Orange County, California is where Rose Espinoza moved with her husband in 1991. Soon enough the couple realised the neighbourhood wasn’t exactly the place where they wanted to raise their 8-year-old son. After a drive-by shooting in their street, the couple decided to create a night watch community. While some of their neighbours participated, others threatened them. However, the Espinozas weren’t discouraged. Rose had a very specific purpose – giving her son a better neighbourhood – and she wasn’t willing to give up! Perhaps they needed a different approach? She[...]
Make Your Work in Keeping with Your Purpose ― Leonardo Da Vinci Your job isn’t just a pay check. We spend most of our waking time at work and if you hate what you do, or if it simply doesn’t resonate with what you value, well, that’s a very poor choice of how to spend your time and life! But before you get frustrated and upset, check out my watertight ways to ensure your work has Meaning & Purpose!1. Be Yourself Be true to yourself. Don’t force your nature. If you’re no good at managing people, perhaps you reconsider that latest offer from your boss, even if[...]
I knew a boy at school who wanted to be a fireman. How lucky to have that clarity! By the time I left college I was lucky to have that clarity. Looking back, less so about the choice itself – I wanted to be a trader in an Investment Bank! Whenever I changed career, location or life situation it's always come from a position of self-awareness about what is serving me and what is not. Are you waiting for your call? Finding your true purpose in life can be challenging and it can take time. Months, if not years. Like always, it’s all about balance. So my advice, having searched [...]
When you lost sight of your path, listen for the destination in your heart ― Katsura Hoshino Do you feel clear on your human path? Is there something, anything greater or higher? Modern society leads us to pursue more and more material objects, but what about the subtle or immaterial things? Satisfaction of our basic needs is extraordinary for one simple reason, and I’m not talking about driving a fancy car or fine dining. When we have sufficed those basic needs only then do we have the genuine opportunity to explore our minds and hearts for deeper and longer. Though we may love to [...]
