WHAT IS YOUR WHY?
Ever
thought about what your purpose is in life? Some of us live our entire lives
trying to figure out the purpose of our existence. Some people fail, and some
people succeed. And then there are those people who know their purpose, but
still they get diverted from them
Have
you ever wondered, “Why am I here?”“Who am I meant to be and what am I meant
to do?”
We
all ask these type of questions at one point
or another, and the answers are certainly different for everyone.
Regardless
what you connect with as a “higher purpose” or meaningful life, a sense of
purpose and passion will not only lead to greater
well-being but can help us be at our best and live more fully.
Finding
your reason WHY, you’re PURPOSE is essential if you want to
achieve success.
If
you don’t have a strong REASON behind your actions, your actions are
less likely to create quality results. If you do have a strong “WHY” you
have all the Fuel you need to drive you forward – to success. What is your
WHY?
Life
gets a lot simpler when we stop to ask ourselves why we do things.
We live in a world filled by constant distractions. There are unlimited
activities floating around us at all times that can take our attention, and
often the ones that scream the loudest win. A simple way to improve your life
is to discover your personal why.
Most
people live their lives by focusing on what they have to do. The endless
tasks continue to mount up, and we wonder why we never feel like we’re getting
ahead. It feels like we’re sprinting on a treadmill just trying to keep up, and
every task completed is quickly replaced by new ones.
What Is The Purpose Of Your Life?
Now
this is not some big esoteric question that you will ponder for a lifetime.
It’s really just something that you decide for yourself and can change at any
time. What is the list of things that are most important to you in your life?
I
find it helps to write down things that you really love doing. Maybe
it’s spending time with friends and family, doing a particular hobby, your job,
or traveling. The answers are going to be different for every single person
reading.
What’s
important… is what’s important to you. It’s very hard to improve your life if
you don’t know what improvement actually looks like for you personally.
Refining Your List Of Priorities
Once
you have your initial list, you want to look at what’s really important to you.
You do that by asking yourself why you love it and why
it’s important to have it in your life. I’ve been doing this exercise over
the last 3 years and found that my list got more and more refined as I went.
You
also want to look at how much time you put into these activities that you love.
Do you get to spend as much time as you’d like with each one, or do they get
pushed to the back behind the other tasks in your daily life?
Discovering what Really Important is
If
you made another list of all the things you are actually doing in your life,
then you’ll probably find a bunch of things you don’t really love. Some people
may hate cooking and others will love it. Everyone is unique, and this is about
finding out what you want to be doing… not what you feel you should be doing.
It’s
easy to fill our lives up with things that don’t really matter to us. The trick
is to ask ourselves how we spend less time doing unimportant things and more
time doing the things we love. It’s not a perfect process where you can drop
everything right now, but as you focus from this point on, you’ll be amazed at
the results.
Always Ask Why
Whenever
a new item comes across your plate, you simply ask yourself why. Is it
really important to join that new committee for your child’s school or would it
be more effective to actually spend that time with your children instead? Does
it matter if you miss your gym time at lunch because your boss needs you to
work overtime or is your fitness break more important to you?
As
I said before, everybody will be different. Some will rank career over fitness
and other’s will rank it in reverse. What matters is that you’re making the
choice that is right for you.
It May Sound Simple… But That Doesn’t Mean It’s Easy
Our
world is full of expectations that are placed on us by others… and also by
ourselves. We’re expected to be super people that run around and accomplish a
myriad of different things every day to be great at work and at home. People
will often look at you strangely when they ask you how you are and you don’t
answer with “busy” with that frantic look in your eye.
However,
once you start examining your life through the lens of why, you’ll start
asking yourself, “What’s important to me?” You need to step away from
society’s expectations and start focusing on and refining your own expectations
instead. When you do this, you’ll see the world from an entirely different
viewpoint and be free to improve your life in any area that really matters to
you
Toss the Ego
Your
ego may be the biggest challenge to identifying your why. You’ve got to check
it at the proverbial door. In order to be the best father, husband and overall
man you can be, you have to answer that one question.
The
benefits of living a purpose-driven life are clear. When you live your life
with a sense of purpose, you begin living positively and start seeking out new
opportunities. You start experiencing everything that you feel will make a
difference.
Relationships
are also affected in a positive way when you live life with purpose. You seek
out new relationships, nurture the existing ones, and build stronger
connections with the people around you. You become more helpful to the people
you love and become a role model for your family and friends.
You
tend to live your life with more curiosity, try to stay away from
destructive habits, and try to seek out the good ones that will help you create
a difference in the world.
So
if you are still looking for the purpose of your life don’t put it off any longer.
Make it a priority, and you might soon find the peace and serenity that comes
from leading a purpose-driven life. He who has a way to live for can bear
almost any how.
There’s
no greater gift than to honor your life’s calling. It’s why you were born. And
how you become most truly alive. There is one quality which one must possess to
win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and
a burning desire to possess it.”
Love
and Light
Muthoni Wachira
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