- Just Say No to Toxic People!
Do the people around you build you up and encourage you, or do they discourage and drain you? The reality is that each of us needs to take responsibility for our personal space and relationships in life. Toxic people come in many forms, so perk up your radar and review this list on how to identify toxic waste. - Are You Living an Authentic or a Fake Life?
Use your discretion. Don’t whine about everything that doesn’t meet your needs, but stop representing fake positions or thoughts. They don’t benefit anyone -- especially you. - Awaken Your Passion
We have been created to live rich full lives, unfortunately too many people have allowed the life to be sucked out of them due to a variety of circumstances. - What is Stress Costing You?
Influenced by the elements present in our lives, our stress levels are way more complex than being just work- or home-related. Stress manifests itself in many physical, psychological, and behavioral symptoms, which can include headaches, fatigue, feelings of being out of control, and insomnia. - Reducing the Seductive Nature of Addictions
We must all pay attention and acknowledge the potential that some compulsive thing we are doing can very easily become an addiction... When people are addicted, they no longer have full control. - The Perils of Procrastination
What has your lack of action (procrastination) cost you in lost opportunities and/or experiences? For most of us, the price is far greater than we expect and, in many cases, the desired action is never started, engaged, or completed. - The Spirit of Abundance
Some people reject the concept of abundance because many authors have wrongly linked abundance with only wealth and/or money. Abundance really applies to all elements in your life such as health, friends, relationships, achievement, your emotional and spiritual state, and many other facets. Wealth just happens to be one of many possible abundance components in your life. - The Magic of the Moment
Our thoughts and focus can live in three spaces of time: the past, the present, and the future. Living in the moment allows you to experience life at its deepest and most meaningful level. - The Power of Your Thoughts
The research revealed that the way you think about your wins and positive events and about your loses and negative events are equally important. To break the bondage of our habits, first we need to become aware of how our thoughts and our language can and are hindering our success. - Going for Gold with Goals
Goals bring focus, energy, and direction. With so many distractions and possible options, setting goals helps clear away confusion and doubt. Once you have established your goals, your five senses are able to work for you, bringing the necessary answers, resources, and success to the process. - The Power of Planning
Isn’t life like that!? We think about the planning part but often leave it too late -- or we don’t plan at all and, before we know it, we are unprepared or unable to fully achieve our objective.
Planning -- on a personal, professional, business, or organizational level -- is developed from purpose, vision, mission, and values, concepts we have discussed in previous Living on Purpose ezines. - The Power of Focus
It seems a high percentage of individuals lack one major characteristic -- focus. In today’s society, with unlimited opportunities and continuous communications from multiple sources, it is easy for life to become a constant distraction. All of us are constantly being lured by other possibilities. The way you respond to this noise will determine your level of success (focus). - Success Demands Decisive Decisions
Everyone reading this article is a leader. Yes, everyone! You are a leader at some level with someone. It could be at home as a significant other and/or parent. It could be at work, as a volunteer. And certainly, you are responsible for the leadership of your own life-fulfillment and your purpose. Your success is linked to your ability to make decisions. No exceptions! - Are You Dying to Live?
Are you treating your life -- and the other people in it -- as precious? If you died today, what type of evidence would be left behind? Would it show that you engaged life at the 100% level or that you just plodded through? Would excuses be written on your headstone? - Success is Only Six Degrees of Separation Away
Success is Only Six Degrees of Separation Away
"Someday this will be true for all us. Our network will equal our networth."
-Tim Sanders, Author: How to Win Business and Influence Friends - Secrets of Success
Over the past year, I have had the privilege of interviewing several successful individuals from all walks of life. In this ezine, I will document and list the common characteristics, qualities, and beliefs these individuals embraced, so you can see how they compare to the ones you are using to guide your own life. - The Powerful Sound of Silence
In our civilized world, we enjoy numerous conveniences. Like everyone else, I enjoy most of them. But with the invention of electricity, we created 24-hour lives, constantly feed by input or, better stated, noise. So what is the impact of such a noisy environment and lifestyle? Let’s see. - The Power of Living in Your Truth and Authenticity
We have become conditioned to hold back the real truth in many situations. We hold our truth in. Stuffed into our minds and bodies, our truth clogs our entire systems, like a plugged fuel line to a motor -- not operating at full potential -- sputtering through life.
Think about this: Have you ever kept a significant truth inside or unstated for some time and when you finally let it out, you felt like a weight had been lifted from your shoulders? - The Value of Your Network and Networking
A Network is a group or system of related or connected parts. The action form of Network is Networking — the exchange of information or services among individuals, groups, or institutions. Both the Network and Networking are important. - The Power of Leverage
Almost all successful individuals understand the power of leverage. And that success in any endeavor is accelerated by using leverage. - The Power of Persistence: Doing Whatever It Takes
Almost without exception, most high achievements are the result of persistence. If showing up and waiting for success is all it took, we would all be experiencing the sweet taste of victory. We know that’s not true. - The Gift of Encouragement
Encouragement means to inspire, incite, foster, or stimulate courage with hope.
