Success Factors: Finding "what"

Factor: Finding "what" 

My last post was about Battle of "What" vs "How". And the message was that "what" is more important than "how".

Now let's look in to "what"

Finding what to do can be very easy for few people and it could be equally difficult for others. If you have already decided what do you want to do or you have a very fair idea of what you want to do, you have won half the battle.

If you are among the ones who are not sure, its fine. You will figure out what do you want to do fairly quickly. And this post is aimed at helping you find something you would want to do.

Now when it comes to finding what to do, I would like to divide it into 2 types.

People who just want to do one thing in life.

and 

People who want to do multiple things in life. 

Now again, as mentioned previously "what" may or may not be related to your current or future occupation. It may or may not have huge impact on your life. But I would suggest that you choose or think about something which has considerable impact in your life. Otherwise you will not have motivation to follow it and achieve it.

If you are not completely obsessed with your Goal, you will never be able to achieve your full potential. 

1) For people who just want to do ONE thing in a life. There is a huge advantage to it and also equal risk attached. As you have only one goal that you are looking to achieve, your focus is going to be sharp and consistent and that’s a huge advantage and possibility of achieving it is also higher.

Take example of a Lion, he is not the fastest or the strongest in the jungle but when it comes to hunting for a prey, he uses his complete focus and power in a single strike. And that’s why he is the king of the jungle as we know it.

Similarly single goal in life and specially if it's important one helps you focus and channelize your energy in one direction.

Now the other side is nothing to fall back upon. If you fail you have no alternatives. But here is the secret, "Think failure and fail, Think success and succeed".

2) For people who want to achieve MULTIPLE goals\things in life have a distinct advantage as well. They have their satisfaction coming from different activities. This keeps their ideas fresh and vivid and their motivation level stable. And most of the time there will be a very common theme in all the activities they do.

Take example of FMCG companies, they make 3-4 kinds of shampoo's and soaps, but they are still soaps. Or people who will do Acting, Modelling, Hosting, Presenting etc.

As every coin has to 2 sides, this too has some risk\disadvantages to look out for. Because of getting involved in multiple activities, it's very easy or common to get distracted.

However there is a secret to that as well. They take one thing and master it, then they take up one more and so on. So over a period of time they will be able to switch roles easily. And this comes from practice.

To summarize there is always a way to achieve your goals what every they are.

Goals are not your dreams or desires, they are dreams\desires pursued.

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