Head For Higher Ground

By M-Power

December 26, 2006 was the date.  An earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean caused a shift in the earth’s plates that led to a displacement of the sea itself.  The waters withdrew from the shore in preparation for an enormous tsunami to follow.  Those who saw and recognized the signs immediately began to retreat for higher ground – they knew what was coming.  There are plenty of signs around indicating that our world is in danger – everything from economic indicators to crime rates.  There is ample reason to believe that we need to head for higher ground.  Identify the higher ground in your life and invite others along. Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.  ~ James Arthur Baldwin    

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What Doesn’t Make Sense

By M-Power

During a morning run this week I came across this sign for a golf course.  I quickly identified the golf bag and clubs on the right and the red rock outcropping on the left, but I couldn’t quite make out what that white item was attached to the cliff – it didn’t make sense to me.  As I continued to study what didn’t make sense, suddenly the white thing became a shirt on a man and the red rock cliff became a couple.  It all made sense to me as I finally made sense out of the part that didn’t.  In our lives there are often things that don’t make sense.  Take a closer look at those things, and often the very things that don’t make sense to us bring the whole picture into context. In science, mistakes always precede the truth. Horace Walpole

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Cultivating You

By M-Power

I’m working on getting something of a garden going this spring, which requires a lot of cultivating, weeding, tending, watering, and nurturing of the seeds and plants in order to have a harvest. My friend, Garrett Gunderson hosted a phenomenal event in Salt Lake City last week where he pointed out that the key to wealth creation is to cultivate yourself. Take care of and invest in yourself, and you will thereby create your results. You are your greatest asset! In the absence of clarity of your soul purpose you cannot discern the difference between distraction and opportunity http://cepke.net/pay-day-loan-company – Garrett Gunderson

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Whatever Doesn’t Look Like That

By M-Power

I was just looking at this chain that I whittled out of a family sized bar of Ivory soap.  The most common question I get about this after people marvel that I would have that much extra time on my hands is, “How did you do that?”  The answer is simple, I just cut off everything that doesn’t look like that.  Our lives tend to accumulate a lot of extra baggage from time to time.  Get a clear picture of what you want your life to look like, and start cutting off whatever doesn’t look like that!     Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. Lou Holtz    Please leave your comments here – be part of the discussion.    Dr. Paul

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Mind Meals

By M-Power

One of my clients is a very successful corporate executive who engaged in a six-session life coaching process with me.  After our very first session, this man called me on the phone and said, “Paul, it’s like my mind was hungry for this.”  Many of us don’t realize that we feed our minds daily – the question becomes WHAT do we feed our minds.  To intentionally consume mind food that inspires, uplifts, enlightens, and encourages will go far toward assisting you to remain in a paradigm of positivity and production.   If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   P.S.  The cafeteria is open – please enjoy the Mind Meals available at no cost to you through Live On Purpose Radio – Bon Apetit!

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Petrified

By M-Power

I recently got a piece of petrified wood as a prize for solving a puzzle at a family reunion.  As I hefted the piece I realized that petrified wood is not wood at all – it is stone.  It still has the appearance of wood, because that’s what it started as.  A gradual process of minerals penetrating and replacing the fibers of the wood has turned it to stone.  In a similar way, we don’t change suddenly or overnight – it is a gradual process of principles penetrating and replacing the old thoughts and habits with something more solid and enduring.  You are a work in progress!  We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. – Max De Pree __________________________________________ Today’s featured download… In this archived episode of Live On Purpose Radio, Dr. Paul interviews the Hopkin family about knowing how to change. The Hopkins graciously…

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