The first mason said, "I'm laying bricks."
The second mason said, "I'm building a church."
The third mason said, "I am building God's house."
The first mason regards work as a business, the second mason regards work as a profession, and the third mason regards work as a call of duty.
A friend of HR told me that when they were screening resumes, they saw that many people had long job profiles on their resumes. Some people can change seven or eight jobs in just three years, while others work for less than one year. Resumes like this were basically eliminated in the first round.
She once asked an applicant why she changed so many jobs in such a short time. The applicant replied, "Because I don't like them, isn't work a living?"
In fact, many people think so. Some experienced professionals will regard their work as a career, but few people will regard it as a call to mission.
Zhang Guimei is one of those rare people.
When she left her hometown at the age of 0/8 and went to Yunnan to teach, she devoted herself to education. She once promised that "as long as there is breath, she will stand on the podium!"
When she was teaching in Huaping County Central Middle School, she met too many children who dropped out of school because of poverty. Girls in mountainous areas, in particular, drop out of school when their families are too poor, and girls who drop out of school get married early in their teens.
However, for children from poor families, the only way to change their fate is to go to school, especially girls. In order to change this situation, she founded Huaping Girls' High School, the first free high school for girls in China.
"I want to run a free girls' high school and take all the girls in the mountains to study. This is my dream. "
/kloc-since the school was founded 0/2 years ago, 1645 girls have walked out of the mountains, and countless poor girls who almost dropped out of school have changed their fate. Behind this 1645 student is 1645 family.
Angela, the author of Perseverance, believes that persevering people will closely connect their ultimate goal with the world. And Zhang Guimei is a man of perseverance.
How to give the goal a sense of mission and make our life more meaningful? You can cultivate your sense of purpose from the following three aspects.
1, David yeager suggested: how can I make a positive contribution to the society by reflecting on my work status?
2.Amiris Nisski suggests that you can think about how to change your current work status in a small but meaningful way.
Connect more closely with your core values.
3. Bill Dimon's suggestion: look for motivation from a purposeful model.
There is a saying in How Steel is Tempered: Life is the most precious thing for people, and it is only given to us once. That's how people should spend their lives. When he looks back on the past, he will not regret wasting his time, nor will he be ashamed of being mediocre, so that when he dies, he can say that I have devoted my life and all my energy to the most magnificent cause.