Recently I finished a great
book by my virtual mentor, John Maxwell. The book was entitled Intentional
Living: Choosing a Life that Matters. In this book, John focuses a lot
on “finding your WHY.” You see, once
you find your WHY, or the reasons why you believe you were placed on the
planet, the WHAT and the HOW takes care of itself. Put another way, your WHY
will fuel the WHAT you want
to do and then HOW you will be able to do it! This got me thinking out loud
about further defining my own purpose and significance in the life of others.
I spent some time last week
thinking a lot about this and came across a great article in SUCCESS Magazine by Stephanie
Wood. Stephanie outlined a great activity to help you find your meaning or your
WHY and I thought I would share it
with you.
First, make a list of your personal
qualities (i.e. honest, hardworking, playful, creative, etc.)
Second, list all your talents
(e.g. public speaking, organizing, motivating, etc.)
Third, think about those activities
that you find yourself repeatedly doing (e.g. volunteering, mentoring
others, fixing computer problems, or creating a marketing campaign).
Fourth, list your true
desires. What do you want to be doing with your life? Do you want to
travel, work for a cause, help others develop capital, or lead a high
functioning team?
Finally, take a look at
your respective list and circle the one word or phrase that best
captures your personal characteristic of each category above.
Now it is time to complete
the following sentence:
I, (fill in your name) was DESIGNED to (fill in your most valued personal quality) who can (insert strongest talent) because I find myself (fill in the activity that repeats itself often in your life) because I am SUPPOSED to (fill in your truest desire).
Once you do this once, it
is OK to refine it a bit but I believe you will be very surprised by the
result. You see, I believe each one of us was intentionally DESIGNED to do something
important in this world. Something no one else can do but YOU! It is my hope
that with that understanding comes the self-realization of just how important
and valuable you are!
Here
is where I landed in this activity:
I, Bill Faulkner, am designed to Empower Others because I can Communicate Effectively which allows me to Teach important lessons for now because I am supposed to produce leaders for life!
You
can find Stephanie’s full article in the December 2014 edition of Success
Magazine.
As
always if I can help you and
the people you associate with Get Better, Be Ready and LEAD OUT LOUD, I would
invite you email me or to visit my website below and see if any of the training
or coaching experiences I offer can provide an impact! Also, as a bonus, if you
go to my Out Loud Strategies website (www.outloudinc.com) and enter your
contact information, I will send you a FREE guide to establishing a mentoring
initiative program in your organization! Such an initiative would be critical
in order to add value to your organization!
Yours in Leadership,
Bill Faulkner
Co-Founder – Out Loud
Strategies
Independent Coach,
Speaker, and Trainer with the John Maxwell Team TM
Email = bill@outloudinc.com
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