Make a Roadmap for Your Future with the Help of a Life Purpose Coach

You probably saw it, too. Self professed daredevil, Felix Baumgartner, standing poised in the open hatch of his capsule, suspended 24 miles above the Earth.  He was about to descend back to Earth in a 9 minute free-fall at speeds greater then the speed of sound.  No man had ever attempted such a feat.  As he was about to jump, he said he felt “humbled.”  Perhaps you also saw the picture of him standing outside his capsule with the curvature of the earth behind him.  On one hand he must have felt very small, but on the other he was likely impacted with the vastness of life and all the opportunities that exist.

Scenes like this really motivate me.  I like to think about the possibilities and “what if’s” of life.  Unfortunately, that is not the way I live most days.  Most days are spent in my little world doing what must be done, wondering if I will get it all done, and questioning whether or not I am doing it right.  Perhaps that describes most of your days as well.
 

Find Three People to Compliment.
It was tenor, Robert Brault who said, “There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.”  In the next week find a minimum of three people to surprise with a compliment. Choose one from your family, one from your work and another from the community.  First, identify the person, single out something they did and quantify the result it had.  Next time you see them you will be ready to compliment them. Be generous with compliments and be one who is known for bestowing disproportionate happiness. “You (will) look simply marvelous.”

Directive:  Compliment people: use their name, tell them what you observed, and state the good they produced. 

Look for the Good. 

We have heard it said that we should compliment ten times to every time we criticize.  We also know that this is admittedly hard to do in some relationships.  Some people are just plain difficult!  Who is the one person in your life that rubs you the wrong way, but whom you cannot avoid?  We all have one.  Compliment them?  No, I am not kidding. Yes, you can do it.  There is always something that you can find in someone to compliment. I’m not saying it will spring into your mind immediately, but no one is without some worth.  No one on your list of relationships should be excluded from those you are responsible to compliment.