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Big WHY Vs. Little Why’s

September 23, 2019 by Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. Leave a Comment

What’s your WHY? Your BIG WHY? Why you are here. The WHY that is your life purpose?

I think we all have one… even if we haven’t found it yet. It’s there. Within us. Your first task is to find it. That’s important. But finding it isn’t enough. Second, you have to move toward it, work toward it… try to fulfill it. If it is big enough, it may just take you the rest of your life!

But what could get in your way??

The little “why’s.” Your questions about “why did this happen?”, “why are things this way?”, “why do I feel this way?”

Those little why’s can drown out the BIG WHY. It draws our attention away from what is important. And yet, those little why’s get our attention and energy. They keep us in circles, chasing after nothing helpful or useful. Just stuck.

In this episode of the Thriveology Podcast, I discuss our BIG WHY and the little why’s that keep us away from the BIG WHY.

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People Do The Best They Can

October 3, 2016 by Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. Leave a Comment

Other than a few people who were being self-critical and a bit harsh with themselves, I have yet to have someone say, “You know, I am just not trying. I am kinda sliding by, not really doing what I think I should.”

Almost everyone (other than those few who were really just sharing their personal self-criticism) tells me how they are doing the best they can. . . and not getting where they want to get to.

Over the years, I have decided that people really do the best they can, given where they are. That is a life precept for me — my way of viewing people. Admittedly, I have times when I have to remind myself of this little belief. Not because I stopped believing, but because I lost my empathy. Then I step back, see it again, and reaffirm that people do the best they can.

To be clear, that does not mean that we are all operating at optimal functioning. Far from it. “Where we are” is what keeps us from operating at a better place. It is just my belief that people are truly doing the best they (we) can, given where they (we) are.

Care to hear more? Listen to my podcast below (and just below are links to the rest of the Immutable Laws of Living Series).

Immutable Laws Of Living Series:
Life Isn’t Fair
Life Has Challenges
Life Isn’t About Happiness
A Thought Is A Thought
Every Perspective Is Limited
Change Is Inevitable

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4 Steps To Changing Your Limiting Beliefs

June 20, 2016 by Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. Leave a Comment

Within you, lurking just below the surface, there are some beliefs that are limiting you. Your Limiting Beliefs influence your thoughts and your perspective. They mold your paradigm and keep you held hostage.

You can break free from those beliefs. You don’t have to be held hostage. There is a simple 4-step process that will allow you to defeat and destroy those beliefs, once and for all.

Here are the 4 C’s steps:

C-onscious
C-hallenge
C-hange
C-ommit

And once you know the secret to uncovering the beliefs, you just apply the steps, one-by-one. The limiting beliefs dissipate, replaced by your aspirational beliefs.

Try them out and tell me what you think!

GETTING UNSTUCK SERIES
Intro To Getting Unstuck
How You Get Stuck
You Are Not As Stuck As You Think
Give Up Your Goals & Get Unstuck
Loops
Shift Your Perspective
When Fear Has You Stuck
The KNAC Protocol For Getting Unstuck

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