Finding Your Power and Passion

by Lynn Banis PhD -

Do you remember those times when you were doing something that you truly loved and felt you did well - those times when you totally lost track of the hours flying by, when you were totally immersed, totally fulfilled? 

Czikszentmihalyi calls that "flow", I call it "power and passion". The degree to which we can find that in our personal and professional lives is the degree we can live out of our power and passion.

The way to find our way back in to feeling that flow is to examine the situations in our lives where we were doing something we loved and felt we did it well. Those situations can be analyzed to find the consistent themes and conditions consistent across all circumstances. 

Start by writing out ten situations - they must be times when you:

a) did something you really enjoyed and
b) felt you did it well. 

Describe what you did using verbs as much as possible. 

Now go back and analyze each situation.

1. Note how you got involved in each situation. This will tell you what circumstances you are drawn to. Is there an opportunity you seize, are you asked to participate, do you see a need, etc.? 

2. Note the skills and abilities you use to accomplish your goals. How do you learn, how do you organize, how do you plan, how do you make decisions, how do you persuade others, how do you take action? Be very specific e.g. I learn by gathering information or by asking and probing. This will tell you exactly HOW you do things. 

3. Note what subject matter you work with. Do you work with tangible or intangible things? What are they? Do you use mechanisms or data or people? Again, be very specific. This will tell you WHAT vehicles you use to accomplish your goals. 

4. Note what the environment is like in each situation. How do you get recognized for what you do? What kind of structure is present? Are there challenges, opportunities for change or potential? How do you interact with others? This will tell you what characteristics and conditions are present to stimulate your achievements. 

5. Note how you work with others or alone. This will tell you what relationships and structures are important when you are achieving your goals. 

6. Note what was most satisfying about reaching your goals in each situation. What themes are present? Do you focus on personal performance, the process you used, creating or building things, gaining control over something or the effort involved? This will tell you what you actually do, what drives you in all that you attempt. It will also give you insight into what the pay-offs are for your accomplishments.

Once you have all of this mapped out you will be able to put this map up against almost anything you get involved in and you will be able to see how closely they match up. 

Does your new situation have the conditions you need to really enjoy what you are doing and do it well? The closer you come to a match the happier and more productive you will be.

When you are able to quickly analyze a new opportunity or situation you will be able to make a good decision about how positive the fit will be for you. 

This is valuable in accepting a new assignment, choosing a career or job, volunteering your time, joining a club or social group and just doing what will make you truly happy.

Lynn Banis PhD, MCC is known as America's High Performance Coach. She specializes in helping executives and entrepreneurs make the most of their opportunities and potential. Her years of working with small and large businesses has given her a depth of knowledge that is invaluable to her clients. You can reach her at lynn@discoverypointcoaching.com.

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Do You Feel Motivated?

by Lynn A Robinson -

“I’d love to ________ but I can’t get motivated.”

I’ve heard that phrase from so many clients over the years.

The image I have is of the person standing at the bottom of Mount Everest wanting to reach the peak and feeling overwhelmed by the journey before they even begin. 

You may not be thinking about a mountain climb but fill in the blank with something you’d like to find motivation to do. 

• Start a business? 
• Take a trip? 
• Go back to school? 
• See your friends more often?

Here’s an idea to try…..

To create space for more motivation, let go of something that’s taking too much energy.

Many of us have lives that are overwhelming. We work full-time plus, take care of the kids and aging parents. We volunteer at civic events and try to make time for a social life. It can be too much. 

The idea of adding something else into the mix, even something we want, makes us procrastinate. You have to let go of something first. I’m not suggesting you ditch your job (or the kids!)

Think of some aspect of your life that’s draining you. What could you let go of that would create some breathing room today? 

If it makes you feel relieved, think about it. That’s you clue from your intuition!

Just for today:  

Find the motivation to make a small change in your commitments. 

What could you let go of that’s draining your batteries?

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Up Your Game!

by Tina Olivero - 

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you’re just passing time, punching the clock or going through the motions?

Did you feel like something just wasn’t quite right?  Perhaps you were missing a deep sense of passion or a spark of energy or a vitality for life itself?

That happens.  It happens to us all.  It happens when we’ve plateaued on the learning front and we are not in alignment with our passion.

