Monday, 15 January 2018
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Friday, 12 January 2018
Do What You Love For a Living
A couple of years back, I was unhappy in my job and was searching for a sense of purpose in life. I longed to do something that was more meaningful and fulfilling. One day, whilst online, I discovered some of Wayne Dyer's audio material. He was talking about living with 'a sense of purpose, a sense of mission', and I was very taken with what he was saying. Over the course of the next year or so, I listened to a lot of his material, and he managed to convince me that doing what you love and making a living at it was not only possible but it would an insult to the universe not to do so!. Hopefully I can convince you to do the same in this article.
I have always loved music and I started to play the guitar when I was sixteen. I had a reputation for being the best guitarist in town. I just loved sitting and working out songs on the guitar and I had a real talent for it. However, I had never really thought about playing the guitar for a living. I ended up taking the 'sensible' and 'realisitic' route into a job that, despite paying well, left me empty and frustrated. We are often told that our passions are alright 'as a hobby' but that they won't pay the bills. Wayne Dyer really helped me to undo a lot of this societal brainwashing and I got to thinking about how I could get paid to sit and play the guitar all day instead of working for the man. After a period of reflection, I hit on the idea of making videos to teach the stuff I enjoyed working out so much on the guitar and selling them online.
So, I set to work. It wasn't easy. I came up against a lot of skepticism and discouragement from family and friends. I didn't know the first thing about setting up a website and I had no capital whatsover. In fact, I was in quite a lot of debt. Nonetheless, I was determined to succeed and I just started putting one foot in front of the other and finding out how it was all done. I started making the video lessons in my spare time, got a website going all by myself and although I have had a million and one hurdles along the way, the site is now making enough money to live from and I get so much encouragement from my students that I know I am following the right path. Now, I can get up when I want and spend the day doing what I love. Moreover, I believe you can too.
If you really want to do something, then with enough determination, hard-work and persistence, you're going to make things happen. There is no other way it can be. If you can believe in yourself, even during times when you seem to be getting absolutely nowhere, and keep the dream alive, you can do what you love for a living. If you can ignore the skepticism and discouragement of family and friends who sit around making excuses all day and trying to sully your plans, you are going to succeed.
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Thursday, 11 January 2018
Have a sense of purpose in life? It may protect your heart
Having a high sense of purpose in life may lower your risk of heart disease and stroke, according to a new study led by researchers at Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai Roosevelt and presented on March 6 at the American Heart Association's EPI/Lifestyle 2015 Scientific Sessions in Baltimore.
The new analysis defined purpose in life as a sense of meaning and direction, and a feeling that life is worth living. Previous research has linked purpose to psychological health and well-being, but the new Mount Sinai analysis found that a high sense of purpose is associated with a 23 percent reduction in death from all causes and a 19 percent reduced risk of heart attack, stroke, or the need for coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) or a cardiac stenting procedure.
"Developing and refining your sense of purpose could protect your heart health and potentially save your life," says lead study author Randy Cohen, MD, a preventive cardiologist at Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai Roosevelt. "Our study shows there is a strong relationship between having a sense of purpose in life and protection from dying or having a cardiovascular event. As part of our overall health, each of us needs to ask ourselves the critical question of 'do I have a sense of purpose in my life?' If not, you need to work toward the important goal of obtaining one for your overall well-being."
The research team reviewed 10 relevant studies with the data of more than 137,000 people to analyze the impact of sense of purpose on death rates and risk of cardiovascular events. The meta-analysis also found that those with a low sense of purpose are more likely to die or experience cardiovascular events.
"Prior studies have linked a variety of psychosocial risk factors to heart disease, including negative factors such as anxiety and depression and positive factors such as optimism and social support," says Alan Rozanski, MD, study co-author and Director of Wellness and Prevention Programs for Mount Sinai Heart at the Mount Sinai Health System. "Based on our findings, future research should now further assess the importance of life purpose as a determinant of health and well-being and assess the impact of strategies designed to improve individuals' sense of life purpose."
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Wednesday, 10 January 2018
How to know your life purpose in 5 minutes | Adam Leipzig | TEDxMalibu
- Who are you?
- What do you do?
- Who do you do it for?
- What do they want or need?
- How do they transform as a result of what you give them?
Tuesday, 9 January 2018
Life! By Design - Create Passion and Purpose in Your Life
"Life! By Design: Create Passion And Purpose In Your Life" by Tom Ferry with Laura Morton is one of the newer books on living with passion, purpose, and as Ferry puts it, by design and not default. In it, Ferry teaches his six steps to an extraordinary you. If you have read other books on living life to its fullest and achieving your dreams and goals, you might find much of this book similar. After all, basics are basics, each person just has a different way of teaching them. It's sort of like the martial arts. There are numerous styles, all teaching variations of hitting, kicking, blocking, and so forth. But different people will connect with different styles and instructors better than with others. I'm sure many people will connect with Ferry's six steps and other advice in this book. And for those that have heard a similar message before, it does not hurt to hear again. I'm sure those that follow Ferry's system will achieve more and live more by design than by default. That is, if they apply his system and follow through.
