Today I turn 50. So, in getting ready to turn 50, I went to Wikipedia and found what was written about 50 and this is what I found.

50 is the natural number following 49 and preceding 51. That is a lot of help.

50 years is the golden wedding anniversary. That sounds good!

50 is the traditional number of years in a jubilee period. This is pretty cool!

50 is a magic number in nuclear physics. I like magic!

50 is the atomic number of tin. Ok, tin! Come on!

50 is half-century. This makes me feel old.

What do I feel about 50? Until recently, I was not certain about how I felt about turning 50 and until I thought about this being my 50th year, today was just another birthday. As I was exploring my 50th birthday and having a hard time putting how I felt to words, a good friend of mine asked me to pick one word or phrase to describe each decade in my life starting with 10 and this is what I came up with.

At 10, the word that comes to mind is play. At 20, learning. At 30, growing. At 40, go within. And now, looking at 50, I get being magnificent. These words put my life more into perspective and looking at the word for 50, makes me feel really good about turning 50 as long as I feel into the word – inside me. When I look outside me for magnificent, then I tend to compare myself to others and that makes magnificent feel like a burden and I know I do not need a burden.

So today, and each day in this decade, I am going to get up and look inside and see what magnificent looks like and do my best to bring that forward as I head into my day and when I go to bed, only measure myself against myself and being gentile with myself, be grateful for who I have been that day, what I have done, and who I will become in this magnificent decade!

If you are like me, you are always looking for ways to improve yourself. I love to read, take classes, and enter into discussions on various topics. I work with other coaches on getting through the issues that are in front of me. I do have a question for you, do you change in steps or leaps?

I know some people can make drastic changes in their life, which I call leaps, but I have recently learned, I am not one of them. I have been working very hard on getting my program out called “Living Your Purposeful Life” and with all the effort I have put into the course, people are not signing up as I had hoped. On top of it, I have gotten sick three times in the past six weeks, and I am normally a very healthy person.

So, I am putting my “Living Your Purposeful Life” program on hold. I know that I will do the course, but just not now. I am going to take a few more steps along the path before I can offer that program with the energy and excitement the program requires. Some of those steps are already in place and I am sure that others will follow.

Please stay with me on my blog as over the next few weeks, I am going to tell you in more detail what I have been doing, what has happened to me, and how it has changed me. I look forward to engaging in some conversations with people as I have had over the past few weeks while working on my program.

On Wednesday, January 30, 2013, at 8pm EST, I will be offering the first class of my “Living Your Purposeful Life” program to all those who want to attend. If you have had any interest in my “Living Your Purpose Life” program, then you should attend this teleseminar to help you get on your path to living the life that you are here to live!

If you want details about the entire program, then go here. If the program interests you, then join me on Wednesday night with your questions. The phone number is 559-726-1200 and PIN is 776179#.

Are you a firework? Do you understand what I am talking about? No. Well, watch Katy Perry’s video for her song Firework. I ask you to watch, because I had heard the song many times, but until I really saw the video did I really understand the song. As you watch the beginning of the video, listen to the first part of the song.

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards one blow from caving in?

Do you ever feel already buried deep six feet under?
Scream but no one seems to hear a thing

Does your life feel like this? You life does not have to, because in Katy Perry’s words,

Baby, you’re a firework
Come on, let your colours burst
Make ‘em go “Oh, oh, oh”
You’re gonna leave ‘em all in awe, awe, awe

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It’s always been inside of you, you, you
And now it’s time to let it through-ough-ough

You are a firework! You are important. If you believe you are, but are not sure how to get there, I can help. Check out my “Living Your Purposeful Life” program here. Let me help you become the firework inside you!

How was your day today? And don’t just say, “Good” or “Fine”. How was your day really? What did you do? Did you accomplish anything important? Did you connect with those around you?

Did you waste time on the Internet? With Facebook? Did you spend hours in front of the TV for no reason?

How was your day?

Mine. Well, it depends on what part of the day your are talking about. It was not outstanding all day long, but overall, I would say it was pretty good. I started out with a mastermind group call. It is always good to connect with my mastermind group.

I then had an informal meeting with a college and we had a very good discussion about a project that I am working on with him. I felt I got a much better understanding of what is required for the project.

I then had a series of meetings that were ok. Some where useful and some dragged through the middle of the day, but ended up in a technical discussion with my team about the project we are working on. We make some good headway which ended the work day on a very productive note.

I came home and had a wonderful dinner. I was last, so I ate alone, but my wife was around so we talked. I helped my sister with her computer and then I caught the last part of a TV show with my daughter. Since I only caught the last part of the show, my daughter had to fill me in on what happened. It was a good way for us to connect because I was present for the time we shared.

So, how was your day? Are you overlooking some good times in your day? Are you not taking advantage of those special moments in your day? Are you looking to improve your day? Are you looking for something more in your life? Well, I can help. I am offering “Living Your Purposeful Life.” If you want information, go here. If the program is interesting for you, I am having a free seminar on Wednesday to give you help you understand where you are and what you can expect from my program. I look forward to having you there!

