Be Do Have: An Overview of the Life On Purpose Perspective

Since Oprah and Eckhart Tolle have begun their web cast series on awakening to your life purpose, some people have asked me to comment on various aspect of Tolle’s book and perhaps in some way compare it to the work of the Life On Purpose Process. So, I thought the following video that gives an…

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My Take on Ekhart Tolle’s A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life Purpose

Wow, over 350,000 people are registered for an online class that starts on Monday. It’s gotta be the biggest online event in the history of the internet. And what’s the topic? Life Purpose In case you’re one of the 3 people on planet Earth that hasn’t already heard, Oprah is teaming up with Ekhart Tolle…

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The Catch-22 of Living on Purpose

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates “I’m in a hurry to get things done Oh, I rush and rush until life’s no fun. All I really got to do is live and die, But I’m in a hurry and I don’t know why.” ~~ I’m in a Hurry by Alabama These two quotes…

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CREATING YOUR LIFE ON PURPOSE: Part 3

“Knowing what currently exists is another skill. While this may sound deceptively simple, in fact most of us have been encouraged to view reality with a particular bias…. One of the most important abilities creators have is the ability to be objective about their own creations.” In Part 2 of this series, we explored the…

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CREATING YOUR LIFE ON PURPOSE: Part 2

“With creators, their creations are like their children. They bring the creations into maturity so the creations can live…. The reason you would create anything is because you love it enough to see it exist.” Robert Fritz — The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life We ended…

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Creating Your Life or Reacting/Responding to the Circumstances

“When you are solving a problem, you are taking action to have something go away; the problem. When you are creating, you are taking action to have something come into being; the creation. Notice that the intentions of these actions are opposite… Most of us have been raised in a tradition of problem solving and…

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Wishing On a Christmas Star — A Special Gift

While the offices of Life On Purpose are officially closed until Jan. 2, I received a special early Christmas present from my 15-year old daughter, Amber, and have received permission to share a portion of it with you. Amber has a special gift, actually several, but one of her most beautiful gifts is her voice,…

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ADDING THE SPICE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT TO YOUR LIFE RESULTS

Remember the story of the two people who were pounding on rocks along the side of a road. When someone asked the first person what he was doing, he replied, “Oh, I’m breaking up these rocks for that building over there.” And he didn’t look too happy about it. But when the second person, who…

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More Than One Calling?

We had a set of interesting questions come in from one of our readers recently, so I wanted to share it along with my response: Is it possible that in living a life of purpose you could have more than one calling so to say? What I mean is this – I have felt for…

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Who is the Most Inspiring Person of 2007?

A favorite web site of mine, Beliefnet has chosen 10 nominees for the Most Inspiring Person of 2007 Award. While I was a little disappointed to not see my name on the list (VBG) I did find the current results to be quite interesting: Prof. Liviu Librescu 81% Wesley Autrey 4% Angelina Jolie 5% Maj.…

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