As I travel around the globe speaking and training, I have consistently found that most people ask me the same question: "How do I discover my purpose in life?" In the past, who you became was determined by your family and circumstances. You didn't have much choice. But now there is an open moment in history in which you have the chance to tap into the soul of your purpose.

Breaking Out of Our Small Stories

Millions of people right now are experiencing a yearning and desire to awaken to their unique gifts and offer them in service to the world while also living a life of joy and fulfillment. It's a surging of the human spirit, a virtual global awakening, at a scale that no one has ever seen before. Simply put, people are longing to finally feel fully alive and to fulfill their unique purposes in life.

So then why is living a life of meaning and purpose so difficult? It is because our current social systems have not been set up to prepare us to live a life of true purpose. That's because today's culture exists not to nurtutre our highest aspirations, but to ensure our basic survival. Our educational system is designed to create good workers who will slot into jobs and careers later in life—not to empower fiery, creative people who are forging the path ahead together.