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.
Making an awesome, powerful, deep, long lasting positive impact on people does not happen by accident. We have to be trying on purpose to make that kind of impact. Not only does it require effort, it requires another necessary ingredient: focus. When I tell people about what we do in Simply Great Lives, I often […]
My weekly business networking meeting was done and I said good-bye to everyone. But I didn’t arrange a ride home. So I started walking. It was going to be a really long walk. Next thing I know, the intersection required a maze of stairs and the sidewalks were very confusing. Suddenly my white cane broke. […]
Often times we talk about other people engaging in self sabotage. We shake our heads and click our tongues. What a shame – what a waste. What’s wrong with that person? The truth, however, is that we all engage in self sabotage at times. Avoidance Self sabotage shows up in a number of ways. One […]
We all have this idea of what ordinary people do and don’t do, and if we find someone living a bigger life, well they’re not ordinary. Ordinary is us and “extraordinary” must mean someone else. But this concept is a lie. We have this stratification view of people. We think things like: There are the […]
Imagine you are a sail boat. You’ve been built for the high seas, and grand adventures. You’re all ready to set sail, but you don’t know where to go. Italy would be fun. But maybe the first trip should be to France. No, wait, England! It’s got to be England! No Italy would be better […]
We impact people around us all the time. We impact them whether we are trying or not. We impact people by the things we say and by the things we don’t say, the things we do and the things we don’t do. We even impact people by the way we show up or by the […]
The video didn’t come through in the last message, so here it is again. Do you ever wonder what kind of impact your life is having? Click here to take the Life’s Impact Assessment and find out now. If you can’t view the video below, click the following link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/O3sO1J_Xf6o We will email you a personalized […]
Do you ever wonder what kind of impact your life is having? Click here to take the Life’s Impact Assessment and find out now. We will email you a personalized report with A score indicating your life’s current capacity to make a positive impact Areas where you are already doing well Areas to improve When you […]
There are many things we each pursue in life. We each have a different definition of what “winning” looks like in life. Sometimes we aren’t even consciously aware of what it means for us to win. Sometimes we react and respond without considering what is driving our actions. Normal For a lot of us winning […]
A box of bones – for some people, that’s all that’s left of their life on this earth. Such folks have spent all their money. They accumulated some cars, a flat screen TV and a mortgaged house. Their children miss them as well as a few friends, but not many other people notice much. That’s […]
