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Be the Protagonist of your life

Neha Saraf
Entrepreneur | Business Consultant | Brand Strategist | Chef in the making
No one but you are the
protagonist of your own life

from life, then this is exactly what you need to do. It could be
as simple as wanting to be a good human being, or it could be
as magnanimous as wanting to bring about a positive change
in this world.
So what is important is, to ask yourself what is your life’s
purpose? What is it that you intend to achieve from life?
Surely, you have a mission, each of us have our mission in life,
in the family we in, in society and in the larger world, so what’s
your life’s mission going to be? Those having done
management courses hear a lot about SWOT analysis and
mission vision statements, goals of your business and breaking
them down into achievable goals, but have you ever looked
Prepare for your future, and you will know what to do in
back and thought what is my own life’s plan? Do you want to
the present:
be celebrated while you are alive and remembered while
Whatever you want in life, you have the ability to make it a
you are gone? If your life’s mission is this, give a real hard
reality. The main protagonist of your life is you.
thought to what you want to be remembered as a human

What is that you want from life? being.
Before you start of with what you want “five years from Make your own life a goal! When you make your own life a
now”, it is important to decide who you want to be “five years goal, you create value, a value in the world, that no one can
from now”. Most people make extensive business plans and forget. The most fulfilling life is one spent on making
career plans, but have you ever sat down and made your own your life worth the whole, not just for yourself, but also for
life’s plan? When asked most young people, even the ones in others. So, while we are in Quarantine, this is what we should
their 30s and 40s would say, would still not have the answer do. Make a five year plan based on the below factors:
as to what they want to be in life. Career goals do not just 1. Mission of my life.
mean to be a doctor, the CEO of a company, an 2. What is my own grand vision for the future.
entrepreneur, an influencer or a celebrity etc. Bottom line None, of us operate in isolation. We are all co-dependent.
would be, I want to be successful. So the more our vision includes a larger part of the society,

the more successful we will be in life. Include the below goals
Does being successful in your career guarantee success
in your 5 year goal plan while keeping in my mind your larger
in life?
vision for the world, and your mission as a human being in this
At some point, once you have accomplished all that, some
world:
would have lost the spot, and struggled to earn it again. But
1. Financial goal
they would still not know what they want out of life. The
2. Career goal
question to ask yourself is how important do you want your
3. Relationship goal
life to be? Is it only “रोट कपड़ा और मकान” or do you really want
4. Family goal
your life to be worthwhile?
5. Travel goal

6. Health goal
Is being successful being only career oriented or
7. Social goal and finally
financially oriented?
8. Spiritual goal
No! Successful people have their life’s purpose written
When your plan in life is ambiguous, then the result will
down. They write their own vision and mission statements,
also be a confused life. When your goals are crystal clear, they
even before they set out in the business world. Does having
have the ability to reflect just like the moon reflects on clear
enough financial disposal in your hand guarantee being more
water.
happy, fulfilled and feeling arrived in life? If you want more

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