03 Mar Purpose
For over two decades, I have dedicated my life to transferring enthusiasm, positive energy, and positively influencing as many people as possible. My goal is to to inspire them to live a more fulfilled life. As a result, I get to live out my purpose of making a positive difference through generosity and kindness.
This is not always an easy task by any means, and many times I ask myself: “How long can I maintain my positive energy and high-level of enthusiasm?” As humans, we may have those days that we feel down, less motivated and that’s normal. However, it’s how we deal with those down days that really matter. It’s how we process it and move forward.
I discovered many years ago that in order for me to maintain my positive energy and high-level of enthusiasm, my purpose had to be strong! Therefore, every day when my positive energy is being challenged, I ask myself what my purpose is, and how can I strengthen it?
I discovered that I had to work harder on my personal development for the long-term, in order to develop new habits in my life. As a result, I began to dedicate 20 minutes every day to a mind exercise called “seeking personal clarity”. This is a simple approach to focusing on four questions.
Seeking Personal Clarity
- Self: What attitude do I need to develop to succeed in my business?
- Skills: What skills do I need to develop and demonstrate in business?
- Social: How do I need to behave socially in my business?
- Service: What service and or product do I need to provide in my business?
Asking yourself and answering these questions with action, will give you an edge over advisors who don’t seek personal clarity.
By doing this exercise on a daily basis, I began to experience that I was effectively beginning my days with determination and ending my days with satisfaction. Therefore, this gave me a stronger sense of purpose.
Purpose and Reality
I do realize that in life, from time to time we may find ourselves devastated by unforeseen circumstances. Such as COVID-19, losing a job, a relationship break-up, a sudden illness, a disability or death of someone. These events may leave us heartbroken and in distress.
It is important to understand that everything in life may happen for a reason (good or bad) even though we may never clearly understand it. We must always have faith and believe in the positive.
It is in times like this that having a strong purpose will help us to bounce back positively. Sometimes, even stronger when we learn from the experience.
It’s important to be surrounded by positive individuals who will encourage and support us with enthusiasm and positive energy.
Purpose is the foundational strength of our reason why. Understanding how to habitually re-energize your purpose will keep you focused and enable you to perform your personal best every day.
Purpose when clearly understood, will form an imaginary wall that blocks negativity and toxic environments. It clears your path in order take the right actions that will lead you to achieving personal and business success. Not having a strong purpose is a success blocker and will sabotage your opportunities for success.
Should you be having difficulty identifying your true purpose, I encourage you to be courageous and try seeking personal clarity every morning.
My wish is that this blog has inspired you to dig a little deeper into your beliefs in order to help yourself, help others and make a positive difference with purpose!
