You are a creator, an idea generator, a problem-solver. You see things differently, you don’t just see patterns, but you see the patterns within the patterns and the patterns within those patterns. The patterns become processes, the processes become principles, the principles become your purpose. Problems are inefficiencies, missed opportunities, places that can optimized not just for personal gain but in ways that can help others to grow, develop and bring others together.
And it all starts with an idea, let’s call this idea the “product” and while it’s still in your head, still just an idea and a figment of your imagination, let’s idealize it, conceptualize it without compromise, think of it in its perfect state, while its still just an idea it can be the “perfect product”. This is the beginning of the loop, the ring. This the creative journey, the expression of bringing something from our thoughts that we we want to manifest into reality. The unclosed ring becomes a calling, something we must close, movement forward, generating kinetic energy and internal momentum to an outward action.
This “perfect product” is an idea, business, company, product, service, maybe artwork or written work but this external product is really just a byproduct of the “real” product, and ultimately you may realize the real product is actually “you”. You are the work, the craft, the mastery that is being built up, developed and brought into a new state that can ideate, create and express the byproduct. The byproduct is not accidental or happen-chance, the byproduct is a natural, effortless occurrence of your daily actions, work, thoughts and processes.
So what does this byproduct, aka the “perfect product” look like. It may come as an idea, a spark of inspiration, a product, a business, service, artwork… you may be able to see it in its final form or maybe it’s a hazy, unclear thought, you’re unable to see definitively what it actually is. This is where the work begins. This thing that you are only able to get a glimpse of is an expression of how you see the world. It is meaningful, personal, purposeful to you. Some will identify this “perfect product” as the dream, but this “dream” will work in tandem to give rise and become the counterweight to your purpose, and will become your defining purpose. What do I mean by purpose… What value do people need and want for themselves but what obstacle is standing in the way – your purpose is the solution, when you build your “dream” will provide for others.