When I first started in our business, I had never written out goals and didn't know much about them. I knew that there were things I would have liked to do and places that would be fun to visit, and of course I wanted to be successful at something. I never read much as I was busy having fun being involved in athletics. I can't really say I had much purpose either. I was just going from job to job and hoping there was something out there for me.
Once I started attending meetings and hearing about possibilities for my future, my thinking started to change. I couldn't seem to read enough or learn fast enough. I was starting to have a very specific purpose. The following statement from The Answer by John Assaraf and Murray Smith is representative of the kind of things that always made me stop, think, wonder, hope, and dream about having a very unique life.
You achieve goals: you live purpose.
In other words, your purpose is something ongoing and never-ending; it's not something you ever "finish." Your purpose is a description of what living your ideal life looks like.
Goals are something you definitely can finish and should.
Goals are mileposts along the road of life; purpose is the direction the road takes.
Kind of an interesting statement, isn't it? Do you have specific goals you are currently working on? The next question in my mind is really important. Do you like the direction of your life and/or do you have a purpose that is so compelling to you that every day you are doing something to make progress? I've learned that having a purpose is exciting. Setting those mileposts and figuring out how to get where I want to go is challenging. But believe me friends, it's worth it.
Enthusiastically,
Gary Burke
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