Live with Purpose - by Craig Holiday

Right now - where we are in our life, most of us don't like where we are. And when we don't like where we are it forces us to grow, because we either live life in the past or we go forward. We never really stay where we are.

And we don't have a choice. That seed is there - but that seed is the dream that needs to be nurtured so it can grow. In that we have to expect struggle. For people to get in business and think everybody's going to jump in and support our business right away... you're going to make all this money in the first 6 months...that's a fallacy. You will be paid in perfect relationship to your servant-hood. The people you serve in your group will be perfect payment for what you deserve in this business.

For many of us we've been in business quite a while and it's about our level of achievement - we ask how come we're not more successful? But if you really sit back and analyze it and are honest with yourself you will see that you are actually right where you should be. That is because you haven't stepped over that line yet of saying I'll do whatever it takes to achieve my goals and help others achieve theirs.

You may know what you've been called to do, but it's not going to come easy and it won't be simple. Everyone who is successful or starting to be successful is only there because that person decided to take the challenge of life on. You may say to yourself, "I've got to live my life, I've got to be a husband, I've got to be a wife, I've got to be a Dad, I've got to clean the house, I've got to have a job." And yet still somewhere deep inside of you, you know that none of those things fulfill your purpose on this earth. That is because jobs don't fulfill purposes.

You have to get beyond to a greater calling of the bigness of your life, of what you've been called to do - and by taking on that that challenge, your victories one by one will propel those around you to overcome. If we live our life with no victories, people around us never win. Because people look at our lives and it's our victories over our struggles that give other people hope.

Whether you go to church or you go to hear motivational speakers or read books, you don't get inspired by someone who tells a story of how they have been successful all their lives. Imagine someone standing on stage and saying, "My family was rich and I never had it tough and I'm doing great." Does that inspire you to be more? Does that give you the motivation to push forward in spite of the day to day issues that come up? But if you listen to someone that almost died, or was abused, or lived in poverty - someone that has been to the lowest point in life, but made a decision with this voice inside saying, "You have a purpose." - Those people are the ones who step up and go out and become significant and those people are the leaders that then inspire greatness in others.

So your victories over your struggles bless the lives of other people. But if we remain dormant and we don't change, we change no one else's lives either. So our bigger calling, our greater purpose is that in overcoming our fears, our doubts, our problems we become the model for others to do the same. Everyone has things they wish were different, but nothing will change in your life until YOU change them. And if you had the DNA (Determined Natural Ambition) there is no choice, the dream is there and it will not be silenced until it comes to fruition. But you have to be willing to pay the price for it. You have to put the work in NOW.

Our life is not a mere destiny that awaits us. It's one that we determine. We're not just going through life and we're going to end up wherever we end up. We can determine our destiny and our lives. But we've got to be willing to change. We've got to be willing to grow. And we've got to be willing to do what doesn't feel good. If you don't feel comfortable going out and meeting people then take your eyes off of yourself and meet people. If you don't feel comfortable because you are innately an introvert, push yourself to just start talking to people. Start converstations, sincerely compliment someone on something. This isn't about you, it's about maybe lifting someone else up who's day isn't going so well. Maybe you will start talking to someone and find out they just moved to town and were feeling down and lonely because they didn't know anyone. When you get outside of yourself, it becomes easier and easier. Because that is what this business is about - it's about meeting people. It's about changing people's lives.

Next week I will talk more about the changes we need to make to fulfill our purpose. For now, I recommend you journal about what is holding you back. What are the excuses you make to keep you from being the person you are meant to be? I want to hear from you! Write on my facebook page if you want to share some of your story with others, or send me a message at info@craigholiday.net. As the song goes, "This is your life, are you who you're meant to be?"

Until we meet again,

Craig
http://craigholiday.net/