Category: Purpose

Priorities & Willard Street

You'll never get to where you're going, unless you know where you came from.

— Unknown —

Continued from February 27… THE ABBREVIATED VERSION OF MY FAMILY HISTORY IS NOW COMPLETE… You may be wondering why I went down this life history road. When I was preparing for the priorities phase of creating our life playing field* I came across the quote above. If you haven’t figured it out by now, I love…

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Priorities & Education

Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.

— Confuscius —

  What a powerful quote.  In the mid-1950’s education was about to become one of my family’s top priorities. Continued from February 26… When Joe and Janice started their family they had a major priority around providing their two boys with better lives than they had experienced. My mom was a full time teacher while holding down the…

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Priorities & Hard Work

The greatest sacrifice is when you sacrifice your own happiness for the sake of someone else.

— Unknown —

  Continued from February 24… By the time I entered the world I had no clue what my grandparents had endured as they had turned a major setback into a huge setup for future generations of Meyer’s. Upon my Dad’s graduation from high school he enlisted in the Army.  His dad had served our country…

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Priorities & Sacrifice

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

— Nelson Henderson —

  Continued from February 23… The young boy in this story was my dad, the grandson of Frederick Meyer an immigrant from Germany who came through Ellis Island in 1892.   My guess is my great grandpa Meyer was chasing a dream with hopes of providing a better life for himself and his future family….

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Priorities & Setbacks

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

— Nelson Henderson —

  During the Great Depression a young boy recalls going with his father on more than one occasion to visit a local banker in his hometown of Piqua, Ohio. The boy remembers sitting in a room by himself while peering through the window into the banker’s office as his father listened intently to the banker…

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Priorities & Change

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you're heading.

— Lao Tzu —

  I asked my Facebook friends to complete a survey about what prevents us from changing habits. In other words we have a desire to change and we know what to do in order to change, but we just can’t continue to do what we need to do in order to make the change a…

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Find Out Why

The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

— Mark Twain —

  Reflect on Twain’s quote above. Life is too short to not take the time to figure out why God made you (your purpose) and in turn design a life around your “why.” The world runs at warp speed today and if we don’t step back and decide what we want to do with our…

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Strengths & Genius

Passion is the genesis of genius.

— Galileo Galilie —

  I consider myself very fortunate to be able to do what I love to do today. My goal is to help you find the place in your life where what you do intersects with what you love to do.  In this intersection lies your passion, lots of energy and genius according to Galileo. I…

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Purpose & Pain

Sometimes our life purpose is found in our most painful life moments.

— JJM —

  Today is the start of the third week in our journey of building a playing field for our life. By the end of this process you will have nailed down your guiding principles, gifts/strengths, priorities and passions.  Through this process you will gain clarity around your life purpose as well as create a dream…

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Guiding Principles & Treasure

Live for yourself and you will live in vain. Live for others, and you will live again.

— Bob Marley —

  I love this quote by Bob Marley and it reminds me of someone I coached a few years ago. This coachee had twice the IQ I had.  His experiences in the business world doubled mine and I assumed his bank account was at least twice as mine.  He also had a vibe that generated…

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