Once you establish your Vision, align to your Core Values, and discover your Purpose, you need to set goals. Without them, you’ll have no way to know if you’re moving in the right direction–assuming you’re moving at all.

Contrary to what you may have heard, Purpose isn’t something you just stumble upon; you must discover it through intentional effort and self-reflection. In this episode of Redefining Resilience, Chris and Kiley explore the importance of knowing your purpose and how it can guide your personal and professional decisions.

Core Values are a vital element to building a Resilient lifestyle. Everyone has Core Values, even if they can’t readily identify them. The problem is, if you don’t know your Core Values, you won’t know how to recognize when your environment conflicts with your values–or what to do about it.

If you want to become more resilient, it all starts with Vision. Without Vision, you won’t have a sense of purpose or clear goals to guide your decisions. It doesn’t mean you won’t get where you want to go, but it will be more frustrating and difficult.

If you want to bounce back from adversity or simply thrive in any situation, you have to be resilient. But you won’t get there by accident, you need a goal and a plan to get there. You have to build resilience on purpose, before you need it.