Your Wake-up Call to life

Your Wake-up Call 

“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.” - George Sheehan 

Many texts on the subject of success begin by offering a definition of the term or by encouraging the reader to think about what success might mean to the individual. There is nothing wrong with that, at all. It is naturally a good idea to properly define a goal before beginning to work towards achieving it. 

However, the real satisfaction comes not from achieving goals for their own sake, but by making a contribution to society as a whole; by finding the one thing that really gets you excited, engages your talents and rewards you financially. Something that is truly worthy of your time and energy, that you enjoy doing; something you can take pride in doing, that makes you feel good. We believe that not only does such a thing exist, but it is also actually the reason you were born: to find and fulfill your life purpose.

 A difficulty for many people is that they do not see themselves as anything particularly special, and they do not believe that life holds any real meaning. They are in very good company; many successful people, at least initially, thought exactly the same thing. But somewhere along the line, they were challenged to think differently about themselves and their lives. 

The purpose of this book is to challenge your thinking about who you are and why you are here, and my hope in writing is that you will begin to see yourself as a special person, with a truly unique purpose in life - because that is the truth!

When I was quite young, someone told me, “If you want to be really successful, find out what God wants you to do with your life and then dedicate yourself to achieving it”.

 At the time, I didn’t really like that idea; I did not believe that my life could have any particular purpose and I did not think that anything God might have in mind would be of any interest to me in any case. Gradually, I have come to believe that what that person said to me, all those years ago, is true. 

As human beings, we all share certain basic wants and needs: we have a need for food, water, shelter, safety, love, respect, and self-esteem. We all share an in-built tendency, as Freud stated, to want to move away from pain and toward pleasure. This tendency is part of the human condition for our own good; it keeps us away from harm and generally helps us to make good choices. 

Most people settle for pursuing a career that satisfies these basic human wants and needs and never really thinks beyond them to what their life could be about. Somewhere along the line, I came to realize that what God wanted for me, and what I wanted, were one and the same thing. This understanding came after I had determined to find out what God actually wanted me to do with my life.

 It was a profound moment for me. I gradually came to understand my inner hopes, dreams, and deepest desires as being implanted by God. So pursuing God’s purpose for my life was, in fact, also pursuing my own true purpose. When it really came down to it, I finally realized that I needed to look within to discover my own purpose and once I had found out what it was, it then became possible to dedicate myself to fulfilling it. 

So my message to you is simple: it is time for you to wake-up! It is time for you to start thinking of your life in a different way. It is time for you to fulfill your dream - whatever that may be. That is why you are here on the planet right now. By finding and fulfilling your own unique purpose in life you will be living your life to the full. 

In this book, you will discover practical, tested principles that will bring success to you if you diligently apply them to your life. As you will see, they are unerring, timeless, universal principles that always bring success to those who use them.