” Where Is The Next Party Guys?

“Chef,
was it always your ambition to travel the world and become an executive chef
when you were a teenager? Did you have any big goals at all?” I get these kind
of questions a lot.

Here
is my honest and straightforward answer:

No,
it was not my intention to travel the world. Neither did I have any big goals. If
only I’d known where I would end up twenty-six years later!

There
is nothing to regret for me. How can you ever know what is going to happen
anyway? The result of life’s unfolding is that you don’t know what is next.
Sure, we try to plan as much as we can, but should we?

Yes,
we should! Yes, have a plan, set yourself a goal, and find your mission and
purpose. You can achieve what you pursue, even if things don’t always go
according to plan. That’s life!

There are obstacles. You might have to take detours. But the initial goal doesn’t change, though your path might. That’s important to know. Do not confuse goal and path.

When
I started my apprenticeship, I just knew I wanted to become a chef. That was
it. I did not have any other goals. I was never really into goal setting and I
am being very honest. The only goal I had at the time was to figure out what I
and my buddies would be up to the next weekend.

“Where
is the next party guys?”

So
far for my goals.

I was young and just living from day to day. 16 years old, I was happy to finally earn my own money. I did not know what to do after my apprenticeship. I guessed I would work as a chef, but I had no plans to go abroad or anything like that. I didn’t have any plans about becoming a TV chef. I didn’t even have plans to become an executive chef. In my early twenties I could imagine becoming a sous chef at the age of 27 or 28. And that really happened! When I was 27, I received my first contract as a sous chef, at the Hyatt Regency Auckland in New Zealand.

I
think that many people go through the same kind of process. They just drift
around. Yes, they have a job. Yes, they pay their rent and yes, they put some
money aside for a vacation. But that has nothing to do with having a life
purpose, a vision, dreams and goals.

Would
it have been better if I’d had more clarity about my path and goals at that
time and age? Today I would say yes. Life is something that progresses, it’s a
constant flow of things changing. We grow and adapt ourselves. Some people know
very early what they want in life, most don’t. Many don’t even figure that out
until the end of their days. They think they have lived their lives to their
fullest potential. That’s a sad illusion.

How
would I have responded to someone who wanted to coach me about life’s purpose
and goal setting? To be honest, I probably wouldn’t have given a damn about it.
“What are you talking about? A life purpose? Goal setting? What do you mean
by that? Leave me alone and don’t bother me with your nonsense. I want to go
party on Saturday. That’s much more important.”

That was how I was thinking at the time. Ok, so be it — I
learned my lessons.

And as mentioned already: No regrets!

Do you want to know how I found my path? Are you curious to know how I set my goals?

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Thanks for reading!

Marcel

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