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Fear or possibility: Which does your focus feed?
A few weeks ago, it dawned on me how many times one of my friends on Facebook had made some variation on the comment, "I love how positive your focus is with your posts here." It's tempting to believe that my focus is so positive because I'm just an inherently positive guy. And while that is accurate to some degree, I'm also a guy who gets pissed off at the latest insanity in the news, or depressed at the seemingly endless waves of negativity. I get incensed at people's actions. I think quite... |
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Power your potential with promises
Every day, whether you are aware of it or not, you are doing something that sculpts both the way other people see you and the way you see yourself. Depending on how you handle it, that action can paint a... Curt Rosengren |
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Power your potential with promises
Every day, whether you are aware of it or not, you are doing something that sculpts both the way other people see you and the way you see yourself. Depending on how you handle it, that action can paint a picture of you as trustworthy and reliable or flaky, unreliable, or even dishonest.What is that? You're making promises. Until a recent conversation with Jason Womack (co-author of The Promise Doctrine), my definition of a promise was pretty narrow. When I tell someone "I promise," well, that's... |
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Creating good habits: A kindergarten approach
Have you ever tried to create a new habit, only to find yourself backsliding right back where you started? Here's a simple yet (for me, anyway) effective way to support your effort. Back in March, I decided that I needed... Curt Rosengren |
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Creating good habits: A kindergarten approach
Have you ever tried to create a new habit, only to find yourself backsliding right back where you started? Here's a simple yet (for me, anyway) effective way to support your effort. Back in March, I decided that I needed to build some better habits into my life. I resolved to: Exercise 30 minutes a day Meditate 20 minutes a day Drink 64 ounces of water a day Eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day My intent was good, but I knew that the implementation of that intention... |
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Are you aligning with your excuses?
Are you making any excuses in your life that are limiting your potential? (Hint: The answer is almost guaranteed to be yes.) We all do it. We all have reasons why we're not showing up as fully as we could. We all have reasons why we're not living into our full potential. The question is not whether or not you have excuses. It's what kind of role you are going to let those excuses play in your life. What kind of power are you going to give them? In her book, The Best Year of Your Life,... |
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Are you aligning with your excuses?
Are you making any excuses in your life that are limiting your potential? (Hint: The answer is almost guaranteed to be yes.) We all do it. We all have reasons why we're not showing up as fully as we could.... Curt Rosengren |
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Passion Catalyst lesson #8 - Love yourself
This is a series of lessons learned in my nine years as a Passion Catalyst. If I could magically incorporate one piece of advice into all the success literature ever written, it would be this: Love yourself. Over the years... Curt Rosengren |
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Passion Catalyst lesson #8 - Love yourself
This is a series of lessons learned in my nine years as a Passion Catalyst. If I could magically incorporate one piece of advice into all the success literature ever written, it would be this: Love yourself. Over the years I have come to believe that this isn't just a nice feel-good philosophy, but a central pillar of building a life that really lets you shine. It's not just important in the abstract. It's important in a very real, concrete way. Self-love vs. Self-negativity What... |
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Passion Catalyst lesson #7 - Start with yes
This is a series of lessons learned in my nine years as a Passion Catalyst. Do you ever find yourself saying no automatically to ideas or opportunities? Is that expanding your potential, or limiting it? Last week I wrote about... Curt Rosengren |
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Passion Catalyst lesson #6 - Tinybox thinking limits your potential
This is a series of lessons learned in my nine years as a Passion Catalyst. One of the hardest things I have grappled with over the last nine years is my own tendency to create a small box for the future and then proceed to try to shove myself into it. The box is created by my expectations and a desire to control what happens. "This is what I want to see happen, and this is how I'm going to do it, and this is what it's going to look like." Once I have that defined in my head, it shuts out... |
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Lessons from 9 years as a Passion Catalyst
[Scroll down to the bottom for links to the full series.]Nine years ago today, I took the first step on a journey that would take me from feeling like a professional malcontent to being a Passion Catalyst. I took off the mask I had been wearing for so many years in my career and started showing up as who I am. It has made all the difference. I wrote more about taking the plunge in a post a year ago. Today though, I have been thinking less how it happened and more about what I've learned in the... |
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Passion Catalyst lesson #7 - Start with yes
This is a series of lessons learned in my nine years as a Passion Catalyst. Do you ever find yourself saying no automatically to ideas or opportunities? Is that expanding your potential, or limiting it? Last week I wrote about staying open to possibilities and avoiding the inherent limitations of tinybox thinking. One of the ideas I talked about in the post was the importance of saying yes. I want to expand on that idea, because it's an important one. If you want to expand your future... |
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Passion Catalyst lesson #6 - Tinybox thinking limits your potential
This is a series of lessons learned in my nine years as a Passion Catalyst. One of the hardest things I have grappled with over the last nine years is my own tendency to create a small box for the... Curt Rosengren |
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Most people's concept of passion is limiting: Lessons from 9 years as a Passion Catalyst - #1
This is a series of lessons learned in my nine years as a Passion Catalyst. If I asked you what your passion is, what would you say? Most people would give some kind of answer like travel, or cooking, or software programming, or writing, or helping kids, or any of a bazillion things that people feel passionate about. And while none of those answers would be wrong, they would only represent a limited snapshot of where that feeling of passion could come from. As I see it, what we see as... |
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Passion Catalyst lesson #3 - Meaning is a powerful motivator
This is a series of lessons learned in my nine years as a Passion Catalyst. During the financial meltdown of 2008, I went through several months when my business disappeared. I was literally self-unemployed. Not only did I have no revenue coming in, the horizon looked devoid of income as well. The stress built and built as I continued to bang my head against the wall, trying to make something happen. BANG! nothing BANG! BANG! BANG! more nothing Finally, one morning in... |
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Passion Catalyst lesson #4 - You are your own best expert
This is a series of lessons learned in my nine years as a Passion Catalyst. One of the first things I tell new clients is, "I don't have the faintest idea what's best for you." I follow that up with, "What I do have is an unshakable belief that you do!" Over nine years of watching clients go from confusion to clarity, not once has the answer to what is right for them come from an outside source. They may feel like they don't have the answer at first, but what's really happening is... |
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Passion Catalyst lesson #5 - Success is not a solo sport
This is a series of lessons learned in my nine years as a Passion Catalyst.As I was transforming myself from Curt the marketing guy to Curt the Passion Catalyst, I realized I had a lot to learn. I had put a framework around something I had done naturally, informally for years, but the career passion spin was new. I decided to start building a "knowledge base" by interviewing people who had successfully pursued their passions. As I did, a few common themes started to emerge. One of the big ones,... |
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Passion Catalyst lesson #5 - Success is not a solo sport
This is a series of lessons learned in my nine years as a Passion Catalyst. As I was transforming myself from Curt the marketing guy to Curt the Passion Catalyst, I realized I had a lot to learn. I had... Curt Rosengren |