Over the years as a pastor of a local church, workshop
presenter and leadership mentor, I found the top 2 difficulties individuals
deal with are
“What is my purpose?”
“How do I take the stress out of my relationship?”
My findings from a
survey I did 2 years back was that the top struggle people had,was with
frustration, and then a close follower to that finance.
It has become evident to me that, without a sense of mission
and purpose, a person can find themselves very frustrated and in lack.
Why?
Frustration is the
result of not having immediate or life expectations being met. Many, many
live, work and lead, frustrated. Often,
careers have been imposed on them through necessity, or by dominant factors,
leaving people without a choice and then the daily grind of trying to function
at maximum expected peak performance while being unhappy, discontent and, most
of the time, in despair.
When you are not
following, investing in, and communicating your life’s or leadership purpose,
you are having to chase the ‘not enough’, the ‘just enough’, or the ‘get enough’ so that you will have the status and significance you need to ease the pain of the deep, unhappy discontent you sense you have within you, because you cannot, and don’t know what is your life and leadership mission and purpose.
you are having to chase the ‘not enough’, the ‘just enough’, or the ‘get enough’ so that you will have the status and significance you need to ease the pain of the deep, unhappy discontent you sense you have within you, because you cannot, and don’t know what is your life and leadership mission and purpose.
Probably like you, I have read many books and articles and
heard many talks on needing a mission and purpose for life, but few give an
encouraging process for discovering and clarifying such a mission or purpose
for your life.
It is easy, but not
simple.
Knowing, understanding and unfolding your purpose in life
and thereby, releasing your passion that fuels your inspiration, resulting in a
fulfilling influence in your relational and functional environment, is within everybody’s
power and reach.
The fact is, you do
have a mission, and a purpose in this world and you can contentedly live it,
every day. But it does take some effort, involving time, and close scrutiny of
your life and leadership, to discover and clarify that unique place you have,
that only you were designed to fill.
Did you know that on average there is a monthly search for “what
is my purpose?” in the region of 275000 times on Google?
Doesn’t that just tell you something?
I call the process
Personal Leadership Strategic Planning.
The power of the Personal
Leadership Strategic Planning process, is the process of strategically
planning your personal leadership, not in the plan in itself.
Having a strategic plan for your life and leadership is
powerful and contributes immensely toward making accurate and defining tactical
decisions and choices for your leadership and life on a daily basis.
But the process of evaluating and assessing your life and
leadership, so you discover what your Personal Strategic Leadership Plan is, is
invaluable in clarifying your life’s mission and purpose.
Can a person actually
know what it is and how to apply and live it?
Absolutely!
Why would you be given a mission and significant contribution
to make in the earth if you cannot and will not know what it is?
A missionary once said to me as he noticed me day dreaming
about my calling and purpose in life: ‘Shaun, God is not so cruel as to give
you a purpose and not fulfil it in your life.’
But, I do believe the initiative is ours, to search it out,
and plan it out, and begin to walk it out.
The Bible says:
‘For I know the plans
that I have for you’, declares the Lord, ’plans for welfare and not for calamity
to give you a future and a hope.’
Many people I know quote this, but few know the plans…
God has plans for
nations, for organisations and for individuals.
Leaders who know and live their personal mission and purpose,
they don’t just fulfil a task or do a job, but lead with integrity, passion and
influence, causing their team or environment to continuously improve and attain
a much higher quality of performance. They will be highly relational because
they are confident and aware. They will be focused and motivated knowing and
living their motives, and knowing where their priorities are.
As a Life and
Leadership Mentor I have been assisting many leaders, professionals,
pastors and people looking at career change, to build a strategic journey that
will take them to an expected end, a determined destiny, a created future.
At http://strategy4purpose.com you can now sign up to my free mini audio series: Keys To Knowing Where You Are Going. On a series of short mp3 audios plus a downloadable pdf of the script, you can get a good introductory idea of the process of discovering your Personal Leadership Strategic Plan.
Just like Joseph had a dream but also needed a strategy for its implementation, so we too need to seek the Lord for our 'expected end' and seek |Him for the strategy on how we should journey to see this plan lived out and applied every day. You may have the desire and vision for change. You may be very dissatisfied with your current place in life or in your career and the path you are following and been taking, but if you do not begin to lay out a strategic plan for change, change will never occur.
We are nearly half way through the year, is this going to be another year that ends just as it began for you? Or could you begin to take action today that would change the outcome of this year, this season, and enable you to begin o live toward the 'expected end' God has for you.
If you need assistance, please contact me.
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