INSPIRED TODAY: FULFILLMENT

Today we'd be talking about fulfillment. What is fulfillment? Fulfillment is the act of consummating a desire or promise. That is, it stems from a desire or a promise to someone or one's self. However, we would be focusing on personal fulfillment. If we break the word into two we would perhaps have a better understanding of it. Fulfillment comes from fulfill, and fulfill can be full-fill (To fill a thing to its fullness.) To have the full measure of a thing.

Haven established that, personal fulfillment is the state at which one's personal desires and promises are fully met; a state where you have reached the measure of the stature or status you desired for yourself. For a footballer, fulfillment could be; playing for his dream club; becoming the world's best player; earning a particular figure per week, or even; becoming the club's captain. Meanwhile, for a banker, fulfillment could mean; becoming a Managing Director, or an Executive Director. It could even be becoming a partner in that bank. It could be owning his/her own bank. So, fulfillment varies amongst individuals.
In essence there cannot be fulfillment without goals. When an individual lacks clear goals, he/she would want to emulate everyone. He wants to be the banker and the footballer and cannot get a head start at either. There must be a measure to Full-fill—to fill fully.

Fulfillment is the reality that makes us different. As a banker, I should not judge my progress based on that of my friend who is a footballer, playing for his dream club. We simply don't have the same measure to fill. I probably have more. A man filling up a bottle is different from another filling up a barrel. In essence our goals are different, meaning our paths of action and our conflicts are different.

Do You Seek A Sense Of Fulfillment?

If your answer is yes, well first of  all do you have a measure to fill? Do you have standards to meet? Do you have goals to achieve. You Will Never Ever Have A Sense Of Fulfillment If You Don't Have A Goal.

On Your Path To Fulfillment.

If you have brought yourself to the point where you desire fulfillment, ask yourself this questions:

1. What do I have to achieve to feel fulfilled? What measure/s do I have to fill? What are my goals?

2. What is my major conflict? What are the things opposing me on this path? What are those things I have to overcome? What are the challenges I have to face. To become a MD you need experience and training, probably numerous professional certifications. To have a Bachelor's Degree you have to sit for and pass series of tests and examinations. To become the best brand in your industry you have to be the best competitor, and so on. What are your conflicts? You cannot get there by doing nothing.

3. What are my strengths? What are the things I  have in my favor? If you have answered 2 above, then you sure have to be well equipped to overcome those conflicts. At this stage you will find out the things you already have and the things you need to get.

4. What are the stakes involved? What is at stake for me? If you don't achieve this goal of course you won't feel fulfilled. That alone is at stake. If you don't have a Bachelor's Degree, you  can't get some certain jobs. That's at stake.

By the time you have answered all these questions, you would have simultaneously drawn up a path of action for yourself. You already know what you need to do to fill up the measure you've set before yourself and then you can run with it. By run I mean Act. You can now act on these things and see your goals being fulfilled.

Long And Short Term?

Your goals of course can be long term goals or short term goals. Every long term goal is made up of numerous short term goals. And each short term goal have their own paths of action to achieving. So its up to you, to find out what your short term goals are within the scope of your long term goal. For example, to become a Managing Director, of a bank, you must have been a branch manager, or some sort of manager in the scope of the banking system. So being a branch manager is a short term goal in view of being a MD.

The Time To Act Is Now.

Well, if you just said in your mind, "I'll do this in my spare time" You won't do it. Because, anything you schedule for your spare time is considered less important. How important is fulfillment in 2016 to you? Do you want to repeat the failures of last year? The answer to that is not a  "No" it is " I'll act on it now" . You have 358 days to go. Act!