North Star

Roles,Golas,Motivation

It’s all about two weeks ago as I watched the WWDC 2016,what impress me most was not the four new apple platforms , what I felt inspired was Tim Cook’s talk about apple’s value at the beginning of the keynote peaking ,he made a metaphor about apple’s value ,he called it apple’s north star,I felt shocked at that moment ,I do know this concept for many years but it wake me up to ask me: Can I see my north star?

I have a such a busy two weeks after Lanzhou marathon that I even didn’t running for two weeks , I make a plan but break it,what a shame ! Last Monday evening I went to a classroom in my campus to write,I started make a plan for Tuesday as usual,as I saw the goals and role part ,the north star inspiration pop out,I realized the deep reason why I didn’t follow my plan ,why I always fail my plan is because I don’t know the reasons for it ,I don’t know the motivations for that,I can’t see my north star.I just take them as habit and think the habit is good for me so I should keep doing it.Never take a deep thinking about it,I do think if you want to do something just do it ,you got to believe your instinct ,you do not need reasons for doing ,but the point is as time went by ,your feeling and your passion may change,sometimes you may don’t have enough motivation to do it ,most of time it means you get lost,we need the north star to remind us the way we choose at the beginning .So it’s very import know you north star and it will help you when you got lost and lost you passion and motivation.

As I have keep making plan for more that four or five years,I follow table of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to sharp my daily life,I rethink about the roles and goals part,it’s similar to the north star,roles are the person who want to be ,your beginning and the goals are much like the destination,like the north star,remind you who you are ,who you want to be,what do you want do to.So I started writing down some roles(other roles I’m not quite sure) and goals to remind me.

Runner:

Run around the world ,attend six major marathons on our planet.Join some famous Ultra marathon:like UTMB,MARATHON DES SABLES,Copper Canyon Marathon,WesternStates 100Miles Endurance Run.My idol of ultra running is Rory Boiso.

Climber:

Of course climb the highest mountain of seven continents and walk to the north pole and south pole is my priorities but I also want to be a rock climber and climb some famous rocks like yosemite ,it would be great if I can ski.My idol of climbing is jimmy chin.

Writer,reader,photographer:

It would be great if I can publish my own books some days but it’s ok if not.I like writing ,for me writing is a way to express myself.what I want to do is quite simple ,use the words to record my life and grow up,it would be great if I can inspire someone,I found the truth that if I want to be a good writer I need to read ,reading will improve my writing skills and inspire me.For photographer,I think photograph is very similar with writing ,for me photograph is the same art as writing as for its essence. Photograph can help me to tell a good story,some times A picture is worth a thousand words.

Learner:

The reason is quite simple,you got keep learning to help you keep creative and the process of learning is pretty much like running a marathon and a ultra marathon,you will feel much satisfied when you learn one new thing!