Earl V. MeisterJeff Lerner, founder of the global impact investment firm Social Capital, shares how he found his own purpose and what it takes to find your own.
An inspiring talk about personal transformation in this world at a time when we need all hands on deck for change.
Jeff Lerner looked at a research that found that just 14% of individuals perceive themselves to be happy. Even yet, you may be surprised to find that 11% of Americans have a net worth of a million dollars or more. (A large number of them are dissatisfied.) What exactly is his point? Well, despite being the world’s most prosperous country, despite all of our luxuries and conveniences, we’re still simply plodding through life as a whole.
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The joke is that money cannot buy happiness. But, as Jeff points out, maybe purpose can help. “We are teleological animals, human beings.” That indicates we were formed with a specific purpose in mind. Human beings want for meaning and purpose, according to every significantly acknowledged and accepted theory of personality.” As a result, the fourteen percent of individuals who wake up happy every day are those who have clarity about their life goal and feel satisfied while pursuing it.
You have a chance to be really happy if you have a goal or a purpose. The tough issue is that you still have to earn a livelihood till you have a few million in the bank, right? So, until you’re sixty-five and can retire, you’ll have to despise coming to work every day? Certainly not. Not if you can right now discover a method to combine your passion with your work. Unless you’re fortunate enough to get your ideal employment, this will almost certainly entail establishing your own company.
“Most individuals in our society spend forty to sixty hours a week doing something that doesn’t satisfy them,” Jeff adds. And you look at all the other time you have between commuting and getting ready and just rushing about because you’re constantly in a hurry to go to work; by the time you check the mail and grab groceries, you’ve only got a few hours left. “And you’re fatigued by then, right?”
So, how can you figure out what your mission is? You’d think you’d know what it is simply by looking at it, wouldn’t you? However, the majority of individuals do not. They have a job, a family, friends, and some things they do in their spare time by accident, but they couldn’t tell you what they were born to do. Let’s pretend that’s you. So, how do you figure it out? The key, according to Jeff, is learning. “If you don’t know what your mission is, it will be discovered in what you don’t know,” says the author.
Learn to like studying again, even if you used to despise it in school. Also, be open to challenges. Difficult but attainable tasks that you persevere and complete will rewire your brain and alter your perception of time. Have you ever been in a zone? That’s exactly what he’s implying. Isn’t it physically hard to be unhappy when you’re that tuned in? You’re too preoccupied with kicking asses. Also, choose a major villain in your life’s tale and see yourself as the hero who fights back. The status quo is the villain for Jeff. What does it entail for you?
Then it’s all about focusing on the outside world. What kind of influence do you want to have on others? Remember how Jeff said before that money can’t buy happiness? There’s a catch: it only works if it’s utilized to aid others. So generate as much money as you can doing what you love, and then search for ways to use it to make a difference in someone else’s life after you’ve taken care of yourself and your family. When you add it all up, you should be well on your road to happiness.
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