I find that many high school students lack a sense of purpose and direction today. And many times a ship with no destination is a ship of desperation. No direction leads to aimlessness. Aimlessness leads to conformity. Conformity leads to compromise Compromise leads to mediocrity.
Mediocrity leads to a wasted life.
A wasted life leads to a lost legacy. I want to talk to you today about getting started on writing a purpose statement, but before then, I want to give you a little illustration to help you remember why having a purpose and goals is so important. Well, some quick math will tell you that you have 86,400 seconds each and every day. The real question is not how much time do we have in each day, because no one has control over that, but we do have control over how we use the time that we have been given. It is irreversible and irreplaceable.