Have you ever been in the mode of just getting it done? I have had two experiences of that energy recently; one with moving, and two with offering my course.

As for the moving, I knew the date was coming and that we planned to have the weekend to move boxes before the movers came on Monday. When Friday arrived and we got the keys to our new place, I got into a groove of just getting the boxes moved. I just got into the zone and moved as many boxes as I could. My wife was surprised with how much I moved. I could feel my body ache with all the walking, especially up and down stairs to get and put boxes where they belonged, but I was in the zone and I got it done.

As for my course, “Living Your Purposeful Life”, I can feel that it will be an amazing transformational course. I can feel into the content and the shifts that my students will have as well as the importance for me to step out and deliver this course, but I scheduled the course to start in the middle of the week when I was moving. Before the move. This felt like a good idea, but as the week unfolded, I could feel that I was pushing the course out, just to get it done and that is not the energy I wanted my students to feel from me when I am teaching the course. So, I have delayed the course a few weeks to allow me to get settled into my new house and allow me to really bring me forward in the course to allow the students to get the transformation that they need from the course.

I think there are times when “getting it done” is a good idea, like when I was moving boxes. Just get into the zone, and get it done. There are also times when “getting it done” is not the right idea, like when I was trying to get my course out the door.

I do not want you to use “getting it done” as an excuse for not doing something, but really take the time and see if you are getting something done because the time is right, or are you getting things done because you are just getting it done. If you are unclear, ask a friend to help you through the decision, some one you trust and who can be honest with you. Once you explain to them and listen to their thoughts, execute.

I talked to several friends of mine and based on what we talked about I will be launching my course on February 6th with a free preview on January 30th. If you are interested, please go here. I look forward to seeing you in the class.

Please leave a comment below and let me know what you think.

Do we have limited value? I am not talking about the value we put on ourselves. I am talking about the value we can assign to our things. For example, if you have a car and you really need that car to get you to and from important places, how much value do you put on that car?

Now, what if you had two cars? How much value can you put on each individual car? As much as when you only had one car? Do you value one car more than another car? Is there a limit to the amount of value you can assign?

Is the value you assign related to how much you need something? If you have a television in every room, do you really value any one individual television set, because how much to you really need each individual television? If one were to not work, you would just go to another room.

How many of your things in your life do you really value? If you were to loose some of your stuff, how said would it make you? Does the amount of care you take for something related to the value you assign to that thing?

If you really wonder about how much value you put on things, I can help. I am teaching a twelve week couse on “Living Your Purposeful Life” and understanding what is of value to us, will be a key topic we will cover in the course. If you are interested, please go here. I look forward to working with you and re-evaluating value together.

We recently sold our house and purchased another one and today is moving day! We have had the new house for the past three days and have been moving as much as we could by ourselves during that time. Today, the movers come to move the big stuff.

As I am thinking about the movers coming, it feels a lot like the work that I have been doing to improve myself. I move stuff around, clean stuff out, and improve myself. But there are times, when I can not do it myself and then, I call my friends to assist me in moving out, or cleaning out the stuff that is getting in my way for moving forward.

Do you ever feel that way? You are making progress in most areas of your life, but there is something you can not get your hands around by yourself and you need some assistance to get past whatever is in your way. If so, then I can help you! Look at my “Living Your Purposeful Life” course here and see if this is the help you were looking for in your life.

We are almost two weeks into 2013 and I have to ask you, how are you doing with your New Year’s resolutions? Did you make many of them on New Year’s Eve? How many of them are you still working on? A few? Great! If not, not to worry. Keep making progress on those that are still active for you! For those that you have dropped, drop them and stop worrying about the ‘hang over’ from dropping them.

It always amazes me how much pressure we put on ourselves at the beginning of every year to make changes. Wouldn’t it be easier to make changes as we go throughout the year as we need to. Why do we have to wait until the beginning of the year to make changes?

If you are looking for a way to make changes in your life, I can help you. I am offering a course called “Living Your Purposeful Life”. The course is about living your life every day and making the changes you need along the way. You can find information about the course here. Take a look, and if the course is what you are looking for, sign up. You will be glad that you did!

Life is a journey! Keep making the changes you need to keep enjoying it!

What do you value? Have you ever taken the time and really asked yourself what you value? I am not talking about things or activities that are important to you like your house, family, friends, or special interest. I am asking what, deep down, inside your core is important to you?

I am talking about your core values. Do you value love? Happiness? Fun! Integrity? Laughter? What is it deep inside of you that is really important to you?

If you have taken a look at what is important to you, how well are you living your core values? Do your values line up with what you are doing in the world? Do your values line up with how you treat the people that are most important to you?

If not, I can help you! I am offering a course called “Living Your Purposeful Life”. It begins shortly, so go here and find out the details to find out if the course is what you are looking for. I know I can help you, if you are ready!