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Meet Elena. She’s one of those high-energy-yet-down-to-earth people, the kind of person you wish you knew more of. A literal fountain of ideas, she’s smart, quick to grasp concepts, and has more interests than a bank.

And that’s Elena’s problem (or so she’s been told). Her friend told her, “You’re too passionate, E… you jump from one thing to the next more often than anyone else.”

And it’s true — when she finds something that catches her attention, she’s on it like a hungry dog on a fresh bone, and she learns everything she can about her new passion.

So even though she loves learning, that voice often goes off in her head that says, “Maybe they’re right… maybe I should really cool my jets on this. I’m thinking about this way too much.”

But what the heck would she listen to that voice for?

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What would be better than having the time and freedom to pursue your spiritual, personal development, and life goals, while at the same time being of deep service by sharing your wisdom and expertise with the world?

Nothing, if you ask me. In fact, now that I look at it, when I think about the goals I have for my business, that’s about as good as it could get. It satisfies my personal desires to have the time and financial means to pursue the kind of activities I want, and it feeds the deeper yearnings of my heart to give and share of myself generously in service.

The good news is, I’m right on track to that goal. For years now, I’ve been studying, learning, and growing my skills, while churning out workshops, articles, and products. Coupled with my background in spiritual study and personal development work, I feel a wonderful sense of having a foundation that’s being built upon to achieve what I’m wanting in life.

But enough about me; this is about you.

Can you say that you’re on track towards what you want?

Can you say that you even know what you want in the first place? Or how to get there?

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On Monday, October 29th, I’ll be unveiling an offer unlike anything seen here before… and while all the details will come forward then, I’ll just say this:

If you’ve been wanting to take one of my workshops, but haven’t had the time, money, or freedom in your schedule, you’ll definitely want to pay attention on Monday.

Watch for it!

There’s this myth about your life’s purpose that’s going around, and it’s a subtle one — but it’s pernicious. The sad thing is, it can keep you spinning your wheels for years, if left unchecked.

It’s the myth of the lone wolf.

You against the world, fighting the odds to succeed… righting injustices, fixing the broken parts, places, or people… all by yourself. It’s the idea that for your purpose, your mission, to succeed, you have to excel above the rest, to be the shining star that shines brightest of all.

Then, and only then, will your purpose be fulfilled.

Don’t think that’s a problem?

See if you can feel something behind these statements…

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Expertise is an interesting animal. It gives you a perspective that’s both beyond the average Joe, and more handicapping than duct-taping your hands over your eyes…

My good friend Dawud has a post up at Emoms at Home about the most important question you can ask your patrons: “How can I help you?”

It sounds so simple, so straightforward… I mean, you should know what your patrons need, right? After all, it’s your business, right? Well, kinda.

As I see it, there are two sides to this…

United Airlines’ Big Duh

Earlier this year on a United flight to Chicago, the pre-takeoff safety announcement ended with, “If there’s anything we can do to make your flight more comfortable, let us know.”

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I’ve been making some changes to Monk at Work lately, and I thought you might want to know why.

• I added underlines to the links in the posts, because Steve Pavlina brought my attention to the fact that some folks with a certain type of colorblindness couldn’t distinguish the linked text from the non-linked text.
• I added a mini-sitemap on the Services page, so if you know where you want to go, you can just go there. Thanks to Edward Mills for that one.
• I added a drop-down menu in the sidebar, so you can easily jump to any post you like. Awsom, huh?
• I’m scrapping the Most Conversational Monks section on the sidebar. But that requires a bit more explanation…

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You face hundreds, if not thousands, of choices every single day. How do you know what one thing to choose over another? What’s your litmus test for right action?

With the cornucopia of choices that you deal with every day, wouldn’t it be great if there was a simple rule to handle at least most of them? Well, at the risk of getting too simplistic, I’ll share an over-arching “rule” with you that I found years ago that has served me pretty well.

It’s one of my favorite prophetic sayings from all of Sufism: “Leave that which makes you doubt, for that which does not make you doubt.”

It carries a call to right action that strikes the tuning fork in your heart, resonating with the place in you that knows what’s right for you, and what isn’t. The exhortation to walk away from things, thoughts, actions, and attitudes that keep you spinning, lost, stuck, or worse, is undeniable.

And from what I’ve seen, the knowing in our hearts is true. We just have to listen to it.

In honor of Blog Action Day, an awareness-raising campaign to honor the environment, let’s look at how this saying applies to our ecological footprint — the impact we have on our planet.

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