“What’s the world’s greatest lie?” the boy asked, completely surprised.
“It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.” – From The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
The end of the year is always the perfect time to ask this question:
Have you found your Purpose?
Coelho calls it pursing your Personal Legend. I call it finding your part in the Story.
You Purpose is what you are gifted to do. It’s why you are in this world. It may be simple, it may be complex. It may be your career, or it might not be.
Chances are you know what it is. There is also a chance you gave up on it. You have excuses, rationalizations, reasons. All of them are fake. Many forces in the world conspire to tell you the Lie. Other forces remind you it is a lie.
“’Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.” – Tim Ferriss
I like re-reading The Alchemist this time a year. It’s a modern classic. It will implore you to take stock of where you are in your Story. Or, perhaps, it will remind you to start writing – and living – your Story. Never, ever, stop fighting for what your meant to be.
Never settle for less.
“You can settle for a less than ordinary life. Or do you feel like you were meant for something better? Something special? I dare you to do better.” – Captain Pike to Jim Kirk, Star Trek (2009)
Darrick Dean 