Victor (Vic) Strecher

in my book, Life on Purpose, this headstone test.

And it's just a real simple test.

You draw a headstone any way you want, any shape you want, and put down your name.

Say you just died today.

And what would you want on the epitaph?

What would you want people to say about you at your memorial service?

This is really thinking about the end of your life, and it may sound depressing, but it starts getting you to think about the importance of your legacy.

What do you want to leave when you've left this planet?

So many people I talk to about finding their purpose are worried about the scope of their purpose or the length that they have to maintain this purpose.

or even the fact that they're committing themselves to something very big and bigger than themselves very often.

One of the things I like to talk about is the fact that there are different domains of purpose.

I might have a work purpose.

I might have a purpose at home with my family.

I might have a personal purpose.

I might have a community purpose.

And you might start with these different domains of your life and ask yourself, which of those domains are most important to me?

And then within that domain, you might start thinking about, do I have a purpose within that domain?

For example, we spend most of our waking hours working.

Most of us do anyway.

So that's a really important time for many people.