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Success May Not Be What You Think It Is
Accomplishing Goals Is Only Part of It
“Not knowing your purpose in life means that you have made a decision to merely exist.”(1) Success is not about obtaining goals. It is a journey to becoming a better you and knowing what your purpose is for why you are here. The vast majority of people are living routine lives because they’re not pursuing their passion for a specific purpose or maybe they haven’t even identified their passion.
Where Is Your Life Headed?
Until the age of 50, my life went nowhere. I went from job to job. I was not growing emotionally. There were negative things in my life that were holding me back from moving forward.
This began to change when I asked two questions:
Why is it that life consists of getting up in the morning, going to work, and coming home after a day’s activities, then doing the same thing day after day?
Why is it that some people accomplish great things and others simply exist?
Moving Forward In Life.
One way we can move forward in life is to maximize our past experiences.
Maximizing is nothing more than learning to take what you have, the little you’ve been given-whether it be your gifts, abilities, talents, opportunities, skills, life…
