Maximum Motivation
P.O. Box 3531
McKinney, Texas 75070
Phone: (972) 547-0840
Fax: (972) 547-0848
Email: Dewayne@DewayneOwens.com
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ASK DEWAYNE
Allow DeWayne to be your personal success counselor and answer your questions regarding Success and Purpose.
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QUESTION:
Hello DeWayne,
I am currently a junior in college. I would like to know if our purpose should be fueled by financial desire?
Amanda, North Texas University
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ANSWER:
Great question Amanda, Although many of our desires are fueled by financial gain, your purpose in life should be fueled by what it is that you love to do, despite the monetary value associated with it. You are at an age where you will be graduating soon and you certainly do not want to climb the ladder of success only to find out that you have climbed up the wrong ladder because your decisions were motivated solely by money. The problem that many people run into is not allowing their careers to exploit their talents and what they truly love to do. Instead, their careers are driven by money in a field that they are not truly happy in, but the pay is good. Although money can give you temporary joy it can never buy you the joy and peace that you will obtain by doing what you love and loving what you do.
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QUESTION:
I am a forty-year-old wife who is currently employed in a job that I do not particularly like. I can sense that I should be doing more with my life, but I do not know what it is. How can I find out what I should be doing with my life? Please help!
Desperate For Change
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ANSWER:
Hello Desperate for change. Although you are working at a job you do not like, don’t be discouraged, because there is still hope. The good thing is that you realize that you should be doing something else with your life and you are absolutely right. In order to find out what you should be doing with your life, you need to take some self-inventory . I invite you to complete a Purpose Finder Statement exercise. Answer the following questions with seven answers: What is it I love to do? What is it that I am good at? What is it I ought to be doing if I only had five years left to live? What must I do for my life to be complete?
After coming up with seven answers for each question, I need you to narrow your answers for each category down and list the top three answers in order of importance. Look your answers over well and begin to see the similarities in them. Imagine your answers like ingredients to a recipe and mix them up to produce your purpose statement. After careful review of your answers, write out, “My purpose in life is….” and fill in the answer. This exercise is great for pointing you in the right direction to begin fulfilling your calling in life.
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QUESTION:
DeWayne,
I want to increase my confidence in becoming a public speaker. I have not given a speech before, but I know this is something I would like to do. What advice do you offer?
Motivated to Speak, Dallas, Texas
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ANSWER:
Becoming a public speaker is a fine choice and definitely a great way to increase your level of confidence. Usually when someone mentions to me that they “know” they would like to do something, it is a good indication that may be a part of their calling in life. If you become good enough at speaking, you can actually get paid for it and make a lucrative career out it. Since you have no experience at this time with speaking I would advise you to find a good Toastmasters Club. Toastmasters International is a great, relatively inexpensive, way to increase your speaking confidence, communication skills, and overcome the fear of speaking. Most of the great communicators of today were involved at some time or another with Toastmasters International. I have personally benefited greatly from my association with Toastmasters and I’m sure that you will also.
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QUESTION:
I have not done a good job at achieving goals that I set for myself. I get excited about my goals initially and do great for about two or three months and then I just lose interest. How can I maintain my motivation to achieve my goals?
T.C., Chicago, IL
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ANSWER:
T.C., you are not by yourself. Many people establish goals and fall short of them. Many people do not achieve their goals because the goals they establish do not have enough passion and purpose in them. Without passion and purpose you will become discouraged and vulnerable to quitting after the first signs of adversity. Before you set goals, you should ask yourself pertinent questions regarding them. After you establish a goal, ask yourself the following question:
- How will I benefit from this goal?
- Will this goal help others?
- How can I reach my goal?
- Where can I get information and guidance?
- Date of intended completion?
If you can answer all of these questions and feel the goal is worth going after, then they are probably goals you will stick with. Whenever you get discouraged going after your goals, look back over the answers you gave yourself to remember why it is worth you hanging in their and not quit. After you establish goals, make sure they are specific, realistic, measurable, and have a target date.
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