tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888282.post639065068288967743..comments2024-03-07T00:03:12.584-07:00Comments on John's Corner of the World: Defining One's Personal Mission: On- or Off-Purpose?John Holzmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849211055450293089noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888282.post-5969739991874479442006-12-11T04:30:00.000-07:002006-12-11T04:30:00.000-07:00Regarding the single-elimination "tournaments" wit...Regarding the single-elimination "tournaments" within and between ones' life-accounts...<br /><br />It was pointed out to me that when running the tournaments, the "losers" aren't being eliminated, just identified as of lower priority - to be pursued either later or concurrently but with an identified lower importance.<br /><br />Also, the last time I ran the tournaments I was given an interesting and enlightening suggestion: while identifying which item in each list is going to advance, note the reason <i>why</i>. I noticed that "what's most important" became (all too often) "what's easiest" or "what's fastest." Sometimes it was a matter of necessity, such as when one task must be completed in order to move on to the next (e.g. if dirty dishes need to be washed and put away, it would make no sense to advance putting them away before washing them.) But I found myself disturbed at the trend I saw, of advancing things that were just "easier" because there were too many things on my list, and I wanted to work on them all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888282.post-34321351920826610512006-12-10T06:11:00.000-07:002006-12-10T06:11:00.000-07:00This may seem like nit-picking, but I think it's i...This may seem like nit-picking, but I think it's important...<br /><br />You said, "<b>I'm not sure I fully agree with placing your own desires at the center of your life's purpose.</b>"<br /><br />Note that that is <i>not</i> what McCarthy is saying.<br /><br />In fact, what he says is, <br /><br /><i>"It's very important that you understand that your wants are not your purpose. (...) Purpose has a larger meaning that touches all aspects of our lives. Your wants may give you strong clues and insights to your purpose as it is to be lived out today and for the future."</i> <br />(The On-Purpose Person - page 55)<br /><br />The exercise of writing down your wants/desires and then running them through tournaments is helpful and valuable. But it's not to be viewed as running a tournament to identify your highest purpose - directly. In other words, when you run tournaments in each of the eight "life accounts", and then subsequently run a tournament between the winners in each of those accounts, the "champion" is <i>not</i> your purpose. But that process should prove to be a helpful tool to identify your purpose. And the results will probably wind up directly giving you some of your current mission statements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com