In our lives we take an opportunity to prove that we can be successful. Restart with goals and concentrate our efforts to meet and surpass those goals. We measure our success in terms of numbers so that we can keep score as proof that we won or we lost within a timeframe.

More important than the numbers and the beginnings and the endings is knowing for certain that we learned to a level that generates a greater contribution with others by our actions. We start to learn and continue to do so continuously throughout our lives. Measuring the learning, the application for a greater good and not just the start and end of unconnected goals. Toward a life’s purpose and not an incremental score of success.

A goal will have a beginning and an ending so that it might be measured, but learning for purpose should have no end. One lap around the track is nice, but to continue running is more than multiple marathons of learning experiences. No need to obsess one timed lap at a time to prove yourself and your success. For the continuous learner, the journey is for a lifetime of impact filled with applied wisdom gathered from each adventure and opportunity to have learned.

“You must learn to stop thinking in terms of beginnings and endings, success or failures, and begin to treat everything in your life as a learning experience instead of a proving one.” — Guy Finley —

MITM