The power to influence the course of events

What do you think it would be like to be able to influence the course of events - The power to change something and to create a desired outcome? What could you do with this power if you knew you had it? What if you possess this power already but haven’t been shown how to use it? Would you want to know how to use it to improve the quality of your life?

Imagine for a moment what your life would be like if you had the power to alter the path you’re on this very moment. Imagine possessing a force so powerful that it pushes through any barrier, which might prevent you from choosing another path. The energy to leap and to jump over any hurdle in your way, and the courage you long to take the step that you know that you must.

Take a moment and imagine living in a fantasy world. Here you can wish for anything. Create a vision and fulfill it with delight – look around you for inspiration. It is everywhere and could be anything you care for it to be - It can be a world far from reality. It is a world fulfilled with whatever life the imagination can dream. When you’re ready and have a vision close your eyes and hold on to it real tight.

What does it look like; how does it feel? What kind of world did you imagine could come real? Did you get excited at the idea? Did you believe for a moment that it could be real? Hold on to that feeling and make it be real.

You already have the power to influence the course of events. All that you must do is take a conscious decision and say that you will. Everything you will need to know will be known when you need to know it so try not to think ahead. Now all that is left is for you to take the step that you know that you must.

Go on, what are you waiting for?

Bruno LoGreco Life Coach, Toronto Mentor & Motivational Speaker

The power to influence the course of events

"Figure it out!" The "right" thing to do for the "right" life to live

Lets face it the majority of the population doesn’t have the means to send their children abroad for education. Most of us graduate high school and go onto college either in state or somewhere within the country. The only inspiration many of us got before having to choose a career path were all-inclusive resorts somewhere tropical and school trips to museums, which many of us hardly paid any attention to. And somehow we were expected to “figure it out” all before going onto college.

Unfortunately, most of us do not "figure it out." Actually, many of us don’t figure it out until late in life long after graduating from college, if we do at all. And yet there is this overwhelming expectation, which is on us from a very young age, plus the pressure we put on our self to become that illusionary person. We don’t even know our identity yet let alone the person we believe we must become.

Into the 20’s the goal for many of us is to hurry up to find a mate – a connection with someone to settle down and start a family with. So we scramble to find a career so that we can earn money to buy a home with a white picket fence before the children arrive. Some how that is what we believe is the "right" thing to do, adding more pressure onto our shoulders as we chase what we believe is the “right” life.

What happens when we can’t achieve what we believe we must do to become the persona we believe we should be?

It is difficult to live up to those expectations because they are not real – they’re illusionary making it impossible to achieve. It knocks out the self-confidence within us when no matter how hard we try it never seems "good enough", so we give-up. We become unmotivated to try new things or to meet new people, and slowly draw a box around our lonely existence hoping to lure another person into joining us. Some of us do find that other person to join into our box and some of us don’t.

That overwhelming feeling created from the self-belief of not being "good enough" doesn’t have to be there. Nobody told us that we need inspiration before we could really “figure it out” and find a career path that serves us. But nobody told us that we couldn’t find our own inspiration and career path which best serves us either. It’s simply a choice we choose to make based on what we choose to believe.

Who am I?

We are not defined by what we do or the roles we play, nor is it by our material possessions and the perception of others. We are defined by core values, morals and ethics, strengths, talent and the skills which we are shy about, and by our weaknesses too - the things we don’t do so well. We are even the things we don’t like about ourselves.

Those are the things that make us, and the sooner we learn what those are the sooner we will stop chasing what we believe is the “right” thing and the “right” life and really “figure it out” once and for all so that we can feel good about ourselves and know that we are "good enough."

Bruno LoGreco Toronto Life Coach & Mentor, Motivational Speaker and TV Personality

"Figure it out!" The "right" thing to do for the "right" life to live

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Why do so many of us seek self-improvement? Why do we have a need to improve upon our overall behavior and to become better individuals? Is it because we see others on a similar journey and wish for the same? Or is it mankind natural development to fulfill the need for purpose, love, continual growth, and fulfillment?

Are we naturally programmed physiologically to fulfill a need? If so why is it so unnatural and difficult for many of us to fulfill this need? Why is it difficult to make the necessary life changes? We know we must do something to change our way to gain a better perspective on life but we simply don’t know how. Most of us have a basic understanding of what it will take to make a life change: Identify the problem, create a solution (plan), and stick to it. And if we think positive we are more likely to succeed. But something always happens along the way. We get distracted and focus our attention onto something else and forget about the plan. We forgot that we even tried and whatever lessons that came with it. And without any real explanation as to “why”, we sweep the problem under the rug, to be forgotten. And if we should get questioned by anyone; defend and makeup excuses to why its impossible to make a change.

