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What’s New

Quote to Contemplate

“Everything you do all day long is the result of a conscious or unconscious decision on your part.”

Lynn Pierce

What percentage of your decisions are conscious?

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What’s New

This week’s article answers another listener’s question from our Blueprints for Life preview teleseminars that I didn’t have time to answer live on the call.

Speaking of that, if you haven’t registered for tonight’s Blueprints for Life teleseminar go to:

http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

In the last week I’ve spent 2 days with a friend in La Jolla and then on to San Francisco for a weekend with Marianne Williamson and back to spend another day with a friend in town. And everywhere I went, the weather was absolutely gorgeous!

I’m home for almost 2 weeks and then in Scottsdale for a few days on each side of a week on Maui again in February. I’m going to spend a few days relaxing on the beach and at the spa. Love the Grand Wailea!

When I was there over the holidays it was a more active vacation showing a first timer around the island, so I still feel the need for some quiet and relaxing time.

Tuesday was a history making day on many different levels, not only for the U.S., but I believe for the world because it served as a turning point between the way things have been done in the past and how things can change.

Is it possible for you to make that same break of out with the old way you’ve always done things and in with the new possibilities in your life?

Barack Obama is wasting no time declaring that things are going to shift in this country and the way we show up in the world. He’s not waiting for anyone’s permission to do it. He’s taking charge and making decisions for the good of this country with consideration for the good of the world. All I can say is, “It’s about time!”

Are you doing that in your own life? I certainly hope you have a plan. If not, make a plan now to create your Blueprint for Life with me in San Diego Feb. 20-22nd.

http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

Life happens, be ready for it. Click on the link below and get started creating a vision for your life, a plan for your future, your Blueprint for Life.

http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

Set your goals high enough that they require you to stretch your comfort zone and you’ll be amazed what you can achieve. Ask yourself, “What’s the one thing I can change this year to create the life of my dreams?”

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You’ve Got What You Asked For

These days so many people in our society are unhappy. They are dissatisfied with their job, their financial situation, their love life, their body; some would say all of the above!

Do you know the saying “wherever you go, there you are”? Even though you always take yourself wherever you go you do have a choice of who you’ll be when you get there.

Here’s something to think about.

If you don’t realize you are doing exactly what you want to be doing in each moment or you would be doing something else, then you are not being honest with yourself.

Because you have received in your life exactly what your thoughts have focused on, meaning-you’ve got what you asked for.

I can hear you getting mad at me right now and arguing that you would never wish for whatever the situation is you’re unhappy with right now.

You may think you don’t want to work where you work or be in the relationship you’re in etc., but if that were really true you would be doing something to change the situation. There is always another choice if you want to look for it. The reality is it’s easier to have things remain the same.

Ouch!

The simple fact is that sometimes the devil you know is better than the promise of this ethereal success and happiness you can’t quite put your finger on…or at least that’s what your ego mind would like you to believe so you stay right where you are in life.

But you’re not going to let your ego fool you like that, are you?

Your brain is always processing information and making choices sub-consciously. This is true with simple things like which hand to use to pick something up or which way to turn all the way up to the most complicated processes.

You use the same process to decide how to spend your time. Change the criteria your brain uses to make decisions and you’ll change the choices you make. Your personal manifesto and the plan you create from your goals, along with the blueprint for life you’ve created, will give your brain the input it needs to change your processing criteria.

What are the criteria you use to make your choices?

Have you ever thought about it before? It goes back to looking at who you see yourself as and what you told yourself about your life up until this point. Once you have that information, you can look at what is true and work towards what you want to achieve. Eliminate or replace everything else.

It’s like spring-cleaning your living space and then going up into the attic and going through all the stuff you didn’t even remember you had. Some of the stuff you realize you want to bring out and use. Other things you throw away because you don’t want them anymore. Now do the same spring-cleaning with your mind.

Action Step:
Spring Clean your Mind

One area I did a major spring-cleaning in several years ago that made a significant difference in my life was my image of my worthiness as a friend.

When I went up into the attic of my brain, the stuff I found there was really old. I had been judging myself by criteria a child had set up! How ridiculous is that?

So I looked at every piece of information and where it started. Does it fit who I am today or is this not true about me?

