223: Shadows of your purpose with Rusty Pang

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Ever feel like you’re just not doing what you’re supposed to be doing with your life?

My guest today felt that in a big way. As a young man, Rusty Pang had more jobs than most people will have in a lifetime.

Within a relatively short 13 years, Rusty jumped through 26 jobs and owned seven businesses – four of which he resurrected from failure by their former owners.

But in every position and every business, he got bored or hit an upper limit. Then he moved on.

And through it all he felt a deep, residual pain.

The pain pushed him to alcoholism, unhealthy weight gain and the nagging feeling that he was missing his purpose in life.

But finally he reached a point where he embraced the pain. He sat in it. Lived with it.

He wouldn’t let his natural fight or flight tendencies take over.

And working through his emotions instead of working against them opened up his clarity.

In one stunning moment (while eating a sandwich) his purpose came to him.

Not fleeing from his pain allowed him to see the shadows his purpose had cast through all 26 jobs and seven businesses.

“I believe in the power of pain,” Rusty tells me in this episode.

In this podcast, you’ll hear Rusty Pang tell a powerful story of learning to live with pain to recognize the shadows of your purpose.

And once you recognize the shadows, you can figure out the real thing.

If you feel unfulfilled because of your work, Rusty’s story will speak to you.

If you have a hard time making decisions, or if you make them too fast, this episode is for you.

And if you want to know what Rusty’s mission is and how to find your own by changing your mindsets, click play in the player above to get started.

Benefits and high points of this conversation with Rusty Pang, author of Entrepurpose:

• Learn how to escape from “Alcatraz”
• Discover the “not sexy” high-margin industry that Rusty respects
• Hear the purpose it took Rusty 13 years and a sandwich to discover
• Getting out of depressions by embracing pain
• Following the thread of your purpose
• Seeing shadows of things to come
• Why it should be easier for you to win seven lottery jackpots in a row than listen to this podcast
• Recognizing pain as the ultimate teacher
• Using a coin to help make tough choices, but not by flipping it
• Why you need to know yourself better

Books and resources mentioned in this episode:

Some of the following links are affiliate links. If you click through and purchase The Lions Pride may get a small commission.

• “Entrepurpose: Find the Single Thread Woven Through Your Past, Present, and Future,” by Rusty Pang and Brian Laprath
• Strengths Finder 2.0
• Personality Hacker
• “Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time,” by Rory Varden

How to contact Rusty Pang, author of Entrepurpose:

• Website
• Facebook
• Email