To “do” or to “become”?

Short answer
Think of “doing”, not “becoming” and in this process you will certainly become something.

Long answer
Real birth of the individual takes place when the purpose of his life is to know him or her. He/She who does not have a purpose is nothing but a walking-talking corpse. Till the purpose is not recognised, life is absolutely useless.

Everyone should decide what they want to do in this life. Right from our childhood, we are constantly chained by the thought of careers, or what we want to be and in that process forget some of the finer aspects that life has to offer. It is extremely important not to decide the purpose of life with the narrow objective to “be something”. Think of “doing”, not “becoming” and in this process you will certainly become something. Once the purpose of life is clear, all actions of life become driven by that purpose. — Swami Vivekananda