7 Ways to Freshen Up and Liven Up Your Life

parachuting smile 7 Ways to Freshen Up and Liven Up Your LifeDo you need a little spark to liven up your life?

Excitement fills us when our lives feel fresh and hopeful.  Ideas flow.  Energy swells.  And happiness abounds.

Our lives can sometimes become a little too routine, predictable and monotonous.

There comes a time when you need to freshen and liven things up a bit.  You need to throw a log on the fire of your life and get something …

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What Will You Fight For?

fighting woman What Will You Fight For?What is important enough in your life to fight for?

Some things in life are worth standing your ground over.  In fact, I’d say the stuff that matters the most you usually have to fight for at one point or another.

What means enough to you that you would fight for it?  I mean the kind of fight where you put your whole self into it with no surrender.  You …

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Be a Standing Stone for a Worthwhile Purpose

standing stone Be a Standing Stone for a Worthwhile PurposeWhat do you stand for?

You need to be a standing stone.  You need to set yourself apart as someone that is different, unique and awe-inspiring.

Throughout history, human beings have used standing stones to mark things of significance.

Standing stones are used to indicate that something special happened in this spot.  Something noteworthy.

Your life should be a standing stone.  It should be purpose-driven and this purpose …

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What Compels You?

excited man What Compels You?

Can you answer this question?

We all need to give it some thought.  Take a moment and ask yourself, “What compels me?”

Things that are compelling are irresistible.  They drive you like a moth to flame.  They inspire you and push you to greater heights.  They invoke a deep sense of commitment and joy.

Is there anything in your life right now that compels you?  What gets you out …

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Put Me In Coach: How Life Coaching Works For You

This is a guest post by Barrie Davenport of Bloom Life and Career CoachingI asked Barrie to write this post to help us understand life and career coaching.

coach Put Me In Coach: How Life Coaching Works For You When you think about a coach, who comes to mind? Don Shula? Tommy Lasorda?

When people talk about coaching, they usually refer to someone in the world of sports. Most serious athletes have one or several coaches.

The coach helps …

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Life Purpose: The Reason My Life Makes Sense

mountain top Life Purpose: The Reason My Life Makes Sense Does your life make sense to you?

A clear, well-defined life purpose brings everything into focus.  It clarifies and simplifies your life because it explicitly defines who you are and what you are about.

Over the last week, I have explained why having a purpose is so important and I provided the steps for defining a clear life purpose statement

Today, I’m going to share my own life purpose …

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Smart Living Rule 2 – Strive for Excellence But Not Perfection

corn Smart Living Rule 2   Strive for Excellence But Not Perfection Are you sowing the seeds required to produce a great life?

Striving for excellence is an essential part of smart living.  Why?  Because, in life, you reap what you sow.  It is a basic law.  You can’t plant weeds and expect corn to grow.

When we put our best foot forward in everything we do, then life rewards us accordingly.  It may not be immediate or exactly what we …

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