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Your Journey to a Purposeful 2025 - Part 3
Let's continue our journey towards an exciting 2025. In October , we talked about purpose, and I invited you to reflect on how much your current circumstances align with who you truly are. Then, in November, we explored values by articulating your personal values and the behaviors that signal whether you're honoring them or potentially slipping off course.
Now it's time to bring these concepts together as we close 2024 and establish a clear vision for the year ahead.
Your Journey to a Purposeful 2025 - Part 2
Let's continue our journey towards an exciting 2025. Last month, in part one of this series, we talked about purpose, and you were invited to reflect on how much your current circumstances are aligned with who you truly are, or want to become.
How was your reflection? What did you discover?
Your Journey to a Purposeful 2025 - Part 1
Can you believe we're nearing the end of 2024? Endings open the door to beginnings, don't they? As we welcome 2025, this year's final editions of our monthly newsletter are designed to help you reflect on your current circumstances and plan for an exciting year ahead.
Fall Reflection.
Are you ready for the New Year? No, not that one—I'm talking about the other one. 😉
Is it just me, or did September sneak up on us faster than we expected? One minute, I was soaking in those endless summer evenings, savoring every golden moment. The next, I blinked and found myself waking up to the crisp, invigorating air of fall. And while summer’s warmth will be missed, fall brings its own magic, don’t you think?
The Choice You Don’t Have to Make.
You see, the commonality amongst my clients is that they operate from the belief that we must choose between having a successful career and having a fulfilling personal life. This self-limiting belief often results in frustrations and feelings that something is missing: if I have a career that other people deem successful, why do I experience this sense of emptiness? What is missing?
Let’s Wrap Up 2023 with Purpose!
This year has once again been a rollercoaster of change, challenges, and opportunities. The world around us continues to evolve, presenting a complex tapestry of post-pandemic realities, climate concerns, socio-political shifts, and technological leaps. It's a lot to navigate, isn't it?
The Value...of Values
I’ve been fascinating about the power of values for a long time. In the intricate tapestry of life, our personal values serve as the vibrant threads that weave the fabric of our best, most fulfilling existence.
The Feedback Minefield: How to Filter Inadequate Criticism and Act on Valid Feedback
The ever-growing body of work focusing on leadership can be a bit baffling to a person wanting to truly understand what leadership is. Not sure what I mean? Try googling the definition of leadership and see what happens. There is, however, consensus that self-awareness is a stepping stone to developing one’s leadership capacity.
How I Started Writing
My Pen is a longtime friend of mine; we share a special bond with my Words and my Soul. We all go way back, getting along famously and have quite the history of getting into all kinds of mischief together.
But one day, all of a sudden, my favourite Pen felt especially itchy in my hand.
I asked my Pen, “What is with the sudden itch?”
It quickly replied, “Sudden…really?”
I paused and reflected. Since I had committed to developing unbounded awareness, it seemed that a lot of things had been happening. Surely, some of these things had been in the works for quite some time. Was it possible that they had been staring at me without my noticing?
That’s when it dawned on me it was pretty likely that the itch was not new.
My Pen continued: “I have been telling you for years about the Words anxious to get out. Many of them feel strongly that they can help others.
What is the point of all the cuts and bruises you have sustained over the course of your adventures in the corporate world if they don’t serve a purpose?”
I remained silent and paid close attention, sensing my Pen was not done. It continued: “You often refer to your favourite book, The Little Prince. You have gifted many copies of it to people you love.” I nodded. “Do you recall The Businessman, the fourth person The Little Prince meets? He is so busy; he does not even have time to greet his visitor. If I may,” continued the Pen in a very calm and caring voice, “you have been very busy.”
Then there was silence.
After a while, not sure how long, I smiled at my Pen apologetically and said, “Tell the Words I am very sorry it took me so long to put two and two together. I’m ready to serve them. I see that we have work to do.”
That’s how it started.