Sense of Purpose

Do you have a strong sense of purpose for your life? Can you name 10 people that you know that have a strong sense of purpose for their lives? Management experts teach that the number of people today who lack a strong sense of purpose is astounding. In fact the pundits offer that:

50% of people don’t pay any attention to where they are going;
40% of people are undecided and will go in any direction; and
9% of people know what they want but don’t make provisions to get what they want:
1% of people create the direction all of us have to follow because these folk create change.

Can you think of life before Microsoft Windows; can you think of life before cellular phones; can you think of life before facsimiles; can you think of life before OPEC; can you think of life before Velcro; can you think of travel before 9/11? All these events that now shape our lives were created by the 1% of people who shape our lives. The sad thing for me is that all of us have the seed to produce change and most of us ignore it and allow change to seed us.

You can determine today, however, to set your goals and then develop a plan of action to achieve them. Keep your goals simple and achievable – you may be in a place in life that your daily goal is just to get out of bed and come to work, but then don’t get stuck there! After this routine is established, then make another goal, and then achieve it. Don’t worry about set-backs or challenges. Just keep your eyes on the prize!

Have a GREAT GOAL setting day!