Prepare for the Life You’re Meant to Live With Chaplain John Fox

How do you know when to walk away from the wrong path? Start to prepare. Like these are your passions. Do something. Like if you want to write, join a writing group.

Get yourself ready for when that step comes. You're not going to be able to make the step because you have no preparation for it. So I would say if you have some other passion, do it as well, like real, like seriously. so that you're preparing yourself to be able to do it as what you do. I love that.

Sometimes the life we're living isn't the life we're supposed to live, but sometimes the life we're living is preparing us for the life we're meant to live. The question is, will you be prepared when the opportunity to pivot strikes? John Fox was. He spent 25 years in high finance, climbing the corporate ladder and collecting all the traditional markers of success, but beneath lived a quiet ache, a pull towards something more meaningful. So he started doing what he thought was preparation for the next thing, even though he didn't know what the next thing was.

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