Quotes About Purpose

My father always told me, 'Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.'

The heart is the place where our life gets its direction.

Start where you are-do anything you can do, and do everything you can do, until you find something you must do! That something is probably your spiritual gift.

The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.

No time is wasted time

And what's the point of doing something just to do it?

The skillful management of energy, individually and organizationally, makes possible something that we call full engagement. To be fully engaged, we must be physically energized, emotionally connected, mentally focused and spiritually aligned with a purpose beyond our immediate self-interest.

THE POWER OF FULL ENGAGEMENT Old Paradigm New Paradigm Manage time Manage energy Avoid stress Seek stress Life is a marathon Life is a series of sprints Downtime is wasted time Downtime is productive time Rewards fuel performance Self-discipline rules Purpose fuels performance Rituals rule

Purpose also becomes a more powerful source of energy when it moves from being externally to internally motivated. Extrinsic motivation reflects the desire to get more of something that we don't feel we have enough of: money, approval, social standing, power or even love. "Intrinsic" motivation grows out of the desire to engage in an activity because we value it for the inherent satisfaction it provides.

We focused instead on helping them to manage their energy more effectively in the service of whatever mission they were on.

Most important is the third question. When our grand purpose for living is more about serving others than ourselves, or when we focus what we do primarily to serve others, it matters less what we're chasing, or what we do to make a living. In the words of the former tennis great Arthur Ashe, "From what we get, we can make a living; from what we give, we can make a life.

To be fully engaged, we must be physically energized, emotionally connected, mentally focused and spiritually aligned with a purpose beyond our immediate self-interest.

The simple, almost embarrassing reality is that we feel too busy to search for meaning.

Necesito la gracia de Dios para hacer algo que valga la pena. Ni siquiera puedo levantarme a la mañana y enfrentar el día sin su ayuda.

When you create a setting where your people see that their efforts are contributing to a positive outcome well beyond what they could achieve individually, they will be more motivated and find greater meaning in what they do.

We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.

If it didn`t happen, its because it wasn`t meant to.

A vision without action is called a daydream; but then again, action without a vision is called a nightmare.

You will hear your heartbeat again when your life is in rhythm, and there is no doubt that you're doing what you were made to do. That's your heartbeat; that's when you're truly alive and not just existing" I

Pursue your dreams as if you will live forever, and consider your legacy as if this will be your final day.

great legacy starts with a great life, and every great life starts with a great plan.

The journey of life is a matter of traveling well rather than reaching a destination.

Work is a journey we undertake for others that makes us who we are.

S" is for Single-mindedness.