Life gets boring when you confine it to a box

Life gets boring when you confine it to a box. I have never been one to conform to any box but most recently I went looking for myself, oddly enough I found me in a box.

There was a time when I did not edit my writing. I just wrote whatever flowed. Grammar is a weakness so checking for grammar is kind useless when you really don’t know what you’re looking for. Accepting grammar as my weakness allowed me to express myself without judgment. Yeah, I’ve panicked a number of times after reading an older post and realizing the amount of incorrect words, grammatical errors and more, but at least I was able to get my message out and that to me is a creative expression – without limitations – nothing stopping you for authentically expressing yourself.

I’ve been very committed and focused with my life coaching practice. 4 years ago when I decided to become a professional life coach, I knew I had to take the leap of faith and to never look back. I was 100% confident and certain this was my life path. From that moment it was my mission to succeed. The one and only thing I knew going into this was the true definition of success: "To start and to finish what you set off to do." How could I ever give up?

Bogging in the beginning I used so I could dump whatever thought I had at that moment. Anything from personal development workshops, Ideas, emotions, life coaching tools, my personal journey - anything that popped into mind at that moment is what I’d write about. It wasn’t linked to www.brunologreco.com, not at first. I wasn’t sure if I was okay with potential clients reading my chicken scratch. My writing skills improved over the years just like any other skill - if you practice it enough sooner or later you get better at it, and so I linked it to my website.

But more than potential clients are reading this blog, it is being read by others who might be interested in a life coach for other reasons. Production companies seeking a life coach to appear on a television show, producers needing to fill airtime for radio – schools looking for a student mentor – and for many more reasons.

So for many more reasons I started to believe at some point that I should only put out quality posts with substance. That I should check my grammar and if I’m not qualified to check it then hire someone who is. I should make sure I finish a thought and tie everything together. I should follow a format and stick to it. I should…

So today I decided to cut the box open and to write whatever comes to mind without any limitations and not care about who might be reading it. Although now that I am close to the end of the post – which I will not edit, I see there is a purpose to it, possibly many.

Life gets boring when you confine it to a box

I can't see the forrest for the trees - How will I ever find my life path?

Finding your life path is much easier when you have a life coach to support you. They know how to keep you focused, committed and on target even when you can’t see the forest through the trees.

Daily life is confusing and frustrating enough without having to know how to navigate through thick bush in order to find your life path. With so much happening everyday in your life already – responsibilities, career, social and family matters, by the time you sit down at the end of the day there isn’t enough time or energy left in you to whack bushes to go and find it.

Life Coaches are trained to see what you cannot see. Locating the center of the circle when you are in it is difficult. A life coach can look into your circle and pinpoint the center for you with ease because they can see the things that blind you. They see the self imposed limitation and false beliefs – the illusions stopping you from moving forward in a direction that serves you best.

Coaches support and guide you as you discover your true identity. They have tools to help identify your core values, your strengths and weaknesses. The very skills you will need to become successful in both your professional and personal lives.
They help develop your self-awareness - the ability to choose between positive and negative behavior - How to express emotions without the burden of shame, and how to get the things you want by being assertive - not aggressive.

Life Coaches are inspirational and motivating, they know how to boost your confidence and self-esteem - how to make you feel good about yourself even when nobody else seems to understand whom you are.

The benefits of life coaching are endless. You don’t have to go through another day trying to see the forest through the trees especially when you can’t see through the tall bush right before you. Your life path is a lot closer than you believe it is and working with a life coach can put you on that path in just a few sessions.

Bruno LoGreco, life coach, toronto mentor & motivational speaker

I can't see the forrest for the trees - How will I ever find my life path?

A blue Day - Self Coaching

I need a venue to speak aloud at. I feel a bit shaken today. After many weeks and months of feeling on top of my game working towards my goals and accomplishing quite a bit - I am feeling blue. I don’t know anyone who can stay on top of his or her game for 365 days without coming down to check on the valley from time-to-time.

Coming down and spending a day in the valley isn’t such a bad thing. Typically I let myself go through it. I don’t try to talk myself into being stronger or busying myself with useless tasks. I allow whatever I am feeling go through its process without my interference. But when I am down for two days it means I need to take a look at what is happening in my life and reevaluate it.

