Wealth Clarity Blog

In this blog I talk a lot about the journey of significance and creating a life of meaning, alignment, and authenticity.  While writing about these important issues I want you to know that I am also going through my own personal process.  In sharing my own story and journey in real-time, I thought this might be helpful to you.

As I wrote several months ago, we went through a wonderful strategic planning process at Highland where we developed our core values, vision, mission and key strategies.  I have had several of you ask me for guidance and support in taking you and your companies through the same process.  I am very willing to talk about this and the power and energy it has generated in my company; so feel free to ask.

My focus has now shifted to my own personal values and vision for my life.  My goal is to integrate in a better way than I have done in the past the various components of my life:  financial, spiritual, work, family, legacy. 

This is requiring me to understand at a deeper level:  who I am.

To start the process I was encouraged to go back to the place I grew up and just let the memory of my life come to the surface.  In my case, this included a trip to a small beach community on Oakland Bay near the logging town of Shelton, Washington.  Our family had a cabin there for 25 years and it was a place I spent a great deal of time during my youth.  I learned to water ski, fish, clam, adventure, and build forts in that area.  I turned off my cell phone, and walked the beaches, visited our old cabin, and wrote in my journal the things that came to my mind.  I remembered paths in the woods, tree swings, special events, and memories.

It was an amazingly wonderful day to just think about my life and where I have come from and the stories that make up the collage of my life to this point.  I believe this will provide the base for me to explore further what I want my life to look like and what type of impact I want to have in this world.

If you haven’t gone to special place like that before, it might be time for you to take a day and revisit your roots.  I promise you it won’t be wasted time.  Let me know what you discover, would you?  Join us on Facebook for more discussions.