Every business begins from
an idea. It is the idea that is used to set up a business/company. It is the
same idea that determines the product (tangible or intangible) to be offered. The
same idea motivates the kind of personnel to be employed/trained, work place
culture as well as service charter and customer relations.
You Incorporated is the
next version of understanding self. At this level, the focus is on the idea, you.
When you were created and formed in the womb, there was a reason in the mind of
the creator. What happens here is that you make concerted effort to discover
that reason, called purpose. Someone defines Purpose as the reason we are
created. Discovering this reason will put your life in proper perspective. The earlier
you discover purpose, the better for you, because the earlier purpose is
discovered, the more focused life becomes.
In order to discover
purpose, you need to seek from the following sources:
God –
He made you and ultimately knows your purpose. Just as a manufacturer knows the
purpose of the product they manufactured. The major communicating line between
us and God is prayer. Therefore talk to God and with God and let him reveal
your purpose to you.
Passion –
This has to do with what drives you. What is it that gives you joy and captures
your emotions. That aspect of life that you can live or die for can be a
pointer to your life purpose.
Gifts
and Talents – Everyone is endowed with gifts and
talents that are peculiar to them. Those things that you can easily do even
without being paid can be a pointer to the reason you were created.
Personality –
Another place to look at is your personality and temperament. Though these
cannot stand alone, analyzing what you can do by reason of your personality can
be a lead to your life purpose. You are the way you are because of what you are
born to do.
People
honest perception of you – Again what people say of you when
they interact with you, can be the direction to consider in looking at life
purpose.
Once purpose is
discovered, you should proceed to casting a vision for your life. This has to
do with a foresight, based on insight and hindsight of you. This means that
putting all you have discovered about your life, you can have a statement
declaring where you want to be in life in achieving your purpose. No wonder
someone says that Purpose is the reason you are created; vision is when you see
it.
Your life’s mission deals
with what you need to do to achieve your life’s vision. This will further take
a cue from life purpose and further explain life’s vision. This should be a
declaration that comes when vision is cast.
Climax of the ‘ You Incorporated’
is identifying your personal core values. These are selected from your personal
values and should define the way you ought to live to be able to achieve the
first three areas. Personal core values define what is most important to you. They
define your character and lifestyle, which are critical factors in fulfilling
life purpose.
When purpose is known,
vision is cast, mission is established and core values are identified, the You
incorporated has been established. This is the company you shall be presiding
over preparatory to selecting a partner that will turn it from sole
proprietorship to a public liability company.
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