It’s a serious question and one you’re likely not askedall that often.
這是一個很嚴肅的問題，但也是一個你不會經(jīng)常問自己的問題。
Take a look at what you do each day and ask yourself “why am I doing this?”
看一下你每天都在做些什么然后問問自己：“我做這些是為了什么？”
On a typical day I’m up with my kids, playing with them,tending to them, teaching them. Why do I do it? Because I love them, I want them to have our values, I want to teach them and I want to experience what it’s like to be a mom. I could choose to go back to a job outside of the home and earn a fairly good income, but I choose to stay home because it just feels like the right thing to do … for me.I realize that this isn’t a luxury a lot of people have despite wanting it and believe me when I say I am grateful for being able to stay at home with my kids.
I write. Why? Because it allows me to get in touch with my creative side, something I didn’t get to do too often when I was heavily embedded in the sciences. Writing helps me gather and focus my thoughts. It allows me to.
I coach/consult people. Why? Because it allows me to work in a way that I’m passionate about, I am able to contribute financially to my family, and it’s helping me get closer to my goal of personally funding 2 children’s wishes for the Children’s Wish Foundation. Since one of my son’s is a wish kid this is near and dear to me and at $20K a wish I have a VERY long way to go. But I don’t doubt I’ll get there in my lifetime.
These are just a few examples of what I do and why I do them. They may not sit well with everyone but I do what I do in these respects with purpose and reason.
I could also mention that I watch TV from time to time. If you asked me why I do it, I wouldn’t have a very good answer – to curb boredom, to relax and just sit at the end of the day. There are a lot of better things I could be doing with my time but occasionally TV is okay.
I think doing things without purpose, a plan or the bigger picture in mind can be fun but it may be wasting your time, effort, energy, talents and skills.
我認為做事情沒有目標，沒有計劃或是在腦海中沒有一幅藍圖，會很有趣，但這樣子確實浪費時間、精力、才能和你的技能。
So what are you doing and why are you doing it?
所以說：你在做些什么？你為什么要做？
Take inventory of what you’re doing in major life areas and try to understand why you’re doing them.
列下在你重要的人生領(lǐng)域里，你所做事情的清單，找到做這些事情的原因。
Does what you do play to your strengths? Do you get great joy out of doing it? Is it helping you get closer to a goalor a dream you have?
你所做的有助于發(fā)揮你的實力嗎？你快樂嗎？做這些事情能幫你朝既定的目標或者夢想邁進一些嗎？
If you spend too much of your time focusing on things that don’t really matter, that don’t really excite you and you don’t have a reason for doing what you’re doing you could be missing out on a lot of great things.
Think of all the opportunities you could be missing out on if you’re tied up in activities that don’t matter to you. Wouldn’t you hate to realize one day that what you wanted all along passed you by because you were too busy doing other things. Menial things.