What I noticed was that I had taken the facts of my life and came to some erroneous conclusions. The facts were that I only had one friend at a time when I was young, I was ill a lot as a child and missed school, and because I grew up moving quite often, I was always the new kid. You get the picture.

I took these facts, let my 7 year old brain draw the conclusions and somehow decided I wasn’t meant to have friends, I wasn’t worthy of people liking me, and it didn’t pay to have friends anyway because I was always moving. So for the next 20 years or so, I lived with this as my criteria I filtered everything through to make decisions about friendship.

There were some good things I uncovered in the attic when I took a look at what was really true about me.

People thought I was funny and fun to be around. So I brought out the fun and funny part of me. I also found I had buried the fact that people thought I was interesting and they enjoyed talking to me and getting my advice. So I dusted that off and brought it out.

When I finished my spring–cleaning, I had released a lot of old misinformation about myself. I swept out the attic and took the parts I liked and brought them downstairs to be a part of who I was. Everything else I threw away. That allowed me to be a good friend and let people into my life.

I now remembered the truth about me. I am funny and fun to be with. I am interesting and people like spending time with me. This spring-cleaning cleared the path for me to develop some great and long lasting friendships that have gone far beyond me living in the same state or even the same country where we became friends. I no longer was operating with outdated criteria for deciding who I am.

You can use this process to redefine any area of your life that isn’t at the level you would like it to be. You can actually picture yourself going up into your attic and looking at any aspect of your life. When you do this, all your core beliefs about this part of yourself will become clear.

Action Step:
Study Successful People

Study other successful people and see what choices they made to get where they are today. When you choose a mentor, really follow them. Read what they write, listen to their calls, buy their products, attend their live events and sign up for their mentoring groups.

Don’t take this lightly. If you want to grow and expand in your life and your business you must seriously follow in the foot steps of your mentors.

Pay attention to the choices they had in their life and how they decided which path to take. As you read and gain more knowledge, think about what you would do to get to the same place even faster. Ask for help.

One of the choices I would recommend you make is to have balance in your life. It makes all of your other choices clearer. Balance is what makes your life work. I’m not talking in terms of scales being balanced, I’m talking about alignment. Your personal balance that feels right to you.

You can live with your life severely out of alignment, but you won’t be happy. Your successes will seem strangely unfulfilling, and you won’t know why. It’s totally up to you what you choose to have in your life. Choose wisely. And, ask for help when you need it. I’m here for you!

Until next week, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Just comment on this post on my blog.

If you would like personal mentoring, send me an email detailing what you would like help with. As your mentor I hold a bigger vision for you than you hold for yourself. When you have faith and a team that believes in you, it gives you courage. When you don’t have to do it all yourself, all things are possible for you. Commit today to go for your dream 100%.

Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs,
“Women’s Business Empowerment Summit“. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of “Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System” at http://www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com

I would love to have you share your opinions and personal insights on my blog where I’ll also post this article.

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I’m answering your 2 biggest questions

In a January 12 blog post I asked you this question:

What could you be creating in your life if your mind wasn’t occupied with trying to answer the same two questions over and over?

What are the two questions?
1. Who am I?
2. What is my life purpose?

If you knew the answers to those questions what would you turn your creative attention to? And how would your life flow easier and more joyfully?

Well, you have submitted some great questions in our Blueprints for Life survey, so I’m doing a call Thursday where I’ll be talking more about these two questions and answering more of your questions.

Call registration:
http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

I hope while you were watching the Barack Obama being sworn in yesterday and listening to his speech you were asking yourself these important questions.

Because until you know these answers you will not be fully participating in creating your own life or fulfilling your purpose on the planet.

Call registration:
http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

Talk to you tomorrow night.

To your success,
Lynn Pierce

P.S. The 2 payment option for the live Blueprints for Life Feb. 20-22nd ends Saturday.

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What’s New

Quote to Contemplate

“Everyday is an opportunity to reinvent yourself by changing one thing that sends you down a new path. “

Lynn Pierce

What path are you on?

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What’s New
This week’s article answers another listener’s question from our Blueprints for Lifepreview teleseminars that I didn’t have time to answer live on the call.

