ON PURPOSE
What do you consider a natural yearning within you? I wouldnjump out on a limb to say that your answer to that question nwould be the same answer that a great number of people on nthis planet would have. Let's think about what drives people.
What changes their behavior to achieve a deep rooted goal?
What are the things that people chase for a lifetime n(sometimes)? What is it that you could get excited about nand see yourself doing for the rest of your life?
Is it to earn a ton of money? Is it to serve your fellow mannin a very unique way? Is it to love your family as much as nhumanly possible - to take care of them like no one else can?
What is the Natural Yearning of the Human Spirit?
All of the above probing questions can be answered by thisnone fact.
Take any group of people who have made seemingly automaticntransformations in their lives and analyze the commonnfactors. Among them would be a sense of purpose.
Purpose is a driving force that propels an individual to nstay up late and get up early.
Purpose is the food that feeds the natural yearning of thenhuman spirit.
Purpose is a deep thirst for an individual's accomplishment.
Not only for accomplishment but for meaning - a meaningnthat seems to pull, push, guide and lift one out of anynsituation or circumstance that is not consistent with thendefinition of his or her goals and, more importantly, who he or she is not.
If you don't have a purpose written out for your life, yournmissing out on a very key tool for living success.
Writing down your life purpose is a great way to review whynyou're doing what you're doing and consistently stay focused.
Your Purpose should be written with positive potential npoised and positioned as a predictable probability.
In other words:
1. Spend at least 20 minutes in a quiet place relaxed andnfocus on what your purpose is.
2. Write your purpose.
3. Don't try and make it a perfect purpose/goal.
None of us are perfect and there's no sense setting n yourself up for a fall.
4. Make it a concrete purpose.
5. Make your purpose attainable.
6. Take at least 1 step each day to fulfill your purpose.
Remember, this is your life's purpose. This is what you'renabout. There is no other person that can or will realizenyour purpose like you will.
Your purpose can and probably will change in some degreeneach year. Do an annual audit and see if your writtennpurpose needs a revision. It may. That's okay. It's your npurpose.
Make it worthwhile and make it yours.
Give it 100% every day.
Note: Review your purpose on a daily basis for the first 3nweeks after writing it. Beyond that, review it once a week.
Spend time writing your purpose. Focus in a quiet place fornat least 20 minutes before writing anything. This is important.
Also, when writing your purpose, it can be as long or asnshort as you want it.
The main thing is to actually write it down.
Enjoy your newly acquired purposeful life!
Until next time keep looking and living forward.
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