Ferry's book is a motivating read that is divided into two parts. There's an introduction and an introductory chapter, then you get into the main two parts of the text. Five chapters make up part one, Living By Default. The final four chapters make up part two, Living By Design. After an introduction that explains a little of who Ferry is and where he came from, he continues in Chapter One discussing how he created his own future and asks if the reader is ready to do the same.
Phase 1: Living By Default contains chapters on by default versus by design, waking up, the problem with no problems, addictions, and turning to face the changes. These chapters get you thinking about where you are today and what kind of life you are living. If you take the time to really think about your own situations and ask yourself the difficult questions Ferry asks you to ask yourself, you will be rewarded by the discovery. He ends phase 1 by asking if you will choose to live by design or default.
Phase 2: Living By Design contains chapters on the six steps to living by design, the conscious and subconscious mind and the power of self-talk, the benefits of a healthy body and healthy mind, and the five evolutions to master by design living.
The six steps are found in chapter seven and consist of:
1. Wake up from you coma - become aware of the areas in you life that need attention.
2. Make the choice to change your life.
3. Create your life By Design.
4. Do the things that bring you power!
5. Practice visualizing yourself already there, in possession of what you want.
6. Create structure and accountability by telling others around you about your plans.
The six steps are explained well and Ferry provides examples and exercises to help you along the way. Again, I think the system has merit for those that actually implement his ideas.
The next chapter is on positive affirmations. Why? Because they work says Ferry. Chapter nine contains a few basic principles of health. Nothing in depth here, but I agree with Ferry 100% that taking care of your physical well-being is critical to achieve success in other areas too. Where there is much more to living healthy that Ferry provides, his basics are sound and would help anyone not already following a healthy lifestyle. The final short chapter is on mastery with a motivating message to go be extraordinary.
I enjoyed the book. Even though many of the concepts were very familiar to me, and things I do already, I thought Ferry did a good job of motivating and providing exercises for readers to take command of their own lives and as he says, many times, life by design, not default. If you are looking for a book to pep you up and help you live with more passion, check this one out.
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Monday, 8 January 2018
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Saturday, 6 January 2018
Designing Your Life Before You Set Your Goals
Are you designing your life? Do you understand what that means? Are you creating the lifestyle that you envisioned years ago. The problem with goal setting is you are taught to write down what you want and go after it. We are goal achieving mechanisms by birth and it is natural to strive for better things. Where most people fail is that their goals do not line up with their values.
When you join a new affiliate program, network marketing company, or any business opportunity the company always tells you to set your income goals. They go further and tell you to find your reason "Why". Your "Why" could be to quit your job, get out of debt, or become a millionaire.
9 out of 10 people never hit their income goals. Money is a poor motivator. When roadblocks, considerations, and fears pop up people jump ship. It's easier to complain, go back to work, or hop on the next shiny object. Even your "Why" loses its power to push you to succeed. The problem lies with not designing your life. The key is to create a lifestyle you want to live. Then set goals to achieve that lifestyle.
It takes time to design the life you want to create. It is based on your values and it brings clarity. Writing it out and following a proven system is the key. Success leaves clues and finding people who have the lifestyle you want to lead is crucial. Musicians hang around musicians. Athletes hang around other athletes. Find successful entrepreneurs to hang around with.
Write It Out
Write down the things you want to do. Do you want to eat out every night or have a private chef? Do you want to live near the beach or mountains? Do you want to home school your kids, send them to private school, or hire tutors?
Will you travel with your favorite teams, go to concerts, or attend your industry events on a Vip ticket? How much do you want to invest, give to charities, or start a scholarship fund? How about paying cash for your kids to go to college, becoming debt free, or owning multiple homes?
Writing it down and getting out of your head gets you clear on what you need to do. Your income goals might have changed. Most people do their goal setting backwards by building their business first then trying to fit their life into their business. Often this puts you out of balance and your personal life starts to suffer. Designing your life will help bring balance.
Two Friends
Once you figure out your life plan you will know how much money you need to achieve it. You have an idea of what education or training it would require. This is where you pick the right business and not the new shiny object. This is the chance for you to work in your passion. To find a business where you will have the best chance to succeed.
Designing your life keeps you from making the wrong decisions. When you start a new business the focus is always on the money. You go for promotions on the job for the money. People choose money and start businesses or take positions where they can't be their best. They don't work in their strengths.
For example, I have two friends. One works on average 60-80 hours per week to make $80,000 per year. He has to trade his time for dollars and he rarely takes vacations. He has to keep working to maintain that income but it takes time away from his family. He is focusing on the money.
My other friend was in the same situation. But he took my advice on designing his life instead. He was working the same amount of hours but wanted to spend time with his wife and be home when his kids were home. This was two years ago. He decided to start a side business with his wife. He wanted to take more vacations and eat dinner with his kids.
