Want to find purpose in life? Kalaari Capital MD Vani Kola has a 4-step exercise for you
purpose in life can define an individual — from helping set goals and prioritise actions to navigating challenges with resilience. It gives life meaning and direction and leads to improved mental well-being. Businesswoman Vani Kola also believes that finding a purpose can also define people.
Sharing the origin of the word 'purpose', the Managing Director of Kalaari Capital took to LinkedIn to share with her more than 13 lakh followers about the best way to find a goal in life. The investor said that the word 'purpose' came from an old French word 'purpos' — which means 'an aim or intention' — from the late 13th century. Going further back the origin of the French word can be traced back to the Latin propositum, she said.
In a detailed note, Kola even quoted spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda about how purpose can lead to success in life. «Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea.
Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, and every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced,» Vivekananda quote read. While it is easy to talk about having a purpose, not everyone is lucky enough to find it.
She wrote, «It would be great to find that purpose that so defines us. But sometimes, not all of us can find our purpose easily. Purpose can be something that evolves, that grows with us.» The 51-year-old said that she follows an exercise every 10 years.
She writes down her purpose and goals in a notebook. To make this exercise effective, she recalls all the things that worked and didn't for her over the last decade. «I try to be intentional about crafting my future,»
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