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Key to a Purpose Driven Life
Often it is true that the simple things are both the best thingsand also the things we seem to avoid or 'not have time for'.Here is what I do personally with great success, and also somevery special and important tips that reveal why such personaltime thinking sessions often do not work for people. A 10 Minute Purpose Driven Life Focus Session is one of thos...
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emagical things that when done regularly can prove miraculous atimproving the quality, enjoyment, and effectiveness of our day;a genuine key to your purpose driven life.It's important to keep it simple, but to maintain awareness ofits importance. That helps us to do it regularly as we are notworried so much about 'doing it right' yet still able torecognize that it is a very significant thing to do in some form.The essence of a Purpose Driven Life Focus Session is to writethoughts down. A purpose driven life comes out of a regularly updatedmindfulness and clarity of your thoughts, responsibilities,projects, hurdles, and desires.It's actually not so important to write anything in particularas it is to simply write something, whatever comes up, andtrusting yourself and making space for your self to explorewhatever ideas press onto your awareness.You may reflect on your s...
...tate of emotions. You may write downthe pressing matters that you need to attend to. You may simplyjot down some fantasy imaginations of something you are lookingforward to. You may write down your current thoughts onachieving a purpose driven life as you see it at the time.I want to stress in this article that what is important is justto do something, almost anything, that requires writing down onpaper or typing on computer, some personal thoughts. Doing so awakens and connects the whole mind.My own sessions have now molded into a flexible structure ofreviewing the larger and more important things in my life, thenconsidering my current projects, then visualizing myselfperforming well throughout the day, then getting in touch withpositive emotions. TIPS FOR YOUR SESSIONHere are some tips that help my clients understand and maintaina regular 10 minute 'purpose driven life' focus session.DON'T feel guilty if you do not do the 10 Minute Purpose DrivenLife Focus Session every day. The point of the exercise is tohelp put you in a resourceful state to help improve your day. Often it will happen that you do not feel high energy aboutdoing a focusing session. Some might say that it is those timeswhen you really need to do it. I think you have to honestlydecide that for yourself, as it's not worth saying to yourselfthat you 'should' do it ('shoulding' all over yourself) and thennot doing it, and then feeling guilty, and then blanking outyour awareness of it, and then get further into a rut - do yourelate? Give yourself permission day to day to do whatever you feelgives you more energy and productivity. Don't take me or anyoneelse as knowing better than you what's best. "Questioneverything" - Socrates Sometimes you will want to jump out of bed and get on withthings right away. If you're already either on a tight deadlineor on fire with commitment for your projects then it's notnecessary to do the 10 minute focus. Sometimes you will feel like spending more or less time, perhapsfilling most of the 10 minutes or even more time than that, on aspecific area or an emotionally empowering visualisation.It's important to use the 10 minute review as BOTH anintellectual exercise, as well as an emotionally involvedexercise. A purpose driven life combines rational decisionmaking with emotional connectedness. Without mindfulness of howthey fit together for you personally you can not live a purposedriven life.Don't expect that you should feel turned on and bubbling overwith enthusiasm after your 10 minute focus sessions. That is afalse expectation that gets people depressed because they think'whats wrong with me why don't I feel all excited and filledwith joy whilst I'm cooking dinner or checking my emails?'Emotions go up and down so accept wherever they are at any timeas you focus on your projects and responsibilities.In what way have you already attempted or done some kind offocus session? What is purpose to you? And what would you say isyour purpose? Do you feel that at this time you are living apurpose driven life? What time in your morning routine would bemost suitable for a focus session? Is night time a better timefor you?You will start to experience the benefits of the 10 MinutePurpose Driven Life Focus Session about a week after maintainingit almost every day. If you don't, write me and together we'llwork something out more suitable for you.Remember. The key is to write something down. And to do thatoften....
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