen to be a close friend, for the promotion, to be a business partner, etc. We never know what opportunities we're missing by saying or doing the things we wish we hadn't said or done (or by failing to do or say the things we wanted to do but didn't).

So what's the answer?

In this episode we talk about learning to live reflectively so that we begin to acknowledge those areas where we know we can do better. When we take an honest look at those things, we are better prepared to catch ourselves from doing them in the future. We'll be more aware and less likely to just react to temptations to respond abrasively or to indulge ourselves, or whatever it is that you want to avoid or do in the future.

Living reflectively will help you to be the best version of yourself that you can be, which may open doors for you to walk right into your purpose. 

To watch the video of the podcast as well as many other videos that provide actionable steps to creating personal and professional success, go to ⁠⁠Rhonda's ⁠YouTube⁠ channel⁠⁠.

If you, or someone you know, is searching for purpose and meaning, please share this podcast. And be sure to subscribe and listen every week as we continue to move toward finding and living the purpose for which you were born and perfectly matched. 

You are not an accident. You are an "intentional!" YOU MATTER and your purpose matters. There are people who need YOU.

Please find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin @rhondasciortino and on Pinterest @rhondasciortino1.

If you would like to share a comment or suggestion, please email a voice note to  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/findyourpurposenow/message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or send an email to ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠.

#purpose #meaning #beyou #youmatter #yourrealsuccess. For other PURPOSE resources or FIND YOUR PURPOSE events, go to ⁠⁠⁠www.rhonda.org⁠⁠⁠.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rhondasciortino.substack.com

YOU are THE ONLY ONE who has your specific purpose. You were uniquely designed and perfectly matched to your purpose. You are not a match for anyone else's purpose. So let's quit comparing ourselves and our purpose to others.

Unfortunately, our culture tells us that people who have wealth and fame are to be admired and made even revered. YIKES! If money is the measurement of success, then the heads of drug dealing and human trafficking cartels are the big winners and pastors, social workers and teachers are the big losers. If fame is the measurement, then people who do ridiculous, risky, or risqué things on social media to get 12 million views are the big winners. Does that make any sense to you? Of course not-!!

If your purpose doesn't pay well, it's not because your purpose isn't noble or worthy, it's because our culture doesn't recognize the significance and importance of it. Most of us don't have a purpose that generates big bucks and celebrity status. That's OK. If that's you, then rest in the knowledge that you weren't made for those things and you wouldn't be comfortable or peaceful living that kind of life. 

Often the people we compare ourselves to are family, friends, co-workers and neighbors. We think they have it easier and that their lives are so much better than ours. It feels so unfair, especially when someone we care about looks down on our purpose because they think we're not living up to our potential or making use of our education, or for whatever other reason they pass judgment. The reality is that God didn't give them your purpose. They may never fully understand and support your purpose, but that's OK. We don't need to try to please anyone but God. 

The REAL measurements of living our purpose are these five things:

1. healthy relationships with good people


2. peace


3. joy


4. financial provision


5. wellness and contentedness

You'll know when you're really living your purpose, because you'll begin to have these things. And when you do, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. If we're going to compare anything, let's compare and measure our lives by these things. 

To watch the video of the podcast as well as many other videos that provide actionable steps to creating personal and professional success, go to ⁠⁠Rhonda's ⁠YouTube⁠ channel⁠⁠.

If you, or someone you know, is searching for purpose and meaning, please share this podcast. And be sure to subscribe and listen every week as we continue to move toward finding and living the purpose for which you were born and perfectly matched. You are not an accident. You are an "intentional!" YOU MATTER and your purpose matters. There are people who need YOU.

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#purpose #meaning #beyou #youmatter #yourrealsuccess. For info on Rhonda or on FIND YOUR PURPOSE events, go to www.rhonda.org

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rhondasciortino.substack.com