Morning Motivator - What Are You Working For?

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after."
- Henry David Thoreau

Frequently, the Morning Motivator has a message about PURPOSE and having CLARITY in your actions. As I sat last night, think about the ACTIONS I must take at work today, I found myself REFRESHED in the fact that I have CLARITY of PURPOSE towards what I am doing each day. I wonder also - how many others have the same clear VISION of why they do what they do.

When you get to work in the morning - do you know EXACTLY what you should be doing? Do you have a PLAN to execute or do you walk in to spend the morning PREPARING the rest of the week? Do you take time each night, prior to leaving work, to PREPARE your action plan for the next day?

Most highly PRODUCTIVE people are NOT brilliant, gifted, exceptionally educated or just plain better than YOU. What they commonly are is - ORGANIZED, DISCIPLINED, FOCUSED and DRIVEN. When a productive person comes into work, they know what actions they will take IMMEDIATELY and do not waste time getting to those actions. These are the same people that often say, "I accomplish more before lunch than most people do in an entire day"... and they are RIGHT! Their big SECRET... they KNOW WHY THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY DO.

2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
CLARITY is the understanding of what your PURPOSE is for in taking the actions you do on a daily basis. It is the development of a GOAL and the understanding of WHY that goal is important. PLANNING is the "executable" that gives SUBSTANCE to your CLARITY and ACTION to your PURPOSE. EXECUTION is the DIFFERENCE between realizing your dreams... or just dreaming about them.

Set GOALS that match your dreams. Don't have CLARITY about your dreams? FOCUS on defining what you WANT - WHY you want it - WHEN you expect to accomplish it.

I don't often make PROMISES to my readers, however, if you will take the time to UNDERSTAND why you are working, what you are working towards and then take actions to align your career with your purpose... you WILL find an increased level of productivity, pride and achievement. It is just as the dialogue between the Cheshire cat and Alice went... "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat. "I don't much care where--" said Alice. "Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.

Find your way by knowing where you are and where you are going... but more over WHY you are walking that path.

Cheers,
Zach

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