Are you trying to find your purpose? Perhaps we’re overcomplicating the process. In the book, “Think Like A Monk” the author Jay Shetty states, “your passion becomes a purpose when you use it to serve others.”
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Are you afraid to fail? You’re not alone. Many people were never taught a healthy perspective about making mistakes. “Rich Dad Poor Dad” author Robert Kiyosaki puts it this way: ‘Winners view failure as a key part of the process of success. People who avoid failure, also avoid success.’
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In the book, “Take Off From Within” author Ervin Seal describes our minds are a mad, drunk, jumping monkey. If you easily notice the bad things in life, your mind will say ‘oh you like this, I’ll give you more!’
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Do you want to be enlightened? Spiritual leader and author Michael Beckwith states, “The enlightened give thanks for what most people take for granted.”
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What steps do you take when you want more well-being in your life? Psychologist Tim Hasser shows in his research that time affluence is a consistent predictor of well-being where as material affluence is not. Time affluence is the feeling that one has sufficient time to pursue activities that are personally meaningful and to reflect and engage in leisure. Time poverty is the feeling that one is constantly stressed, rushed, over-worked, behind. So what’s the key? Simplify your life and get more time.
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100 Question Exercise from Leonardo da Vinci. Mind-blowing.
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If you were only going to be remembered by a one sentence description, what would you want it to be. Here’s an exercise that gets at this. It comes from the book “The Power of Full Engagement: by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz. They recommend thinking about: “Who are you at your best? What one sentence on your tombstone would you like to see that captures who you really were in life?”
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According to some experts, people make an average of 35,000 decisions each day. In Abraham Maslow’s book, “Motivation and Personality”, Maslow says, "You always have two choices: to step forward into growth or to step backwards into safety: each action you take throughout the day either gets you a plus one or minus one.”
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Are you facing some sort of challenge in your life? Are you wondering what to do about it? The answer may come in an exercise from the book, “LIVING YOUR TRUTH: TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE THROUGH THE POWER OF INSIGHT AND HONESTY” by Dr. Keith Ablow. He says to: “Write your own success story. How does the main character (you) overcome his/her biggest personal obstacles and come out thriving.”
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Eric Butterworth, author of ‘Spiritual Economics’ states: “Faith is your consent to let your own uniqueness unfold and to let that which is attracted by it unfold.”
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There’s a great journal exercise from the book “The Power of Full Engagement” by Tony Schwartz, James E. Loehr. It says to jump ahead to the end of your life and ask yourself: ‘What are the 3 most important lessons I’ve learned and why are they so critical.’
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Larry Roper, a nationally recognized student affairs professional emphasized in a talk he gave the importance of “not stealing others’ pauses.”
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Do you know the most valuable land in the world? It’s the graveyards. Why?
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In their book, “The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion,” authors Phil Stutz and Barry Michels discuss how true success in life is inner greatness, not outer greatness.
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This exercise is mentioned by “Happier” author Tal Ben-Shahar and is quite powerful. Imagine your 110 year old self comes back to sit with the current version of yourself and give you advice. What do you think your 110 year old self would say to you?
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Tal Ben Shahar author of “Happier,” recently stated in an interview with Brian Johnson that the#1 predictor of happiness is: “the amount of quality time spent with those people that care about us and that we care about.”
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Have you ever caught yourself using the word “should” a lot in your life? I SHOULD have gone to the gym today, I SHOULD have had less wine, I SHOULD have studies more for my test, I SHOULD have called my friend today. Or whatever. Stephen Guise author of “How to Be an Imperfectionist” recommends we use the words “could have” instead of “should have.” He says, “Do this when reviewing past actions because you really don’t know exactly how something might have turned out. It’s also much more empowering.” Try this today and catch yourself whenever you use the word “should” and re-state the sentence using the word “could.” See how this changes how you feel.
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In Dustin Garis’ Ted Talk: “Pursuit of a Memorable Life”, he tells a story of how when he was in Moscow he met a Russian man who said, “Life is not the number of days you live, it is the number of days you remember!”
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Do you ever catch yourself feeling bad about yourself or your life after looking through your Facebook or Instagram feed? You’re not alone. A 2018 study concluded that there is in fact a causal link between the use of social media and negative effects on well-being, primarily depression and loneliness. The study was published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. Author Mark Manson spoke about this on ‘The New Man Podcast’ with Tripp Lanier. Manson said, “We only see the ‘highlight reel” of people’s lives: this creates a perception of what is ‘normal’.
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Do you tend to start things in your life only to fail to keep going with them? Do you make a change only to fall back to your old ways? If so, perhaps you are relying on motivation too much. Jim Rohn said, “Motivation gets you started. Habit keeps you going.”
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