So how do you get from powerless to powerful?   

How do you shift from a lack of passion for wildly on purpose?   

How do you work and live in ways that truly inspire you?

Here’s the answer….You go where you wouldn’t go before.

Ask yourself, 

• “is this work in alignment with my joy?”.  
• ”If I wasn’t doing this what would I be doing?”  

Or maybe it’s the right place for your passion but it’s gotten stale because the game you’re playing is not big enough.

Everyone loves to take an adventure and working on what you love also has to be an adventure.  

It has to motivate you, push you beyond your comfort zone, have you go to places you’ve never gone, expand your thinking, support your vision and goals in ways that allow you to make a difference and be a contribution to others.

Think about it.  

The times you’re most exhilarated in life is when you’re doing something beyond your current world.  Something that brings you to new places.  

• Travelling, 
• skiing down the black diamond run, 
• having authentic and very deep talks, 
• taking a spiritual adventure, 
• going for a degree, 
• reshaping your body into a masterpiece, 
• writing  your most daring piece, 
• pushing the envelope on what’s possible, 
• overcoming seemingly insurmountable challenges, 
• climbing Mt. Everest, 
• doing a wild and amazing piece of art, 
• visiting the lost cities, 
• inventing something, 
• designing a whole new process that works better than anything we’ve ever used, 
• creating unprecedented connection with others, 
• being a contribution to the masses and so on.

Get the picture?

Until you’re out there on the court, playing full out….life…is lifeless.  But as soon as you’re up for a massive game and you’re playing to win, and that game expands you, teaches you, shifts you from good to great, brings in a whole new level of performance, then and only then do things get wildly exciting.

So what’s your game?  

What’s the game that would have you on fire?  Where’s the thrill?  Where’s the place that has you so on purpose that time stands still?  Wheres the place you call “FUN”?  Where’s the place that makes you’re heart beat faster and want to jump out of bed in the morning because you can’t wait to get at it?

Find it, and go there….  

If’ you’ve found it and you don’t have the WOW factor ….UP YOUR GAME!

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The Co-Creator of Your Life

by Phylameana lila Desy -

What Does it Mean to Co-Create?

In the spiritual community you might hear the term co-create or co-creation. But, what does it mean exactly?

Co-Creation happens naturally whenever your soul or inner knowing inspires you to take action and follow your passion or pursue your life purpose.

However, it isn't always easy to listen to those quiet yearnings deep inside ourselves. Or, we get lazy, and choose to let the winds of fate blow where they will without lifting a finger.

Co-Creation is really about getting in the game and doing your part to manifest your desires or meet your goals.

Of course, you can always try to create something without your partner (God, creator, the Universe,(whatever you choose to call it), but good luck getting there. We are not alone, help is available.

Partner Up and Co-Create Something Fabulous

When you call upon the angels for assistance or ask your higher self for guidance don't sit back and leave the heavy lifting to them.

Put some of your own energy into getting what you want or finding resolution to a problem. Co-creation is really about acknowledging that you are responsible for your own life.

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From Existing to Thriving

by Debi Hebel -

Leading a Passionate Purpose Driven Life:

To live with purpose and achieve success, you have to find your passion. It took me many years to find my passion and at one point in my life, I didn’t think I’d ever find it. I always felt I could be successful at something if only I knew what I wanted. 

I knew I had a whole lot of passion within myself. Especially when I was younger, you know the days, when you just know you’ll be the next rock star. But over time I lost that passion and work and bills and expectations of what I should have achieved by now got in the way. 

I allowed the noise of my thoughts keep me from finding my true purpose. With an empty and unfulfilled feeling in my heart, and the contrasting euphoric memory of the passion and bliss I felt in the days of my rock star dreams, I became unsatisfied with simply existing… I wanted to thrive.

I believe we have an intrinsic desire and drive to live in a daily state of happiness. 

Therefore, we go to work, belong to a club and in general do things that we don’t feel passion for because we have been told and have been telling our self that it will lead us to the happiness we desire.

Yet, this creates a clash between our outer picture of happiness and our inner picture of happiness. Hence, creating a vivid contrast because the two do not match. 

With all contrast that we experience, comes emotional suffering. 

