Intensifying one's Intention

In order to achieve success in action, your intention behind the action is key factor. Clarity about the purpose of action should be established. Why the action is undertaken is to be reviewed to have clear intention.
Like some people do charity but not necessarily they achieve peace in their soul. Reason is the lack of purity in their intention. Some indulge in charity for the sake of recognition/ applause from the society, to be praised or status symbol of affluence. Basically having this intention of fame with sense of pride defeats the very purpose of charity and thereby dilutes the purity of mind even if the action is pious but if not done with pure intention may malign the practice itself.
Another example can be taken of a situation where a friend has to tell a lie to the teacher for not bringing a book to protect his friend whom he had lent his book for a day to copy unfinished work. His action may be wrong but his intention is pure for a noble cause in the interest of someone else. His reputation may get maligned for telling a lie or he may be rebuked or  given punishment for violating ethic. Yet he is doing right for the sake of friendship, he is ready to sacrifice his own image of  truthfulness.
In both the contrasting cases, we find success is not rated by real action but the intention behind is more relevant to define the action if justified or not.
Similarly, in carrying out a specific work one needs to be aware & clear about his purpose behind the action & not just the action. In modern days of competitiveness, students study for scoring marks more than actual learning. It is unfortunate, but the reality is bitter. Higher marks do land them in getting admissions or jobs to esteemed institutions but if you ask them about their knowledge in the subject, it will be limited to course material only. The students are not to be blamed, neither the teachers but the entire education system is designed that way only that there is not much scope of exploring ideas & experimentation within the limited span of school or college time period.
So since education has been reduced to a mere job seeking system marring its real purpose of imparting knowledge & intellectual growth, the purpose is left out in the race of competition. Can we count it as real success.
Intention speak louder than the real action. A crime committed by a thief for the sake of bringing food to his family is still an illegal act and punishable offense. However the intensity of his crime can be judged in view of his intention as compared to a crime committed by a mafia leader who is involved in embezzlement of money with greed of acquiring more. Crime is same but with very different intention. Like a murder committed to protect oneself as against murder for heinous purpose.

Coming back to the title message - "Intensifying one's intention"
it is meant how our action needs to be oriented. The objective of action decides the result of action rather than the result itself.
One should have clarity of the goal before action. In fact, action initiates from the stage of conceiving the idea of taking that action. One needs to work a bit more on the objective of action cause doing so  it enables to steer the mode of action towards that goal. Intention precedes an action and speaks volumes about the action.
Many global leaders go for peace talks but end up having war. Is it not the failure of keeping well researched objective to lay down before the talks. Negotiations can go smooth if both the parties want to have peace or else if any of them does not believe in peace process it is very difficult to avoid war. There should be clear cut policies beforehand on why there is a high stake of nations pro war and much more safer reasons to have peace accord.
As for individual level, having clear cut objective of any task at hand is a pre requisite before undertaking the task. It's is more important than what you do than to how you do it. A same work however menial or ordinary if done sincerely with great care & dedication, definitely stands out as remarkable. Like a cobler can have a very fulfilling life enjoying his work while a successful businessman may not have the same satisfaction & fulfillment from his thriving business. As a matter of fact, success has nothing to do with peace of mind or satisfaction. On the contrary it ignites the fury of egoistic desires of irresistible ceaseless desires.
The very reason one undertakes any action is to have immense satisfaction derived from happiness of completing the task. The ulterior motives of that action may turn out to be successful but if morals human values are compromised in the process of accomplishing the task, then the essence of peace i.e purity is at stake.
The benchmark of success can be reviewed in terms of intention behind the action.
It can be the other way. To have success in one's goal, one needs to direct all energy, efforts, time, resources towards honoring that intention. Then only the satisfaction will be experienced.
In any competition or sports, the noble idea is to participate or play with winning instinct irrespective of the result. Win or failure does not matter much but the intensity of giving the best while in action matters the most.
So it stands clear & loud that one's action whence undertaken with love, care, devotion & integrity is a sure success game.