So much have taken place in the past couple of months, and the effect of them all has been overwhelming to say the least. Not necessarily in a bad way, but I have been insufferable at times, and those are the very moments that I've felt inclined to write and whinge about my pitiful state to cyberspace.
But I resisted. Yet here I am once more - with a slightly more purposeful entry! (sort of)
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As I've mentioned, the last few months of hiatus was a result of lotsa turns of events , one of which being my employment status. I have since evolved from being a casual employee of RGIS, to being a casual employee of RGIS and an unpaid, status-unconfirmed employee/contractor to another company! Things have been pretty bumpy so far, and I have been constantly questioning my ability and approaches to the extend of almost giving up. =/ But if there's anything I picked up from this endeavor so far is to believe in the power of perseverance, hard work and a whole shit load of optimism. That last bit being the hardest of them all, especially for a painfully pessimistic dump like myself.
So the big idea, as highlighted at the start of this entry - to seek a greater purpose. I've had the opportunity to attend a TED talk last weekend, and the common ground that most of the speakers subscribed to is to serve a bigger purpose outside one's self. And I'm not referring to a more ethereal, out-of-this-world purpose (i.e. God, although I respect the merits of that too); but something closer to home. Extolling changes to the world, one person at a time.
One of the videos screened was of Simon Sinek's Golden Circle model, which attributed some of the world's greatest leaders and success stories to a simple methodology of "Why, What, How" in that respective order. While his talk focused mainly on a marketing perspective, I think the message rings true for most aspects of life.
In order to succeed, you need to be a 100% certain of your goal and purpose, and have all your actions be consistent with it.
Sounds simple enough. But a lot harder to achieve. If it was then we would all be internet billionaires and/or history book-worthy revolutionaries. Yet we're not, because most of us (who aren't already content with their lives) are stuck in a rut, knowing that plenty more can be done but we're just not cut out for it or simply can't muster up enough strength and commitment to do it.
And that is exactly where I am at the moment. So right now, I'm gonna start by identifying what it is that ruffles my feathers (is that a valid saying? Sounds like a valid saying), and hopefully make something out of it. It's a bit hard to identify what truly rocks my boat to its deepest core and what is just a passing cause that I'm concerned about.
Why?
What is the reason that gets me out of bed every morning (or early noon) and not feel like the world has just punched me in my face with my alarm phone?