This emotion is telling us that there is something not in alignment with our own personal integrity.

The bottom line is that we are not being honest with our self.

If we pay attention to this emotion rather than dismissing it and we begin to move in the direction of what we truly desire, then both our inner and outer portraits align to reflect a beautiful self-portrait that is vividly florid with passion.

Although many of us feel it is easier to dismiss and ignore our more negative emotions, if we choose to not avoid them, they are in reality a remarkable tool that acts as our Guide to Psychological Soundness, or our GPS. 

Now, before I had made the realization that this GPS was actually one of the good guys and not a villain, I would treat my GPS just as my dad use to treat the suggestion from my mom to stop at a gas station for directions.

If he stopped, that would take time and we would not arrive to our destination by his self-imposed deadline. Hence, after wrong turns and backtracking he would come to the realization that he did need direction. 

As they say, “The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree.” 

My kids have watched me on more than one occasion ignore the GPS in my car because it doesn’t know what it’s talking about, and it must be misprogrammed.

Believe it or not, my car’s GPS and my emotional GPS, tell me the same thing “recalculating” and shows me a different route to get to the destination I am clearly suppose to end up at… the destination of passion. 

Even when we try to dismiss what we are feeling by burying it deep into the subconscious, our GPS always knows where we are presently and the direction we need to take to get to our life of passion and purpose.

The question we need to ask is, how many times are we will to hear “recalculating” before we turn in the direction of that which is in alignment with our purpose.

We have this GPS throughout our lifetime repeating, “recalculating” over and over. 

Throughout our lifetime once in awhile we will make a turn in the advised direction.

When we do, not only do we hear the unusual silence of our GPS, but now we feel something different… we feel a lightness, an excitement, and even a sense of elation.

This is because when we turn toward the direction of what we are most passionate about, our body reacts physically. 

All of a sudden we feel a surge of happiness and energy. This is what I call an EOS ~ Dawning moment. Eos is known as the Greek Goddess of the dawn. It is her responsibility to ride her chariot through the night sky bringing the dawn with her, thereby creating hope and new beginnings. 

Our physical EOS Dawning moment is made up of chemicals, namely Endorphins, Oxytocin, Serotonin and Dopamine.

The feeling of euphoric emotion that we receive as a result of these chemicals gives us the ability to know that whatever turn we made, whatever we were doing at that moment is what is leading us to the dawning of our life of passion and purpose.

Depending on where you are on your path, there are many processes that can lead you to discovering what you truly desire and have a passion for, believe me as an obsessive self-analyst, I feel like I have tried them all. 

The one I use which I find to work the best I call 'The Follow Self-Love Process'.

With this process, your conscious awareness is put to work. To be able to live your passion on the outside, you need to own self-love.

If you are genuinely in a place of self-love, then the choices you make reflect that. This is true for the everyday, simple choices to the choices that have the ability to change your world, as you know it. Although it is simple, it is very effective. 

Here’s how it works, keeping mindful of when a choice presents itself is the first step. 

Then, when looking at the choices you are going to ask yourself, “What would a self-loving person choose?”

This question will not steer you wrong. When you ask yourself this question, wait for the feeling.

Do you feel a sense of excitement, relief, happiness, lightness, or fulfillment more so with one over the other? Then choose that one. 

This even works for a decision as simple as choosing to eat an apple or a candy bar… What would a self-loving person choose?

Once you begin to do this, you will find that the decisions you are making are increasing the number of EOS ~ Dawning moments in your life. The more EOS ~ Dawning moments you have the greater passion you feel and this is the breadcrumb trail to your purpose.

Even when we know and can feel the choice of self-love sometimes we still choose another option that doesn’t feel as good, or worse yet we do nothing.

What then? What is it that is stopping you from making the choices you need to make to experience EOS ~ Dawning moments and ultimately lead you to the passionate, purpose driven life you want? 

The surface answer is different for each of us, but usually involves fear… the fear of change, the fear of disappointment, the fear of failure the list of fears can be quite lengthy but no matter what or how many fears we have that have held us back, there is a second process to work through them. After all, the opposite of love is not hate; it is fear. 

Therefore, where there is love there is no fear.

If we have fear, then there is a part of us that we are unhappy with or are resisting, which is not self-loving.

