3 Ways to Make Your Life More Fulfilling

What do you think is a defining characteristic of a good life? Well, I believe it’s fulfillment. The more you feel fulfilled, the better your life is. In fact, that’s the mission of Life Optimizer: helping you live a fulfilling life. 

So how can we live fulfilling lives?

We can answer this question from multiple perspectives, but here I’d like to answer it from the perspective of motivation. There are three key factors for work motivation: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. I believe they can also help you live a fulfilling life.

Let’s dig into them one by one.

1. Autonomy

This factor deals with the ability to control your life. The more you feel that you are in control of your life, the more fulfilling your life becomes. Here is what Michael Hyatt wrote:

Productivity should free you to pursue what’s most important to you. The goal, the true objective of productivity, should be freedom.

He then defined freedom in four ways:

Freedom to Focus: the ability to do your task with absolute attention and no distractions.Freedom to Be Present: the ability to be fully present wherever you are (e.g. with your family) without being interrupted.Freedom to Be Spontaneous: the ability to drop whatever you are doing and respond to a new situation spontaneously.Freedom to Do Nothing: the ability to do nothing and just enjoy the moment.

As you go through your life, you may want to make decisions that would improve your freedom. For instance, given two...

Source: Life Optimizer - April 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Attitude Purpose Source Type: blogs