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How Far You’ve Come!...

photo by mischiru When you are in the midst of creating your new life it is perfectly natural to have times when you wonder: is this really possible? am I actually going to go through with this? how soon until I start to see changes? why is this taking so long? …and so on… and so on. If...

Are You Blocking Yourself?...

Photo by kittyz202 Somedays the “Create” phase of Choosing the Life You Want can seem like an impossible task. But what if “creating” isn’t about pushing, striving and working to make things look the way you want them to look?  What if it isn’t an outward process...

Making Ideas Happen...

Today I saw that someone on Facebook had posted a link to a video by Seth Godin.  I like Seth and I follow his blog because, for me, he has a lot of interesting things to say about marketing and innovation.  So I clicked on the link and watched the video. The video was on a website called the99percent.com...

There Are No Small Steps...

The other day a friend of mine cut up one of her credit cards. That’s right, go back and re-read that sentence!  She wants to begin to Choose The Life She Wants and part of that includes reorganizing her financial picture. She told me that she sat looking at the credit card for a very long time....

Do You Have A “Life List?”...

Do you have a “life list”?  My friend Bill Starr is the CEO of MyLifeList.org and he says that a life list is “a compilation of significant experiences that a person aspires to accomplish in their life.” An important part of Choosing The Life You Want is to begin to create...

From Choose To Create...

People often ask me how to move out of the “Choose” phase and into the “Create” phase. Where do you start? When do you start? How do you start? The Hair Club For Men - Charter Members My friend Mike Dooley answered that question very nicely today!  I met Mike back in 2004.  In...

Your Advisory Board...

photo by robpurdie As you begin to create the life you want, you will be faced with many options and many different choices.  My advice? Don’t try to do it alone.  I suggest that you build a team of trusted advisors to help keep you sane, motivated and on track. I called on some members of my...

Stretching Your Limits...

Once you’ve made a conscious decision about something you want in your life, the real fun begins! photo by englishpianobloke As you begin to move from the more passive, reflective phase of Choosing to the more active phase of Creating you will very quickly find that you need to stretch your limits....