Intention

“What is your intention for your life?”

My wife asks me that all the time. It drives me crazy. She is always challenging me, asking me to take long hard looks at myself. The nerve of her.

She keeps asking me this darn “intention” question. She wants me to think about what it is that I might want to accomplish tomorrow. It’s crazy, I know. She just rolls that way.

I have a mentor, this guy Jeff, and he pretty much asks me the same thing all the time. He asked me to write down three sentences that encompass what it is that I hope to accomplish as a leader for those I lead. Can you believe that? Another person asking me to think about how I might actually try to get things done in this world rather than just sail along.

I used to think it was enough to just wake up in the morning and survive until falling asleep in bed at night. I mean, I suppose it IS enough to do that…but…what if…there could be more?

Well, obviously there is more. There’s lots more. We all have moments when we just go after something. We pursue it like a pack of hungry kids chasing after the ice cream truck on a hot summer afternoon. We make the choices required to achieve a goal. We act with intention.

Intention.

What is your intention for your life? What is your intention for those you lead? What is your intention?

I know my answers. What are yours?