Our Definite Purpose

IF YOU ASK ANYONE “WHAT ARE YOU HERE? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR?” MOST PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT YOU BLANKLY. THE ONES THAT DID ANSWER ARE LIKELY TO ONLY HAVE A GENERAL IDEA. DID YOU KNOW THAT A HARVARD STUDY SHOWED THAT THE 3% OF STUDENTS WITH WRITTEN GOALS EARNED 10X MORE THAN THOSE WITHOUT? WHAT ARE YOU EARNING? MULTIPLY THAT BY 10!

Everyone knows about goals, yet most people do not have them. Even less have specific goals. Why is that? Michaelangelo is credited for saying

“The greater danger is not that our hopes are too high and we fail to reach them, its that they are too low and we do.”

Most people don’t set goals because they it is too depressing when we fail. There is a lot that can be said about courage and persistence. I fail to reach goals all the time. So what! However, I do make sure I get the goal as soon as possible after that.

A JOB IS NOT FOR THE FUN OF IT

For those who don’t have goals, it’s  usually because we don’t exactly know what we want. Napoleon Hill (author of Think and Grow Rich) referred to having a Definite Purpose. If we have a higher reason to achieve something (for example, for the environment or for our children) then the likelyhood of us achieving it is much higher. Rather than having a goal for no reason have a specific goal for a higher reason. This is our Definite Purpose. I promise you are more likely to achieve your goal if you have a higher purpose. For instance, we don’t have a job because we LOVE our job. We have a job to earn cash but even that is not the reason. We have a job for the things & experiences we can buy.

Think about all the things you want to achieve. I’m positive if you had a higher reason for achieving it, you would reach your goals more readily. You would also have a greater motivation and greater clarity on what specific goals you want.

Check out the following video by Tony Robbins. He talks about Syvester Stallone and how he made ROCKY. This is a fantastic story.