Previously I touched upon how in some ways, the best method to achieving our desired outcome is to not obsess over it. Hence the clichéd expression: “It’s not the destination; it’s the journey.” This sounds contradictory: aren’t we supposed to be ardently focused on what we want?

Sure—the focus generates positive feelings; the feelings are the fuel. However, I recently completed reading Dr. Wayne Dyer’s most recent book, The Shift (a companion to a DVD release of the same title), which illustrates how one’s life may shift “…from ambition to meaning.” I was pleased to learn that one of the points he makes is consistent with some of the lessons I have shared with college students in my book Dont Wait Until You Graduate—in teaching about service learning. You learn by doing. You build relationships through value. You build a career focused not on what you can get, but what you can give…and you do it NOW.