Staying True to your Mission...

Good Morning!

I constantly hear the "gurus" tout the need for leaders to have a "sense of urgency."  I can tell you that a "sense of urgency" makes a person tired!

I bet you get tired of "the grind"..."one's life" has the tendency to grind on you...it challenge's your mission...

I do not think that life is meant to be easy...if you really wish to get something out of it...

"Staying your course" contains 3 critical elements...

First...you have to know EXACTLY what your path is...(That is the purpose of your mission)...

Second...you have to realize that you do not have an eternity to achieve it...(This is the real sense of urgency)...

Third...you have you know what you are willing to pay to get to where you are going...(This is your abrasion resistant armor...which protects you from "the grind")

Any one of those elements are long dissertations...but we do not need to belabor any of those points...except for the third one...

The question that you should be asking yourself is...What am I willing to pay to get to where I want to go?

If you spend time on the third element...the first element is constantly assessed...

You do not need to be the CEO of an organization to have a mission...

Everyone should know what there mission in life is...

It should be written out...

It should be clear and concise...

It should align with what you are passionate about...

DO NOT set out on life's journey without knowing precisely where you are going...

DO NOT walk aimlessly...if you do not have a mission...then you can logically conclude that you are walking in circles...

A recent survey was conducted and it concluded that a vast majority of people (well into the 70%s) did not have a mission in life...even though they claimed to have one!

I was talking with a good friend and shared that my mission and goals are verbal (written), numeric (measureable) and pictured (visual).  I put them in 3 different forms so that I can not avoid them...

There are 3 major partitions within ones brain...or consciousness...if you create a mission in one of those areas...numeric for example...it is pigeon-holed...and can be mentally avoided by going into your verbal world or visual world...

I do not give my brain a chance to avoid my mission...

No matter where I go within my "cognition"...my mission and goals are there!  They permeate my being!

This works...

It creates a good sense of urgency because your entire existence is focused on what you are "out to do!"

Which automatically takes care of the second element!

Many people do not really understand the meaning of the word integrity...and confuse it with honesty...

A "person of integrity" is an individual that is absolutely consistent in what they believe, say and do...no more and no less...

In order to be a person of integrity...your mission needs to be clear...and it needs to permeate your thoughts, words and deeds...these are the things that feed success...

Many people define success and then strive to achieve it...

If your mission is clear and concise...and you act with integrity...success is defined into your being...in fact...you are automatically a success...

...but that means that who you are...is more than words...or thoughts...it has to show in every action and activity...

Take some time today to ask yourself..."What am I willing to pay to achieve my mission?"

Staying true to that proposition is simply a matter of realizing that the cost is far exceeded by the value of what you are achieving...

If you are not willing and DO NOT put up the cost for fulfilling your mission...then you must accept what you are going to get for what you are paying...

It is important to also figure out what you are going to get for what you are currently paying...

If you do not work...do not think you are going to get anything...it is your fault and your fault alone...

Enough Said....

 My closing thoughts for you today...

Frustration is nothing more than Passion without the ability to do something about it...

Have a great weekend!

Can't wait for the next week!