All successful people are people of purpose.
Something Worth Thinking About
How many times have you heard the expression that most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their lives.
I would expand that expression by adding that most people spend more time “thinking” about their vacation than they do thinking about whats important in their life.
所有的成功者都有清晰的理想和目标。
思考
我们经常发现：对大多数人而言，规划假期所花的时间远远多于规划自己的生活。
这也可以理解为：大多数人在“考虑”假期上花的时间要多于他们在考虑人生中重要的事情上花的时间。
While rest and relaxationrelaxation n.松弛， 放宽， 缓和， 减轻， 娱乐 are a must in living a balanced life， its not what we were created to do.
After all， the Master Creator took his R&R (Rest and Recreation) on the seventh day， only after six days of “definitely directed thought.”
Wallace D. Wattles， wrote “There is no labor from which most people shrink as they do from that of sustained and consecutive thought； it is the hardestwork in the world.” And yet it is the first and primary labor of achievement.
My friend Mike Litman wrote an outstandingoutstanding adj.突出的， 显著的 article this week. Its called “The Millionaire Composite” and it analyzesanalyze vt.分析， 分解 one of the big differences between supersuccessful people and everyone else. He writes “I recently visited with a Real Estate Multi Millionaire Mogul. ”
虽然生活需要休息和放松，它们能够平衡生活，但是我们并不是为了它们而活着。
毕竟，在经过前六天的“明确的方向性思考”后，到了第七天，伟大的救物主才休息和放松。
华莱士D.华佗士认为，“所有体力劳动都不能使大多数人望而却步，但连续不断地持久思考却能做到这一点；它是这世界上最困难的工作，” 却也是取得成功首先要做的重要劳动。
我的朋友迈克里曼，他写了一篇叫《百万富翁的构造》的杰出文章，其中分析了超级成功者与一般人的一个重要区别，他写道“我最近拜访了一位房地产界的杰出富翁。”
What did I see next to his desk？ His vision statement， along with a list of what he values in life—hand written.
“A few months back， I interviewed an individual who has sold over a billion dollars worth of products on television. He told me that he reads his life and business vision and goals daily， and that he TAKES TIME to visualizevisualize vt.形象， 形象化， 想像 exactly what he wants to create—EACH NIGHT before falling asleep.”
What is your lifes purpose or your personal mission statement？ Is it written down？ Do you review it and think about it often？ Is your life organized around your purpose and a set of goals that support that purpose？
Without purpose and goals—definitely directed thought—you are like the proverbial “ship without a rudderrudder n.舵， 方向舵 .”
你们猜猜，在他的桌旁我看见了什么？他对自己梦想的描述和一张列有生活中值得珍惜之物的清单——都是手写的。
“几个月前，我采访了一位非常成功的商人，通过电视节目他销售了价值10亿美元的商品。他告诉我：每天他都在思考梦想与目标，不管是生活方面的还是工作方面的，并将其形象化——每晚睡觉前都这样做。”
你的人生目标和个人理想是什么？你把它们都写下来了吗？你经常提醒自己并思考它们吗？你的生活是围绕着这些理想和一系列目标而安排的吗？
如果失去了理想以及有明确的方向性思考的目标，你就会成为俗语所说的：“一条没有舵的船。”
There is power in your purpose and in your goals. It is the power that takes you over obstacles， the fuel that propels you toward the life you envisionenvision vt.想像， 预想 .
One of my favorite passages of James Allen is one he wrote in The Mastery of Destiny：
“All successful people are people of purpose. They hold fast to an idea， a project， a plan， and will not let it go； they cherishcherish vt.珍爱， 怀抱(希望等) it， brood upon it， tend and develop it； and when assailedassail vt.攻击， 质问 by difficulties， they refuse to be beguiledbeguile vt.诱骗， 诱惑 into surrendersurrender n.交出， 放弃， 投降 ； indeed， the intensity of the purpose increases with the growing magnitudemagnitude n.大小， 数量， 巨大， 广大， 量级 of the obstacles encountered.” And thats worth thinking about.
理想和目标中蕴含着巨大的能量。它能促使你战胜困难，同时也能推动你追求美好的生活。
有一段摘自詹姆士艾伦的《命运的主人》中的文章，我很喜欢：
“所有的成功者都有清晰的理想和目标。对于一个点子、一项工程、或一个计划，他们都紧紧把握，绝不让它溜走；善待它，让它慢慢发芽，呵护它，让它顺利成长；当困难袭来，绝不投降；甚至于愈挫愈强。”这是值得我们思索的。
我们每个人都要有自己的人生理想和目标，如果一个人生活没有目标，整天庸庸碌碌却不知道自己在干什么，也不知道自己想要什么样的生活，那么他的人生还有什么意义。因此，我们要有明确的方向性思考，在思考的过程中，我们更加懂得珍惜，更加坚定梦想，更加完善自我，这样就会在人生的舞台上，经过自己不懈的努力，朝着自己理想的道路迈进。