How to Commit to Your Mission in Life with Hal Elrod
https://halelrod.com/hal-elrod-commit-to-your-mission/
The more goals we set and give equal priority to, the less likely we are to achieve what matters most to us. If we're not crystal clear on our highest priority, singular, human nature leads us to stay busy by pursuing the path of least resistance and engaging in the activities with the least significant consequences. We send an email when we could be more effective making a phone call. We watch Netflix when we could be reading a personal development book. We allow our busyness to usurp our limitlessness. We need to stop doing this. It's time to learn how to focus on what matters most to you so you can start experiencing more of what really matters.
... When you choose and commit to one mission, achieving your other goals will become more probable because you will be living in alignment with your highest priority.
~ Hal Elrod
Discovering my Values
Let's travel to the future for a moment and imagine that you've been living your life as a miracle maven. You now wake up and you approach every day with unwavering faith and you put forth extraordinary effort. You are consistently creating results that leave you feeling accomplished and fulfilled. People now look at you and think, "Jeez, everything just flows for them. They're so lucky.” Imagine you're the happiest you've ever been and you are at peace because you're living in alignment with your highest values and your greatest abilities and your schedule proves that. Although you see opportunities everywhere, you're able to say no to most of them because you only capitalize on those that are in alignment with what you've decided is most important to you. When you see this miracle maven version of yourself, what do you value most in life? Is it family, health, work, money, spirituality, fun, contribution, or personal development? How do you know this? Which activities in your schedule support your highest values and your top priority? ~ Hal Elrod
What matters most to me is IMPACT!
I know this because...
I do my best to optimize the amount of MEANINGFUL MOMENTS in every interaction:
- I spend quality time with my Wife; individually and together with our kids, pets, and friends
- I endeavor to be the bestest husband, friend, parent partner, business partner and lover I can possibly be
- Activities: I go on dates with her, garden with her, play with and raise the the kids with her, take care of our animals together, travel with her, build businesses/orgs with her, relax with her, workout with her, cook with/for her, clean with her, take care of her, get gifts for her, listen to her, heed her wisdoms, pleasure her, and do everything and anything I can to show my love for her and grow our love for each other.
- I spend quality time with my Kids; giving each and every one of them special attention and care
- I work to be the most awesomest father, friend, supporter, fan, and teacher that I can be
- Activities: I do my homework on how to raise free-thinking, resilient, empathetic, and amazing children. I teach them, listen to them, play with them, give them opportunities, give them resources, read to them, build with them, explore with them, dream with them, and treat each of them with respect, sovereignty, and dignity.
- I spend quality time with my friends and family; traveling the world together, experiencing interesting things together, and working on awesome projects together.
- Activities: I will be there for them when they need my help, support them, share opportunities with them, do fun things together, explore concepts together, and have deep or fun conversations with them about any and everything.
- I do powerful work to effect massive positive change in the world; making a measurable difference in the betterment of humanity, the Earth, and Beyond.
- Activities: I only do meetings that result in action, or to connect with people. I work on projects that result in positive change as defined by the customers (and creates a net positive effect on the environment). I share all profits equally with my coworkers, take no positions of power that can't be restructured to distribute said power back to the people, and ensure all profits are tied directly to the measurable improvement of human transcendence and environmental balance. I work remotely and/or can bring my family to work without issue.
My Top Priority is Impact via Meaningful Moments with my wife, my kids, my friends and family, and my work.