The Power of Focus - Living On Purpose

You create conflict and uncertainty when your highest values and natural abilities conflict with the work you do and the actions you take. 

Your purpose is the big picture and your goals are the stepping stones. To fully capture the sensation of being alive and experience peace of mind you will need to to align your daily goals with a well defined purpose.

This brings us to the last strategy from the The Power of Focus, Living on Purpose. I have really enjoyed sharing this power book with you and I hope you've enjoyed this series as well. What I've shared has been a mix of my personal take-aways from The Power of Focus along with the strategies straight from the book.

Whether you want to develop success motivation habits, develop powerful positive thinking or create positive change it all starts with a journey. That journey is to learn and to continue to learn all lifelong. The single most important thing that successful people do is learn. You mind is your single greatest asset in your journey for personal happiness. 

Is this all there is?

Are you at a crossroads? Are you sensing a void in your work and a deeper hunger for something more out of life?

Everyone at various levels of life hunger for hunger for meaning in their lives. We all need to feel deeply that our lives matter at that we are making a difference.

At the center of your purpose the personal power to make a difference, the live according to what matters most to you and the ability to make the most of your every waking moment of your life.

When you are clear on the why for living you don't have to worry about how to live and what to live for - T. L. Pierce, Upgrade Your Mind

This is your task for the journey: To answer your "why" for living by establishing a clearly defined purpose. When you adopt a lifestyle that is driven but purpose you create opportunities to enrich others and make a difference. You purpose will always serve the greater good of others. Any purpose designed to serve yourself at the expense of others is not true purpose. Consider your purpose your true work in life.

What is your work?

Your natural talents and gifts are indicators of what you are created and designed to do. Your desires and passionate interests are glimmers of what is possible for your to pursue. I believe that there is not desire given to you that does not have accompanying it the power of see it realized.

Learning to Live on Purpose
Ultimately the law of sowing and reaping and the golden rule provide some inspiration for why you must pursue purpose for your life. You must exercise your gifts in the service others and service to others will in some way be found in your purpose. Your purpose is designed to naturally incorporate the Law of Sowing and Reaping because the more you give then the more you will receive. The way you treat others is the way you will ultimately be treated.

At the end of your gifts, calling and purpose is a life waiting to be changed - T. L. Pierce, Upgrade Your Mind

The best that life has to offer you will be found in the service of others. After all, isn't most wealth gained by providing a service to others? I'm not just talking financial wealth. I'm talking about wealth of health, relationships, peace, happiness and more.

Your purpose is a gaze into your future. It is a picture of what you are willing to pursue - T. L. Pierce, Upgrade Your Mind

What you see determines how you feel and what you desire. You must behold what inspires you.
What are doing with your life?
What is your life's work all about?
What will be your legacy when you life is over?

Here are 3 key points to activate your purpose:

1. Align your purpose with your natural ability. Discovering your natural abilities is part of your life's work. It is part of the game. Align your work or your purpose with your natural abilities and gifts. When your work and your abilities aren't in sync you create a crossroad of conflict. You can eliminate that through proper alignment.

2. Be determined. Don't get distracted or subject to the influence of other people. Stay on track and stay with it. Sometimes it will be lonely. Only when you give yourself to your work will your gift make room for you. Grab a hold of a singleness of mind and commit to doing whatever it takes to fulfill your purpose and your life's work.

3. Maintain a humbleness attitude. Don't allow and unhealthy ego over ride your good intentions. You don't have to be concerned with fame and fortune and you shouldn't be. Individuals who have the greatest and most positive impacts on society aren't concerned with fame and fortune. For every purpose and vision there is provision. Your needs will more than be met and abundance will follow your purpose in overwhelming amounts when you allow your calling to serve others.

Discovering Your Purpose

You need to spend the time necessary to discover your purpose. The first thing you must do is take time off to think about what you want to do with your life...literally. Step away from the noise of daily life and think about it. You cannot discover your purpose on the run. Take sanctuary or retreat for personal time and begin your work.
You have to work it out before your work gets out - T. L. Pierce, Upgrade Your Mind

You have to labor sight unseen. This is what I call the Principle of Obscurity (I'll share more on this in and upcoming article). You have to labor and toil uncelebrated and into the night when working on defining your purpose, refining your purpose and in ultimately realizing your purpose. You alone have to work it out before your work gets out.

Define your purpose and pursuit no matter what. Celebrate your journey, serve others and you will see your work get out to others. Your greatness will draw others who are great and compel them to help you. Your greatness will inspire others to be great. You will attract all the people and resources you need to see your work grow and you realize your dreams come true. But you have to work it out. Establish the "why" and the "how" and "what" will follow suit.

You are struggling because you are lacking a clearly defined purpose. Your purpose will overwrite any view of your life as a struggle. 

Here are some key considerations for discovering your purpose:
What do you do best?
What do you really enjoy doing?
Have you established your Priority Focus?

Are you in have-to mode or choose-to mode? Are choosing enthusiasm and empowerment?

Discovering your purpose begins with recognizing your special skills and talents. You don't have to work and live your life bored, stagnant and just going through the motions. Purposeful work begins with work that you care deeply about. You don't have to do work and you shouldn't do work that doesn't inspire you and challenges you.

When you live your life on purpose you feel you are making a difference and you don't have to seek fame. When you serve a purpose larger than yourself you level of commitment expands. As your purpose begins to unveil and unfold before you, you will approach life from your own unique philosophy to life and big picture viewpoint. 
Routine and mundane tasks become less important and your life work takes on new meaning. To realize your fullest potential you life goals must reflect your purpose and the pursuit of money will only result and a portion of life truly passing you by.  

Conclusion

The Power of Focus has change me life in so many and so many levels I am still realizing how positive this book has been for me. And it should be this way. The journey is lifelong and the discoveries continuous. 

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Never stop learning. Embrace change. Develop the habit of changing your habits for continued success. You are one thought away from change, one idea away from breakthrough. Continue to reach for that next thought and idea for positive thinking and positive change that will fuel your potential, inspire ever increasing possibilities and bring you the personal success that you desire and deserve.