Day240 Begin with the End in Mind
As Stephen Covey stated in his book, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", One of the habits to cultivate is to Begin with the end in mind. (Habit 2) (Stephen Covey). Today, I ask if you have done this.
It turns out people who are genuinely happy and pleased with their life, are often people who consider who might come to their funeral, and what they might say about their life.
Usually, at a funeral people do not discuss the deceased resume. They are not likely to talk about the marks they got in math, or the school that they graduated from or what companies they worked for. In other words, the conversation is not likely to revolve around their résumé.
The conversation is more likely to revolve around the connections they built with those people. How they felt. What they did as a person.
Today I ask you to consider the story they will tell about who you are. Not WHAT you do.
How would you like your story to end. That's the place to start thinking about what you want to do today.
It turns out people who are genuinely happy and pleased with their life, are often people who consider who might come to their funeral, and what they might say about their life.
Usually, at a funeral people do not discuss the deceased resume. They are not likely to talk about the marks they got in math, or the school that they graduated from or what companies they worked for. In other words, the conversation is not likely to revolve around their résumé.
The conversation is more likely to revolve around the connections they built with those people. How they felt. What they did as a person.
Today I ask you to consider the story they will tell about who you are. Not WHAT you do.
How would you like your story to end. That's the place to start thinking about what you want to do today.