How To Find Your Life’s Purpose
A 4-Step Action Guide on how establishing urgency leads to purpose.
I used to be late for my job nearly every day.
That is not an exaggeration; being punctual for my 9:00 AM work starting time was a daily battle for me several years ago.
What this looked like was me spinning into the parking lot with my truck — tires screeching — already late. The driver’s door would burst open as I rolled out of the seat; lunch pail falling off of my lap to the ground, shoelaces still untied. Trying my best to salvage every valuable second that ticked away, I’d dash across the parking lot. Any onlooker would see me conducting a circus-worthy act of me balancing half-opened work bags, all while I attempted to fix my unkempt hair and dress shirt in those last few moments before I present myself to my boss.
I was a fumbling agent of chaos.
I would arrive into the office, head down and eyes pointed to the floor in shame as I mumbled the excuse of the day (the traffic was terrible, my dog got sick that morning, my alarm didn’t go off, etc.) as to why I was late, again. My boss could only laugh; he saw my entire battle from the comfort of his window while sipping his coffee. He nicknamed this frequent re-occurrence as “Matt’s 9:03 AM parking lot shuffle”.
