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December 2013

 

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Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.   As we enter this holiday season, our thoughts and focus naturally turn more to our families.   It's also a good time to take an internal inventory of who we are for ourselves and our families.  Being TRUE to yourself can be the best gift you can give yourself and your family this year.  We hope you enjoy reading our insight.

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Be TRUE to Yourself!  

By: Dave Vogelpohl  

As the holidays are upon us, many of us naturally spend more time with our families. After all, that's what the holidays are about. Many of us will do almost anything to provide the best that life can offer for our families. When I ask my clients what is most important in their lives, almost everyone says their family is number 1. This focus is natural and generally healthy. It can also be the reason why some people continue to work in a job or a business which no longer energizes them, gives them joy, or lacks passion. For these people, the holidays can become a time for them to disconnect and recover before they "hit the grind" again in January.

It's my belief that we are designed to be fulfilled, not just during the holidays or when we're with our families, but ALWAYS! The secret to living such a life is to find our purpose and live consistent with our purpose and our passions. In short: Be True to Yourself. 

I've developed an acronym for the word TRUE that I've found useful to keep in mind in living consistent with my purpose and passions.

  • T - Trust: To be true to myself I need to trust my heart, i.e. listen to my inner spirit and be in harmony with where God's spirit is guiding me. 
  • R - Risk: What am I willing to risk to be true to myself? Sometimes it means stepping out of my comfort zone or giving up expedient habits which don't serve me or others.
  • U - Understanding: I need to know myself, who I am and where I'm going. For me this means discovering my purpose and passions. Several years ago, I spent time discerning my purpose. By reading Matthew Kelly's book "Rhythm of Life" and using a coach, I developed a powerful and inspiring purpose statement. More recently, working with Kevin McCarthy, who wrote a great book entitled "The On-Purpose Person", I honed this statement to be two words: "Liberating Potential". Finally, by using the Passion Profiler assessment, I discovered my passions to be: Transformer, Builder and Teacher. Our passions are the outward manifestation of our purpose, and for me, these passion archetypes fit my purpose perfectly.  
  • E - Empathy: It may seem a bit strange, but to be true to myself I need to be in touch with other people. It's who I am for others that gives my life meaning and allows me to live my life on-purpose and with passion. When I'm in touch with other people's feelings, situations, and challenges, I feel more alive and in touch with myself. 

 

Nelson Mandela is the person that most recently comes to mind as living a life of being "TRUE to Yourself". As the "last great liberator of the 20th century" he trusted himself and ultimately was not dissuaded by others who thought they had a better way. He risked everything, including his freedom for 27 years, for what he believed in. He understood his purpose in life and lived it dramatically. He empathized with the condition of his fellow citizens, both black and white, and brought his country together by serving them in a spirit of reconciliation and peace.  In President Obama's eulogy, he talked about Mandela's greatest gift using the South African word, Ubuntu: "his recognition that we are all bound together in ways that are invisible to the eye; that there is a oneness to humanity; that we achieve ourselves by sharing ourselves with others, and caring for those around us." 


During this holiday season, give yourself the gift of considering how you can be TRUE to yourself and, by taking action, you will also give your family and those you love a great gift as well.  

 

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Motivational Quotes 

 

"Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do." -- Nelson Mandela


"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." -- Nelson Mandela


"Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it." -- Hardy D. Jackson


"Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming better than you are" -- J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare


"Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do." --Pope John XXIII


"The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be." -- Max De Pree


"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." --Dolly Parton


"If you're able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence." -- Barbara Cook


"The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." -- Charles Du Bos (Approximations)


 

 

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