MODERN ENTREPRENEUR
Why you should align
your business with your
life mission
By John Sikkema
I
stumbled across this concept
after I’d been in business for many
years. To be honest, the catalyst
was the increasing conflict between
my work and personal life. Once I
fully understood and adopted this
concept, it became a positive game
changer for both my business and
personal life! The exciting thing is
that if we successfully align our
business to our life mission, it can
be extremely rewarding and life
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September 2016
transforming. However, no pain no
gain comes into play, as it will force
many of us to embark on significant
changes on how we go about our
business, the amount of time we
spend at work and to rethink and
question why we are actually in our
specific type of business or industry.
How important is it to have a
Life Mission?
Martin Luther King was quoted as
saying, “ If a man has not found
something he’s not prepared to die
for, he’s not fit to live.” This sounds
harsh, but the point is it’s really
important to have a worthwhile
purpose for your life, rather than
wasting your life by living aimlessly.
It’s crucial to be very deliberate and
intentional to align your business
with your life mission, that’s
assuming you have one. Sadly,
for most of us, by default, our life