Do It With Purpose

Have you ever started to do something and realized you didn't know WHY you were doing it? Sadly, that is how many people live their lives. They live without knowing the why of it. Or, as it is more properly called, the purpose.

The first thing one must learn to begin creating their life of happy success is that living life, without a sense of purpose, is the root of unhappiness. To begin the journey, you must determine two things; Your core life values that you will live by and a purpose, which can usually be found lurking inside those core life values.

In his article [i]Why Purpose Is a Requirement for Happiness posted in the June 20, 2022 online edition of Psychology Today, Steven Stosny, Ph.D. wrote, as one of his key points, that “happiness in life is a byproduct of meaning and purpose.” He went on to say in another key point that, “A sense of meaning and purpose rises from behaving consistently in accordance with your deepest values.”

Based on my experience with depression I would say that Stosny is spot on!

In fact, it is when I learned this lesson from some of my mentors that I was able to start re-building my life in a manner consistent with who I am so that I could become the happy success that I am today.

In my program [ii]The Happy Success Method, the first thing that I help people do is to create a list of their core life values and narrow them down to a list of 3 to 5 core life values that they want to consistently live by. After this process it is much easier to begin working on your life purpose. In fact, it’s near impossible to find purpose without knowing your own core life values.

Winston Churchill said, “We should be determined to live for something.” I couldn’t agree more.

So, what are you living for? What are your goals and dreams? What is your purpose? If you plan on living a life of happy success and don’t know the answers to those questions, it’s time to find out!

I hope you have a fantastic day and look forward to seeing you back here again soon!

Allen Crowe

The Happy Success Guy

Footnotes

[i] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-entitlement/202206/why-purpose-is-requirement-happiness

[ii] https://www.thehappysuccess.com/3012eb62