PRINCIPLES FOR PERSONAL GROWTH, CHANGE, 
AND TRUE SUCCESS IN OUR LIFE AND SERVICE TO OTHERS

 

How to become all we can be and live at peace in our world.

 
Principle 9 - Successful living, managing our time and money, making the changes we want, and achieving our goals requires that we know what we value and what we want.
 
          Years ago a research study came up with the number “three percent”.  Numerous antidotal stories and experiences confirm the number.  The three percent are those people in the general population who are “goal directed.”  These people (the three percent) have given thought to the purposes either pushing or leading their lives.  They have some specific goals and objectives for their life and business.  These desires and wishes have been written down or captured in some fashion.  With these thoughts in mind, they are working on a plan with benchmarks in order to create their own destiny and get what they want from their life so they can live well and serve others. 
 
          Knowing what you want is vital to successful living.  We can live our lives intentionally or we can take what we get accidentally.  We need to know what is the goal we are pressing towards.  A moment of reflection will show the simplicity and yet the depth of this principle.  We take time management seriously.  But there is never enough time to do everything that is required of us or desired of us; so we need to do what is important.  Hence, we need to know what is truly important, or what we want so that we can set our priorities and manage our time.  The same thing is true of our money.  We can never have all the money we want or need; so to mange it well, we need to know what we value and what is truly important to us.  Then we can use our limited resources to achieve the maximum results for our success. 
 
          Goals that are given to us by others and that are not part of our deep desires will be exercises in futility.  There will be no passion or energy pushing us on unless these goals are deeply rooted in the realization that they will help us to get what we want. 
 
          This is not a call for selfishness and cutthroat competition.  Getting what we want does not mean that we are to try and keep others from getting what they want.  It is a call for personal priority.  It is also vital that we remember that one of the best ways to get what you want is to help others get what they want. 
 
So let us remember -- successful living, managing our time and money, making the changes we want, and achieving our goals - requires that we know what we value and what we want. 

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