Finding Your Purpose- Interview with Derick Van Ness
I recently sat down with author and Soul Purpose coach, Derick Van Ness to talk about his new book Finding Your Purpose. Derick shares his purpose story as well as tackles some of the biggest questions that you have about Soul Purpose. Questions like: What are some things that I can do to help me with the discovery process? What is the difference between roles and purpose? Derick also has a couple of goodies that he is giving away. He has his free Soul Purpose training and he also has a free coaching session available to my listeners and readers. Check out the insightful interview and I welcome any comments
Self Confidence Doesn’t Have A Lottery
I remember sitting in a classroom in high school and the classroom was adorned with all sorts of inspirational quotes all over the walls. I am pretty sure I made fun of them at the time but I’ll be damned if they didn’t stick with me forever. One of those quotes was “if you think you can or you think you can’t you’re right.” How could you ever be any different than your thoughts? The answer is that you can’t. What you hope for instead is a miracle. “In spite of all my negative beliefs, I am going to somehow overcome that by doing absolutely nothing about it.” The last
The Difference Between Roles and Purpose Part 2: ESPN’s 30 for 30 Broke
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. ~Henry Ford It’s been a little bit since I talked about roles and purpose but after seeing ESPN’s latest 30 for 30 series “Broke” I knew it was time to cover this topic again. Broke is essentially about athletes who have made a considerable amount of money and then lost it all through bad investments, bad spending habits, a poor mentality and trying to take care of too many people. Shortly after their career is over, they have
You’re Better Than You Think
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot. Eleanor Roosevelt What would we lose as a society if we listened to everything that people told us and accepted their opinions as fact? Here are a few of the things that we would have missed out on: Thomas Edison was once told that he was too stupid to learn anything and failed 1,000 times to invent the light bulb. Oprah Winfrey was fired from a job as a reporter because she wasn’t cut out for TV. The Beatles were
Can You Do It All?
“You can drive a car with your feet, but that doesn’t make it a good idea!”~ Chris Rock (edited version) You are a capable person. If you set your mind to it, there is nothing that you can’t accomplish. Entrepreneurs develop a spirit of freedom and possibility during the course of their lives. They have a strong belief that they can do it all or at least, that’s what they would like to believe. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that if you are running a business or have aspirations to start one, then you are a pretty smart person. Having intelligence is certainly
Your Excuses For Not Having A Great Career
“I had a dream once too kid, then you were born.”~ Larry Smith Having kids is just one of the excuses that people use to not follow their passions and thus settle for a good career but not a great one. Every once in a while I run across a piece of content that is just so relevant to what I teach and what this blog is about, I absolutely have to share it. Larry Smith did a TEDx talk in late 2011 where he talked about the excuses that we make for not following our passions. Not following our passions can lead us to a good career but the
Everything’s Overrated…Except For This
How many articles have you read where someone says something is overrated? Leadership is overrated. Talent is overrated. Your sense of self worth is overrated. Athletes are overrated. I agree with every sentiment that has ever been written on something being overrated. I will tell you why in a minute. What I don’t hear about being overrated is doing work. So back to my point about agreeing with every article that has called something overrated. Think about the amount of information that we are exposed to. The depth and breadth of the information as well as the speed with which we get it almost guarantees that we are going to
Can Writing Make You A Better Business Owner?
To write or not to write. That’s the question. Many business owners that I talk to feel like they don’t have time for writing or that it’s not important. Writing in and of itself won’t make or break your business but it could make you a better business owner. Writing is a great tool for self discovery and for gaining additional clarity about your business. It’s also a great way to be social in the social media landscape without being present. Today I wanted to go over some time where it may make sense to write and times where it may not make sense. Sales copy: If you are needing
The People Pleaser’s Guide to Productivity
Being a people pleaser can be a blessing and a curse. It’s great because, deep down, a people pleaser just wants other people to be happy. Being a people pleaser becomes problematic when it causes you to over-commit yourself to projects and tasks. How can you as a people pleaser, make people happy and be productive? Before I get into the mind set, what does the downside to being a people pleaser look like in business? I worked with one person in particular who had a hard time with being a people pleaser and running an effective business. They were constantly over-promising on deadlines and under-delivering their finished product. They
Are You Sliced Bread? 3 Questions To Ask To Make Your Business Exceptional
In business today, we want to be the best things for our clients since sliced bread. In an increasingly busy marketplace where there are too many choices and not enough time, how do you make sure that you are exceptional and that you are the one chosen. There are 3 questions that you can start the conversation with to unlock your exceptional activities and structure your business so that you can focus on those exceptional areas. Before I get into those questions, first think for a minute about the activities that you do on a day to day basis. You will have a wide range of things that you do
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