Guest Post: Step 1 Define Your Goals

“Today we continue with Michelle Prince on her advice to “Finding Passion in Your Life”. My one piece of advice is to make sure you know when to change your goals and learn from your experiences!” Bryan Dodge

A lot of people don’t have purpose, direction or even motivation to move toward what they want, because they haven’t defined what “that” is. They don’t have goals.

How many times have you heard someone say, “I don’t know,” when asked, “What do you want to do in life?” or, “Where do you see yourself five years from now?”

Ask that same question to preschoolers and they’ll rattle off a whole list of things they want to be or do when they grow up. They know exactly what they want. No one has shattered their dreams or stomped on their hopes.

“Wise adults” will shake their heads and smile knowingly. “Wait until you grow up and meet the real world,” they’re thinking. It’s sad but true that many adults give up on their dreams because they let them get crushed by the realities of bills, mortgages, raising a family, and all the other pressures of being an adult.

If you reach into your deepest memory pockets, I bet you’ll still find those same dreams tucked away, just waiting for you to pull them out and dust them off.

It all starts with deciding:

⇒ what you want
⇒ where you want to go
⇒ what you want to have, and
⇒ how you want to live.

In other words, it starts with deciding to live on purpose. Stay tuned for tomorrow is the next step in “Finding Passion in Your Life” guest series.

Michelle Prince
“Winning in Life Now”

“Write down your goals, laminate them and hold them near and dear to your heart. Carry them with you as a reminder. I give you 48 hours to get this done.” Bryan Dodge

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Guest Post: Finding Passion in Your Life Pt. 1

This week on the Build a Better You blog, we’ll have Michelle Prince, author of “Winning in Life Now,” guest-posting about her “3 Steps to Finding Passion in Your Life.” So many times, we lose that passion that fuels us. We get to the turning point and don’t know how or why we got there. This week, Michelle’s concepts will help you focus and get back on track. Join us!

“If you don’t really know where you want to go, it makes no difference which road you take.” Michelle Prince

How many of us are walking down roads that are leading nowhere? How many of us have a feeling that our lives could be happier and more prosperous but our current circumstances are holding us back and making it impossible for us to succeed?

I think many of us are so busy moving through our lives, that we don’t stop long enough to ask whether there is a purpose behind all of this activity. We wake up, go to work, pay the bills, and simply exist—doing the same thing day in and day out because we think it’s what we should be doing.

Often we don’t bother dreaming about what we want in life because we’re stuck in the rut of thinking we need this job, this relationship, this life. It’s comfortable, and change is—well, scary.

Are you stuck in a rut? Are you afraid of change?

If you fit the “stuck in a rut” description, I want to reassure you that there is something better for you and for every person who feels they are missing out on something. You really can have so much more:
• Happiness
• Peace
• Joy
• Success
• Self-satisfaction

It all starts by following these three simple steps to determine what you want and then living on purpose. Come back tomorrow for the first step.

Michelle Prince
“Winning in Life Now”

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August 2009 – Thank You

I would like to thank all of my monthly e-Zine readers. Without you, there wouldn’t be any reason to pull together such a lineup of topics, and ideas each month. The number of readers continues to grow, from 10,000 at the beginning of this year to over 21,000 and growing. We are seeing continued growth, not only with the e-Zine, but also with the listeners of my weekly “Build a Better You” radio show on WBAP 820AM, now in its third year, and the number of events we are booking each week. This is truly a blessing!

The best news is that my book, “The Good Life Rules: 8 Keys to Being Your Best at Work and at Play” was the number one seller during a recent week for Borders bookstore. Why is this happening? It is because of you. You are the reason I get up early, and you are the reason why I’m on an airplane writing this article right now. You are the reason why I continue to make over 250 appearances every year. I love what I do, and I’m thankful that I can show up for you and for those that depend on you.

In life there are those moments that you will remember forever. I would like to share one of my life changing experiences with you. An important goal of mine was to someday interview Zig Ziglar for my radio show. That dream has come true. I can’t even begin to tell you how much that moment meant to me. His staff asked me to keep the interview to 30 minutes. I’m here to tell you that over two hours passed and Zig and I were still having a blast with the “interview.” He truly is one in a million. His son, Tom Ziglar, was in the room with us and he mentioned that his dad had a wonderful time. That really touched my heart.

Why am I telling you this story? To let you know that the interview will be aired on Saturday, August 29th, at 5:00 pm during my weekly radio show on WBAP 820AM. You can listen to the interview on the radio or you can listen to it via the internet. I will continue to find ways to bring good ideas to help you live a better life, both at work and at play.