Powering Your Career & Life

What I am going to say has potential to impact your life big way.

These are very simple but powerful ideas: Why I am saying this? Most Important thing in life is not always visible to us. We have lost sight of it. Let me ask you big thing which is related to Birth? With every birth one thing related is Death. How many of us remember it? If one remembers death, how much difference it will bring to your Life! With this preamble let me start to share thoughts about Powering Your Career & Life!

 Be Proactive - own your life, be responsible and not have victim attitude.

What is the purpose of Life? Let's talk about it; any volunteers?? Unless you understand purpose of your life, how do you know you are on right Path? It is very simple isn't it? Do you really think you know the purpose?  I have my answers & every answer will be very personal. I think Indian Mythology gave standard answer for it, you can read scriptures if you need to know it. Stephen Covey says this “Begin with end in mind" 2nd Habit of effective people.

Where are you investing your resources? Your resources are you, your time, your mind, your energy.   Are those in right place? Again what they say is that resources to be put where strategy is. We need to be focused. Are we really focused?

What I just said to you will find vivid description of it in a HBR article “How to measure your life". There is HBR series available for managing yourself. Let's learn to manage ourselves better.

Values dictate behavior like goals also dictate. One is Path & other is end. Both are important. Having Right values & goals aligned with purpose of your life is key. You should focus your resources here.  This is surely going to power your career as well will power your life.

Now I will talk about "Sharpening the Saw": You folks are all stars today! You are the chosen few! How will it be remaining for long time. You will have to sharpen the saw every day. You need to be nimble, agile, fast, fierce, on dot.... etc.. Unless you sharpen the saw it will not happen. All dimensions of life that matters you need to sharpen.  That is why it is very important to understand your purpose, then priorities & then sharpen your saw accordingly.

This is all what I have today to share! Be proactive, know purpose of your life, direct your resources towards it & finally try to be current & worthy towards Powering your career & life!