Life Journey

We are each on a journey through life. We each have different ways of going about our different journeys. We are inherently curious about our own journey. This is the story of your life. Stories are fascinating. Your story is fascinating. How do you choose your story? How do you create your story?

Creativity

We are all creative. We express it in our own unique way. Each of us has the creative ability to generate a new approach to what life offers. And creating rewards us as we navigate the unfamiliar. Creativity sparks brain tickles. Creativity comes from questioning. There are no stupid questions when curiosity and creativity are present.

Change

Change asks us to be creative. Change asks us to make choices. A universal function of life, change offers us opportunity--to challenge ourselves, create new options, and make discoveries. Change is an inherent part of the story of our lives.

Attention

We have a limited amount of attention. Where we choose to place our intention influences what we perceive, how we act, and what results we get. Energy flows where attention goes.

What works

Success is “the way that works.” Failure is the process by which you learn what doesn't work so you can better know what can work. Success without the experience of failure is simply an accident. Edison, Lincoln , Trump. Great people succeed by learning from failures. In fact, failure is a great source of strength. Through it we expand our sense of what we can achieve. Success should only and always be on your own terms, otherwise its just hype.

Faith

We all make assumptions about the world and other people. We have to. We can't process everything. We can't account for everything. Choosing where to take a leap of faith –in ourselves, in others, in the world– releases us from mundane worries and allows us to soar.

Meaning

We humans value meaning. We attribute meaning. We are meaning makers! We have choice about meaning. Meaning is the story we tell from our own perspective about an event. Not the event itself. We have no direct access to the event. Only the story. There are always options about how to make meaning of events.

Responsibility

We choose, from the options we see before us, how we want to be in the world. And that choice, that free will, implies that we are responsible for how we are in the world. When we take greater responsibility for how we are in the world, we can be more strongly empowered to create the life that works best for us. When we take responsibility, we leave off being victims of other people. We, then, masterfully and artfully craft our lives.

Flexibility

The element in a system with the most flexibility is the one with the most choice. The one with the most choice is the one with the most control (think of choices as switches: the more switches you can flip, the more you control the flow in the system). This is a mental martial art.

Improvement

With choice about change, meaning, faith, and where you place your attention, you can improve how you are in the world. You can take responsibility for what you are and what you want, and create the story of your life. You can hone your creative skills, focus your attention, alter the meaning of your experience, and expand your faith in yourself and others. It is up to you. You are already doing it. How do you want to change and improve?

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