Becoming Extraordinary
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The productive life is never an accident. It is simply a product of overtaking your limitations and weaknesses toward success in life. Life has no meaning without a clearly defined purpose. The deepest craving of the human spirit is to find a sense of significance and relevance. The search for relevance in life is the ultimate pursuit of man. Conscious or unconscious, admitted or not, this internal passion is what motivates and drives every human being, either directly or indirectly. It directs his decisions, controls his behavior, and dictates his responses to his environment.
No meaningful input can be used in life for a rewarding output until the purpose of existence is determined. This is a waste of time and effort when the wrong end is being pursued. Most men have worked hard but unfortunately have nothing to show for all their efforts. It is amazing to discover that the secret of success is not hard work but hard work with purpose. The ultimate desire of every life is to find fulfillment by achieving success, but fulfillment comes through a purposeful pursuit. Purpose is the key to life. Without purpose, life has no meaning. The successful person is not always the one who wakes up earliest, but he who keeps awake when it matters most. It is not the length of time spent but the quality of the time invested that matters. We have been told to continue in our hard work, but I encourage you to work hard with purpose.
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The word proactive means more than merely taking initiative; it means that as human beings we are responsible and accountable for the way we live our lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We can subordinate feelings to values. We have the initiative and the responsibility to make things happen.
More so, becoming extraordinary is a challenge to become responsible. Responsibility simply means “response-ability”—the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that in being responsible, they do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choices, made based on values.
Humans are wired with the ability to become proactive and responsible. Therefore, if conditioning has made us subject to forces and feelings that tend to ruin our lives, it is because we have, by conscious decision or by default, chosen to empower those things to control us.
If you feel that you’ve become passive, reactive, or reclusive, perhaps it’s time to free yourself through the power of conscious decision making. Become proactive, carry your weather with you, and become extraordinary!
About the Author
Dr. Godwin Ude is a pharmacist, Christian counselor, and psychotherapist. He holds two doctoral degrees in practical theology and biblical studies. He and his wife, Blessing Ude, lead Transformation Ministries Worldwide from their home in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, where they reside with their three children.