In my final year of my undergraduate education, I formulated an advancement system called “Planescape” that would help guide my actions and behavior for the next eighteen years. As with all solid business plans, there was a mission and core objectives:
Mission Statement: “To accelerate the advancement process through strategic learning and effective planning.”
Goals:
- To establish new intellectual, creative, and physical limits.
- To ensure that the learning methodology utilized is always improving and further accelerating the educational process.
- To ensure that opportunities are always available, even at an intermediate level.
While I may not be completely satisfied where I am right now, it’s safe to say that I’ve achieved my original objectives. Of course, the question now is - are these objectives still valid? After some thought, I don’t think so.
My mission is to be the best that I can be and to push myself in new directions. In terms of ensuring that opportunities are always available is still true, but I no longer wish to expend energy on any opportunity.
What about challenges? Over the past several years, I’ve faced many challenges that I simply did not want and a few that I did. To increase success and fulfillment in life, I need to focus more heavily on challenges that I chose for myself.