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.
Think of three great people, maybe from history or maybe from your own life. Maybe you picked Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., Susan B. Anthony, Mahatma Gandhi, your uncle Frank, or the clerk at the convenience store down the street. Most likely, the people you picked lived on purpose, not by accident. Living One’s […]
When all the hubbub of life fades to the background where do our thoughts go? Maybe for us, this is when we’re driving. Or maybe, it’s what we’re thinking about when we first wake up or go do sleep. Where is our attention focused? Where our thoughts go in these in-between spaces tells a lot […]
Sometimes it’s difficult to discover our calling. We look at our current life and we can’t fathom it being any different than it is. So, we look around. We try a few purpose statements on, but nothing seems to fit. Won’t Let Go One way to discover our calling is to look for a theme […]
Not living our calling is probably pretty normal for a lot of us, so it might be hard to compare this to what life looks like when we’ve found our calling. Let me highlight some of my experience of life before discovering and living my calling. Unsatisfying Life before I discovered my calling was unsatisfying. […]
Word Play to Separate You from Your Money There seems to be some confusion these days about what it means to “save money.” Over time, retailers have altered a more old-fashioned definition to give the impression that a buyer will be better off financially if they make a certain purchase. Let’s explore some possible definitions. […]
This blog was one of most popular blogs for Steam Engine Financial Coaching. Enjoy! Be aware. Being in a position of authority over people and having regular and frequent contact with them makes a boss very influential in the lives of the people who work under them. Please don’t take a management position just to […]
All kinds of things go viral on the internet. It might be recording of a little boy’s spontaneous motivational speech, a video of a cartoon pop tart cat flying through space or someone’s embarrassing photo. Someone thinks it’s cool and passes it on to a bunch of people. Some of those people think it’s cool […]
If you want to make a difference in the lives of other people. maybe you should consider writing a blog. Usually people talk about the business benefits of writing a blog. A blog can be very useful for anyone wanting to make a difference–whether in the lives of individuals or in the world. If you’re […]
Stress management is an important part of having enough energy to find and live our calling. We have seen over and over that when people are really stressed out, they don’t take the steps necessary to make a real difference in the world. They may want to live with purpose and significance, but they fail […]
I often get suck on “how.” I want to move even closer to living my dream, but I don’t know how. So I get stuck and stay put. This is where a lot of us get stuck. We don’t know how to get there, so we wait for the plan to appear. I’ve discovered that […]
