LIFE FLAVORS
WHY MERELY ENDURE WHEN YOU CAN SAVOR?
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Freedom is the ability to recognize options, and the willingness to choose and act on them.
At one time in your life you knew and agreed with every key point made in this chapter and have since forgotten much of it or been conditioned out of it.
These ideas have changed the lives of thousands, and in many cases, quite dramatically. That assertion is based on feedback I’ve received from participants in my seminars who made calls and wrote letters stressing how life transforming these ideas truly are.
This chapter comes with a warning...-readers should be alerted to the possibility that adopting the ideas here may result in a greater attraction to like-thinking people and a diminished attraction to people who don’t get it. I’ve asserted that the people we choose to spend our time, thought and energy with provide a direct pipeline to happiness. It follows then that we will enjoy ... and be happier around ... people who value and identify with one approach to life over another. If the first chapter had your head nodding even subtly in agreement, get comfortable and read on.
Freedom is the Power to Choose
One of the most interesting, even intriguing, teaching assignments I ever accepted was presenting the topic of personal freedom to an order of Catholic nuns...-women who have totally dedicated their lives to God. They have also taken vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. To a person, they understood and related to the concept of freedom more than most. Their lives are lives of choice ... attending a convent, taking religious vows, assuming a role within the context of being a nun ... are all choices made freely over a lifetime. These nuns were intellectually and emotionally connected, to the true meaning of freedom. They told me the sessions I gave them enhanced their lives.
Freedom is in exercising the power to choose. Put that concept to work in your life and buckle up because the ride is going to be a fantastic one. It begins with understanding the difference between feeling (and living) in a self-made prison of having to do certain things and not being able to do others.
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About the Book
We don't wait until the end of a
fine meal to decide we enjoyed it. Rather~ we enjoy each course--from appetizer
to dessert--a~ it is offered. Life should be no different--it should be savored
as it unfolds, and LIFE FLAVORS is an upbeat wakeup call about living in
the present. It’s a book about choices, happiness. and the direct relationship between the two.
Too many people have decided--consciously or unconsciously--to get happy after they "make it." Others are waiting until something good happens in order to begin feeling good about themselves and their lives. By providing both inspiration and practical applications to help individuals get more out of life, LIFE FLAVORS provokes readers to re-assess the values of their personal and professional lives, and change or refine those lives, beginning immediately.
In all, the book contains dozens of specific ways for readers to
recognize and absorb more of life's
flavors.
--starting now. The very least that readers will
take away from this book are
some smile~ and some food for thought. At most, however, it can inspire them to improve their lives in ways they may not have yet imagined.
About the Author
Mike
McCaffrey’s FOCUS Seminars have helped tens of thousands to make their personal
and professional lives better.
Teaching
executives and their spouses at large corporations, small businesses, the
UCLA/Anderson graduate School of Management, Young Presidents’ Organization,
and the Nightingale Conant Corporation for 40 years
has given him a multitude of experiences that reveal both his philosophy of
living and what actions to take for greater growth and happiness. Mike offers an uncommon balance between intellectual
and inspirational appeal.
How
to contact Mike McCaffrey: mikemccaffrey4@yahoo.com.