
I didn’t “find my purpose.”
I built it.
And anyone waiting for purpose to just show up one day… good luck.
Purpose isn’t hiding somewhere waiting to be found.
You build it.
You bleed for it.
You earn it through your effort.
When I got into recruiting, I wasn’t trying to save the world.
I was trying to get paid.
I was 26, working my ass off for $45k a year while everyone around me coasted and made the same.
That pissed me off.
So I made a move.
Not because I had some grand vision, but because I wanted impact and incentive.
I wanted to feel like my work actually mattered. Like I was making a real difference.
At the time, I was in a corporate tech job. The kind of role people stay in because it’s “safe.”
Big brand name, clear career path, job security.
But it also came with something else: comfort.
And comfort kills growth.
I took a week off once and thought everything would fall apart without me.
When I came back, nothing had changed.
No one noticed.
That was my wake-up call.
If I can disappear and nothing moves, I’m in the wrong place.
So I left.
I walked away from security and brand recognition for a smaller executive search firm.
A total career shift.
Because what I wanted couldn’t be found in a logo or ladder.
I wanted to see my work move the needle.
To feel the impact of what I built.
At first, I still didn’t have “purpose.”
I just wanted to make money and win.
But purpose didn’t come from the job.
It came from what the job allowed me to do.
↳ Lead people
↳ Change lives
↳ Learn how businesses actually work from the inside out
That’s when it finally hit me.
Purpose isn’t a job title.
It isn’t about what you do.
It’s about what you love within what you do.
Most people get this backward.
They think purpose is about what they do.
It’s not.
So stop asking “What’s my purpose?”
Start asking:
→ What makes me come alive?
→ Who am I working with?
→ Who am I working for?
If the answers don’t light you up, you’re not in the wrong field.
You’re just in the wrong environment.
Purpose lives in the intersection between who you are and how you work.
You don’t find it.
You build it.
Every single day.
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