When it comes to achieving our goals, it’s easy to get caught up in the “what” and “how” of what needs to be done.
However, one key ingredient is often missing: a clear understanding of our purpose. Knowing why we’re doing something is what can take our results to the next level.
In this article, we’ll explore how to write and rewrite our grand visions for our lives, and how to stay motivated and focused on our purpose.
Write and Rewrite Your Grand Visions for Your Life
In Rework and Reorder, you may have already clarified your big goals. Now, keep writing and rewriting your grand visions until they are as clear as possible. It’s essential that these visions stand out and trigger an emotional state. When you write down all your visions, read between the lines and connect them. By reading your grand vision, you should be able to see the big picture of your life. What does it reveal about you? What direction does it call you to? What kind of person do you have to be to achieve these purposes?
Allow Yourself to Get Pumped Up and Inspired
When you read your grand visions, allow yourself to feel purposeful and get excited that you’re not just surviving day-to-day. There’s a reason you’re still breathing and a logic that you’re following. If you’re able to get that sense of direction and meaning, allow yourself to feel motivated. You have a direction, while most people are just chasing their tails and going around in circles. Every single day is a day closer to your big objectives, and every challenge you overcome gets you closer. Every solution you come up with gets you closer to your goals.
Practice Purpose-Driven Problem Solving
As you pursue your goals, you may hit a rough spot from time to time. This is to be expected. The big difference between winners and losers is that winners are able to snap back up quickly when they get knocked down by circumstances. They don’t wallow in self-pity, waste time looking for other people to blame, or look at themselves as victims. As much as possible, when they get knocked down, they spring back up and try again and again. Sure, they get knocked down again, but they keep trying.
Losers, on the other hand, stay down. They think the reason they lost is that they were born poor, their parents were divorced or separated, or people did not treat them properly or abused them. They look at themselves as victims and believe the world owes them something. But when you practice purpose-driven work, you position yourself as a victor. Victors are not immune to life challenges; there will be setbacks and failures. What’s important is how you deal with them.
Focus on Purpose-Driven Problem-Solving
Oftentimes, the big challenges that threaten to rob you of your opportunities are actually opportunities in disguise. Winners look at their problems as stepping stones to higher states of success. Losers, on the other hand, look at their problems and stay fixated on them, making them bigger and bigger until their resolve weakens.
Instead of focusing on the problem, focus on what you can do to solve it. Focus on your pride and remind yourself that you’re smarter, more resilient, and more resourceful than the problem. Most importantly, focus on your purpose, and the challenges fall into perspective. They no longer have to be paralyzing or debilitate you and rob you of your willpower.
In conclusion, achieving more by working more purposefully involves having a clear understanding of your purpose, writing and rewriting your grand visions, and practicing purpose-driven problem-solving.
It’s not about obsessing over what to do and how to do it; it’s about focusing on why you’re doing it and allowing yourself to feel motivated, purposeful, and inspired.
