If a journey is the metaphor for your life, then the purpose of the trip is your mission statement and the destination is a goal. The route you take is your plan, to carry the metaphor further.
Whatever your purpose in life, your goals need to line up in such a way that, reaching the goals are steps toward fulfilling the purpose. Every goal—every thing you set out to accomplish in the specific—needs to fit with your general, overall purpose.
Or purposes. A fulfilled life is a balance between numerous areas such as work/career, family, and recreation.
If you want to be effective and successful, you need specific, measurable goals, and every goal needs to fit within the big picture. They need to work together to move you toward satisfying the demands of your mission.
Know what it is you are trying to do—develop a clear, meaningful mission—then create goals you can work toward and achieve that move you in the direction of your purpose.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Friday, August 09, 2019
It Starts With Your Mission - s3e2
What is your mission? What is your whatever it is you are trying to do?
If you don't know what you are trying to accomplish, you will never be done! Your mission (or missions) define what you are trying to accomplish. They set the boundaries that give your actions direction and purpose.
If you are setting out to be effective in anything—business, social life, recreation—having a mission and knowing what it is guides everything else. It informs your goals, your plans, your practices.
Operating without knowing what you are trying to do is a chancy behavior. You take a chance that you might get what you want or you take a chance that you might get—who knows what.
Make sure you have a mission and can articulate it. This is a key aspect at being effective and successful.
If you don't know what you are trying to accomplish, you will never be done! Your mission (or missions) define what you are trying to accomplish. They set the boundaries that give your actions direction and purpose.
If you are setting out to be effective in anything—business, social life, recreation—having a mission and knowing what it is guides everything else. It informs your goals, your plans, your practices.
Operating without knowing what you are trying to do is a chancy behavior. You take a chance that you might get what you want or you take a chance that you might get—who knows what.
Make sure you have a mission and can articulate it. This is a key aspect at being effective and successful.
Thursday, June 06, 2019
SNAPlife: Meaning Comes From Your Mind - s2e130
Getting heard is easy. Being understood is different.
There are two barriers to communication that bear consideration. First, there are physical barriers, relatively easily overcame. In the mid-twentieth century, radio communication was obfuscated by static. Further into history, slow mail service—or no mail service—was a barrier to communication.
In the early twenty-first century, however, physical barriers are not entirely gone. Noise in the environment or loss of cell service emerge as physical barriers, but for the most part, the physical obstacles are easily and routinely overcome.
The second type of communication barrier is psychological. Though the words and images are received well enough, it is the mind of the receiver who interprets the signals and gives them meaning. The life experiences, expectations, and beliefs derive meaning from the words and images.
When such precognitions about a situation are rigid and unchallengeable, misunderstandings abound! The meaning the sender intended is lost to the prejudices of the receiver.
When the person receiving the message has preexisting beliefs and expectations, the chances of the intended meaning coming through are very slim.
There are two barriers to communication that bear consideration. First, there are physical barriers, relatively easily overcame. In the mid-twentieth century, radio communication was obfuscated by static. Further into history, slow mail service—or no mail service—was a barrier to communication.
In the early twenty-first century, however, physical barriers are not entirely gone. Noise in the environment or loss of cell service emerge as physical barriers, but for the most part, the physical obstacles are easily and routinely overcome.
The second type of communication barrier is psychological. Though the words and images are received well enough, it is the mind of the receiver who interprets the signals and gives them meaning. The life experiences, expectations, and beliefs derive meaning from the words and images.
When such precognitions about a situation are rigid and unchallengeable, misunderstandings abound! The meaning the sender intended is lost to the prejudices of the receiver.
When the person receiving the message has preexisting beliefs and expectations, the chances of the intended meaning coming through are very slim.
Tuesday, June 04, 2019
SNAPlife: The Whole Meaning Package - s2e129
Meaning is far more than words. Trust me!
Context sets the stage for meaning. The content of the message is highly influenced by where, when, and why it is said or written.
For example, saying "This is going to be great!" when someone invites you to a nice dinner is different from saying "This is going to be great!" when you discover you get to have a tooth pulled.
Context changes the meaning of the words drastically. Further, you will never (probably) understand the context if you don't do more than hear the person.
Listening is usually construed to mean getting through the sounds (or written words) and finding meaning. Listening is the process of going past the content and bringing it in to clear light of context.
As the speaker, you need to make sure you are being clear and accurate. You don't simply say the easy words and let it go. Fully and completely expressing yourself and making sure the other person understands is of huge importance!
Words, alone, deliver only a part of the message. (So, you should watch the video!)
Saturday, June 01, 2019
SNAPlife: Should You Be Power-leveling? - s2e128
That thing you want to do? How are you going to get there?
You can put your blinders on, focus on the goal, and charge forward. You can ignore all the distractions and single-mindedly attack the goal, get it done, and move on.
Power-leveling is a reference to gaming whereby you set a single goal and forsake everything else as you work towards it. Applying this idea to real life is to attend to and only to the demands of the accomplishment you are seeking.
The upside to this is getting done and moving on.
But…
When power-leveling, you don't take time to see the sights and experience the ambiance as you work toward you goal. You miss out.
If you've been there before and know what your missing, that's one thing. But if you sacrifice quality of life as you go for you goal, then make sure the destination is worth sacrificing the fun stuff on the journey getting there.
You can put your blinders on, focus on the goal, and charge forward. You can ignore all the distractions and single-mindedly attack the goal, get it done, and move on.
Power-leveling is a reference to gaming whereby you set a single goal and forsake everything else as you work towards it. Applying this idea to real life is to attend to and only to the demands of the accomplishment you are seeking.
The upside to this is getting done and moving on.
But…
When power-leveling, you don't take time to see the sights and experience the ambiance as you work toward you goal. You miss out.
If you've been there before and know what your missing, that's one thing. But if you sacrifice quality of life as you go for you goal, then make sure the destination is worth sacrificing the fun stuff on the journey getting there.
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