I’ve gotten a lot of emails this past while about year end reviews, questions to consider, goal-setting tips, and so on. How about you? Do you have any particular process that you use to start a new year? I don’t anymore. Not because I don’t think it’s important, it’s just that I do regular reviews and updates throughout the year. Since I am always keeping an eye open for the latest new ideas that I can learn from and share…
One thing that I can get pretty passionate about is this whole idea of being able to live life from a place of delight and joy rather than from a place of drudgery and misery. I’m not sure what the latest stats are, but some of the last ones I saw said that over 80-85% of people in the work force are disengaged. In other words, they show up to do just enough to get the paycheck that keeps them…
What do you want? That can be a really powerful question. But not necessarily an easy one to answer. Sometime ago I came across something called Mimetic Desire. What that means is desires that we have because that is what we are told to have, expected to have, or are in some way influenced to have by our environment (ie, social media, marketing, culture, etc). But are those really desires that are right and good for us? Do those desires…
You will create a good, powerful, and meaningful difference in your world. When you get clear about who you are, about the gifts and wisdom and knowledge that is uniquely yours to give, when you get clear about your purpose and who you are meant to serve, and you begin to live that out, the natural result of that will be that you will make a difference. Yes, you will make a difference with what you do – because you…
You will use the best of who you are and what you can do. This was a huge one for me. I knew I had at least some gifts and abilities and I wanted to use them, but I didn’t know how. When you get clear on what you do have to offer by way of the things you can do, that is a good first step. But then we will take a deeper look at which of those skills…
Our purpose is what we do to make the world a better place. But obviously we can’t be all things to all people, so it really helps to get clear on who you can serve the best and how best to serve them. Again, this will take you back to what you have learned about yourself. So, how can you best serve others? Here’s one thought to think about. What is it that you truly love to do to help…
For life to have meaning, we need a purpose toward which we can direct our life and our energy. So we ask questions like: Why are we here? What are we meant to do with our lives? But what we are very seldom taught is: How do we figure that out? I believe we can get clear on our purpose. I believe the best way to do that is to first get really clear about who we are. When we…
One of the big questions of life is, Who Am I? So it’s puzzling in a way that there aren’t many people who have a really clear understanding of who they actually are. And it certainly isn’t something most of us have been taught. Oh sure, some of you may have taken some kind of personality quiz or aptitude test at work or for fun, and that may have given you a bit of new understanding. But that’s only a…
Twenty years ago I registered a domain name called BestLifeSuccess.com. The dream I had then to share something special that had been part of my life has done some more growing up since. And I am so delighted to finally be sending this dream into the world. While many seem to think that a successful life is about wealth and fame and influence, what I think is often missing, is something deeper. Not that there is anything wrong with those…