So is it really mankind’s “natural development?” If it is, it sure is very difficult to achieve. Or so we may think. Maybe it is simpler than we believe and we just aren’t aware how to develop it…

Happiness is, love and success. However, everyone’s interpretation of happiness is different. Some of us interpret happiness a feeling of contentment or a sense of confidence; some of us interpret it as achieving a level of success, which comes with status, material wealth and gain. For others it will be for being grateful for life. And to a very small minority it will be for the Love of Life, the gift, which is shared. Any one of us could arrive to any one of those interpretations. It is based upon our internal belief system – what we believe about ourselves, and life. If we believe happiness comes from the external world, then at any moment something can make us happy and by the same token it can also make us sad. If we believe we will only be happy once we achieve success as defined by “status” we might have to work hard before we experience it, but we will definitely need to pray to never lose it. But when we have passion within our soul, happiness flows like harmony and it will never leave us.

Passion, purpose, love, growth, and fulfillment - Every need we have originates from within our soul. It is part of our physiological makeup. We all have the same opportunity to develop those needs, if we believed in, and valued those needs. We want to become better people, but not all of us are willing to put in the time to do the work to become better people. Living with passion, purpose, love and growth which leads to fulfillment begins only when we take a close and hard look into the mirror.

Where do I even begin?

It starts with us. When we begin to appreciate what we see when we look into the mirror and start to develop a relationship with our inner soul without distraction or self-judgment, that is when we will begin to learn who we really are and what we are meant to do. Our purpose is based upon our true identity. We can't have a purpose unless we know who we are and what makes us special. And Everyone is special or we wouldn't be here trying to serve a purpose.

Our identity determines our purpose and what we deem intellectually stimulating. When we learn about new things, which are congruent to our identity, we develop natural skills and become that much more effective at it. And because it is our identity – we don’t consume nearly as much energy living our purpose, it is second nature to us, and life becomes effortlessly. When life becomes effortlessly, we find love in everything. We become passionate about what we do, we grow as individuals and fulfill our need for fulfillment.

Life: "The capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity and continual change preceding death."

Bruno LoGreco Life Coach & Mentor

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Creative writing gone bad - Event calendar?

I feel like I need a brain dump. This could be another post about nothing. I have no thoughts going into it. So this is, “me” thinking aloud.

I’ve been writing a vast amount lately. There are a few projects in the hopper, which require a lot of writing. As of March, articles on how to reduce stress and anxiety will be posted at www.livingwell.ca. I am one of the newly selected experts for that site. Isn’t it funny how life comes around in a full circle sometimes? Just another reason why I strongly believe everything happens for a reason. The livingwell website is operated by Johnson & Johnson. I spent my millennium years working for them before transitioning into a professional life coach.

I am also writing a new book while still finishing the first book. I am excited about the second one because I believe this is the book everyone needs to read. It is about the fundamental needs we as humans have, what we need so that we can make a real life change, and how to sustain it. The first book is about me, and my theories about life. I talk about the various developmental stages we go through throughout life and what we are supposed to learn from each stage, and what happens when we don’t. I will keep you posted on my development.

I am also in seminar mode, which requires a bit of preparation. Similar to when I developed my life coaching treasure chest of tools, I must do the same for seminars - develop a repertoire of seminars so then in the future I just have to rehearse it. It’s a lot of work upfront, but well worth it in the end.

Right now, I am preparing for the Woman4Woman group next week. I am speaking at the Divorce Education Seminar on March 6th. I believe everyone could use encouragement and empowerment. This is why I want to give some to those women. I will be the first male speaker at this event. I better have some real good jokes to warm up my audience and I hope they will leave feeling great and with a new outlook on life.

Since this post turned into an event calendar I might as well add that I am speaking on March 11th at the Small Business Enterprise Center in Richmond Hill. The topic is: Search Engine Optimization - Unrelated to personal development but it is related to entrepreneur coaching. SEO is a little skill I developed when I first launched my website. Unfortunately this will be my last SEO seminar.

So in the end what is apparent to me is that I enjoy creative writing. But what I need is different topics to write about. I can’t always write about personal development. Even though its a natural topic I still require inspiration. So a little brain dump from time-to-time does me good and serves a purpose, even though this post turned into an event calendar.

Have an excellent day!

Bruno LoGreco Life Coach, Mentor & Motivational Speaker

Creative writing gone bad - Event calendar?

A lifetime of excitement and endless possibilities

There is no doubting I am a big dreamer. I dream about what I want to do and how I am going to do it. I dream about events even before any event exists. I dream that I will be on Oprah, and the questions she will ask me and the answers. I dream about everything.

Although I have achieved many dreams there are many more I want to achieve. One dream is to produce a television show or to have a show developed for me. The latter didn’t work, I tried already. That leaves me to develop and to produce my own show. When I close my eyes I see Act I, II & III. I envision what a “hook” can be and the show format. In my mind it is clear what the show must be.

One of the biggest lessons I learned so far along my life journey is: You create the life you want. I also learned that when I let my inner child play I open myself to a world of new opportunities - a lifetime of excitement and endless possibilities. I don’t dismiss my silly dreams because it's those ones that make it to the finish line. Together with my inner child, I created the life I live.

You can too, if

You let the kid within you out to play, it will be the best thing you ever did. Never give up, not even when the door appears to be shut - you aren’t locked out you’re just at the wrong door. And if you keep the dream alive you will eventually create the life you want.

Bruno LoGreco Life Coach, Mentor & Motivational Speaker

A lifetime of excitement and endless possibilities