You have been working hard for so long that you may not even remember WHY. Many who has failed in this life lacks the same ingredient. You will see people working hard all the time but they lack this powerful ingredient: PURPOSE. They don’t know where they are going. They don’t know why they do the things they do and don’t think there can be a reason.
The purpose of something is the reason for which it is made or done. Your purpose is the thing that you want to achieve. Purpose is the feeling of having a definite aim and of being determined to achieve it.
So many of us chase only short term dreams like clothes, food or sex. And this is the reason why some of us has been working hard but keep on failing. They are working only out of the otherside of themselves. Hence, they are not able to practice long term thinking. There is no need to look at very clear cases of failure to find the disease of lack of purpose.
If you are not aware of purpose, you will always find yourself in the middle of doing something and will not know why you are doing it. When you start working on something without clearly knowing where you are going and what you want to achieve, it may take you the rest of your life to realize that it isn’t what you should be doing, if you ever want to achieve your goals.
(Luke 4:42-43 [ESV2012])
42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them,
43 but he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.”
This scripture makes us understand Jesus Christ had a purpose, He knew His purpose and He was working towards His purpose so that He will achieved it. As followers of Christ what is our purpose?
To be that succesful man or woman you want to be, You have to know where you are going and what you want to achieve. Taking Steemit for example you could be on this platform for years and you will not be able to make an impact, why? because you don't have a purpose, you heard people talking about it and you want to try, NO!.
Have a purpose before you start something, and work hard to achieve it. Don’t be a busy, hard-working person. Be a hard planning person who takes purposeful actions instead.