What does it mean to "Live Your Greatness"

One of the things I am most passionate about is helping others to "Live their Greatness"... But what does this mean, exactly? Put simply, it means living your purpose...the life you were designed to live.  Living your greatness is about  living up to your inherent potential.  It is living life without excuses and without regrets.  Sounds appealing right?  SO what is stopping you?  What stands between you and your greatness???  Time?  Money? Fear? These are just excuses. If you want to live your greatness, you must live your purpose.  So what's yours?

As it turns out, many of us are just not sure.  We can feel that we have more to offer.  We want to make a difference, but we can't seem to put our finger on what our unique contribution to humanity will be (and when we put it that way, it sounds a bit overwhelming.  It would be great to contribute to humanity, but you're barely getting by as it is, right?). We may or may not believe in the idea of  "life's purpose", but the concept applied to our own daily living seems so daunting.  "What is my purpose?  And if it is what I was put on earth to do, why can't I figure it out?"

Steve Pavlina has some great advice in his article "How to Discover Your Life's Purpose in About 20 Minutes". It'll tell you up front, that the title makes the process sound a bit simpler than it may be for you... but so what if it takes you an hour... or three!?!  Isn't it worth it to begin living a life of purpose?  Take the first step toward living your greatness and check the link below:

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/01/how-to-discover-your-life-purpose-in-about-20-minutes/

"A dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes..."

Those of you who know me well, or who I have coached, know that I'm a BIIIIG believer in dreams!  I'm not talking about the dreams we have in our sleep,although I believe that these have great meaning too. I am talking about the dreams that come from your heart of hearts... your deepest (and often most terrifying and intimidating) desires.  My 6 year old often reminds me that, in the words of Jiminy Cricket, "A dream is a wish your heart makes."  But too often, we think that our dreams are imaginary; that those wishes from our hearts are far fetched, too good to be true, and completely unreachable. 

But what if they're not?  What if our dreams come from an inner wisdom that knows our purpose and nudges us toward it?  What if our dreams, our heart's deepest desires, are not meant to spur a moment of wistful daydreaming followed by a dissatisfied entry back into the drudgery of "real life"?  What if they are meant to encourage us toward inspired action?  What if they are meant to cause us to THINK big???

Below is an excerpt from "The Magic of Thinking Big", an article by Will Craig.  It's food for big thoughts and inspired action.  Enjoy!

As long as you are going to go about your day thinking anyway, you may as well "think big". Anyone can think small, and most people do. In fact, most people keep themselves in the same place in life, doing the exact same thing, without significant growth or change because of limited or conditioned thinking. 

Ideas:  Don't just think about what is possible, think about what might seem nearly impossible, that would require you to grow and move beyond who you currently know yourself to be. Think about what you have always wanted to do or have in your life ... those things that your heart speaks of. "If you can dream it, you can do it." ~Walt Disney

Thinking big equals going big. Thinking small means staying small. You decide. You get to choose your thoughts. Try giving big thought and energy to the direction of…who you are becoming. Be outrageous and let your imagination fly. This does not mean thinking unrealistic, pie-in-the-sky stuff, like being able to suddenly perform superhuman feats. It means allowing yourself to stretch and believe in the beauty of your dreams.

Take a moment today to appreciate the gift of your dreams, and answer that nudge from your wise inner self.  Dream big. Think Big.  And take the first step toward making your dreams a reality and living your greatness!  Not sure what the first step is?  Try Greatness Coaching! Contact me at carrie@coach-carrie.com. 

What's a Personal Greatness Coach?

Put simply, I help people to live their potential.  And isn't that the whole point of life, really?  We each have a set of God given gifts and talents, and it is our purpose to live them to their fullest.  Seems easy enough, and yet many of us lack the confidence to live the life that we were put on this earth to live.  Instead we settle for "safe," "secure," or "good enough".  While, there is nothing inherently wrong with any of these terms in the right context, we're talking about your LIFE here... this ONE LIFE that you are living right now!  Do you really want to get to the end of it and use any of thes adjectives to describe it?

This is where I, the Personal Greatness Coach, come in.  It's my life's purpose to help you to live yours to the fullest.  I have a gift for helping others to cut through the BS and get on with what's really important.  I help to eliminate excuses and free people from their self imposed prisons of doubt, worry, and fear, so that they can live each day in their personal greatness!

Just HOW do I do this???  More to come.  For now, rest in the knowing that if you are living anything less than the life you were DESIGNED to live, this blog is for you.  ;)