We move past any of our fears by being self-accepting and self-loving. This is not like the usual “self-help” material that helps you to change a part of who you are. You are not here to change even one thing about who you are. 

The reason self-help programs don’t typically work is because we can’t change who we are. To do this creates conflict and resistance within us. Not to mention, if we were to change who we are, then how is it that we are going to find our individual purpose? 

The point is, we shouldn’t change even one iota of who we are, but we should accept those aspects of our self that we would have otherwise not loved. One of the ways we do this is through a process of self-acceptance. 

By changing the way we see these aspects that we don’t embrace, we create an entirely new self-loving perspective. Therefore, our energy is not spent self-loathing, but rather self-loving.

5 STEP SELF-ACCEPTANCE PROCESS

 1. Choose something that you don’t like and don’t accept about yourself.

• I don’t like that I am more of an introvert and am uncomfortable at large functions.

2. Think about and write down the exalted aspects of what you don’t accept.

• I am able to observe and learn more about people and their behaviors
• I can see how my quiet reserved nature can lead people to see me as poised, calm, and emotionally intelligent.

3. What does the above feel like in my body?

• EOS – increase heart rate, excitement-butterfly flutters in my stomach

4. Treasure hunt – What good, beneficial thing would being introverted serve?

• I have healthy boundaries
• Keen observance of people
• Heightened awareness
• Ability to be fully in the moment
• A knack for making others feel calm and peaceful
• Good listener
• Good friend and therapist
• Trustworthy with confidentiality
• Counted on
• Seen as having high integrity
• Well respected
• Others value and ask for my opinions and advice
• Others value me
• I am loved
• I love and value myself because others can’t love us if we don’t truly love our self.
• If I love myself and I am introverted at gatherings, then I accept and love being introverted at gatherings

5. Look at the original aspect of our self that we stated in #1 that you didn’t like about our self. “I am introverted at gatherings” – How does that make you feel now?

• I feel confident and proud and to be introverted
• Because I am introverted I am (back up to #2) poised, calm, emotionally intelligent.

Today I have given you a couple of very useful and proven tools that I have not only used personally but also use with my clients. Applying these from this moment forward will support you in moving toward the passion you feel bubbling just below the surface. 

In addition to these two life-coaching methods, there are others that I offer which focus on leading a passionate, purpose driven life through self-love and self-acceptance. These programs work in unison to provide you with a concrete plan to go from existing to thriving. 

In addition, I am also offering webinars to teach additional methods and techniques to support you in achieving and receiving through your purpose. One last item, I also offer one on one coaching sessions in person, on the telephone or through live streaming. 

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Letting Go: 5 Truths About Surrendering

by Alex Blackwell - 

At times, life may feel like it is spinning out of control. You feel completely powerless over the circumstances being handed to you. 

During times like these, it may be easier to give up. But you do have another choice – you can choose to let go, surrender control and reclaim the life that belongs just to you.

"Some of us think holding on makes us strong but sometimes it is letting go." –Herman Hesse

Perhaps the greatest contradiction is realizing when you surrender control to the Universe you are in a better position to get what you need to fulfill your life’s purpose. 

Surrendering isn’t about giving up; it’s about letting go. 

Surrendering isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s a sign of strength.

Surrendering allows you to feel less stressed, overwhelmed and anxious. 

It creates mental space to be present in the moment.

Take a moment and consider this question: 

What do you need to surrender today? 

It is a relationship, a business venture or a person you lost in death? Is it a medical prognosis, a painful memory or the idea of having the perfect life? Do you need to surrender a past failure, a thought or stress?

Surrendering control is hard to do because the need for control is rooted in fear. The uneasiness of not having direct control over what happens is frustrating. 

Even when the warning signs are clear, you continue to think if you keep trying harder, if you keep doing everything right; if you can just get one step closer to perfection, then you will have want you want.

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." –Lao Tzu

Unfortunately, the universe doesn’t work like that. Instead, the Universe gives you exactly what you need.  

The sooner you realize pushing back against the inevitable only makes you more anxious; the sooner you can go about the business of living your life according to the plan the Universe has for you.

Letting go has been difficult for me, too. The thought of allowing control to a higher power was terrifying. By letting go, I was giving up – or so I thought. 

