Doing The Easy Bits First & Then Living Your Life On Purpose

As I said in my “Note From Nicola” this week, Judith and I have been discussing via Skype what The Money Gym looks like for the rest of this year and next.  We love to do this “blue sky” thinking and like to do it before board meetings because Steve prefers more practically orientated chat.  We are having an interim board meeting on Monday to confirm it all in terms of strategy and then hammer out a “to do” and “who to do” list.

We also ask Money Gym students to do this, but more gently, in the form of the “Tuesday Exercise” which you can find in the Money Gym book.  This asks the reader to imagine what a normal Tuesday would look like, from the moment you wake up till the moment you go to bed;  who you are with, what you spend your time doing, which country you are living in, what you see out of the windows, and we encourage them

I started to write an article about it all, and why it’s important to design your business to suit you, your life, your strengths and skills and then I suddenly thought…….hang on, Judith will have written about this more eloquently than I ever could, especially as I’m not feeling 100% this week.  And she didn’t let me down!

Judith says : “I’m doing the easy bits first.  The easy bits are those which just flow, things I can’t wait to tell you or share with you, arising from thoughts I have been saving for just this moment.

I suggest you notice when things “just flow” for you – what are you doing, and how can you do more of it?

It’s All About “Creating a Business to Love – Your Primary Aim”

“It never fails to amaze me how disconnected people can be from what should be the central issue of their lives, which is of course… LIFE .”

“A business without life is no business at all.   But I can easily imagine a life without business.”   Michael Gerber

As you know, Michael Gerber’s “The E-Myth Revisited” subtited (scarily) “Why most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What do Do About It” is just one of my main coaching tools.

For a long time, it was my business bible, and I have been to the first all-women Leadership Intensive in California with the E-Myth Worldwide.

I want to share with you the importance of having a “Primary Aim” for your life, with which your business is aligned.

It’s About Your Life.

Your Primary Aim is about leading a life that is consistent with your innermost desires, core calues, and beliefs.   A life that “feels right” every day, that gives you a deeper sense of fulfillment and meaning with every year that passes.   A life you live intentionally rather than randomly.

In that simple statement lies the key to living a happy, fulfilled life.   A life that is meaningful to you.   A life in which your business plays a significant role, but far from the only role.   A life of joy.   And probably not the life you’re leading now.

Your Primary Aim is your innermost driving force.   It’s the source of the vitality, the commitment, the vision you need to get the most out of your life and to create a remarkable business in the process.   It is that which, more than anything else, gives you a sense of direction and purpose, motivates you to your highest levels of energy, and sustains you over the long haul.

What’s yours?

Here’s how to find it.   Ask yourself:

What would you like to be able to say about your life after it’s too late to do anything about it?

How do I wish my life to be on a day-to-day basis?

How would I like to be with other people in my life – my family, my friends, my business associates, my customers, my employees, my community?

What would I like to be doing two years from now?   Ten years from now?   Twenty years from now?   When my life comes to a close?

What specifically would I like to learn during my life – spiritually, physically, financially, technically, intellectually? About relationships?

How much money will I need to do the things I wish to do? By when will I need it?

Your Primary Aim provides you with a purpose, it provides you with energy.   Live your life with intention.   People may not remember what you say but they will definitely remember how you made them feel.

Once you have worked out what your Primary Aim is, does your business serve it, chime with it, or fight against it?

Thanks to E-Myth and Michael and Michele from http://www.successmadefun.com I know what my Primary Aim is and I share it with you here:

* I honour my own light first and I illuminate the way for others.

This is my purpose.   I am on fire!

Would you like to feel this way about your life, about your business?

Without it, how will you have a successful life or business? How would you know what first step to take? How would you measure your progress? How would you know where you were? How would you know how far you had gone? How would you know how much farther you had yet to go?

All you need to do is take your life seriously, begin living it as if it were important.   To create it intentionally and actively make your life the life you wish it to be.   Create a Business and a Life to Love.

Simple?   Yes.

Easy?   No.

I am grateful to the E-Myth Worldwide for this material.   I remember where I when I first read this powerful book, how it told my life story, how I resolved to change it that day and help as many others through spreading its message far and wide in the business community.

The E-Myth Revisited is just one of the books we recommend as essential reading in our Money Gym Silver program and is easily obtainable and affordable via www.amazon.co.uk though!

Other books we recommend around this topic are

“Synchronicity: The Inner Path Of Leadership” by Joseph Jaworski
“The 4-Hour Work Week” by Tim Ferris