A speaker uses the diamond metaphor to explain how self-awareness and purpose emerge through deliberate work. Finding your purpose means shedding layers of fear and self-doubt, then shining and making a difference. The process is gradual and demanding, not instant.
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I want to tell you this analogy about finding your purpose and self-awareness. So imagine a diamond. Now, I'm not talking about the diamond that is shiny and beautiful and brilliant. I'm talking about the diamond that is still undiscovered on earth, that is rough. The minute that you are self-aware that you are a diamond, this is when the work starts. This is when you start shedding those layers of fears and self-doubt, and this is what starts polishing this diamond. And the more work you do with a lot of patience and perseverance, and you keep shedding those layers, you become brilliant, beautiful, shining diamond that you are. But it doesn't come easily like that. You need to put the work in it. And this is how we find our purpose. It's not just an easy process, like, I'm going to decide that I'm finding my purpose tomorrow and boom, here we are, here it is. It's not like that. It takes time, it takes perseverance, and it takes a lot of intention because you gotta stick with it. But once you find your purpose, it's such a brilliant feeling. You can truly shine and you can truly help others. You can truly make a difference in the life of others. So here's my question to you. Have you found your purpose? Do you want to find your purpose? Have you even thought of finding your purpose? I think I used purpose a lot in one phrase. Please do comment. I want to hear from you.
