Living On Purpose

I was recently asked this excellent question, “What would you say are the biggest obstacles most people run into that prevents them from living on purpose?”

I would say a person is living on purpose when he or she has relative control over thought processes.  I say it this way because all of us get into accidents, make mistakes, or fall by the wayside. When that happens, our reaction to our situation will reveal whether we are going to pull ourselves up with steadfast purpose.

So, to answer the question, the biggest obstacle preventing people from living on purpose happens when we relinquish our control over our thought patterns, thereby getting stuck in the victim mentality, or in an entitlement mindset, or with low self worth.

We need to become aware of the repetitive thought patterns that hold us back by witnessing how we think right now. Then, let it be okay to be who we are. Loving and accepting ourselves for who we are RIGHT NOW is pretty much vital. Beating ourselves up mentally for our own mistakes digs a deeper hole in the rut of our repetitive thinking.

T. Harv Eker introduced me to the idea of having a big enough toolbox to be able to overcome problems:

• When it comes to…success, you can have the greatest tools (strategies and systems) in the world but if there’s a tiny leak in your “toolbox” (your mind), you’re going to have a problem.

Americans are consuming approximately $9.6 Billion in “Self Improvement” or “Personal Development” products and services each year! There is no shortage of tools to put in your toolbox, that’s for sure.

I would recommend The Work & Holosync simply because I know these techniques. There are plenty more very effective tools for becoming aware of our thought processes, like the Sedona Method and NeuroLinguistic Programming. I have not tried these, though.

I’m just learning about EFT, or the Emotional Freedom Technique.  I’ll let you know how it goes.  Some people think it’s malarkey, and some people like Dr. Mercola endorse it fully.  I’ll try it out and see for myself. You can find many more videos on it at Youtube. It’s just a tool to use to get yourself out of a thinking ‘rut’.

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