How to Ensure You Create the Outcomes that You Want?

There are two ways of living - either life creates you or you create life, either you are at the effect of life or you are at the source of it, either life makes you dance or you make life dance to your tune. All it takes is a CHOICE to cut-over to the other side.

Once a choice has been made, the next step is a powerful articulation of what outcome you want to create in order to bring it into reality. All organizations that cut-over to greatness had a powerful purpose / vision. The bigger the purpose, higher the organizations landed on the road to greatness. For Steve Jobs, it was to make a contribution to the world by making tools for the mind that advance humankind. For Bill Gates, it was to put a computer on every desk and in every home. 

You need a deeply connecting purpose that is much bigger than who you are right now to grow with velocity. If your purpose is not impossible, your growth trajectory is going to be limited. If your vision of what you want to do in this lifetime doesn't scare you, it isn't big enough. If you want the kind of success that Walt Disney created for himself, then you have to have a mindset like his - It's quite fun to do the impossible.

The first step is to make a choice to cut-over to greatness, remembering good is the enemy of great. We never aspire for greatness, just because we are happy with 'good'. Nothing wrong with that, just that the synonym of 'good' is mediocrity. The road of mediocrity is a downward spiral. Only two things can happen in your life then - spiral downwards on the road of mediocrity or spiral upwards to your greatest self. The first is the default, no action is needed from us. 

The second step is to create your purpose that lights you up, brings back stars in your eyes and joy in your heart.

The third step is to decide your outcomes for the year which will lead you to fulfil on your purpose this lifetime. Without this future integration, life is likely to meander along; maybe with speed but without joyous fulfilment. 

What is your BREAKTHROUGH GOAL for the year? If you were only allowed to focus on ONE goal on your list, which goal would be most likely to ensure that EVERY other goal was accomplished ANYWAY—even if you were not allowed to work on them. Identifying the breakthrough goal, aligned with your purpose this life-time, allows you to prioritize your energy at the 20% of the list that will account for 80% of your success and fulfilment. Without clarity on this, there cannot be focussed effort. Incidentally, having a professional breakthrough goal does not mean putting in only a little energy in other areas of our wheel of life (relationships at home and at work, kids, nourishing me-time, making a difference) because when the wheel of our life is out of balance, we lose energy rapidly leaving us with no horsepower to work on our breakthrough goal.

The fourth step is to break down the breakthrough goal for the year into DAILY process goals. Without clarity on what you would do daily, each day will get frittered away landing us at the end of the year with the outcome of the year still beautifully laid out only on the paper. 

The fifth step is to have your purpose, outcome goals and breakthrough goal for the year, and daily process goals available for daily reference through a Vision Board and / or one-pager for the year.

The sixth step is to build your weekly and daily schedule in integrity with your Daily Process Goals. 

The seventh step is to take action daily as per your schedule, review and reflect at the end of the day for learnings, insights and change in action, if any.

Wishing you meaning, purpose and impact because that leads you to joy, success and prosperity.

​Love, Jyoti.