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A personal Philosophy
We all need personal philosophy in life or we risk wandering and responding to random stimuli and information with little or no impact on our long-term goals.
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“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”
Marcus Aurelius
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Living without purpose is dangerous
Nothing gives a person inner wholeness and peace like a distinct understanding of where they are going.
Until you settle on a purpose, your life is in danger of having little meaning. A life without a purpose is a life without a destination.
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“Life must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward.”
Søren Kierkegaard
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The right direction
Finding the right direction in life is something you create. You make the decision to act, to do something, no matter how small.
Once you have defined your aims and what you want, it is easier to deal with doubts. Easier not to get distracted from what is important, keep your focus, and keep moving.
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A sense of purpose
Successful people have a definite sense of direction. They have a clear understanding of what success means to them.
Everything they do is consistent with their goals. They look forward and decide where they want to be. Their day to day actions help them move closer to their vision.
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Clarity changes everything
When you feel unclear about a goal, you have difficulty achieving it. And if you don’t know why you should do something, you lack committed to taking action.
With clarity, you can pull together resources, ideas and people for a common cause. Without it, there is wasted effort and even chaos.
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Develop your personal clarity
- Define what success means to you personally.
- Create a vivid mental image of you as a success. This image should be as vivid as you can make it.
- Clarify your personal values.
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Developing a personal life philosophy
- Understand who you are: A personal philosophy requires self-awareness, a desire to understand, and the ability to learn
- Commit to looking for meaning and discerning what makes sense to you.
- Follow your interests, and improve your basic understanding of life and living it.
- Keep expanding your thinking. Study other philosophies. Gather philosophies from other people and books.
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Three groups of philosophy of life
- The True North Group: You have a compass for life and know which direction is the correct way. When asked about your philosophy of life, you could explain it immediately and concisely.
- The Dusty Compass Group: You have a compass for directing your life, but you don't always know how to use it. You may have a loosely organized philosophy but may not use it to filter and direct your experience.
- The Inbox Group: You may not have a compass. Life may be about something, but you don't know. Your approach is to deal with life the way you manage email: You are just directing your attention to whatever lands in your inbox.
The True North group
The difference between the members of these three groups is internal. You won't be able to spot them instantly.
In general, it is better to live as a member of the True North group, provided you remain humble, curious, and open to the possibility you may be wrong.
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3 areas of life to clarify
You need to have absolute clarity over 3 fundamental facts:
- Your goals (the destination)
- Your current situation (your coordinates)
- The path that connects both of them (the route).
A very simple, but crucial principle: if you don’t know where you are, you can never reach the place where you want to be.
The world of the status quo bias
Making an alternative choice is hard because we are neurologically wired to favor the default solution, even if it brings suboptimal results.
As the complexity of a decision increases, so does our tendency to stick with the answer we know.
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Meaning in Life
- Many of us struggle with finding meaning, as we are busy with our daily work and distractions.
- Meaning in life provides us with the purpose of getting up daily, energized and pepped up...
Meaningful Work
21–35% of our life is spent at work, making it a crucial part of our lives to spend at something we find meaning in.
Meaningful work should be:
- Motivating and purposeful.
- Should be coherent and make some sense.
- Should be significant.
Connected with a Purpose
Meaningful work is when we feel a genuine connection with what we do for a living and our larger spectrum of life.
It is motivating, creates deep relationships and helps others.