I just started reading Zero to Zillionaire: 8 Foolproof Steps to Financial Peace of Mind by Chellie Campbell. The first step, or strategy, she lays out in the book is: “Change Your Mindset and Change Your Future.”
The point she makes is that the situation we find ourselves in today (whether good, bad or indifferent) in our finances, relationships, career, etc., is a direct result of our thinking. And if we are not happy with our situation and want to make change in certain areas of our lives, we need to change our thinking – our beliefs – in those areas.
One of my mentors explained it this way in a concept he called The Belief Matrix.
The Belief Matrix
He said that everyone has a certain set of beliefs (or mindset or worldview) that govern our attitudes, which then direct our actions, which produce certain results. These beliefs are things we know to be true, whether they are actually true or not. Continue Reading >>>
By nature, I enjoy being spontaneous and would rather fly by the seat of my pants than sit down and make a plan for anything – be it a vacation, work project, or an important area of my life.
So when I finished writing the third in a series of posts on how to reach your full potential (Create Your Own Personal Development Plan), I realized that some people just hate the thought of sitting down and mapping out a strategy for their life. They’d prefer to just let it happen spontaneously.
If that’s you, believe me, I’m with you. But over the years, I’ve discovered that a bit of planning can help me live a more spontaneous life. I know, it sounds paradoxical, but stay with me and I’ll explain. Continue Reading >>>
Welcome back to Life Compass, where we’re talking about how to reach your full potential in life. After you take a good look at yourself (step 1) and clarify your purpose in life (step 2), the next step is to create a personal development plan to help you maximize who you are in order to accomplish what you’re called to do.
Your personal development plan will synthesize and build upon all the work you’ve already done in the first two steps. In addition, it will help you evaluate your current reality in the basic areas of life (financial, family, career, health, spiritual, etc.), set well-defined goals, and create a specific plan of action that will propel you to achieve your goals. Continue Reading >>>
Last time, in How to Reach Your Full Potential: First, Take a Good Look at Yourself, we defined “reaching your full potential” as being the best “you” that you can be. Being in your sweet spot where you feel the most fulfilled, the most on-purpose, and where you’re making the greatest difference in the world. Knowing who you are, what you’re good at, and how to maximize that for the greatest good.
I explained that the first step in reaching your full potential is to begin with a process of self-discovery and introspection, where you take a Continue Reading >>>
In my last post, where I asked, “Are You Reaching Your Full Potential?” I promised that I would define what I think it means to reach your full potential, and explain how you can do it.
I define “reaching your full potential” as being the best “you” that you can be. Being in your sweet spot where you feel the most fulfilled, the most on-purpose, and where you’re making the greatest difference in the world. Knowing who you are, what you’re good at, and how to maximize that for the greatest good.
How do you reach your full potential?
Step One: The journey to reach your full potential begins with a process of self-discovery and introspection, where you take a good, long look at yourself by… Continue Reading >>>
For those of you who are new to Life Compass, I write on Spirituality, Faith and Ethics every Sunday. Here’s why.
Have you ever noticed how tough situations can sometimes make or break a person or couple?
Why is it that in times of crisis, some people just barely hang-on and survive, while others grow and thrive? Or why some couples come closer together, while others are driven apart?
My wife and I went out for dinner on Thursday night to celebrate Valentine’s Day. I know, we were a few days early! But it worked best for our family’s schedule. We had a great dinner out and enjoyed a show called “Grand Rapids’ Got Talent,” which is our Continue Reading >>>
