WHEN MISSION TRUMPS MONEY

Duda Owner IONOS • January 20, 2016

Having a sense of mission in your life is vital to maximum productivity and success. Making money is marvelous, but if that income is not also somehow aligned with your sense of purpose, then your heart will be found wanting. Mission trumps money every time. Reflecting on this truth, Evan Spiegel (Snapchat CEO) gave these words of wisdom to the USC Marshall School of Business graduating class last May (Mark Glassman, ed., “Commencement Wisdom 2015,” Bloomberg Businessweek , 6/1/15–6/7/15, p. 25):

“ I am now convinced that the fastest way to figure out if you are doing something truly important to you is to have someone offer you a bunch of money to part with it. . . . Whether or not you sell, you will learn something very valuable about yourself. ”

One of the greatest fulfillments in life is to be in a place in which you realize that your livelihood is also your calling. If that is where you are, then congratulations! If that is not where you are, then for your sake and for everyone’s sake you’ll ever touch, please start searching.

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