Today, I have learned if I’m going to have the life that has been planned for me; I need the Universe to help me find it. Today, I have learned these five truths about surrendering.

These five truths don’t contemplate the absence of self-responsibility; they actually encourage it. 

The five truths will help you understand that it’s your responsibility to follow your personal destiny – no matter how out of control it may feel at times.

5 TRUTHS ABOUT SURRENDERING

1. Pain doesn’t have to define you 

Holding on to the pain only keeps you stuck in a place somewhere in the past. The pain no longer has to define who you are. 

It’s time to let go of pain and welcome confidence, strength and peace into your life. 

2. What you pay attention to grows 

Even though you may not be responsible for everything that happens to you, you are responsible for how you choose to react to what happens to you. 

The expression like attracts like is especially true when it comes to positive and negative emotions. 

If you chose to remain positive, then positive results are likely to occur. Alternatively, if you decide to be negative and critical, you can expect more negative circumstances to happen. 

3. Begin today, right now 

There is no better time to live your heart’s passion than right now. 

When the nudge you feel is beginning to pull you in the direction of your life’s purpose and your inner wisdom is telling you to go; then trust and let go. 

4. Open the floodgates of hope 

When you open the floodgates of hope and refuse to allow fear to defeat our faith, you are better able to surrender your problems, ask for help and then follow your heart’s desire. 

5. Forgiveness is a form of letting go but different 

The purpose of forgiveness is not to let the person who harmed you off the hook, the purpose of forgiveness is to end the grief it has cost you. 

Don’t just let go, forgive and truly surrender the feelings of anger and pain. This may seem difficult, almost impossible, until you attempt to do it.

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Trust, Leap, Surrender

by Mark David Gerson -

Perhaps the most important principles I’ve learned through the years are the ones that inextricably link life and creativity, the ones that keep me open to the infinite, that help me surrender to the unknowable, that push me beyond the bounds of what I can imagine.

I’ve also learned to be open to the synchronistic and the miraculous, to the numinous and the unseen. I’ve learned that not everything plays out as I expect. I’ve learned to trust my intuition above all else…even when that intuition doesn’t appear to make sense.

If I were a tarot card, I’d be The Fool, that questing soul who steps off the cliff in complete faith that he’ll sprout wings on the way down.

I’m also the main character of my novel, who embarks on his journey knowing little more than the next step. That’s, in fact, how I wrote the book: one word at a time, one day at a time, knowing nothing of where the story was taking me, trusting the story to be wiser than I was. It’s still wiser than I am.

There’s little in my life today for example, that I could have predicted, planned for or tried to attract because there’s little in my life today that I could have imagined, little that I even knew I desired.

I believe that in both life and creativity we’re called to be flexible, adaptable and anchored in the moment, recognizing that what works today may not work tomorrow. We’re called, too, to make the highest choices we can and to move beyond what we think from our head into what we desire from our heart.

That doesn’t mean we’ll always get it “right” – whether that “it” is a work of music, writing or art or a work of life, whether it’s how and what we write or how and what we live.

In life and in art, it’s important to recognize that our human imperfection is what makes us divinely perfect.

When we live our lives creatively – even if we’re not involved in a traditional creative pursuit – we’re better able to touch that place of passion within us that always fires our joy, our success and our prosperity. It’s this spirit of creative transformation that governs how I live my life.

If I had one piece of guidance to offer, something that’s worked miracles in my life, it would be this:

Trust in your innate wisdom, your limitless courage and your infinite potential. Don’t let convention or your perceived limitations fence you in. 

Trust…leap…and surrender!

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What Are You Giving Birth To?

by Patricia Spadaro -

I was about to turn onto a busy four-lane street, when I saw a red Mustang stopped in one lane with a string of impatient drivers behind it.

I thought the girls in the car must have been having engine trouble but as I made my turn into the traffic, the car in front of me suddenly slammed on its breaks, stopping at the same spot those girls had. What was going on?

Then I saw it. For one long, sweet, breathtaking moment, I watched a speckled mama duck proudly waddle across the lanes with a dozen fluffy ducklings falling over each other to keep up with her. 

