Begin with the End in Mind

I asked my brother what was his life’s purpose. He said his purpose is to “teach,” but he wants to make a lot of money first.

I told my brother to forget about the money, and I advised him to focus on his purpose.

I then asked him which job best supports his end result of “teaching.” He said the first job best supports his goal because he would only have to work 40 hours a week, which would give him spare time to teach.

He continued on to say, but if I take job number two, I can work hard and make more money, then I can retire early and “teach” later in life. I again advised him to “focus” on his purpose, not money.

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I cautioned him to think this process through carefully because things don’t end wrong, they begin wrong!

思而后行

我問弟弟他的人生目標是什么，他說目標就是“教書”，但想先掙些錢。

我告訴他要忘記金錢，要專注于自己的目標理想。

我又問他哪個工作對他的目標“教學”最有幫助，他說是第一份，因為他只需一周工作40個小時，這樣的話就會有閑余時間來教書。

他接著說，“如果我選擇第二份工作，我可以努力掙很多錢，然后提早退休，用剩余的時間教書。聽他這樣說，我提醒他要專注與自己的理想而不是錢。

我告誡他須謹慎考慮，因為很多事不是錯誤的結束，而是一開始就是錯誤的。

You Can’t Ride Two Horses Well

It would be very difficult to have a successful teaching career while you’re working 70-80 hours a week in the insurance business; no one can ride two horses well. As they say, you can do anything, but not everything.

I recommended to my brother that he dedicate his time to achieving his life’s purpose, and I advised him to get started today by choosing the job that best supports that decision.

一人難馭兩馬

既要有成功的教學事業，又需在保險行業中一周工作70-80個小時，這會是很難實現的；沒有人可以同時駕馭好兩匹馬，就如人們所說，你可以做任何事情但無法完成一切事情。

我提議他用時間去實現生命中的目標。選擇對其有益的工作，從現在就開始。