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One Simple Question to Ask Yourself to Find Your Calling

Craig Stanland
3 min readDec 19, 2022

Pursuing your calling is one of the surest paths to a meaningful life.

However, finding your calling is one of the most challenging tasks we can face.

A calling, a true calling, cannot exist without some pain.

The act of creating something from nothing is leaping headfirst into the unknown.

It’s an act of insanity.

Because when you identify your calling and decide that you’re going to pursue it, your mind will throw every obstacle at its disposal to keep you stuck in the mundanity of your status quo.

Your mind will remind you of all the times you failed and guarantee you that you’ll fail again.

When you inevitably fail, you’ll be judged.

The people who told you your idea was stupid will be correct.

You’ll hear the words you don’t want to hear,

“I told you so.”

Your mind will overwhelm you with all the moving pieces required to bring your calling from idea to finished product.

And it will remind you that you don’t know how to do them.

It will tell you,

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Craig Stanland
Craig Stanland

Written by Craig Stanland

From corporate success to federal prison, I share my journey to rediscover joy, meaning, and purpose. Join me in reinventing your extraordinary second act!

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