"In preparing
for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable"
for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable"
Why Is Life Purpose
Important And How
do You Find It?
By Zach Kong
Now before we dive right into finding
your purpose in life, let me ask you
one question: Which comes first?
Purpose or goals?
No, no. This is not a chicken-and-egg
type of question. This question is
totally legitimate question.
Now ask yourself how often have
you heard that in order to get what
you want, you must first have a goal
in hand.
"A person who aims at nothing
is sure to hit it.” (Unknown)
And how often do you hear from
others that you need to have a worthy purpose in your mind?
So which comes first? Purpose or goals?
Isn’t the answer obvious? Or you still don’t get it? Ok, imagine this: Suppose today you’re a superman (or superwoman), and you plan to go, let’s say, to the United States of America and you’re currently on an island in South East Asia, say Singapore. Would you:
· Fly out into the outer space, know where USA is and then
make your journey back to Earth to where you want to go
· Or would you from your known position, fly to another known place and slowly make your way to USA?
Which one will be faster and more efficient? Obviously the
second one, right?
To start from goals setting, then to finding your purpose in life, you’re in fact trying to figure out what you want to become from the several goals you set for yourself instead of aligning your
goals to what you want to become.
That is probably one of the reasons why many people always procrastinate taking actions to achieving their goals. It is not bcause they can’t reach it. Rather, it is because they do not have enough passion, desire, motivation and most importantly, a reason to reach it.
By first finding your purpose in life, you’re in fact finding your
very personal reason why you think you exist in this word and
why you want to become what you want to become.
As mentioned in a previous post about the importance of having your purpose in life, a worthy purpose can help you through tough times when you meet up with challenges and obstacles along the way.
A worthy purpose helps you to keep an eye on the prize while overcoming all obstacles that come your way.
A worthy purpose need not be huge to be considered worthy. Your purpose needs not necessary change thousands of lives or change the world others live. If you feel comfortable with it, then include it in your purpose. Else, just leave it out. What's more important is you feel comfortable being who you are.
Your purpose in life is worthy as long as you believe it is. So having understood the real importance of purpose, let’s get down to really finding your purpose in life.
What’s important to know is that finding your purpose is not a one-time thing. Like learning, it is a life-long, on-going process.
As you move through different phases of your life, you’ll need to review, re-think and refine your purpose in life. And your journey to finding your purpose in life starts from here, all from a gentle nudge to become the real person you’re meant to be.
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Important And How
do You Find It?
By Zach Kong
Now before we dive right into finding
your purpose in life, let me ask you
one question: Which comes first?
Purpose or goals?
No, no. This is not a chicken-and-egg
type of question. This question is
totally legitimate question.
Now ask yourself how often have
you heard that in order to get what
you want, you must first have a goal
in hand.
"A person who aims at nothing
is sure to hit it.” (Unknown)
And how often do you hear from
others that you need to have a worthy purpose in your mind?
So which comes first? Purpose or goals?
Isn’t the answer obvious? Or you still don’t get it? Ok, imagine this: Suppose today you’re a superman (or superwoman), and you plan to go, let’s say, to the United States of America and you’re currently on an island in South East Asia, say Singapore. Would you:
· Fly out into the outer space, know where USA is and then
make your journey back to Earth to where you want to go
· Or would you from your known position, fly to another known place and slowly make your way to USA?
Which one will be faster and more efficient? Obviously the
second one, right?
To start from goals setting, then to finding your purpose in life, you’re in fact trying to figure out what you want to become from the several goals you set for yourself instead of aligning your
goals to what you want to become.
That is probably one of the reasons why many people always procrastinate taking actions to achieving their goals. It is not bcause they can’t reach it. Rather, it is because they do not have enough passion, desire, motivation and most importantly, a reason to reach it.
By first finding your purpose in life, you’re in fact finding your
very personal reason why you think you exist in this word and
why you want to become what you want to become.
As mentioned in a previous post about the importance of having your purpose in life, a worthy purpose can help you through tough times when you meet up with challenges and obstacles along the way.
A worthy purpose helps you to keep an eye on the prize while overcoming all obstacles that come your way.
A worthy purpose need not be huge to be considered worthy. Your purpose needs not necessary change thousands of lives or change the world others live. If you feel comfortable with it, then include it in your purpose. Else, just leave it out. What's more important is you feel comfortable being who you are.
Your purpose in life is worthy as long as you believe it is. So having understood the real importance of purpose, let’s get down to really finding your purpose in life.
What’s important to know is that finding your purpose is not a one-time thing. Like learning, it is a life-long, on-going process.
As you move through different phases of your life, you’ll need to review, re-think and refine your purpose in life. And your journey to finding your purpose in life starts from here, all from a gentle nudge to become the real person you’re meant to be.
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Dwight Eisenhower
"As you move through different phases of your life, you’ll need to review, re-think and refine your purpose in life. And your journey to finding your purpose in life starts from here"
Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969), was a General in the United States Army. During the Second World War, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, and supervised the invasion of France and Germany. In 1953 he was elected the 34th U.S. President, and served for two terms.