Dean Graziosi uses the lighthouse metaphor to explain why reaching a big goal leaves you empty if you don't immediately set a new one. Without a fresh target, the excitement fades and you stall. Continuous contribution to others keeps purpose alive.
I always think of it as like a lighthouse. A lighthouse is a guide, right? You know, ships either steered away from it or that's how they found shore, right? I always think we have a lighthouse or we have this compelling future we're running towards. When you get to the lighthouse, when you get to your compelling future, if you don't run it out 100 yards and drop it off and then come back and stare at it, if you don't have the next thing to chase, you lose that smile, you lose that joy. Yeah. It just becomes the thing you do. It becomes numbing. And one of the things I love about contribution is there's always someone else who could use some help.
