To become your better, authentic self, you need to get out of the
flow of a life of monotonous ruts and meaningless routines.
You can learn to navigate life and connect with the potential of
your true self, breaking through the daily grind and becoming self-empowered.
You can use change and the power of who you are to take control of your emotions
and behaviors. The conflicts and anxiety you feel are not merely stresses to be
set aside and ignored in a stack of “to do” items. You can recognize
and remove personal obstacles, tap into your true potential, reshape your environment,
and stop undue outside influences from dictating what should be important to you.
Three Premises, Five Steps
Three premises provide you with an internal compass to guide your
actions whenever change threatens to disrupt your goals.
- You can’t sustain forward progress unless you know who you are.
- Knowing who you are requires you to identify and understand your purpose.
- Purposive striving—to attain your life purpose—is an index of
your mental health.
While such striving may be evident in one area of your work, it will
affect all other areas of your life. Without having a full knowledge of who you
are, and living with purpose and morality, you will lead an unfulfilled life and
be buffeted by the winds of change as you keep looking for the next best thing.
Are you moving ahead (striving) or complacent, adapting to change
properly, flexibly, and healthfully, or retracting, to maintain sameness?
To move beyond the ordinary and find a higher purpose, a more rewarding
future, and a more fulfilling life, take five steps:
- Align. Identify who you are and align with your internal purpose and authentic self.
- Resolve. Identify who people think you are (roles and labels) and resolve
contradictions.
- Find a context. Find a context in which you can strive and find your rightful place.
- Embrace change. Embrace change and learn to take appropriate risks.
- Enable others. Accept different cultural contexts and help others to succeed.
As you apply these principles and take these steps, you learn to
lead a rewarding life of integrity, experience personal transformation and sustained
success. PE
