Archive for the Life Purpose
It’s not just about what people will say about you when you die. What would you like to tell the world before you go? What would you share if given the stage?
Last week, Google Alerts announced the death of Marcia Reynolds. I clicked the link to see what people said about me. Could I live up to those words? Could you?
You are most stressed out by two things you can’t have: control and predictability. When you can let go, you will know freedom. Here are three tips to help you know the freedom of letting go.
I am working with two professional organizations on a similar problem—the leaders do not feel the local chapters represent the image and message of the parent organization.
The problem is that in the last three years, as their members scramble to get business and survive, they lose touch with broader more theoretical missions of their organizations.
What [...]
Instead of writing goals this year, can you define your cause? Goals create actions which might have an effect. Causes create effects, making the goals that arise more fluid, adaptable and meaningful.
St. Thomas Aquinas wrote:
I have a cause.
We need those, don’t we?
Otherwise the darkness and the cold gets in
and everything starts to
ache.
My soul has [...]
As work slows down for the holidays and you begin to reflect on what you want for yourself next year, are you thinking about setting goals to solve your problems?
I hope not.
Instead consider, “What do I want to create next year?” You are full of gifts, capacity, intelligence, skills and love—you have everything you [...]
The Book–The Compromise Trap: How to Thrive at Work Without Selling Your Soul
Why Read It? Compromises are part of our everyday work lives, but what happens when we start compromising personal values and beliefs?
Author Elizabeth Doty interviewed employees at all levels to learn more about the consequences people face when they enter into devil’s [...]
I heard a great story on NPR’s Talk of the Nation about the storytelling skill of Ernest Hemingway. When asked if he could write a story in six words, he came back to his challenger the next day with these lines , “For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.” Although the story you see when [...]
I have found that it is not the magnitude of your purpose that will calm your soul. It is the value you believe you are giving at any given moment and the recognition that what you offer is “enough.”
I had left a workshop early to make sure I got through the Friday afternoon security line [...]
(excerpt from upcoming book for high-achievers) Often the discontent you feel from your work stems from two factors: 1) expecting your job to fulfill your need for meaning, which it may do but you aren’t sure because 2) you confuse your need for recognition with your desire to feel fulfilled. You have to identify and [...]
