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How to NOT Thrive: Next 5

August 24, 2020 by Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. Leave a Comment

Well, you are on to me! Last week, I started talking about things you can do to guarantee that you DON’T thrive. I’m sure you knew I didn’t really want you to NOT thrive. But I wanted to point out some ways people make themselves miserable… and what they might do to shift.

If you missed that episode, JUST CLICK HERE TO HEAR IT.

It is interesting to notice how we humans can really mess up our lives! Life throws us enough to deal with. Then, we tend to multiply it with our own blind spots and stuck points.

With my Top 10 List To Guarantee You Don’t Thrive, I wanted to point out 10 ways that people really do keep themselves stuck. And the fact is, I see these same patterns repeated over and over by many people.

So, if you see yourself in one (or more) of the stuck points, that just means you are… well… human. Congratulations on being able to spot it! That is the first step in doing something different… something new… something more… THRIVING!

Listen in below for the REST of the ways you can keep from thriving… so you can thrive! (Unless you don’t want to… then just follow my suggestions.)

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How To Guarantee You DON’T Thrive

September 2, 2019 by Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. Leave a Comment

If you missed that episode, JUST CLICK HERE TO HEAR IT.

It is interesting to notice how we humans can really mess up our lives! Life throws us enough to deal with. Then, we tend to multiply it with our own blind spots and stuck points.

Listen in below for the REST of the ways you can keep from thriving… so you can thrive! (Unless you don’t want to… then just follow my suggestions.)

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The MPI Triad

February 26, 2018 by Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. Leave a Comment

I admit it. Her words have stuck with me for decades now. She told me, “Don’t waste it.” She meant that I shouldn’t waste my time… my life. Just before she died, she told me, “Make it matter.” She wanted to make sure I knew not to waste the precious time I had, and to make my life matter.

Her dying words to a young chaplain.

And those words have lived within me in the 3 decades since.

They still shape my work and my philosophy.

I discussed not wasting life in a prior podcast episode.

But what does it mean to Make It Matter? How do we make sure our lives matter, not for our own self, but for the world? How do we leave this place better for our being here?
The MPI Triad helps to clarify. That triad holds Meaning, Purpose, and Impact. How we make sense of what happens, how we move into the world, and what difference it makes.

Let me tell you a bit more in this week’s podcast episode.

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“We Aren’t Getting Out Alive” – Make It Count!

November 9, 2015 by Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. 1 Comment

No, I am not predicting a huge catastrophe, destroying the world. And I am not stuck in a disaster area.

But I remember hearing someone say that about life: “We aren’t getting out of here alive.” Simple. And profound.

Between birth and death, what is life about?

I have come to believe that we humans have a unique gift: we are built to make an impact, a difference in life. We can make a negative impact or a positive impact. But we WILL make an impact.

As I have watched people, when you aim at positive impact, your life takes on purpose and meaning. It becomes significant to you. And you begin to move toward something bigger and greater.

Are you standing in the impact zone, or are you still stuck?

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