Begin with the end in Mind
“We are not human
beings on spiritual journey; we are spiritual beings on a human journey” says
Stephen covey, author of the famous book “7 habits of highly effective people”.
We spend time to plan for our vacation, for buying
materialistic things, but how many of us spend time to identify our life’s real
purpose. What is the purpose of our
life? What is our end goal in life?
Dear TMOD, TM and respected guests, good evening
I watched a movie Pudukkottaiyil iruthu Saravan in which the
main protagonist was riding a Pulsar, and all of a sudden, I got a desire to
buy “Pulsar”. I called my friend immediately to get his suggestion on which
model should I pick. He said “Go to the two wheeler parking lot in your office and
decide a model”. AH ! That was easy. How
come I didn’t think about it? Next day I visited the parking lot, and I saw
nearly 1000 different two wheelers parked in the parking lot.
Innumerous choices… what should I pick?! .
I was confused, confused and confused.
I didn’t realize that choosing a two wheeler would become so
complex! I could not finalize which one
to buy. I visited the parking lot almost
3 weeks in a row… the more time that I spend in the parking lot, the more
confused I became. Finally, I gave up the idea of buying itself.
Weeks passed. I met my close friend on a Friday night after
dinner. I spoke to my friend about my
problem.
I showed him a picture of Dhoni with Laxmi Rai in a sexy
sports bike. I expressed my temptation of buying sports bike.
He went on in a full flow.
He asked, “Were you buying the sports bike to pick up girl friends? Like movies, I shake my heads like No
followed by Yes.[Head gesture]
He said, even if you managed to find a GF she was bound to
say “My age is your exp”. Then I agreed
to that. I said, statistically having the
same name as our friend Rajesh, GFs were not my cup of tea.
Next question he asked “were you going to ride 0 to 60 kms
in 30 sec in the Spencer’s signal. I
said big no.
He laughed at me and asked, what is your purpose of buying a
two wheeler. That opened my eyes … “I did not even think about it, all along”. He gave a clue to narrow down top 3 reasons
to buy a two wheeler. I did that – my top 3 reasons were … (1) Drive to a
nearby distance to drop my kids at school (2) My wife can also ride the two
wheeler (3) Maneuver very easy in the morning traffic It made my decision
making process very easy !
I came home that night, I put together my end goal and purpose
by mentioning top 5 features which I wanted in my two wheeler. Next day I
visited 3 dealers and bought a scooter.
My purpose was a convenient family vehicle for me and my wife to drive
to a nearby distance.
Friends… this technique isn’t just useful to buy a two
wheeler. It could be any decision that we make in life… with the availability
of so many choices around us. It could
be buying 4 wheelers, or 3 bedroom flat, or finding your one right partner.
We can use the same technique to decide our purpose in life
!
We are so busy these days and we are busy being busy with so
many choices around. The daily grind
keeps us very busy all the times. We are busy in our various roles, Facebook, twitter
and technology has taken us to a fast paced world. At times, we need to step back and ask this
question. What is the purpose of our
life? Remember, We are spiritual beings on human journey. Sun is hidden by clouds; our true purposes are hidden by our problems. Stay away from the problems … go towards your purpose in life… that is the sun which is driving you and me. We all have unique talent which is driving us. We do not have to invent our life’s purpose. We have to detect it – Says Covey.
Let’s us all step back for 10 minutes a day and ask this
vital question – What is our purpose of our life?
Life gives us an empty canvas with various choices of
brushes and colors. Let us paint a
beautiful picture of us which is aligned with our purpose.
Let us begin with the end in mind.
Over to you TMOD.
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