Funny how sometimes goofing off leads to an “aha” moment. Case in point…
Today, my article was planned around giving away a book that has had a huge impact on my life: The Accidental Millionaire by Stephanie Frank. It beautifully combines her very personal story with rock solid business advice.
Then this morning, before getting to work, I (not without a little guilt) read the last few chapters of the latest book by my favorite chick-lit author, Jennifer Weiner. Imagine my surprise as I finished Jennifer’s book and found themes strikingly similar to those in Stephanie’s book.
Stephanie’s book gives so many tools to live life on purpose, and Jennifer’s, well; it’s just plain fun inspiration. Both hit on themes that resonate deeply with me.
Work for what you want, and be smart about it. Don’t compromise who you are. Build on your strengths. Surround yourself with the best people. Keep your priorities straight. Never compare other people’s outsides with your insides. Succeed through boldness.
Most importantly: be yourself.
Now this may sound strange, but to be yourself, sometimes you actually have to take time to know yourself. Know what you love, what you value, what you’re good at, and how that all fits together so that your life feels on purpose. Or, as Jennifer Weiner shares in the Q&A at the back of her book, “…write the story [you] were born to tell.”
So post and share here what you really want. Not what someone else wants to hear, but what YOU really want. It’s ok to say you want to make a lot of money. Or go into a monastery. Or serve orphans. Or join Barnum and Bailey Circus. And if you don’t know what you really want, you can post that, too.
Everyone who posts will go into a drawing for BOTH books. And because I got to visit with her recently, Stephanie’s book is signed!
The ability to travel whenever and wherever I want and to be able to fly the plane myself while getting there!
I want that, too, my dear! (but you’re not eligible for the drawing)
I REALLY want to be debt free 🙂
A great, concrete goal!
I want to travel the world and speak, hold workshops, and help women step into their full authentic power and have an abundant loving relationship with themselves, their bodies, their loved ones, and their careers.
And you’re the perfect person to do it! You positively glow!
OMG. I can’t do this. I want to do too much and then I want to live to 100 to do it all.
I really want to live with the ability to go and do whatever strikes my fancy at (mostly) any given moment without a worry about cost or conflicts of schedules. I realize in order to do this there will HAVE to be some times committed to maintaining this ability, but I want that to be the exception and NOT the rule.
Great way to put it, Greg!
I want to make a difference in people’s lives. Help them achieve, help them believe in themselves, help them become more self-sufficient, help them recognize the beauty in the world, and to preserve the beauty of the environment.
Ah, a woman after my own heart…
I want to be instrumental in at least 100 folks a month becoming more aware of what it is that they want, rather than judging and blaming themselves or others, and help them see their needs and the needs of others as equally precious. I am willing to reach people in the community, in churches, in prisons or jails, and I want to have tons of fun doing it — so I know it is play!
Fantastic, Alicia! Let’s make it happen!
I want to be recognized as the go-to person for people who are tired of here-we-go-again patterns of communication and who want to awaken from the ego’s dream of suffering and mediocrity in relationships and in life. When I say “recognized,” I’m beginning to play with the notion of world-wide recognition. (Whew! Gulp…)
Ah, Marta… you have a gift with words!