By Orrin Woodward Imagine your brain as a garden and you as the gardener. What do you allow to grow in the fertile soil of your brain? Ideas have consequences in a person’s life, much like plants produce fruit in a garden. The key question is what fruit is being harvested from the plants growing in your garden? Attitude is a … [Read more...]
The Soul Purpose Map
April 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Steve D'Annunzio “To travel is to take a journey into yourself.” -Danny Kaye If you were embarking on a journey, you would start out with a destination in mind. You would need a map, directions, and a compass. You would need a functioning vehicle, as well as fuel. You would need to understand the terrain. It would also be nice to … [Read more...]
The Best Leaders Have Fun
April 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Chris Brady "It's kind of fun to do the impossible," said Walt Disney. "People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing," wrote Dale Carnegie. "I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun," said Thomas Edison. "If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf," … [Read more...]
How Living Soul Purpose Helps You Prosper
April 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Steve D'Annunzio “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” -Pericles How does Soul Purpose tie into greater prosperity? First, understand that prosperity is not something you possess. It is a state of being. It is living the happiest, healthiest, and most fulfilling life … [Read more...]
Finishing Well
March 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Chris Brady There is an abundance of sayings that address the concept of beginning something. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step," and "starting is more than half of finishing," are just two that come immediately to mind. But finishing is more important than starting. In my lifetime, I've seen a lot of people … [Read more...]
Leadership Control & Influence
March 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Orrin Woodward Don’t let the issues outside of your control, stop you from addressing issues inside of your control. If I have seen it once, I have seen it a thousand times, a talented person with a willingness to work, stopped cold by dwelling on issues outside of his control. This type of thinking takes on many forms, but here's an … [Read more...]
The Incredible Power of Choice
March 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By John Robert Crawford For many years I have been involved in the education of college students. After witnessing some of their stumbling, I began to give a little pep talk at the beginning of each freshman year. The plan was to encourage them to fight the good fight as they continued their education. Many of them were second-chance … [Read more...]
Increasing Our Intentional Influence
March 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Steve D'Annunzio Though it may be hard to believe, the underlying intention of all human behavior is happiness. Eons of experimentation have proven that trying to achieve happiness through fear and force is futile; it can only be achieved by choosing love and using power. The equation that I came up with to explain the Soul Purpose formula … [Read more...]
Culture Versus Institutions
March 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Oliver DeMille Free citizens are innovative, independent and giving. When these characteristics wane in a society, freedom decreases. When these values are bolstered, freedom grows. Because they are so important in free nations, institutions attempt to produce and market them. But the nature of innovation, independence and giving … [Read more...]
Weak Versus Strong-Force Attractors
March 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Steve D’Annunzio Everything in the universe is energy in a constant state of vibration. Even a chair, a lamp, a car, everything—at a subatomic level—is particles and waves in an energetic state of constant movement. The universe is a frequency spectrum of infinite vibration. Physical matter possesses a great variety of vibrational … [Read more...]
