If it is Important Enough for You to have to Say Something About it...

Good Morning...

You have crossed this week's finish line...and found yourself a winner!

What a glorious feeling!

You may not have taken "the Gold," but you know that you have done everything possible to achieve what you achieved!!!

NO?

There are lingering thoughts?

Regrets?

Excuses?

You wish "someone would step up and fix"...?

I watch the vast majority of people complaining...or worse yet...

...Thinking that they are consultants....Thinking that their opinion is of significant value and that people should jump and do their bidding!

Not realizing that it is every one's place in life to do something about those things that bother them!

"Words" have lost their value...Everyone is talking...very few people do anything about it!

A while back there was a popular book entitled "The Purpose Driven Life"

And another that followed it (not by the same author) "The Secret"

And a more secular book called "The Dream Manager"

It is interesting that these books really appealed to the same market segment...

...And that by looking at that segment of society...we can learn a weakness in our thought processes!

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People seek an understanding of their purpose in life...

I have heard many times "What is my REAL purpose in life?

How do I find it?

They know intuitively that if they find their purpose...they will find meaning in their activity and ultimately be successful! 

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY...

HAPPY!

In actuality...finding your purpose is the path to success!

Yet finding that purpose seems to be illusive!

People throughout the ages have searched their entire life and have not found it!

The fact of the matter is...is it staring you in the face!

In pursuit of purpose...people miss the simplicity of it.

It is often hiding in plain sight!

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How do I find my purpose?

What will put meaning into my activity?

...and...

What will drive me to being successful?

What will get rid of that hollow feeling and make me happy?

I know what you are thinking and I will cut to the chase!

Purpose is not found in some deep soul searching activity!

It is found in your everyday activity!

It takes the shape in what stands out to you...

It is what is programmed into your DNA!

It is in your nature...

Believe it or not...

IT IS WHAT BOTHERS YOU!

What?!!!? 

Please allow me to "say" it again...Your purpose can be found in what bothers you!

Better said...your purpose should be found in what bothers you!

I know that you are now asking...

EVERYTHING bothers me at one time or another...How do I find purpose in what bothers me?

Your purpose can easily be found in those things which you see that many other people do not!

It is those things that elicit a reaction!

You are programmed to see these things...

Those things that most people do not do is...

Do something about the things that bother them!

They are most often happy to simply sit back and complain and hope that some other person will stand up and do something about it...A CONSULTANT!  Ultimately it shows how lazy that person really is!

I once was standing in a hallway and listening to someone complaining about a few scraps of paper on the floor...and how unprofessional it was for people to leave trash laying around...

In frustration...I responded with..."if it bothers you to the point that you need to complain about it...why don't go one step further...stop talking about it and go and pick it up?"

She looked at me as if I had accurately predicted the next winning lottery numbers...and walked over and picked up the paper and threw it away!

Her response made me think about my own life...

If something bothers me enough that I have to talk about it...

Why shouldn't I be doing something about it?

If I do not want to do anything about it...

Why am I talking about it?

Talk is cheap!

Activity is costly! 

Invest something of value in making a difference!

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The vast majority of "consultants" in this world want to identify issues and then wash their hands of responsibility! 

Tell someone about it...get paid...and walk away!

It is a rare few that can find issues (things that bother them) and then takes the steps to rectify them...

Great leaders find issues and then (if they can not do it themselves) find people who can make a difference...and while the talented are working...the great leaders make rectification possible...

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Perhaps your body, mind and spirit are telling you something and you are missing the message...

You have been created uniquely...and with a purpose...

You are unique among everything that has ever lived, is living or ever will live...just check your DNA against all other living things...it is yours and yours alone!

Add to that your experience and your uniqueness is unfathomable! 

In that uniqueness you will find your purpose...in the "programming" is what you are meant to do!

Let me say it another way...

You have purpose...and the interesting thing is that your role (purpose) is in that uniqueness!

No one sees the world like you do...from your perspective...your physical and experiential programming...

Use that perspective and listen to what it is telling you!

If it bothers you enough...that you have to complain about it...do something about it...or find and lead people who can!

This is your purpose...Plain and simple!

You will make a difference in this world if you do that and it will be a better place for you having been here!

AND guess what...you will ultimately find meaning and fulfillment in that endeavor!

Most important...It is where your happiness is hiding...IN PLAIN SIGHT!

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Have a great and wonderful weekend!

Listen to yourself!

Identify your purpose and doing something about it!

If it is important enough for you to say something about it...go that extra step and do something about it!

Pura Vida!