Episode #198 Choose What Matters (EC #2)
What truly matters in life is not something we find through great effort but something we choose through great intentionality. This week, co-authors Dr. Michael Brown and Dr. Beau Johnson introduce us to the second book of their Essential Conversations series.
Show Notes
I have a low-grade anxiety for 20 years that I’m not doing enough, a perpetual fear that I’m not gonna squeeze all the juice out of life, a worry that my life is just happening to me.Dr. Beau Johnson
Three Problems
- Professional or financial success often leaves us feeling less satisfied and less fulfilled than we had expected.
- One of the most intimidating questions we can ask ourselves is, “What do I want?”
- Our desires in life often have conflicting outcomes.
Seven Principles
- We can only live a life of purpose by living life on purpose.
- Difficulty in life is often a gift that clarifies and crystalizes what matters most.
- The first step to achieving a great ending is often a sloppy beginning.
- The only things that truly matter are the things that last forever.
- We can make a bigger impact if we live for others than if we die for others.
- Since most of our time is already accounted for, what remains is about 2 hours per day, 2 days per month, and 2 weeks per year.
- Life has meaning when we are willing to be a means for someone else.
Five Practices
- Establish and cultivate weekly, monthly, and yearly rhythms of choosing what matters.
- Write a concise and memorable personal mission statement for your life that you can regularly revisit to guide daily decisions.
- Create a funeral journal full of statements you hope (and choose) will be said of you at the end of your life by the people who matter most.
- Consider the questions, “Who can I help?” and “How can I help?”
- Purchase your copy of Choose What Matters today (available only on Amazon.com).
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