Building Your Best Life
Season 1
Why Purpose Matters
The Crucial Need for Clarity
by Diana D. Williams
In this episode, the discussion revolves around how your purpose is the cornerstone to your best life. It gives meaning to life, and that meaning empowers us to fully engage in a productive life and avoid merely existing. When you know your purpose, you will be motivated to act, and your decisions will be informed by your purpose. In other words, you will make better decisions because you know where it is you are going. Purpose is power, and worth your pursuit and embrace.
In this episode, I talk about the surprising and yet critical role that "clarity" plays in the quality of our lives today. With unprecedented uncertainty and the stress that accompanies it, it has never been more important for us to know who we are, what it is we truly desire, and what we value most. The answers to these questions becomes the underlying foundation for many of our day-to-day decisions. As life continues to move at an amazing pace, we no longer have the luxury of taking our time to mull over each and every decision as we would perhaps like to. Our actions must be swift and yet based on the most accurate self-knowledge we have available to us.
Napoleon Hill, the author of the all-time best seller, "Think and Grow Rich," said the starting point of all success is what he called, definiteness of purpose. According to Mr. Hill, definiteness of purpose means defining what you truly desire, as opposed to just something that would be nice to have, do, or achieve. Many people fail to achieve their dreams because they fail to identify their true desire. When your desire is identified, you will be motivated to overcome obstacles when life happens.