Photo by: snowpeak You know those times when you’re really flowing along through things? It doesn’t seem like anything can stop you. You’ve got the wind in your hair, you’re flying along, and dog-gone-it you’re going to win. This is the phase when time ceases to exist. You seem to float above the mess of […]
How to Find Your Passions and Purpose in Life Just By Using Your Brain
Here’s another ideation exercise coming your way! I call this one the FRUIT ROOT TREE brainstorming method. It presents a fun and natural (har har!) way to take some drilled-down base characteristics of your issue, challenge, or problem and combines them into an idea-filled meal of possibilities. Let’s dive right on in and see what […]
SMART Goal Setting is Old Hat — Here’s the New Way
It’s the 10th frame, 2nd ball; you’re hands are a little sweaty, your firing arm floats gently by your side as you await the return of your round instrument of destruction, and you know there is but one thing left to do. You must take this 15 pound lug of a thing and hurl it […]
How To Make Your Own Self Talk and Positive Thought Program
We talk to ourselves A LOT! Most of the time it stays solely between our ears. But think about it a bit. Have you ever caught yourself saying: “oh that was stupid of me”, or “oh that person will never be interested in me”, or “I’m not good enough to do that”? No? Then you’re […]
Forgiveness, Closure, Catharsis – Give Me 5 Minutes & You’re Done
Sometimes we hang on to assumptions or decisions from the past that are not useful to us anymore. And sometimes, when we’re really not paying attention to what our life is telling us, these things can continue to keep doing what we wanted them to do in the first place… whether or not this is […]
The Only 8 Goals You’ll Ever Need to Achieve
Riding a bike is tough. Your parents, people who love you more than anyone else in the world, slap these feeble pads all over your body, put you on this crude, rude, evil looking thing called a bike, and then set you off on your way. You don’t really know what’s going to happen or […]
Finding Purpose, Passion, and Meaning in Your Life – Care to Help?
Finding your true meaning in life, the reason your were put on the planet, your true passions – isn’t this what it’s all about? When we can go further and further into this self discovery search for our purpose and true direction, then we can finally start to do what we were meant to do. […]
How to Find Your Life Purpose by Being Negative
The more and more I do these “Finding your life’s purpose” or “discovery your passion in 6 easy steps” type exercises… the more and more I get focused on one conclusion: I’m tired of doing them! :) But seriously, they really are great ways to get your mind churning and keeping the squeaky, “I want […]
Integrity: Your Vision, Mission, and Values – Aligned
[This is Part # 4 of a 20 Part Series to Improve Your Strengths] — Take the Strengths TEST Quote: “It’s not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes […]