A rudderless ship and a purposeless person are eventually stranded on sand bar or a desert Island in the middle of nowhere.
“The goals you set for yourself — like the rudder of a ship — will guide you toward your destination, and without them, like a ship without a rudder, you’ll find it impossible to stay the course. Make goal-setting a habit in your life.
If you sometimes have trouble staying focused, set small, attainable goals and stick w the job until it’s done. Examples might include finding a faster, more efficient way to do a routine job.
Or taking the most difficult jobs first when you have the most energy and your concentration is at its highest level. Save the easiest jobs for last. A few small successes will inevitably lead to bigger achievements.”
From the Napoleon Hill Foundation “Thought for a Day” posted on March 3rd, 2023.
If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, you want to get an _______ wife as one song’s lyrics go. It could just as well have said if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, get yourself a goal, purpose or aspiration for the rest of your life.
It doesn’t rhyme as well as the first line but your goal, purpose, or aspiration or whatever you want to call it, will make you as happy. Always knowing what you are striving for gives you a reason to get up in the morning, gives you a reason to talk to other people, to keep learning, to keep exploring.
Its like exercise, you can ignore doing it and just sit around. You will not notice it initially but its effects will slowly creep up on you and when you need a fit body, you will be struggling because you have let yourself become flabby.
It’s the same with having a purpose, it forces you to keep on the top of your game and stay current with what is happening in the world around you. You will not be caught by surprise, and will be ready to react when events occur.
A Rudder is a small thing but yet it can steer a large ship. Find your goal, purpose, or aspiration and embrace it. Enjoy the journey while trying to achieve it and never become complacent with where you are at.
If you need help in picking the next goal you are setting out to achieve don’t be afraid to contact me and lets revisit your vision and where you want yourself or your company to go.
I give seminars on creating or revisiting what your companies vision is and how to use it to craft your mission statement and your business plan on where you want to go.
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