Everyone needs encouragement at one time or another, from the CEO, mother, father, child, or employee, to the professional athlete or performer. - The Gift of Forgiveness
The greatest benefit of forgiveness goes to the person giving it -- not receiving it. The definition states to "give up" means to release. The fact of the matter is that the harboring of resentment or bitterness affects our physical, emotional, and mental health -- not the offender. - Who Is Taking Responsibility for Your Life?
Today’'s society would like us to believe that our situation or anything else that keeps us from achieving our wants or desires is someone else’s fault. Of course, deep down we know this is utterly false. Responsibility is the high road; to not take responsibility means we can blame everyone but ourselves for our current circumstances. - The Real Laws of Attraction: Why Positive Affirmations Don’t Work!
In the past couple of years, several books on the subject of Attraction have been published. But recently some new thinking has been put forth to refute some of the past motivational dogma. - Discovering the Truth about Your Spirituality
Writing about spirituality can be sensitive. By not writing about it, I would deny each of you access to questions and thoughts that can help you truly fulfill your purpose in life. - The Character Trait of Being Thankful
What is being thankful really about? It starts when each of us can consciously be appreciative for the things we have or we have enjoyed. I have found this is only the first part to being thankful.
If we want to have a thankful heart and spirit, the second part requires us to choose the attitude that our thankfulness is greater than our disappointments, frustrations, or the negative events we are or have been experiencing. - Are You Living Your Purpose?
As each of you read this article, take a moment to reflect on your life. What do you see? Do you see someone who has embraced life to its fullest? - Is Your Life Easy?
Is your life a struggle and difficult or does it flow easily?
I propose to you that life is not about difficult and hard. Unfortunately, some of us choose to make it that way through our belief system. - The Case for Courage
The current condition and state of our lives have been strongly influenced by our choices. Those choices -- consciously or unconsciously -- were directed by our level of courage/confidence.
Without courage, what are we giving up, missing, avoiding, not resolving, not doing, not starting, not embracing, or not changing? - Self-Worth - Your Success Depends On It
Even though our society seems to be restrained in discussions about Self-Worth, it needs to be included as part of everybody’s success plans and strategies. It already affects all of us -- in a negative, neutral, or positive way -- so let’s include Self-Worth as part of our awareness program. - Can Friendships Extend Your Life?
As a publisher of assessments, I am always looking for the next trend or tool we can offer our clients. Not long ago, I was completing an online health assessment that claimed -- based on your lifestyle, health practices, and background -- to predict your life expectancy. Well, that piqued my curiosity. - The Power of Vision
How do you feel about your future? Recently, I’ve been consulting for a couple of non-profit organizations. Both are at various stages of panic and demise, hence my involvement as an adviser. Both organizations lack leadership -- but more important, neither organization has a clear picture (vision) of the future; without a vision, they are perishing.
So the question has to be asked: why do organizations perish without a vision? - Reflecting On Our Impact
Have you changed anything in your life because of 9/11?
Immediately after those tragic events, most of us took the time to reflect more deeply about our lives. Many considered the meaning of life by attending religious services and/or focusing on the spiritual aspects of our lives. Some made a greater effort to connect with others.
Each day we make choices -- consciously or not -- to engage our lives. Are you happy with what you see? Are you a participant in your life or merely an observer? A - The Power of Values Clarification
In addition to vision and purpose, the clarification of your values is critical to your success.
Values are different than vision and purpose; they are best described as behavioral needs and standards that work to support your vision and purpose. They are simply another layer of the same onion.
Not only is values clarification important to interacting and working with others, it has the greatest impact for you, personally and internally - The Power of Measurement
Our lives operate around measurements. Without them, we cannot function. Think about it -- even undeveloped countries use the rising of the sun and moon and the changing of the seasons as measurements.
What about the modern world? Without measurement, our economies and lives would literally collapse. Everything is about measurement-- money, travel, time, age, weight, volume, temperature, stock indexes, etc. - Why Don't You Teach The Way That I Learn?
I believe there are 4 primary learning styles and that each of us has preferences in our learning. (I'll explain them in a moment.) In fact, many of you actually prefer multi-modes or approaches to learning, depending on what you are learning. Now think about this for a moment . . . if this is true for you, isn’t it true for your children, colleagues, employees, or family and friends? - The Power of Lifelong Learning
The difference between "who you are now and the person you really want to be" lies in two simple things: your level of knowledge and the application of that knowledge. - Are You Living Your Life to Its Fullest?
Nobody loves the excitement of running a busy business more than I do, but I still need to ask myself -- am I putting off or simply omitting some important things from my life? I know I could be doing more, and I don’t mean just being busier.
What about you? How are you really doing with your life?
What do you need to do differently to increase your impact -- and create your legacy?
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