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My go-to principle is known as The Greatest Commandment. This brief paragraph is so rich in concepts for being on-purpose that we’ll be mining it for gems of useful wisdom the entire month.

Warning: Adults participating in this exercise may find it disturbing … in a healthy way to their long-term well-being. Here’s guidance to check the box most resembling your state of being. State 1 is an adult drifting through life unaware of who they are. These adolescents masquerading as adults don’t know what they don’t know. […]

Are you a “wandering generality” or a “meaningful specific?” These phrases are an aptly simple description for the state of one’s life.

Trend magazine from Pew Trusts is dedicated to the “Age of Anxiety.” Unfortunately, it provides an incomplete response to addressing anxiety.

Our January theme is Focusing. And quite frankly, I need this theme! Do you? Here’s a partial back cover photo of the hardcover edition of The On-Purpose Person. Do you see those words, “Is Your Life Filled, Yet Unfulfilled?” Following this ask is a string of questions starting with “Do you feel pulled in a thousand different […]

What is the working relationship between boundaries and your 2-word purpose?

In the early 2000s, I was the manager for a Winter Park, FL Little League team in the Minors — 9- and 10-year-old boys. Not having a son on the team, I was neutral about the talent and skill development of the players and playing time. This freed me to focus on creating a season-long […]

With Preparing being the October theme, Post 1 was about your Purpose and Values. Post 2 was about your Vision and Missions. Post 3 described how best to integrate your PVMV into a strategic story that is informed but not bound by your past to create your future.  This post, Post 4, is about creating […]

Part 1: https://onpurpose.me/preparing-you-to-be-on-purpose/Part 2: https://onpurpose.me/pvmv-preparing-you-to-be-on-purpose-part-2/ What’s your personal narrative? A narrative is a written or spoken account of a string of events that happened in your life and reported as seen through your eyes. Therefore, our perceptions and prejudices invariably warp and wrap our account into a “factual” recollection often embellished by time. What was bad became worse, […]

Mission and Values play a vital role in aligning your Purpose, Vision, Missions, and Values.

Being on-purpose is the meaningful alignment of your 2-word Purpose with a clarified Vision put in action with an aligned Mission that’s guided by your stated Values (PVMV). This month, our focus is to guide you to clarify your personal PVMV. 

When facing a crisis, challenge, or problem, the natural tendency is the quick fix. Expedience, however, rarely produces excellence. “Kicking the can down the road” often results in the matter mushrooming in scale, costs, and damage compared to addressing it properly at the time — or, since I’m in cliché mode, “nipping it in the bud.”