This altruistic perspective that we take on when committing our actions to causes bigger than us is one that makes use of the nobler aspects of our humanity, for the purpose of behavioral change and guaranteed action (on your part, for 'them'). Your self-centered excuses, fears, and perceived limitations quickly crumble at their foundations. They fall to the wayside, because such a service-oriented mindset leverages the values of decency, integrity, and "what's right" that are inherent in most of humanity, to set boundaries in which failure to perform at the level that we expect of ourselves and commit to, now has exponentially higher stakes: our self-respect.
In other words, not only does our failure to follow through now impact other people, but our ability to respect ourself -to be able to say with any sliver of confidence that, "yes, I am a good person"-is now intimately tied to our success at taking the right actions (those of external impact). It's now intricately connected to our effectiveness at generating the desired externally-impactful outputs, at the desired levels. By coupling our self-respect with our faithfulness at serving others, we effectively tap into an incredibly deep well of intrinsic motivation, simultaneously helping others in the process.
As long as we remain stuck in our own universes where everything revolves around us, in our own egos, then the miseries of fear, overthinking, and hesitation will perpetually plague us. It is in living each day for your fellow man and woman that you liberate yourself into the sweet glory of mission, of purpose, into the joyous victory of finally having value-oriented action and self-actualization supersede the self-limiting immature desires and beliefs of the monkey mind.
Now, ask yourself, based on the action you've taken so far this year, the outcomes that action has or hasn't generated, and the external impact of those outcomes, compared to the action you could have taken and the outcomes you could have generated, and the external impact you could have made: are you a good person?
In other words, not only does our failure to follow through now impact other people, but our ability to respect ourself -to be able to say with any sliver of confidence that, "yes, I am a good person"-is now intimately tied to our success at taking the right actions (those of external impact). It's now intricately connected to our effectiveness at generating the desired externally-impactful outputs, at the desired levels. By coupling our self-respect with our faithfulness at serving others, we effectively tap into an incredibly deep well of intrinsic motivation, simultaneously helping others in the process.
As long as we remain stuck in our own universes where everything revolves around us, in our own egos, then the miseries of fear, overthinking, and hesitation will perpetually plague us. It is in living each day for your fellow man and woman that you liberate yourself into the sweet glory of mission, of purpose, into the joyous victory of finally having value-oriented action and self-actualization supersede the self-limiting immature desires and beliefs of the monkey mind.
Now, ask yourself, based on the action you've taken so far this year, the outcomes that action has or hasn't generated, and the external impact of those outcomes, compared to the action you could have taken and the outcomes you could have generated, and the external impact you could have made: are you a good person?
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