The Desire Map Experience

Often in life we might feel like we can only accomplish success by the 'common-sense' definition of it: a high-paying career, in a respected field, and being recognized as such by others. We might set concrete goals without much direction or reason to do something, only because it seems like the right thing to do, that might or might not help us achieve our goal.

It's interesting - and important - to shift our perspective and understand our own definition of success. What do we truly desire, and what we think we do because people expect us to?

This book is about reaching deep within ourselves, and figuring out what those desires are. And once we know for sure, we can better align our actions to complete goals that will allow us to reach those feelings. As a workbook that proposes to do just it, the Desire Map is an interesting resource to guide in this journey. I certainly took a lot from it.

However, it's important to be careful, as not all strategies work for everyone, and the work to reach deep inside ourselves and understand our core desires is still entirely ours - no one else can do it for you. Can you do it without the help of the book? Certainly. Is the book a useful tool to help you there if you're stuck and need the help? I'd say it is.

If one is willing to put on the work - really do it, without trying to reach the end and work around shortcuts -, it's a very interesting and might be a very powerful tool of introspection and self-knowledge, that can definitely lead to self-improvement. But the work is totally personal, and the book should never been seen as a magical solution.

“You can’t always choose what happens to you, but you can always choose how you feel about it.”