Evaluate your opportunities by your values
One of the most important things I have ever realized is that God created us with a purpose, and he gave you your passions and desires to push you towards fulfilling that purpose.
Do you have a personal mission statement? Do you have a vision for your life? Do you know what makes you happy?
I’ve met a lot of people who don’t even know what their dreams are, and if you don’t know what you are aiming at, you will hit nothing at all. If you want to go somewhere in life, you have to aim for it.
When you know your values, you can evaluate any opportunity based on how it lines up with your values, dreams, and passions.
February 7th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
When we want something in life, there is a tendency to justify our actions and excuse behavior that is out of harmony with our deep down sense of right and wrong. We may not even know we are doing it on a conscious level or we may minimize the situation telling ourselves it’s no big deal.
The problem is, a on a deeper level we have created a conflict, and internal battleground. If we allow ourselves to continue without correcting the problem, sooner or later that internal conflict will undermine our efforts and we will be forced to compensate.
February 12th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
For me, it usually ends up with me following an opportunity that looks “good”–kind of lines up with my values–but isn’t quite the right fit. It’s really hard to step back from something “good” to take hold of “best”, especially when “good” is mostly comfortable.