Life Direction and Purpose

Let me tell you a quick story about two twins I knew in High School.

I was good friends with them… We used to chat about life, career options, and happiness.

One of the twins went on the path of standard personal development. And the other twin leaned more towards my own interest… getting organized and being 'in control' of what's important.

Recently, we met up as part of another little High School reunion. The twins were still quite alike, and much the same as I remember them. Happy, passionate, fun.

But there was a difference. One was in a very well paid Journalism career which she considered her true calling in life. The other was working as a local secretary for a small property company, and was not satisfied at all.

What made the difference? (Can you guess which one focused on 'self-help' and which focused on 'being organized'?)

Have you ever wondered, as I have, what makes the real difference in life direction and success? It clearly isn't about having goals, or even persistence, because people often persistently fail.

So like I said, the twins were much alike. The difference lies in what each of them persisted with.

One focussed on standard personal development. You know the stuff… goal setting, motivation, self-help, Tony Robbins, etc.

The other focused on organizing her life and what she wanted to accomplish.

And I've since come to understand that both of those areas are like the…

2 sides of the coin
of life direction, satisfaction,
and success.

Let's call them:

Improving one's self

Organizing what's around us

Which one is more important?

Most people go for the 'improving one's self' stuff.

I discovered that such people usually forget or don't know how to organize the stuff around them to actually 'turn their vision into reality'.

I decided to 'interview' both twins, and work with the more successful one to develop a 3 week mind-spa program that automatically helps with your life direction.

Soon after we did this I quit my professional career in the Investment Banks of London UK and went travelling to work on these ideas.

Here's what's happened to me:

Right now I'm writing from an exquisite beach in Thailand, (Sea Side Bungalows at Koh Samui if you know it).

Here's a snap from a path leading to the beach on the island I was on last week:

I've been traveling the past year in South East Asia, working on my own personal career interests via laptop.

Yes it's been a 'dream' that I easily and quickly turned into my reality by getting more organized about my life direction.

My bungalow is just a few feet above the sea (yes I can hear the lightly crashing water at night).

You know why I'm showing you this right?

To boast!

No of course not.

To show you that your own life can be drastically different… all of a sudden. Even if you don't believe it right now. Belief doesn't matter. Only proof does. And that's what I intend to give you.

Before Thailand I was working my way through an Investment Banking career. I quit to go traveling and work on MY ladder of success instead of my boss's.

I have recently employed a full time assistant to begin doing many of the tasks of my business projects (that I don't want to do myself anymore).

It's all part of my new Life Direction… to do, have and be everything I want in life.

Not all things go my way. But everything is flying in formation, my personal growth is joined at the hip with my career development, and my social life fits in perfectly.

Except for the sun burn, everything is sweet.

8 Feb 2007, Koh Samui Beach, Thailand

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The Big Question

That Exposes

Your Life Direction

Now please pay attention to the question I'm about to ask.

(If you miss it's true meaning, you might end up like the slower and less successful twin).

I assume that you have read some things to help you improve your success:

What kind of tip is more useful for your long-term success? The motivational inspirational bits, or the practical things you can actually use to accomplish something?

Not exactly sure of the answer?

Consider it this way:

If you wanted to learn how to drive, would you be more interested in listening to other people talk about what it feels like to drive, or would it be more sensible to get some actual driving lessons?

The practical lessons right?

Of course…

So here's a big secret:

Self-improvement is needed to develop your strength, discipline, etc to get stuff done in physical reality.

BUT if you have a good way to organize your life direction, then you won't need so much inner discipline and motivation, because it will just simply be so much EASIER to accomplish things.

Makes sense doesn't it? And it's important because…

THAT's why my twin friend that focused on 'organizing her life direction' has become more successful than her sister who focused on the struggle of 'improving her self'.

And we've bottled it for you. In a 3 week Life Direction Mind-Spa.

Israel David said:

"Your principles and techniques go very well along with Napoleon Hill's and complete them….. and I'm following it to the letter. So far so good." - Israel David

By NathanShaw, for Organized Living World.