You might be an achiever, but if your accomplishments are not linked to a purpose then you're wasting your efforts and your LIFE!
At some point down the road you'll stop and ask yourself, "What's next? Why have I been doing all these things in the first place?" And then you'll realize that there's no meaning in anything you've accomplished and that you haven't found that sense of satisfaction and fulfillment you've been looking for.
James Allen has said, "Until thought is linked with purpose, there is no intelligent accomplishment."
INTELLIGENT ACCOMPLISHMENT! That's what you should be striving for. All great achievements in history are built on the collective power of small deliberate actions focused on a single overriding objective. Each accomplishment should build on the previous one, each action should be focused on a sole objective, and each success MUST give your life a sense of meaning and satisfaction.
If you don't focus your thoughts and actions, if you don't use your intelligence to work toward your purpose, then your life will be full of "empty accomplishments" that yield nothing. Wandering aimlessly through life is a weakness that will leave you susceptible to fear and doubt. But having a true purpose will give you strength and make you focused and powerful.
"Thought allied fearlessly to purpose becomes creative force. He who knows this is ready to become something higher and stronger than a bundle of wavering thoughts and fluctuating sensations. He who does this has become the conscious and intelligent wielder of his mental powers." - James Allen
Once you discover your purpose in life, you'll become a creative force. You'll start to recognize all the opportunities around you and learn to choose those that can move you forward toward the ultimate goal of fulfilling your purpose.
There are a lot of choices in life and you'll get lost if you're not clear about your purpose and the path you want to follow. But once you clarify your purpose, you'll become the master of your destiny and take control of your own life. You'll be able to choose the right path for you instead of wasting your time and energy pursuing empty accomplishments that add no value to your life and do nothing to help you create a true success empire.
The smart farmer never throws a bunch of different seeds in the soil with the hope of reaping a diverse collection of fruits. Instead, he focuses his efforts on his clear vision of what kind of harvest he wants. He knows everything about the climate and the earth, and knows which seeds best fit his capabilities and the capabilities of the soil. He knows which crop will bring him the greatest rewards.
You, too, must be clear about your destination before you start your journey - otherwise you may cover thousands of miles, thinking you're moving fast and creating success, only to end up in a place that can never satisfy you. And that's when you'll realize that your long journey was full of empty accomplishments - and that, perhaps, everything you'd ever dreamed of had been right around the corner.
"To put away aimlessness and weakness and to begin to think with purpose is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment. Who make all conditions serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully." - James Allen
Start today to develop the power of a laser-beam focus. Think strongly, live purposefully, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully!
A full life is a good life. We fill our schedules with commitments and improvisation, work and play. We would like all our activities to be fulfilling but even when they are not we tend to keep them anyway. Better a full life than not. We rather pity those who have not yet found a way of filling theirs.
This outlook misses a crucial point - if our lives are full, there is no room for anything new.
For the past eleven years, a strip of my garden had been left to itself. It always grew a great crop of nettles and hogweed. Each winter it died back and then repeated the performance each spring.
Right from the beginning of this year I have mowed the area regularly. There are still some nettles to be seen but, amazingly, growing alongside is a new range of plants that were not there before. Simply cutting the growth every few weeks has changed the harvest.
There is a clear analogy here with the general observation on life - 'if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got'. For a different outcome, change what you do and enjoy what flowers.
If we want to grow beyond where we are now, both personally and professionally, we need to make room.
Think of a forest planted for timber. The saplings are first positioned near each other to encourage them to grow straight. After a few years there comes a time for thinning, when the forester fells some trees to give the others more room to develop. At intervals during the life of the trees, more thinning will take place to allow the forest to reach full maturity.
If you've travelled in the countryside in the winter, you may have seen a hedge laid in the traditional way. This harsh pruning is the best way to rejuvenate it. Even when an old trunk has been cut off at ground level - just a stump - it will make fresh youthful growth in the spring.
There is an amusing side to this ability of nature. In many areas of waste ground and alongside railway tracks, there are buddleia bushes - very popular with butterflies. Land managers regard the plants as weeds and employ men to cut them back. The thing is that the pruning stimulates even more growth!
The recognition that sometimes we need to make room in our lives has spawned a service industry of de-clutterers. They will help you 'prune' your domestic environment, and some offer a similar service for offices.
The scope for pruning goes well beyond our physical environment. For example, we may have goals that have passed their sell-by date. They have been part of our mental landscape for some time and have played their part in shaping our lives up to this point. But now they are a distraction, perhaps even an irritation which we no longer need. We can liberate ourselves by trimming out-dated goals, making room for new, inspiring ones.
Similarly we may have dreams that no longer serve us. They were once the beacon that guided our life and helped in choosing goals. Now they reflect 'who we were' rather than 'who we are' and it is time to let them go.
Some relationships can choke our growth. A healthy relationship works by mutual benefit so if our own development is stifled it is time to make changes. We can review the time and energy we put into the relationship. Perhaps those precious resources would be better spent differently. We can look for other ways to influence the relationship towards a better balance. We could even decide on closure and move on.
However busy and successful we are, we can create some space, a degree of emptiness for new growth. Pruning cuts down competing influences that smother fresh shoots. When we have the courage to prune, the pile of 'cuttings' are not seen as 'what might have been', but the inspiring step towards 'what can be'.
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