"What would be the one thing that would wake you out of bed in the morning and get you fired up for your day?" (www.sourceofinsight.com)
Brian Tracy devotes a chapter to "Your Major Definite Purpose" in his book Goals: How to Get Everything You Want -- Faster Than You Every Thought Possible Imagine what you would like to be known for long after you die. What would you like your tombstone inscription to read?
Tracy outlines steps to identify your major definite purpose:
1. It is something that you personally want, not that someone else has suggested. It should excite you, make you happy.
2. It should be clear and specific. When written down, it should be something that a child could understand.
3. It should be measurable ex. I would like to earn $100,000 by June 1, 2016. Or, as an ESL instructor, I would like to teach ten people how to speak and write English fluently.
4. It should be believable and achievable (at least 50% success rate). For instance, if you want to become a millionaire within a year and you have no money in your bank account, such a goal is likely not within your reach. It might serve to discourage rather than motivate you.
5. Your major definite goal should be in harmony with all of your other goals.
6. Your major definite goal will likely help you achieve many of your other goals.
Don't think that you need to have a paying job to have a purpose. As Rick Warren says "If you're alive, you have a purpose." Your purpose might be to raise the next generation as a stay at home mom. Your purpose might be to help others as a volunteer at your child's school, at the general hospital, at the local playhouse or at the neighbourhood soccer field. Volunteers really do make the world go round. Your purpose might be to start a daily blog. I still derive great joy from mine, even after almost five years of blogging! Having a purpose makes you feel alive; it gives you a feeling of self-worth. Everyone needs a major definite purpose. What's yours?
Don't think that you need to have a paying job to have a purpose. As Rick Warren says "If you're alive, you have a purpose." Your purpose might be to raise the next generation as a stay at home mom. Your purpose might be to help others as a volunteer at your child's school, at the general hospital, at the local playhouse or at the neighbourhood soccer field. Volunteers really do make the world go round. Your purpose might be to start a daily blog. I still derive great joy from mine, even after almost five years of blogging! Having a purpose makes you feel alive; it gives you a feeling of self-worth. Everyone needs a major definite purpose. What's yours?
For more information, read The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren at
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