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There is no hope of
success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at
which to aim.
- Napoleon Hill
- Napoleon Hill
Having a sense of
purpose or definite goal is an important pre-requisite to achieving success.
The reason why purpose predetermines success is that purpose creates focus and
when we have a compelling sense of purpose, we find that all our actions,
decisions and thinking will all be aligned to that purpose or ultimate goal.
Furthermore, purpose acts an "anchor" and what I mean by this is that
when we have a clear purpose, we are better able to bounce back from a setback
or failure quicker because we have something we are hanging on to.
The reason why some
struggle to recover following a failure is not because of the emotional
devastation of the failure, but rather because the vision of their purpose is
not clear enough and consequently not compelling enough. Everyone experiences
failure on the journey to success. The difference between those who eventually
make it and those who do not is a sense of purpose (or an ultimate goal, if you
wish). Purpose fuels perseverance; and perseverance ultimately determines success.
At the risk of sounding melodramatic, purpose turns an otherwise ordinary man
into an unstoppable force of nature and it is purpose that makes the seeming
unachievable things, become achievable.
While some develop a
clear sense of purpose early on in life due to early childhood experiences they
may have had; most people find their sense of purpose over time through trial
and error; while some die never having found or fulfilled their life purpose.
The obvious question I
always receive at our motivational workshops is - if purpose is so important
for success, how do I go about identifying or establishing my purpose? A
compelling and powerful sense of purpose comes from one source –
Self-Knowledge. The better you know yourself and what it is you are truly
passionate about, the easier it is to identify that ultimate goal for your life
that is unique to you and you alone.
Therefore creating
self-knowledge is the first step when conducting a life-purpose workshop. In
such workshops, people would firstly be asked to identify the things that are
truly important to them – in their lives, their relationships, their careers,
finances etc. They are then asked to identify the one or two things they are
willing to fight for and why they would be willing to fight
for these things. The idea behind these questions is to understand what they
are passionate about, because passion is an indicator of what they value; and
what they value will identify where their energies and efforts are best
maximized. In the process of pinpointing what people are passionate about an
important question we also pose is that - if they had all the money in
the world, what is the one thing they would do and do for free? Often
times these are questions that most people never really give much thought to
and we find that within the first hour of the workshop, many delegates have
begun to see themselves in a somewhat different light.
Once you are able to
identify what you are truly passionate about, the next step is to identify how
achieving your purpose can serve others. The final step is then to figure out
how you can combine doing what you truly want with using it to serve others in
a way that allows you to make money from it.
Author: Femi Adebanji
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