"Do what you love, you'll be better at it!"

I am not a business major, but I have thoroughly enjoyed the business classes that I have taken during my schooling. I get to read some amazing articles, talks, and devotionals and watch inspiring videos. I love that they stretch my mind and cause me to think about my life in a different way. This week we read an article written by Clayton M. Christensen called “How Will You Measure Your Life?” It’s in the Harvard Business Review and I recommend it to anyone trying to find meaning and purpose in their life. (It can be found here: https://content.byui.edu/file/dd80f8fa-65c9-4ad9-a4f1-6102534a911c/1/R1007Bp2.pdf)

The article focuses on finding purpose in your life in order to help you stay happy in your career, keep your honesty and integrity (stay out of jail), and “be sure that [your] relationships with [your] spouse and [your] family become an enduring source of happiness”. My favorite line in the article states: “As I think about my former classmates who inadvertently invested for lives of hollow unhappiness, I can’t help believing that their troubles relate right back to a short-term perspective.” Having an eternal perspective is something that I always strive for in my life. My daily life may be long and hard at times, but with an eternal perspective, I know that my Heavenly Father is with me always and that much can be learned through my trials. I’m working on finding my purpose in life so that I can benefit myself and my family the best I can. 

In a video we watched this week, we also learned about finding our purpose in life. We can't choose a career doing something solely because of the money or because we're good at it because if we don't love what we do, we won't be happy. "Do what you love, you'll be better at it!" So, here's to finding something we love to do so we can all be happy, healthy, honest people!