By Tony Gaskins Jr. — 2014
I've learned some valuable lessons in my few years on Earth, and amongst those lessons one really echoes; turn pain into purpose! If you have to go through it at least get something out of it. There's a lesson in every struggle.
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Like most veterans, I found the transition from military to civilian life a struggle—a tougher struggle than I had anticipated. For me, I found that one of my trickier struggles was with my identity.
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Just like with financial diversification, you should also invest in several different areas of your identity.
Setting goals can help you change and improve, achieve satisfaction, and feel like you are moving through your life and your career with direction. But it isn’t easy; goal-setting takes time and commitment.
Our values are those deep down beliefs we hold about our purpose and our place in the world. Values might be considered our soul’s expression—they tell us who we are.
So many successful people credit their sense of self and their confidence to their success. But not many people really explain how to build confidence, or how to become confident.
Setting goals points us in the right direction and helps us clarify our values. But hanging on to goals when they no longer serve us is a recipe for misery.