Category Archives: Life’s purpose

(Issue #567) Purpose: Collecting or Connecting Dots?

Posted on April 4, 2021 by stevepiscitelli

None of us knows for sure where we will be in 10 years or 10 days.Are you marking time or making a difference with your time? We all have a purpose. Sometimes, though, we might have a difficult time defining … Continue reading →

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(Issue #501) A Blogger’s Retrospective for 2019

Posted on December 29, 2019 by stevepiscitelli

May you create, share, and savor powerful moments in the coming year and beyond. -Happy New Year. Scroll down to view my Gratitude Video to you.- While sitting in an Austin hotel room at the end of May 2010, I … Continue reading →

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(#390) A Seven Week Challenge for Purpose and Growth

Posted on November 12, 2017 by stevepiscitelli

May you finish 2017 with clarity, peace, and vision for your future as well as those in your life. I am offering you the chance to engage in a seven week journey. Over the past four or five years I … Continue reading →

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(#350) Regrets? Choices And Lessons.

Posted on February 5, 2017 by stevepiscitelli

A culmination of all those choices. Some small. Some large. All help create the person you are becoming. Would you, if you could, go back in time and change the choices that you made?  I know.  A wide open question … Continue reading →

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(#343) Reflect, Remove, And Replace: Focus On The Space

Posted on December 18, 2016 by stevepiscitelli

All of us have experienced times when one or more of the slices, sectors, segments, or spaces of our lives no longer seem to serve us. All of us are multi-dimensional beings.  One wellbeing model divides our lives into six dimensions. When … Continue reading →

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(#328) Waiting For A Life Guard?

Posted on September 4, 2016 by stevepiscitelli

What have you been fearful of leaping into—but would really like to experience? What are you curious about doing or exploring? As I type this week’s blog post, Hurricane Hermine is about to make a Florida landfall.  Beaches and residents … Continue reading →

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(#298) Do You Have “Hell, Yeah” Goals?

Posted on February 7, 2016 by stevepiscitelli

When you establish new goals,  consider these four components. Give your goals a second R.E.A.D. During one of my recent podcast recordings, film producer Pepper Lindsey posed an intriguing question:  “What does success look like to you?” (This podcast will air on … Continue reading →

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(#282) The Story of the Lavender Farmer

Posted on October 18, 2015 by stevepiscitelli

“It has been a saga, but I am determined to be successful, and continue to learn from each chapter,” she said.  “Thank heaven they come one at a time.” In addition to my time on stage or facilitating smaller workshops, … Continue reading →

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(#277) Thriving in the Thin Place: Becoming Our Essential Selves

Posted on September 13, 2015 by stevepiscitelli

Thin places represent those spaces that help construct (or maybe deconstruct) meaning in life. Before recording any of my podcast episodes, I take time to help the guest and myself discover the direction we would like to see our conversation … Continue reading →

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(#268) P.R.I.D.E for Student (Life) Success

Posted on July 12, 2015 by stevepiscitelli

Choose well, my friend. QUESTION: What do you think would give first-year college students the best advantage for success when they arrive on campus? QUESTION: What do you believe would give new employees the best advantage their first day on … Continue reading →

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