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chapter, he reminds us, ‘Until thought is linked with purpose, there is no intelligent accomplishment.’
So the order that comes from a clear objective permeates every aspect of our life. Order to our thinking. Order to our actions. And order to our results.
When I talk to people about this, most of them can quickly see that order comes from a clear direction, objective or compass bearing. What they truly struggle with though is the answer to life’s greatest question, ‘What is my purpose?’
Peter Drucker said something marvelous to assist with the answer, “Only musicians, mathematicians and a few early maturing people, their numbers limited, know what they want to do from an early age. The rest of us have to find out.”
As you embark upon this journey of ‘finding out’ your life purpose, you’re going to have to push past a lot of things that hold most people back from this journey.
Fear will try to creep in and tell you, “Oh, those are just pipe- dreams. You need to be grateful for what you have. Not everyone is marked for greatness. Just stay where you are. Do what has the least amount of risk.” Essentially, all of these fear- based thoughts are attempting to convince you to settle for a life that is far less than you are capable of being. Is that what you want? Of course not.
Then you’re going to have to learn to face your fears. They will always be there. They’ll be waiting for your weakest moments so they can swoop in and tell you to give up. But when you’re willing to pull the mask off of fear, you’ll see that all the things you are tempted to worry about are ridiculous.
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