What YOU think matters most

“How” do we want to achieve our goals? Where should I make trade-offs?

Our values and beliefs play a big part here.

Our values encourage us to take action and make decisions.

Values can BE ANYTHING e.g., Your partner’s happiness, time with your kids and getting 8 hours of sleep (personal core values) or e.g., customer satisfaction, fair and meaningful work opportunities and returning a profit to shareholders (company core values).

Our core values are instrumental in decision making at home, at university or at work.

Values and Purpose go hand in hand.

What's Purpose?

The definition of purpose according to Wikipedia.

As a noun - The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. A person's sense of resolve or determination.

As a verb - Have as one's intention or objective. It goes on to say why you do something or why something exists. Why does one exist?

When we think about our values, write them down regularly and review them often.

We act faster, more consistently and enjoy a greater sense of purpose.

Harvey Lloyd once said in a fantastic discussion on choices that

"My values drive my success as I bring value to others."

But how we do choose our values?

Harvey replied - "A choice is merely a choice. But when we choose we must live with the consequences of that choice. Do these choices build our marriage, family or team? Materialism would have us believe that if we copy certain choices in appearance, acts and communications that we would be successful also. Our choices don't make us successful."

"Our values drive our choices drives our success as we bring value to others"

I see our values as the base foundation for OUR WHY in life, our purpose, the value that we bring exercises our purpose.

For our values help us think and act. Grow, learn and achieve success.

And when it is purpose driven, we add value to those we meet who are part of the journey we are on. Illuminating their path and ours and the journey is beautiful.

Where we are, Our Values, What we absorb within ourselves shape our actions and who we are.

WHY VALUES YOU ASK?

Why? Because then you know what matters to you; it influences how you think and guides you on the right path and corrects your behaviour;

Sara Jacobovici says "Our beliefs and values give reason and intention to purpose. We can have purpose, but only through choice do we activate purpose" 

Here's a powerful true story.

14th October 1973 she found herself with her new born child covered in blood under a cow that protected her from getting tramped in the cow shed.

She had regained consciousness now, she cut her umbilical cord with a sharp-edged stone.

The child cried out with life, she remembered her father. 

Up until that age she had never known any love except that of her fathers, he spoke only his love through the songs he sang while milking the cows. 

In poverty striven Wardha, Maharashtra, ‘Chindhi’ (torn piece of cloth)   An unwanted girl child who never had the chance to get any real education.

She was Born on 14th November 1948 and shares her birthdate with my father.

Her name: Sindhutai Sapkal

She was forced to drop out of school at Grade 4, 12 years old she was married off to man 20 years older.  

We forget how fortunate, each one of us are today, to have had the opportunity to have real education right? 

By the time she was 19 she had 3 sons; pregnant 9 months and kicked out of her home by her husband.

She stood up to a landlord, who exploited the women working for him. Little did she knew, her protest would change her life for the worse

The angry landlord told her husband, a lie to have his revenge of humiliation “You are such a fool”, you wife has been lying to you, infact, the child within her womb is mine."

Her husband, her family and the village looked at her with spite.

She had nowhere to live. 

Her father had admired and supported her passion for learning. He always told her that education could take her places.

And Education is not just about reading and writing, it’s about application It about following your head and heart. 

Crushed and chained by the shackles of child marriage, young Sindhutai Sapkal never lost hope. Not even she was orphaned with an infant on the streets

She understood she could do more with life her than simply end it. 

Quitting is difficult but living is easy, isn’t it?

Is then she understood, that she had a higher purpose in life. 

She started begging by singing the songs her father would sing, with that money she started taking care of her child and other children who were orphaned. 

Sindhutai devoted her entire life to orphans. she is fondly called ‘Mai'(mother)

This is the Power of influence over affluence.

Sindhutai Sapkal had received over 270 awards  including the Nari Shakti Puraskar till she leave left mother

Her words keep ringing in my ears

“I’m looking for any child that might need a mother” - Sindhutai Sapkal

She is a beacon for hope and humanity!

How has Mai's story inspired you?

Connect with your higher-self by recalling your intention. 

What did you want to do here in this life? 

Here’s to aligning your NOW actions with your highest self! 

Do you love stories?

I love them because they inspire me every single day!

Are you ready be INSPIRE and BE INSPIRED?

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the key to making the most of life is making the most of every moment. 

The key to making the most of this life is making the most of every moment. 

Here's to your Intentional Success!

Fatima Williams

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