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Defining Our Purpose. Refining Our Lives.
January 1st, 2011
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by Lee Wise · Filed Under: Mission · Success on purpose · personal development · personal motivation · purpose · self development
“Defining Our Purpose.
Refining Our Lives.”
First Thoughts…
Dealing with topics related to the direction of our lives, life purpose, and our values are issues of tremendous importance. May the brief comments below assist you as you continue to refine and live out your own reasons for living.
What’s Your Target In Life?
What’s Your Target for Life?
Targets may signify great importance in your lives.
By way of example…
If we target the completion of a great relationship with the intent of making it work over the long haul: the “win” can hold a huge meaning for our lives and the lives of others.
Should we target the investment of our time, talents and energies into motivating others to join us in the task of giving people in underdeveloped countries safe and clean water to drink, the “win” can be huge in terms of both personal fulfillment and the beginning of a new life for many others.
If we set our emotional sights on hitting the target of helping children read, educating the next generation of leaders, or being the best possible mom or dad, becoming the best salesman in the force, gaining the victory of the life-is-so-fast-and-I-am-going-to-break-out-of-the-race syndrome…
If we set our sights on these and any other heart-felt targets, the benefits to our lives can be enormous.
In the book Success On Purpose by ER Haas and Kent C Madson, the authors use these words quite frequently:
- Happiness
- Satisfaction
- Significance
And they wrap these words around a single “target” which I believe it is important for all of us to pursue:
The identification and and subsequent pursuing
of our purpose in life:
our supreme “target” in life.
With that focus in mind, let me ask you a set of questions to begin our thinking for this New Year (no, I have not “arrived” in these areas: they are good for me to reflect upon as well.):
- Have I clearly identified my own purpose in life — or various purposes according to my roles — or am I in the process of doing so? Where am I on that journey? Where should I be in that journey?
- Related to the comment above, have I formulated a personal mission statement to help guide me in the pursuit of the life I desire to live? Would I like to do so? And if so, what would I assign as a target date to begin my effort?
- If I were to take more than a few moments of my life to think about the words “happiness,” “significance” and “satisfaction” and how they might play out in terms their realization in my life, what journal entries would I make? What insights might I gain in that simple exercise that could move me forward in my experiencing of those most important terms?
The most cherished, heart-felt targets of our lives so often:
- Set direction
- Determine behavior
- Define parameters
- Reinforce vision
- Produce desired results
All the best to you in this New Year and all the years to follow in any and all of your individual “target generated” endeavors!
Personal Success
The ongoing process
of becoming who I desire to become
during the many and varied moments of my day.
©Lee Wise
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So, Your Thoughts Are?
- Your “take aways” from this post would be?
- Should you do anything immediately?
- Do any blogs come to mind — almost instantaneously — that you should get back to and review?
- Do any of the questions in this post stand out that could help you out now or later?
