Who Are You For?
If you're reading my blog, you are most likely working in service to another person or business. Could you be an artist serving your fans? Perhaps a recruiter serving their hiring manager? At the end of the day, you are a human helping another human. But who are you for?
I help people uncover their motivations so that they can build a more engaged life for themselves. For a fee, I provide personal branding services to job seekers with the hope they'll find a role that allows them to be the change they want to see in the world. It's fulfilling work, and it's for those job seekers that need my help. If you are not in that position, this service is not for you. You'd be wasting your money and your time. Who are you for?
I encourage you to reflect on how life shaped you. Remember that question about the impact you had on your best friend? Take what your best friend would say and reflect for a moment. Does your current role allow you to have these impacts? If not, how can you adjust the position so that it can?
The people changed by your intentional service are who you are for; you are for those people.
You are for those types of organizations.
You are for those types of problems.
If you are not serving those people/organizations, would you consider quickly changing your situation?
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - Howard Thurman
We, the world, do not need you wasting your time doing something for those that you are not intended to serve.
We need you to be helping the people you are meant to serve.
Who are you for?