I don’t know if you have ever felt like this: the current work content makes you unable to generate any enthusiasm, but you feel that you have no reason to change your job because you feel that the work content is boring, but it’s still pretty good to be confused. Yes, and you can't be sure that a job hopping will solve the current problem. Perhaps the next company that quit will be in the same situation as it is now. So you don't care so much about what the future will become, and you don't have any goals. I believe that everything will be "naturally straight when the boat reaches the bridgehead".
Is this kind of living condition really what you want? I guess you still want to have a wonderful and happy life in your heart. Then the book "Sense of Purpose" I listened to today may help you find solutions to this type of problem.
To solve a problem, you must first know what the problem is. Therefore, you must first know what misunderstandings are most likely to go into when you are looking for a goal, causing you to slowly become indifferent to life.
What are the misunderstandings in the process of searching for the target?
When searching for the target, there are three most common misunderstandings, which can be called the alienated person, the fantasy person and the shallow taster. Now let's take a look at the specific conditions of these three categories in turn.
First of all, aliens are those who are indifferent to life and work and are completely unaware of the importance of goals, in short, those who have no goals. A typical example is the kind of situation I told you at the beginning. I have no desires and desires for life, and I am confused day by day.
is followed by utopians. Compared with alienated people, this category has a stronger sense of purpose. They have goals, but they don't take practical actions, and it is easy to confuse enthusiasts and practitioners. It's like if you like listening to music, you say you want to be a musician; if you like watching movies, you say you want to be a director. Although there are many examples of learning about an industry because of hobbies, and then becoming a real practitioner after learning.But utopian is not one of them. utopian just mistakes like as a goal, but seldom actually takes action to understand, learn, and prepare accordingly, so naturally they can only stop the goal in utopian.
In the end, there are those who taste nothing. This is a step further than the utopian. They not only have goals, but also take actions, but they are difficult to persist because they only see the benefits from the goals, but they are very Pay less attention to the true meaning of the goal. For example, Xiao Ming wanted to join the army when he was in high school, because he felt that soldiers would be treated well after they were discharged, and the options for changing jobs were also quite good. But he did not pay attention to the significance of soldiers to society. It is very likely that the treatment of soldiers will deteriorate one day, and he will not regard entering the army as his goal, because the attraction to him no longer exists.
Why goals are so important to life
Why is it important to focus on the true meaning of goals? It's like if you fall into the water, you will always swim to the shore, because your goal is to survive, and your goal can make you move in a clear direction, so that you won't give up struggling or resign yourself to fate if you encounter difficulties or obstacles.
Therefore, the goal determined after understanding the true meaning of the goal will be like a lighthouse, allowing you to always move forward steadily in a clear direction, and finally achieve the goal and move towards the other side of hope.
How to become a clear target
How can we find a clear and persistent target?
First, you have to find out what you really care about. If you are lucky enough, it is likely that you knew what you were going to do when you were a child. For example, Premier Zhou, when he was a child, stated his ambition to "study for the rise of China", and he did achieve it later.
But in most cases it may be difficult for you to determine what you really care about.There are 2 points that might help you. One is that when you find that something needs improvement or correction, the other is that the point that can be improved is what you are good at, then you can easily get into it. For example, watt found that the steam engine at that time was imperfect, and he also understood relevant knowledge, and finally improved the steam engine, which opened the prelude to the industrial revolution.
Then, you need to be able to discover the real and urgent needs in real life. Because what you care about is not necessarily what everyone cares about. If only you care about it, you can also help it's original goal, but because there is no feedback from anyone, this is destined to be a lonely road that requires you to persist. And if you are concerned about the problem, everyone has the same pain points, it can give you a lot of motivation to improve, after all, everyone wants to be affirmed and needed in their hearts. For example, Bell invented the telephone hoping to transmit human voices over long distances. This is not only his own concern, but also the needs of many people.
Finally, you need to experience the pleasure of serving others in this process. This is actually the natural result of the first two points. If you solve the problems that you and everyone care about, you will feel a sense of accomplishment for yourself. For others, you have helped others, and they are grateful to you. And praise, to make you more physically and mentally happy.
The above is the content of listening to "Sense of Purpose" today. To sum up, the sense of purpose is not a simple fantasy or a to-do list, but you can persist for it, especially when you are confused, like a lighthouse, guide Your existence is always moving in the right direction. This requires you to find the problems that you really care about, discover the real needs in real life, and finally enjoy the pleasure of serving others in the process of reaching it.
I’m Yu Xiaohuang,I will accompany you to read good books and grow up with you. I hope today’s content can be helpful and inspiring for you~
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