Having the ability to probe into your life and to identify what is bothering you and putting it in its compartment will ensure it doesn’t spill over into other aspect of your life. Its a form of self life coaching. You take the appropriate measure to address the issue and move on without causing a disturbance. It isn’t as much fun as it is to create a big to do about nothing, which typically is what we do.

Now that I have the root cause in view, I could see why I feel blue. At least now I have a smile on my face. I want to be upset but I know I can’t because I remember making a consciously choice to my current day situation. I knew then that this day might arrive. I did plan to avoid this day but it hasn’t happened yet – but it will and hopefully soon.

I needed to see it with my own two eyes – not just in my minds eye.

A blue Day - Self Coaching

Greyson Chance Singing Paparazzi

A new star is born...



Bruno LoGreco life coach, toronto mentor & motivational speaker

Greyson Chance Singing Paparazzi

A burning desire to find the secret

I keep saying how much I love life and how beautiful it is. I’ve always believed that life is extraordinary even from childhood. I knew then that one day I would discover the secret to life and soar all the way to the top – meaning that I will be the best at whatever I do and from it I will live the life I dream. What I didn’t know was that I already knew the secret.

I spent a lot of time roaming hallways when I worked in the corporate world. I couldn’t fathom the idea of working for a company until I was 65 so I could enjoy my senior years in retirement. It just didn’t make any sense to me, so I’d roam the hallways thinking of ways to work for myself. I thought of everything I could possibly imagine. I read book after book hoping to find something interesting enough for me to get excited - something that would utilize my existing skills. Every book turned up empty. In fact I knew most of what I read – It was common sense to me.

If you believe something for long enough it eventually becomes reality. I believed life is extraordinary from the get-go so I am not surprised that I am in love with life. Even during my days of conflict I still had hope in me. I am grateful I did because here I am today armed with a wealth of knowledge and with the secret.

I had a burning desire to find the secret and to use it to my advantage. I knew my success would depend largely on my commitment so I never lost sight of what I was looking for. Although it was right there the entire time I couldn’t see it because I didn’t believe it was possible for me to know it already.

I also believe nothing good ever comes easy because if it did we would take it for granted and not appreciate it. I knew the secret for a very long time and because I didn’t have to work for it it wasn’t valuable enough for me to use.

Life takes on a whole new meaning when you apply the secret to it. Everything changes right before your eyes – obstacles turn into stimulation and ideas turn into a burning desire.

Bruno LoGreco, life coach, toronto mentor & motivational speaker

A burning desire to find the secret

Transmute The Creative Killer - The Negative Chatter in Our Mind

Are you one of those people that believe you don’t have a single ounce of creativity in you? If you believe that you are not creative and that you don’t draw or paint or something like that - essentially what you are saying is, I trust and believe my negative thinking – it serves me well. Are you sure that is what you want to believe?

We are all creative in some way or another. Creativity is not confined to just artsy stuff. It's a lot more than the traditional things we typically associate to creativity but we are blocked from seeing it because of the chatter in our mind.

The chatter in our mind stops the creative juice from flowing. Everything stays the same when this happens and we can’t see anything more than we’ve been conditioned to see. Everyday will start to look a lot like yesterday, and inspiration will get harder to come by. And if there isn’t anything to inspire and to look forward to then all that’s left to preoccupy our time is chatter.

But what if we could turn off the chatter even if for just a moment, what could we see? Perhaps, we would see a world where everything is what it’s meant to be. No limitations, only our true intentions. We would be free to laugh and to play, to run and to scream “ice cream” or maybe climb a tree, but whatever it is we’d be unafraid of what may be. Freedom of choice and freedom of expression even today in some places is taken away. But we, here, surrender it to nothing more than the chatter. How can this be?

Creativity is our source of expression. It expresses who we are from the inside – our stamp of authenticity. If only we took care of who we are from the inside as much as we took care of the image we project on the outside, then maybe we wouldn’t believe all the nonsense we hear and would be free to express our true intentions.

Creativity is a choice. We can choose to believe we are not creative and let tomorrow look a lot like today - missing out on life’s precious moments, or we can choose to believe we are creative and experience all those special moments – like the ones that hit us square over the head with a blast of inspiration.

Turn off the chatter because everyone is creative. The life we dream is just on the other side of it. Let the creative juice flow again.

Bruno LoGreco life coach, toronto mentor & motivational speaker

Transmute The Creative Killer - The Negative Chatter in Our Mind