Have you answered this ultimate question: "What Should I Do With My Life?" If you haven't I highly recommend you to read these two books: What Should I Do With My Life by Po Bronson, and Answering Your Call by John P. Schuster.
Do you know that everyone has to grow old, fall sick and die? That's life! That's reality! So are you taking care of things that matters most or are you neglecting them? You do not have forever and statistics show that most men will die about 75 years old and women at about 85 years old, of course it will varies depending on where you live and your lifetstyle.
If you take good care of your health you can live another 10 to 15 good years and spend these years doing the things you love and living your dreams!
From 1 to 10 rate yourself in these areas and find out what is your missing link and why you are not happy or living a meaningful life?
1 being the worst and 10 being the best.
1. Health Your rating: ____
2. Family Life Your rating: ____
3. Personal Development Your rating: ____
4. Finance Your rating: ____
5. Moral Obligation Your rating: ____
6. Social Contribution Your rating: ____
7. Dream Your rating: ____
8. Spiritual Your rating: ____
Out of the above eight, which are the three most important to you?
What have you done for the most three important areas of your life?
To get to where you want to go, you must know where you are! This simple exercise will let you discover where you are and which areas you have neglected and have cause unhappiness in your life?
Once you have discovered your purpose or calling, you will live a meaningful life. Every morning when you wake up, you know what are you living for!
What have you done for your health. Are you neglecting the "golden goose" or the "money-making machine" because when the body stops working, everything stops! When health goes down the drain or the material things will go down the drain or passed on to your loved ones or people you don't even know!
What have you done for your family life? Do you have enough time for your loved ones? A well-known survey done on top executives showed that not even one wished they had spent more time in their office if they were asked this question in their last days of their lives. Many regretted that they have neglected their families and wished they had spent more time with their families.
What have you done to improve yourself. Personal development is one of the key factors for achieving happiness and success. How well you communicate is how well you live!
What have you done to improve your finances? Are you still working for money or money is working for you? Are you doing the things the rich and successful people are doing or are you following the footsteps of the poor and on the road to a financial disaster?
What have you done for your moral obligation? it could be ensuring your parents live a good life or giving your children a good education or anything you feel it is your moral obligation.
What have you done for society or the world? Have you contributed in your own ways to make this world a better place?
Are you living your dreams? Are you working towards living your dreams or just surviving?
Do you have any spiritual beliefs? Do you know why are here on this earth? Is there a greater purpose for you? Have you found your path towards enlightenment and living a meaningful life?
About the Author
Bruce Seah, Marketing Consultant, Business Owner and Author. Bruce loves to help people make money offline and online to achieve their dreams! For Bruce's free ebooks: How To Be Successful In Network Marketing, How To Be Happy, Healthy and Wealthy and How To Make Money Online Now! Go to: http://www.BruceSeah.com Please feel free to share this article in your website, ezine or email, as long as the information about author and website is included.
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