Living in our strengths and passions to make the world a better place is ultimately satisfying. Under this category, we talk about how to align our lives with our strengths, passions, values and life experience. In short, we talk about how to live our calling.
Mindfulness is a way to feed your brain positive stuff–from the inside. I like to remind people that our thoughts very much effect our experience of life. They can be positive and have a positive effect or they can be negative and have a negative effect. Therefore, it’s important for us to manage our own … Read more
Who doesn’t love a good story? Listening to encouraging stories helps us focus on what is possible in our lives and in our world. We will achieve more for our calling when we focus on these kinds of positive things. I recently heard one of these encouraging stories. I have the TED app on my … Read more
When we pursue our calling, we are aiming to benefit others and live our legacy, but often when we pursue our calling, when we step into our awesomeness, there are side effects we may not have been expecting. One of these side effects is that we pull others into their calling when they see us … Read more
There is greatness in people all around us. I believe everyone has a capacity to be awesome. Often we expect to learn about being great from “greatness experts”. However, we can learn about stepping into our own greatness from others who have stepped into theirs – even though their greatness isn’t to be a greatness … Read more
At times we hear an inspiring message that we should accept and live our greatness. But then something inside us says, “Wait. I’m not that great.” Or perhaps some us have a voice like mine that says, “No one is great except God.” We also hear other voices that tell us to not be self-seeking, … Read more
Kudos to CVS Pharmacy for their commitment to stop selling tobacco products. It’s refreshing to hear about a business that has enough integrity to make its actions match its values. Naturally, CVS will see a reduction in revenues. This decision therefore shows a real commitment to promoting health. It’s tempting to ignore things that don’t … Read more
A passion is something that regularly elicits a strong emotional response within us. In discovering our calling, we must take a look at what we are passionate about. When we combine a passion with our strengths, we start to get a good idea of some options for our calling. Passions are awesome because they provide … Read more
Resistance is that unseen force that derails our best intentions. It keeps us from doing things we know are important. Resistance comes in a variety of forms, like forgetfulness, over-sleeping and scheduling something over an existing commitment. My Struggle with Resistance My personal favorite form of resistance is napping. When I’ve made a commitment to … Read more
This is the third part of the three part series called, “A Cover Up, a Party and a Calling.” Parts 1 and 2 can be found here and here. We take different approaches to life, and each of these affects our ability to pursue our calling. This third approach to life is to see that … Read more
This week we are doing a three part series called, “A Cover Up, a Party and a Calling.” Part 1 can be found here. We take different approaches to life, and each of these affects our ability to pursue our calling. The second approach is what I call the Party. This approach also hinders us … Read more