I feel energized every time I listen to the "stories" of successful famous people—for example Steve Jobs, the creator of Apple; Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook; Elon Musk, creator of Tesla electric cars and SpaceX; as well as the stories of successful Thai figures and many seniors and juniors in the online world whom I have worked with. Why are the stories of these people so interesting? What makes them special and different from ordinary people?

Without a goal, there is no power.
Without power, there is nothing.
@ Warren Buffett

I saw this message in a book and understood.

These people have a "goal"... and when a goal is combined with "utmost effort," it creates an interesting story.

The book also told a story that the author once received a book called The Greatest Story Ever Told
(The Greatest Story) from a friend. Just seeing the cover made him want to open it immediately. But when he opened it, every page inside was blank.

"My dear friend, your life is here. Please write good stories about the things you do with intention.
Write the greatest story of your life across these blank pages. Good luck."

Yes... our life is something we must write ourselves.

And what about your story?

It is no longer someone else’s story—it is our own story.
Life is ours. We are the protagonists of this interesting story.

Will we let life drift along by fate and destiny,
or will we begin again and choose to make life meaningful?
Since we are born into this life, whichever path we take,
we should leave behind at least one important piece of work.

The secret is "living each day with intention."

We intentionally do what needs to be done each day, achieving small successes one by one,
in order to create positive change little by little.

But what if I still do not know what my goal is?

It is not unusual that many people still do not know their own goal.
It is not a serious matter, so there is no need to panic.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, began simply from enjoying the experiment of creating a small chat program called ZuckNet (similar to MSN) so that his siblings could talk from different rooms. That made him realize how fun it was to help people connect.

Later, after entering Harvard University, he created FaceMash by secretly taking student data and photos from the university database and letting everyone vote for the hottest person on campus. It became a major trend and drew huge attention across the university, but was eventually shut down because he had used the data without permission.

But that lesson made Mark more confident and helped him see his goal more clearly:
"to make the world more open and connect everyone."

At first, Mark Zuckerberg did not have a very clear goal. He may never even have imagined Facebook as it exists today. But every piece of work he did created learning, and his goal gradually became clearer.

So if we still do not yet have a clear goal of our own, that is all right.

Choose what you like, and start the journey.

# Find what you like, what makes you happy, and what creates a positive effect in life

A younger person I know loves nightlife, sitting around drinking, and meeting new people. But if he only went out drinking, he would just lose money, health, and time. So he came up with an app called Thai2Night, which gathers different nightlife venues together with recommendations, reviews, venue details, and promotions (similar to WongNai). He gets to do something he enjoys while also creating a positive effect in life. That is a good path.

# Believe in your own potential, be crazy enough, and start

Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers,
those who do not fit in, those who see things differently...
because only the people crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who actually do it.
@ Steve Jobs

Doing nothing makes us feel safe, because we will never make mistakes. And of course, we will never succeed either. Just start. It does not have to be grand. Start small, in your own way.

# Try your very best every time, and the goal will become clearer and clearer

The advantage is that we get to do what we love and do it happily. Instead of draining our energy, it actually fills us with more energy. We will want to do it again, and do our very best to keep improving.

Try to learn what problem the thing you are doing is solving, what you do not like, what you dream of, and whether it connects with that. A good goal should be challenging and should be a goal for others as well—and it should be something that makes us happy to do.

When you have a goal, you have power. When you have power, you can do anything.

I wanted to share this because I know many younger people are still searching for their own path.
When you feel that you want to do this work, and the more you do it the more fun and more energy it gives you,
that means you are on the right path. Keep trying.
Life is ours. We have to write it ourselves... I am cheering for you.