They tumbled onto the curb in beautiful disarray like something out of slapstick routine as the mama pushed ahead in pursuit of safety. Thank God for careful drivers, I thought. And thank God for mothers.

That heart-opening moment made me think about the fragile things in our lives and our own role as mother. We are all mothers.

In each of us, there is something young and tender that needs guidance, nurturing, and even the fierce protection of our love so it can grow to its fullest and express itself. Identifying what that is, I realized, can help us play our role of mother better.

Maybe what you’re giving birth to is a new habit or talent that needs shaping and support. Perhaps it’s a mission-driven project waiting to see the light of day or an ending that needs tending to so you can move on to new opportunities.

What’s the next part of you waiting to be born? And are you giving it the focus and attention it needs? Or are you too busy to recognize what it is or hear its voice?

Are You Listening to Yourself?

Abraham Maslow a prominent psychologist, talked about the importance of being able to hear our own innerfeeling- voices.

“An important part of self-knowledge is being able to hear clearly these signals from the inside.” 

Many of us, however, have been trained to ignore our inner signals or put other things or people first. Yet honoring our inner impulses is what puts us in touch with our real purpose and makes us excited to share our passions – to give birth to the next stunningly beautiful part of ourselves.

If you’re one of those people (like me) who is better at giving to others than to yourself, it can take conscious intention and practice to listen for what your own inner voice is telling you.

One thing that helps me get reconnected is to literally listen to my voice – to listen to how I am speaking rather than what I am saying.

We use this skill all the time to read others. We know a friend is upset or burdened when we hear her voice crack.

We know our children are happy when they are animated and speak quickly. If we call a parent and we hear a listless voice at the other end of the phone, we know something is wrong. The tone tells it all.

While we’re accustomed to reading others in this way, we can get so caught up in what’s happening around us that we forget to listen to ourselves.

Yet listening is what gives us valuable clues about how we can best mother that part of us trying to be born.

If, for instance, you catch yourself sounding grumpy, impatient or tired, it’s probably time to ask,

• What am I feeling and what do I need? 
• What can I do to honor myself right now so I can give my best gifts to others?

Likewise, when you catch that lilt of excitement in your voice or hear yourself happily whistling or humming away, take note.

What are you doing or thinking about that is making your heart sing? That’s what can bring more joy into your life – and the lives of others – when you give birth to it again and again.

When you’re too busy to focus on what’s really important in your life, the part of you that is budding can become smothered instead of mothered. 

To honor the nascent potential within you, practice asking yourself:

• What am I being called to give birth to, to mother, to bring to fruition?
• What is whispering within me to be recognized, nurtured, and protected?
• What choices can I make today to give that delicate, emerging part of myself what it needs to blossom?

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The 3 Pillars of Personal Power

by Keith Varnum -

What's missing? I don't get it! I chant and pray. I meditate, exercise and do yoga every day. I go to a godzillion workshops. Why don't I feel better? Why don't I have the love, money and health I want? Where is the direct connection with Spirit I crave?

Sound familiar? If so, help is on the way.

I've spent the last forty years exploring techniques to awaken the abundance of life for my clients and myself. I've identified three vital ingredients for happiness and success that are often missing in people's pursuit of Nirvana.

I call these key elements "The 3 Pillars of Personal Power".

Passion, Clarity and Self Love

Three dynamic sources of Universal Life Force that are often blocked-or underdeveloped-are Passion, Clarity and Self Love.

I find that these three qualities are necessary for a firm foundation on which to build a personal Crystal Palace of Creative Power.

Personal Power increases exponentially when its supporting pillars are developed in a systematic, synchronistic and simultaneous way. When one or more of these grounding posts are frail, the whole structure is weak and can fail or collapse.

When one or more of these essential cornerstones is missing, it's very hard-if not impossible-for us to create-let alone sustain-prosperity, physical vitality or fulfilling relationships.

Lacking one of these pillars can abort your whole lift off. But once you firmly install these foundational qualities into your being, you can take off and fly as high as you want to go!

1. Passion for Pizzazz 

Personal power is the ability to attract what we chose to have in life. It means that we have authority (authorship) over the script of our life-as in the head screenwriter of a movie.

We are in command of our earthly dominion, master of our destiny.

Being the ruler of our world-in charge of our fate-requires energy, might, strength, stamina. 

