The one about obsessions
I’ve always felt conflicted about this notion that we need an overarching purpose in life. While I can draft something like “inspiring greatness in others”, I’d be the first to tell you that this feels inauthentic to me.
Is there a better way?
For me, I’d rather take another approach — the approach is that it is okay to have more than one goal, one purpose and one obsession. For example:
- I want to thrive in my work life and also in my personal life.
- I want to be relentlessly ambitious and also be in absolute peace with where I am.
- I want to be financially abundant and also a significant contributor to the community.
The idea that things are mutually-exclusive seems ingrained in our way of thinking and in our society.
- “Money doesn’t buy you happiness” – why can’t we have both?
- “You can’t have your cake and eat it” – what’s the point of cake then?
- “Jack of all trades, master of none” – why not be a master of all?
Why do we need to be martyrs or sacrifice one thing for the other? You can have multiple goals, multiple targets and multiple obsessions. You can be a great CEO and also a great father. You can be rich and also generous. You can be ridiculously driven but also really happy.
Because what’s the point of limiting ourselves to one thing?
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