Making your Mark in this World-Getting Motivated and Inspired! Isn’t that what we all really want? To be able to leave our mark so that people know we were here? To be able to leave a legacy that we are proud of to our children and family? What exactly is the mark we want to leave? And how do we go about it? How do we find the inspiration and motivation needed to fulfill our goal?
This subject has come up many times in my life, but would usually end up getting dismissed because I had no idea what I wanted out of life. My dreams and goals always seemed to change like the weather, so trying to determine what I really wanted was a difficult task for me. So I ended up coasting along in life with no real direction. Sometimes my dreams seemed impossible to capture, so why should I waste the time chasing the impossible?
Well at age 35 I found myself still searching out my goals and dreams. Don’t get me wrong I have some wonderful kids that I love dearly and are very proud of, but that’s not what I’m talking about. I’d been getting this overwhelming drive to become something, and accomplish something! It’s really hard to put into words but there was something missing in my life. There was a huge void that needed to be filled, and I didn’t know how to, or what to fill it with?
Figuring out what our dreams are can be a difficult task, but there are steps we can take to do it. Keeping a journal of things we want and that interest us is a good way to start. Sitting down with a pen and paper and start writing down things that we like, interest us, and things we’ve always wanted to do regardless of the reasons why we couldn’t. Understanding who we are as individuals can also help us determine what we can become. I have done similar things in the past, but I was always inconsistent. So how do we do this and follow-through?
Inspiration, Motivation, and discipline are the three tools that I use to accomplish my goals. Becoming inspired is the first of the three steps I start with. I have found that it is hard to become motivated if I’m not inspired. You can become inspired many different ways, looking at people who have and are doing the things we want is the first thing I look for. My family is another big one. You just have to find what works for you. Motivation requires us to look a little bit into the future, projecting what we can become and the benefits that follow. Discipline is the last on the list, but probably the most important, being able to follow through consistently with all the steps required to attain our goals.
Making your Mark in this World-Getting Motivated and Inspired! There are many different ways to accomplish this. I have found this is a very simple method, and also works for accomplishing many different goals. This has worked for me in accomplishing many goals and I would recommend it to anyone who has problems trying to figure out their goals and dreams.
Good luck! In your quest.
Michael C.
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