 In other words, power in its basic, raw sense. Your cosmic destiny rocket needs fuel to take off. You need a source of energy that can propel you into permanent orbit.

You need a source of thrust to overcome the gravitational pull of cultural and personal programming-the limiting beliefs and feelings that keep us earth-bound.

And to generate a whole lifetime of adventure and wonder, we need a vast source for this energy, a deep well of power. Fortunately, we all do possess such an infinite reserve of creative power-the passion we feel for our true calling, our life purpose.

Your deep excitement for expressing your unique spirit can lift you to the heights. 

This passion provides the power to reach your dream. Enthusiasm funds the dream. Exhilaration feeds the dream. Your exuberance attracts the people and assistance to build your castle.

The electricity of your enjoyment of your special adventure lights you up from the inside. Your inner radiance shines through. People are enticed by your eagerness, your inner fire, your glow. The joy of self-expression is your secret juice.

 Natural charisma acts like a magnet to draw in the human and financial support you need to soar. Authentic aliveness is very contagious.

As you take off, you feel ever more vigorous and enthralled. 

High on life, you have the vitality to meet any challenge. And your ever deepening delight fills up every pore of your being so that doubt and fear cannot find a place to reside in your holy temple.

Haven't quite figured out where your passion lies? Focus less on your skills (what you can do) or your resume (what you have done). Instead, tune into the aspects of your life that feel light, easy, flowing, open and fun.

• What activities fascinate, intrigue or thrill you? 
• What types of things did you love to do as a child? 
• What activities have spark and aliveness for you now?

2. Open to Clarity 

Your personal dream links the key passions that drive you forward with the core message you are here in this life to express. To reach your intended destination, your space mission needs clear direction, clear vision.

If you're not certain where you want to go, you end up in the wrong place. 

And, if you can't see your way distinctly, you'll go off course. Without clarity of mind, you'll make bad decisions. Bad decisions = bad outcomes.

Clarity is purity of mind-lucid thinking or intuiting. With true clarity, the way to act is apparent, definite and unmistakable. It's evident and easy to discern what to do. Clarity is free from ambiguity and confusion-the right path is unencumbered, unobstructed, unclouded. The best options are obvious when we are super clear-headed.

Each person arrives at clarity in her or his own way. 

Some people "see" the correct direction to take. Other people "feel" their way through the myriad of life choices. Others "intuit" their best course of action. Some lucky folks simply "know" what to do each step of the way without any kind of process.

When you are clear about your life calling, then you are really listening to your soul, which lets synchronicity operate in your favor!

• What is your current vision for your life? 
• What do you hold important and sacred in life? 
• What would give your life a sense of meaning and purpose? 
• In what ways do you already create, improvise and express naturally and easily? 
• What daily activities help you keep your head clear?

3. Enjoy Self Love

Feeling good about yourself is perhaps the most important ingredient for Personal Power and Success. Why? Because without loving your self enough to feel you deserve happiness, you won't let yourself have it.

When and where did you decide you weren't worthy of love, prosperity or vibrant health?

As a coach for 40 years, I'm shocked by how many of my clients share with me that one or both of their parents told them daily "You'll never amount to anything!"

What did your parents, siblings and schoolmates tell you that invalidates your sense of worth? Listen to your own self-talk. What self-limitations do you find yourself unconsciously repeating to yourself silently or under your breath?

Are you willing to open to the possibility that your life could be fun, easy and abundant? 

Do you possess the drive, clarity and power to re-choose a better destiny ? to choose to be compassionate with yourself? ? to know that you do deserve the good things in life?

It's vital to undo the unconscious judging of yourself. 

It's helpful to hang with encouraging people who support your true spirit and nature. Spend time with folks on the same wavelength, with similar values and aspirations for life.

Be accessible to the richness of energy-giving situations. Be inaccessible to energy-draining people and activities. 

Enthusiasm is contagious, but so is pessimism. Avoid the Nay Sayers and seek out others who share your passion for living life on your own terms.

Can you give yourself acceptance, patience and understanding right now?

 This means deciding to love yourself for who you are, instead of who you wish you were. This is the greatest gift that you can give to yourself. And with this gift comes the power to create all your dreams.


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