get unstuck by asking smaller questions to experiment into your life purpose
Channel: George Kao
Date: 21/07/2020

Have you ever felt stuck trying to answer big questions such as…
“What is my niche?”
“Who is my ideal client?”
“What’s my marketing message?”
“What’s my Calling in life?!”
These questions carry a finality that can overwhelm us… it’s like once you answer it, you lose your flexibility.
“The decision would affect so many little things!”
“Therefore I can’t move forward until I’ve figured it all out!”
It’s no wonder that many of us procrastinate on growing our business. These big questions can keep us stuck for years…
A wise mentor once said to me:
Our calling can only be understood when looking backward.
Observing the twists and turns of your life up to now, you can start to connect the dots… to see the pattern of your previous opportunities, the people you happened to meet, your successes and what you learned from your “failures”.
By connecting the dots of our past, we start to understand our Calling.
Yet, Life is lived forward.
Are we going in the “right” direction? Yes, planning helps prevent mistakes, but when it’s something complex (and ever-evolving) such as our authentic business, there are too many factors we aren’t aware of, for which we cannot plan.
“We plan, and God laughs…” — Yiddish proverb
We don’t really know how we will personally evolve… nor how society’s surprising changes may affect our future decisions. Therefore, the wisest way to build an authentic business, and to discover our calling, is to take the stance of experimentation.
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” ―Ralph Waldo Emerson
From a more playful perspective, let us reframe those big intimidating questions…

Read the blog post:
https://medium.com/@georgekao/get-unstuck-by-asking-smaller-questions-68048ada233b?source=friends_link&sk=a29913522f27cd55246331ed7496a042