The Catch-22 of Transforming Your Life
I love the summertime. My gardening is flourishing — well, as much as it ever does given the amount of sun it gets. (peas, beans, tomatoes, so far with cucs and yellow squash just coming in) The days are warm, and the nights are cool. The pool at Millhouse Lodge is open, heated and they…
Have You Forgotten to Include Yourself in Your Life Purpose?
“Your life purpose isn’t just about you. It’s about you in service to others…but the ‘others’ include you.” Paraphrased from Life On Purpose: Six Passages to an Inspired Life. My client had moved through the first four passages of the Life On Purpose Process like a real A++ client. He’d uncover much of his Inherited…
Are You a 97-pound Weakling?
There are a lot of folks out there who don’t ask enough of life. Are you one of them? Let me explain. What I’m pointing to is summarized in the old saying, “Ask and you will receive.” Now, for many of us as we grew into adults, we’ve asked and NOT received so often that…
Practicing Pivoting to Enhance Your Life
Last week I introduced a simple and effective tool for living on purpose called the ‘interim purpose pivot.’ (The steps are outlined below) I then invited you to try it out for a few days and then share what happens here at the Living & Working On Purpose Blog. I then offered a little incentive…
Overwhelm — the Alice-In-Wonderland Syndrome
I recently read two blog entries back to back that sparked my thinking about the epidemic level of overwhelm that is occurring in this country both in people’s personal lives and in business, especially for solo entrpreneurs. One of the articles was by my coach, Mark Silver, on his Heart of Business Blog, and the…
How to Avoid Going Nuts Over Results
The Purposeful Paradox of Purposeful Play ============================================== “Purposeful Play: Approaching a project, goal, or task with a willingness to play and experiment. The secret to purposeful play is being committed to a particular result or outcome without attachment. Purposeful play is a way of being that can be especially powerful when you’re engaged in a…
How to Avoid Going Nuts Over Results
The Purposeful Paradox of Purposeful Play ============================================== “Purposeful Play: Approaching a project, goal, or task with a willingness to play and experiment. The secret to purposeful play is being committed to a particular result or outcome without attachment. Purposeful play is a way of being that can be especially powerful when you’re engaged in a…
Quick Tips for Bringing More Purpose, Passion & Play to Your Life
Boomers On Purpose – Redesigning & Redefining Retirement is the current theme we’re exploring with our Living & Working On Purpose Radio Show that’s airing through Exceptional Wisdom Radio. It finally dawned on me after 3 months of having weekly radio shows, that we could further explore the radio themes through our Living & Working…
Quick Tips for Bringing More Purpose, Passion & Play to Your Life
Quick Tips for Bringing More Purpose, Passion & Play to Your Life (Even If You Don’t Clearly Know Your Purpose Yet) Well, my week of Rest & Rejuvenation turned into about a week of Rest, Rejuvenation & Recovery when I came down with some viral bug that extended into a 2nd week of recovery. Being…
Cleaning Up Your Sea of Meaning – Audio
I thought I’d offer something a little different to the world today, and that is a short, 5-minute audio article entitled “Cleaning Up Your Sea of Meaning.” After listening to it, I invite you to post your comments. Want to take an even braver, more courageous step? Post an insight you gleaned from the audio…
Isn’t it Time You Knew Your Purpose?
