How and how much a person (or business) spends time is a leading indicator of wealth and health. Years ago, I conducted a study of 853 small business owners. One survey questions was, “What is your greatest obstacle to success?” At 32%, the highest vote-getter was time management. Unfortunately, “time management” is a smokescreen for “I […]
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Spend vs. Investing Your Time, Part 2
In Spending vs. Investing Your Time, Part 1, your Before Purpose (BP) and After Purpose (AP) Self were contrasted along and you were introduced to the first of two accompanying TOUGH SHIFT experiences. Recall your first TOUGH SHIFT is recognizing you’ve never before lived After Purpose (AP) and you need to muster the courage to cross your […]
Spending versus Investing Your Time
Are you spending or investing your time? Which you do makes a world of difference! During the month of March, our theme in the On-Purpose Planet is Investing. The Gregorian calendar marks history as BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini — Latin, meaning “Year of Our Lord,” but commonly referred to as After Death). […]
Loving and Forgiving
Unforgiveness is an impediment to putting your 2-word purpose to work. Therefore, loving and forgiving are essential travel companions on your on-purpose path. When your heart is assaulted, forgiveness is a head decision made in hopeful anticipation to soon heal your heart. Extreme grievances may require repeated acts of forgiving to dissolve the hard shell formed […]
From Loathing to Loving
When adversity hits hard, will you turn to loathing or loving? The natural response to a TOUGH SHIFT event is to ask the obvious questions: “Why me?”“Is the world out to get me?”“What did I do to deserve this?” Starting in loathing mode doesn’t mean one has to stay in this pool of pity. The […]
Loving Yourself
Loving your 2-word purpose relies to a degree on how much you are loving yourself. If your self-worth or opinion of yourself is low, then your capacity for recognizing, accepting, and assessing your purpose is likely inhibited. Identifying oneself by misdeeds, sins, and shortcomings stunts well-being. This “glass half empty” view fosters a self-inflicted disadvantage. Admittedly, […]