What do you want to accomplish in life?
I love this article at Time.com asking what you want to achieve in life and work. And, why you need to keep an eye on it so you can make course corrections over your life. We all add more and more to our life, but we never seem to get rid of things. Or we get rid of the wrong things.
I especially loved this quote about time…
“Everything requires Time. Time is the only permanent and absolute ruler in the universe. But she is a scrupulously fair ruler. She treats every living person exactly alike every day. No matter how much of the world’s goods you have managed to accumulate, you cannot successfully plead for a single moment more than the pauper receives without ever asking for it. Time is the one great leveler. Everyone has the same amount to spend every day.”
Try this thought experiment:
“Suppose you woke up tomorrow and received two phone calls. The first phone call tells you that you have inherited $20 million, no strings attached. The second tells you that you have an incurable and terminal disease, and you have no more than 10 years to live. What would you do differently, and, in particular, what would you stop doing?”
And, here are 3 questions the famous author recommended to ask yourself personally.
1. What are you deeply passionate about?
2. What are you are genetically encoded for — what activities do you feel just “made to do”?
3. What makes economic sense — what can you make a living at?
If 50% of your daily activities are outside of these 3 things you might need to reassess what you are doing, and try for a course correction to get you back on track.
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