I Was
Accidentally
Ignoring My
Life’s Purpose
by Leanne Chesser
I
was known as the person who
got HUGE amounts of shit
done.
And I was planner girl - - cra-
zy-organized, nerdy about office
supplies, and efficient with my
time.
Someone once described me by
holding her index finger in the air
and drawing circles around and
around, starting big and getting
smaller and smaller as she worked
toward the center. Then she
pointed her finger forcefully into
the center and said, “That!” She
explained it by saying that I take
tons of information, sort it out,
and get to the main point of it all.
She was right. I loved that stuff.
I was passionate about organi-
zation, productivity and time
management. So when it came
to choosing the right business for
me, I focused on this passion (and
these skills).
How could I go wrong? I was doing
what I “should” do, right?
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Build a business based on a topic
you’re passionate about that solves
a problem for people.
Teach and share about that pas-
sion.
Grow an audience who wants to
hear about that topic.
Make a difference in their lives.
This gives you purpose.
Sound familiar?
Lots of other women entrepre-
neurs struggled with getting stuff
done. They were overwhelmed and
needed help with organization,
time management, focus, and
productivity.
Everywhere I turned, they were
asking me how I got so much done
and how they could too.
So I had some success . . . out-
wardly.
Inwardly? There was something
missing.
I wasn’t living my purpose.
I wasn’t expressing my purpose
through my business.
That sense of purpose I felt, or was
supposed to feel, at helping wom-
en solve a problem I was passion-
ate about? Felt empty.
Because it was a sense of purpose.
It wasn’t my purpose purpose (yes,
purpose purpose is actually the
term).
I knew that my deeper purpose, or
life purpose, was to help women
know who they are, to know their
worth, to know their purpose. And
to express that.
I even tried to fit that into what I
was doing with time management
(because, it turns out, overwhelm
and lack of productivity can be
connected to not knowing your
purpose and to the fear of not
being good enough).
But I felt like something was
missing. Like something else was
calling to me
(and sometimes screaming, but I
wasn’t listening).