Two years later his side business is thriving. He gets to work with his wife and he is home every night with his kids. They travel more and he rarely works overtime. He said it was tough the first year but now it was worth it.
My other friend did not listen to me. He is still putting in 60 to 80 hours per week. He complains about working all the time. But he is making the money he wants to make. It is costing him quality time with his family and it shows. This is an example why you need to design your life first.
Start Designing Now
There are plenty of books that can help you with the process of creating your life plan. Go big and be audacious. Take a couple of days to do this. Involve your spouse, partner, and kids. Your friends can play a big part to. When my business expanded I had the perfect position for one of my close friends. She is making more money and is a superstar on our team. Plus it gives her time to pursue her dreams.
Get excited. Cut out pictures, create a vision board, make a game of it. It's the rest of your life so make it fun. Your current status doesn't matter. If you don't design it nothing will happen. Create your path now and take that journey.
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Friday, 5 January 2018
Passion
Passion is your fuel. It motivates you to press on. It propels you up the mountain of your dreams and goals. Have a passion for life, for people, for animals, for your causes and your convictions, and you will be nearly unstoppable. Be a champion for those who have great needs and can't do
anything about it themselves. Speak with passion, teach with passion, lead with passion, love with passion, play with passion, and enjoy with passion.
Someone who is passionate is intriguing to watch and to listen to. They are usually energizing to be around.
They put great care into each and every detail of what they have passion for. A passionate musician plays a piece over and over until it is perfection for her and the audience. Each sound is perfectly crafted and resonates purely, hauntingly, and brilliantly. Every song on the album may not be perfect, and sometimes it misses the mark, but we recognize the passion and are moved by the story told, how it was done and perhaps why it was done. Passion draws people in, and to you. They want to be part of that passion. They want to be motivated as you are. They want to touch that passion, and embrace it. Passion lifts people up to a new level, which they can feel for themselves and from you. Passion encourages and whips new energy into people and projects. Everyone wants to feel passion for something.
When you come to roadblocks in life, your passion is what brings you beyond each and every halt. When there is passion involved, you have a need to move forward, and reach beyond every expectation towards the fulfillment of dreams and goals. If you become stopped in life, and if you have passion for life or for an aspect of your work, dig deep within yourself to find what really motivates and captivates you, and then find brand new aspects of your passion or your love that you had not seen before. You find new doors to open; you gravitate towards other passionate people. You create new paths with your passion and deep desires.
A person who does not have that passion can wallow in the low points of her life, and have great trouble finding the meaning of it. You must give meaning to your own life. You must discover the passions of your life and work. Most times, passions in your life develop slowly. You start by doing things that you enjoy doing: cooking, painting, photography, performing, etc. When you find a certain aspect that you are really enjoying, spend more time doing it. Learn about it, develop your interest and your knack for it, and find ways to become more involved with your hobby or pastime. When you start to become passionate about something, then you want to spend as much of your time as you can by being in and around it.
You want to learn everything that you can about your that aspect. You want to be with other people who have your same interests and passions. Their passion and love fuels your passion.
Remember, small things can become big dreams if you are passionate about them. Take care of the small details with the same care and regard as if it were a great big event and you will move up the
mountain with a steady sure foot.
Passionate leaders recognize passionate people, and the details of passion, and they hire and promote
passionate workers, and create openings for those people. You can be passionate about anything. And remember that anything becomes something to the right person. Small or large, if you are passionate about it, you can see huge results; your passion can take you to great places. You can make your living by doing what you love to do, if someone wants to pay you for what you love to do. If you can't find a boss that loves what you do, you can be your own boss. Start your own company if you are passionate enough about what you are doing. Either way, your passion will open a new door. Other people will become aware of your passion and your services. There are many customers out there for your services; you just have to find, target, and market to them.
That is not always easy, and sometimes it is very difficult when you are creating a new niche market. But if you can sustain yourself and grow and develop your client base you will create the flow that you want and need, to lead the life that you desire for yourself.
Many times you cannot do it on your own, and that is when your passion will lead you to a partner or a team with your same passion that can help you. Now you can do it together as a team that is as passionate for your goals as you are. You and they become stronger as you work together. Your goals may change a little bit, but the same underlying passion is still there and is being fed every day by your team. What you thought was impossible on your own has now become a possibility and you are rewarded for it. Your life, and their lives, begin to be satisfying.
It is thrilling when you begin to watch your dreams become realities, and you can all share in the victory together. Now the team has developed a reputation of excellence and passion. You will see that more creative and energetic people are drawn to the team because they like what they are seeing. Because of that, your team will be able to do more than they could before, and do more awesome projects. Your team will be able to scale impossible heights in a very short period of time, and perhaps you will reach the greatest pinnacles of success that you have ever dreamed about.
So have passion, take risks, step out in faith. Live a passionate life, and you will attract other passionate people, and you will fulfill your dreams. Tell yourself "I embrace the fullness of my life." Do it. You won't regret a minute of your life that way.
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