You Are 100% Responsible for Your Life (Principles of Success)

I have been living this Success Principle now for just about a week (Success Principle #2 is Coming on Wednesday).  I have had one epiphany and a couple of realizations.

Epiphany: When you live in the Now, there is no way to be OTHER THAN 100% responsible for your life.  I am a big fan of Eckhart Tolle - when you are truly in the moment, there is nothing but your consciousness, your presence.  How can anyone or anything else get in there?  You make your decisions about what to perceive, how to react, what to feel.  Complaints about your past?  Experienced in the present.  Fear about the future?  Experienced in the present.  No one else to blame … no excuses for what and who you are.

Realization #1: 100% responsibility for your life means: no complaining, gossiping, or blaming.  Try doing NONE of those for just a day.  It’s hard but you can do it. Read more

Love the Adventure - The Power of Presence

You have probably heard an expression something along the lines of Life is a Journey - Enjoy the Ride.  I really do believe this and personally think it is important to move this out of the realm of bumper sticker wisdom and make it a part of your waking consciousness.

Every personal growth coach or self help guru on the planet will tell you it is important to set goals.  I tell my coaching clients and audiences the same thing,  encouraging them to set goals within the various dimensions of their lives in which they find value.  This is how I define wealth, a more holistic approach beyond the traditional financial perspective of wealth. This is important as it focuses our energies and intention on something we define as important to us.  There are several practical reasons for adopting this philosophy. Read more

Burn the Boats

The story goes that when Spanish Conquistador Hernando Cortez landed in Mexico, one of his first orders to his men was to burn the ships.  Cortez was committed to his mission and did not want to allow himself or his men the option of going back to Spain.  By removing this option, Cortez and his men were forced to focus on how they could make the mission successful.

In reality, it was likely that Cortez’ men were threatening to desert him and Cortez made such an action impossible by removing the one truly viable option his men had to get out of what was no doubt a challenging situation.  Don’t know that this is the BEST example of leadership BUT, that is not the point of mentioning this little historical anecdote.

I had this little message from my subconscious a few days ago: “Burn the Boats,” it said. Read more