Mindset: success is the only option. Is it created by habit or purpose?

[Asten]

I put this under Character & Contribution, because I feel like it's much more about life purpose than productivity.

For the first time in my life, I started a project that is driving itself--consuming and possessing me to accomplish it, like I'm a channel for its expression.

I want to say "It's only been a few days, so I don't know if this will last," but that's what's different about this project--the absolute, unquestionable certainty I have that it will get finished. It's like I've already succeeded and I'm just watching that success unfold.

The nature of the project makes me go "WTF, WHY am I doing this?" because it doesn't (on the surface) seem likely to bring me success in the sense of money and even could appear self-destructive, but that's irrelevant. I have a sense that at the end of this project, I'll know what to do with it.

I've never experienced this before. I've never been able to get into this "ideal" state, where the only option is success and the project is valuable by itself, regardless of others' reactions.

Steve was just talking about that state this thread and BOOM... here I'm in it, though in another area of my life. And it's incredible.

It made me think.

Steve succeeded in college the way he did, because he was in this state. I've been in college for three years, unable to get in that place. All the things I think I want to do in my life, yet I've never able to motivate myself to consistently do them. I get inspired for a day, then I'm uninspired.

Now, literally out of no where, I'm doing a project that I would never EVER have sat down and said "I want do this"..... and I feel like it's exactly what I need to be doing. Most importantly--I'm DOING it! I've gotten further than I ever have in similar projects already.

It makes me question all my interests and things I'm drawn to.

• Is it just because I'm not in the habit of creating that state and for some inexplicable reason this project popped up from somewhere in my consciousness? Maybe to show me what it feels like, so I'm more capable of creating it in other areas?
  
• Or are the things I think I'm naturally drawn to not actually the things that are in line with my purpose and this project, which seems almost out of character (yet, maybe more in character than anything I've ever done), is?

I know the answer will probably come to me eventually and I'm just expressing my doubt about the rest of my life but I'm still curious what people here have to say about it or what experiences others have had with this awesome state of being.

When have you been in this state? Did you create it intentionally or did it just sort of happen? Was it because it's related to your life purpose or something else? Was your project "out of character" or was it something you were always drawn to?

[Maya2066]

Originally Posted by Asten

I put this under Character & Contribution, because I feel like it's much more about life purpose than productivity.

For the first time in my life, I started a project that is driving itself--consuming and possessing me to accomplish it, like I'm a channel for its expression.

I want to say "It's only been a few days, so I don't know if this will last," but that's what's different about this project--the absolute, unquestionable certainty I have that it will get finished. It's like I've already succeeded and I'm just watching that success unfold.

The nature of the project makes me go "WTF, WHY am I doing this?" because it doesn't (on the surface) seem likely to bring me success in the sense of money and even could appear self-destructive, but that's irrelevant. I have a sense that at the end of this project, I'll know what to do with it.

I've never experienced this before. I've never been able to get into this "ideal" state, where the only option is success and the project is valuable by itself, regardless of others' reactions.

Steve was just talking about that state this thread and BOOM... here I'm in it, though in another area of my life. And it's incredible.

It made me think.

Steve succeeded in college the way he did, because he was in this state. I've been in college for three years, unable to get in that place. All the things I think I want to do in my life, yet I've never able to motivate myself to consistently do them. I get inspired for a day, then I'm uninspired.

Now, literally out of no where, I'm doing a project that I would never EVER have sat down and said "I want do this"..... and I feel like it's exactly what I need to be doing. Most importantly--I'm DOING it! I've gotten further than I ever have in similar projects already.

It makes me question all my interests and things I'm drawn to.

• Is it just because I'm not in the habit of creating that state and for some inexplicable reason this project popped up from somewhere in my consciousness? Maybe to show me what it feels like, so I'm more capable of creating it in other areas?
  
• Or are the things I think I'm naturally drawn to not actually the things that are in line with my purpose and this project, which seems almost out of character (yet, maybe more in character than anything I've ever done), is?

I know the answer will probably come to me eventually and I'm just expressing my doubt about the rest of my life but I'm still curious what people here have to say about it or what experiences others have had with this awesome state of being.

When have you been in this state? Did you create it intentionally or did it just sort of happen? Was it because it's related to your life purpose or something else? Was your project "out of character" or was it something you were always drawn to?

I think this state happens when we are inspired by our higher self even if we are unconscious about its purpose (this is usually revealed at a later time). In my case it just happened at the beginning and I became aware enough to realize what was going on and just ride the wave. The project seemed out of character but later on I got to see that it diod have some connections with my life purpose.

[rodav]

"...you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life..." Steve Jobs, Commencement address in Stanford

[mlj]

Wow this is one of my favorite topics.

I think I came to this point in my life because of so many failures.

When I look back, I didn't succeed because it was too hard. The problem was -that I just quit.

Now no matter what the situation is, I just keep on going. Even if I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel, I understand the work I put in - will pay off

[MartaA]

I had so many good ideas in my life, and they all became a burden sooner or later. The energy didn't last long.

But every time I've followed my heart, no matter how crazy the action was, I've found myself expanding, enjoying and moving forward with such an energy.

Our purpose is never revealed as a plan, it is always shown up step by step. That can be scary, because it may not be connected to anything we were doing before, and it may seem to have no sense. But every time I've followed my gut feelings, every time I've trusted, the reward has been simply amazing.

I'm living my purpose now, and the energy it drives is just amazing, always uplifting, and seemingly never-ending. It is my purpose that creates this state. Many of the actions I have to do are completely out of what I was drawn before, but the core of the project is something I've always had in my heart -and in the back of my mind.

And nothing of what I'm doing feels like an effort or something "I have to do".

[Asten]

Originally Posted by MartaA

Many of the actions I have to do are completely out of what I was drawn before, but the core of the project is something I've always had in my heart -and in the back of my mind.

That's how I feel. It's taking me far outside the things I typically do, but somehow I feel like the core of it is the outlet for something that's always been with me. It's the thing I've always been looking for and trying to do.

I still have no idea WHY that is, but I'm rolling with it. It'll make itself clear when it's supposed to.

It really makes me question the other things I do in my life and what other things I think I'm drawn to, but don't feel this way about though. Guess I'll work with this first and see where it gets me before I contemplate that one too far.

[Anythingwilldo]

Habits trains the subconscious.
Purpose trains the conscious.

Both are necessary for success.