Have you ever been asked the question, what do you want to be doing in five years? I certainly have, and to be honest I have always found that question to be difficult to answer. Somehow the response “working a good job” sounds too vague and yet other responses such as “running my own business” seem too scary.
But what if we framed that question differently. Instead of what do you want to be doing in five years, what if we asked who do you want to be in five years?
About five years ago, I came across a quote by Howard Thurman that made me stop and think: Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Maybe what we do isn’t as important as who we are. Who we are, then, can help guide what we do.
Who do you want to be in five years? Ty gives some great advice in this video on changing who you are in five years: