Written by: Samuel Oppong Jr, Executive Contributor
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People always ask me: “Why do I believe the best is yet to come”.
Mark Zuckerberg once said: “The challenge for our generation is creating a world where everyone has a sense of purpose”. When it comes to finding your purpose, it is that feeling that you are a part of something bigger than yourself. purpose is what creates true happiness. For example, if Kobe Bryant never airballed a basketball in the playoffs, he would not be the player he is right now. If Drew Bledsoe never got injured, Tom Brady would not have the career he wanted. The greatest successes come from having the freedom to fail hard. Ideas don’t come out fully formed, they only become clearer as you work on them. You just must get started. Plan and creating more opportunities are the secret to life.
When I was 4 years old, there was one school I always wanted to go. I knew I was going somewhere that I can be challenged as a leader, challenged as a student, challenged to grow up both in school and in the community. It was a school filled with Crimson & Gray. It was Washington State University.
Back to the story. I have fulfilled my purposed. A purposed in self-interest that shaped my life ahead because I had a vision.
Listened everyone strives toward a purpose we hold to ourselves. Some people are able to hold their objectives, while others are finding ways to either compromised or create common ground on their goals. The sad part is not everyone is able to achieve their target goals and not all who achieve their targets are able enough.
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and Co-CEO of Facebook makes us believe that only having a purpose in our life is not enough to change the world. Education is not enough and we should bring out the will to pursue this purpose in everyone, and give them the freedom to change the world with their own new ideas.
According to Zuckerberg: Purpose is the feeling that we are a part of something bigger than our mere selves and that we are needed if we are to achieve something bigger and better.
He alludes to an anecdote shared by John F. Kennedy. JFK visits the NASA Space Centre and asks a janitor what he was doing. The janitor replies, “Mr President, I’m helping put a man on the moon.” This was the happiness, the contribution of a janitor – to make another man reach the moon. It was his purpose in life to make someone reach their destination.
Zuckerberg feels that many of us are not able to pursue a purpose because we lack the luxuries to do so. According to him, pursuing our true aspirations requires a comforting back-list of essentials – a stable family, healthy parents, no back-breaking loans and emotional stability – all of which, in contemporary times, are luxuries.
Without a purpose, there’s no point in our lives. And this purpose should endear a sense of fulfilling others’ purposes too. The role of ‘equality’, through which everyone gets the freedom to pursue their own purposes, is very important here.
Ways To Pursue Your Purpose
Seek Positive Friends
Redefine the idea of equality
Consume positive media.
Volunteer in Projects Together
Write a wins checklist.
Write out your Goals and Action Plan (Short and Long-Term)
Create a morning mindset routine.
To conclude, People ask me, ‘Why do I believe the best is yet to come”? The answer is simple. I always see the glass half-full. There is always room for improvement. All you have to do is take the first step.
The future is yours.
Samuel Oppong Jr, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Samuel Oppong is an Actor, Producer, Sports Broadcaster, CEO, Speaker, Coach, Trainer, Investor, and Philanthropist. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Sport Management and Leadership Studies at Washington State University and completed his Masters in Sport Leadership at Concordia University in Chicago. He is a 2x Forbes Under 30 Finalist (2013, 2020) and Inc 30 Under 30 Nominee as an Investor. Before becoming an actor, he spent seven years working in various sports organizations such as USA Basketball, Washington State Athletics, National Hockey League, San Francisco 49ers, National Basketball Association, and National Football League.
