The concept of re-purposing implies that you are perfect as you are, however you may be trying to win at the wrong game. A quick story the history of post-its. Post-its was originally a failed experiment. A scientist at 3M was attempting to make a super-strong adhesive but the result was a compound that could only hold up a piece of paper. Everyone saw it is a failure, until he started using them at his desk and realized how useful they were. Now, post-its is a multi-million dollar market simply because a perceived failure was re-purposed.

“Could it be that people are not successes or failures but merely individuals in the right or wrong expectation environment?” – Donald Clifton, creator of the Gallup StrengthsFinder

As stated in my post on Inner Purpose vs. Outer Purpose, the hardest part is actually choosing the professional path that aligns with you the most. Some of world’s most successful people started down paths that they thought were aligned with their purpose, but changed lanes in the middle of their lives and ended up with something better. Here are a few examples:

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