Purposeful Pondering: Have You Become a Boiled Frog?
Do you Twitter? I’m just wondering how many Purposeful Pondering readers use Twitter. I’ve recently started hearing about it and I’m curious how popular it is. Seems so simple, responding to “what are you doing?” as a way to keep connected to your friends and colleagues. I also wonder what a social networking community would…
Do You Twitter?
Do you Twitter? I’m just wondering how many of people who are part of LOPI’s cybercommunity use Twitter. I’ve recently started hearing about it and I’m curious how popular it is. Seems so simple, responding to “what are you doing?” as a way to keep connected to your friends and colleagues. I also wonder what…
When is Bad News Actually Good News?
While practicing as a small animal vet I often had to give my clients some bad news about their beloved pets: “Ms. Jacobs, I’m afraid I felt a sizable lump in Missy’s abdomen. We’ll need to take some x-rays to learn more but I’m afraid we may be dealing with a tumor.” Or… “Mr. Gerald,…
Avoiding or Moving Beyond Despair
I recently read some interesting comments on Mark Silver’s Heart of Business Blog: “One thing I’m absolutely sure of: there is always more fear available if you want it. I don’t want to belittle what’s happening on Wall Street here in the US, with widening global implications, and it’s just plain stupid to put on…
Transforming Enemies into Friends
It’s been a rewarding week as my family and I return from our week of rest and rejuvenation. My daughter and I have started working on a “Purpose Project” to create a series of meditations to help people going through the 6 Passages of the Life On Purpose Process to have a smooth and energized…
The Land: From Back Burner to Front of the Stove
Let me bring you up to date on “the Land,” as it’s become known here at Life On Purpose Institute. But first just a little background. Life On Purpose Institute was founded in 1996. During that year we created our vision and mission and what these two combined might look like in physical form. Thus…
My Stuff, Your Stuff, We’ve All Got Stuff – Part 2
I knew at some point I wanted to reflect further on how we can deal more effectively with other people’s stuff — the upsets, judgments and criticism that stem from their fear and sense of lack — in other words from their Inherited Purpose as it’s called in the Life On Purpose Process. I thought…
Status Report on the Water4Gas experiment.
Some of you may remember I started an experiment a few months ago to determine if I could substantially reduce my gasoline usage by using a product that you can attach to your car’s engine called an ‘electrolyser.’ I had purchased the detailed instructions and had built 3 of the units when my two vehicles…
My Stuff, Your Stuff, We’ve All Got Stuff
Well, this will be one of my last ‘official duties’ for Life On Purpose Institute, Inc. before taking a week of “Rest & Rejuvenation.” I prefer calling it that as a way of reminding myself and my family what the main point of this time off is. More than once we’ve fallen into the common…
From One Blogging Bozo to Another
I recently read a blog entry from my business coach, Mark Silver about how he hadn’t really been treating his blog as a part of his business. (His entry was entitled – “I’m a bit of a blogging bozo). And his comments went ‘Ping’ with me. It really struck a chord. Truth be told, I…
Isn’t it Time You Knew Your Purpose?
