Your Life On Purpose

This level of The Hero’s Journey is called “The Turning Point”. We’ve all been here before. This is the moment when you actualize something new in your life. For example, if you’ve ever picked up a new sport and struggled at it for a while, then after practice you starting getting pretty good. Then, one day -- all your hard work pays off and you’re no longer mediocre. You’re actually pretty good at it. That’s The Turning Point. It’s the moment when you become solidified in your new role. In other words, there’s no turning back now. In The Goonies, for instance, it’s when they are so far already on the treasure hunt that they can’t turn back. For Neo in The Matrix, it’s when he chooses the red pill over the blue pill. He is no longer in ignorance and see’s a whole new reality. It’s impossible for him to go back to his old belief system. I know that, for a lot of people that I’ve interviewed, a turning point for them was when they saw the lack of freedom they had in their career. There’s a whole new movement