Speaking of that, if you haven’t registered for tonight’s Blueprints for Life teleseminar go to:

http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

I’m getting ready to pick up a friend from the airport this morning so I needed to get this out to you a little early today. Then tomorrow I’m off to San Francisco for a weekend with Marianne Williamson. And then back Monday to spend the day with a friend in town. It’s a busy time in San Diego, everyone wants out of the cold weather!

I’m happy to say that I just off to Maui again in February, the holidays just weren’t long enough for me. I think this time I’ll try to get a tan.

We’re only 2 weeks into the year and your thoughts are probably on doing, doing, doing. But what about building a stronger foundation than the one that got you to where you ended last year?

It’s a good time to do a review of what worked in 2008 and what needs to be improved. A stronger, broader foundation is required the higher you build, so the tools and strategies that got you to where you are now may not be capable of getting you where you want to go this year.

You have a full eleven and a half months left to make this your best year ever. What can you do today to make that happen?

What kind of changes have you seen in your life already this year? Is your year on track to go according to your plan? I certainly hope you have a plan. If not, make a plan now to create your Blueprint for Life with me in San Diego Feb. 20-22nd.

http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

I believe life is an adventure and adventures involve change. If your life is like mine, there are always changes going on. Things are always coming up that are unexpected.

In the last few months I’ve moved to San Diego, furnished a new place, had a fall full of travel and speaking engagements from one end of the country to the other and back again. Thank God I have the flexibility to do it, because I love to travel!

If it wasn’t for the blueprint I created for my life, it would have been easy for me to get sidetracked by all these things. Instead it was just a matter of looking at what I absolutely needed to get done to achieve my goals and what could wait until later.

Life happens, be ready for it. Click on the link below and get started creating a vision for your life, a plan for your future, your Blueprint for Life.

http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

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Pick Up, It’s the Rest of Your Life Calling

This article is in response to several questions I received from listeners on my last Blueprints for Life teleseminar.

We all have life changing moments. Sometimes you’re aware of them as they happen, other times not until a great deal of time has passed and suddenly you see the full impact of how a particular decision shaped the rest of your life.

I was at a cocktail party when a woman I don’t really know walked up to me and asked me a question. That question instantly changed the way I was creating my life, forever.

She didn’t say, “Hi, how are you?” or anything. She simply said, “Where will you be five years from now in your business?” I’m thinking, “What an odd first statement.” I immediately started rattling off where I would be like I was reading it off a page. It surprised me how quickly I could go right into my future.

I’ve been consciously creating my life for so many years that on some level I could have always done that to a certain extent. The thing that made this different was the certainty and the level of detail I knew about what my life and my business would be. Where was it coming from?

Do you ever feel like you’re having an out of body experience as you are listening to yourself talk? That’s what was happening to me. I was talking and yet my mind was also observing the whole scene coming to it’s own conclusion.

Then I realized I was reading the words I was saying right out of my own journal in my mind! I write the answer to that question as one of the daily lessons in Change One Thing, Change Your Life ever 40 days. I had written the latest version in the last couple weeks.

At the same time I was talking I was thinking to myself, “Where is the vision of my life in five years that I wrote in April of 2001? Did I even keep it? I’ve never looked for it since I wrote it.” And my next thought was, “I wish I had a copy of what I wrote while living in Cabo in 1998 that my life would be in 10 years, because thinking back to what I remember, I think I’m pretty much living it!”

I had an entirely different life when I lived in Cabo and yet I wrote these things that had no meaning to me at the time as I projected my life forward and trusted where ever those dreams came from as I wrote them down. 10 years seemed like a really long time, and now it’s passed.

And here I am…

I was getting a lump in my throat and goose bumps as I said to this woman, “I’m very clear on what I want my life to be and I’m actually living it. I’m right on track to be where I want to be in 5 years!”

It was like being hit with a brick. I hadn’t given that much thought to how my 5 year projection shifts every 40 days. I know it does, it’s always different, because every time I cycle through those lessons I’m different.

And yet, at the foundation of all of it is my personal manifesto. You received a report on how to create your own when you signed up for this ezine. Did you create yours? It’s a powerful tool.

The last one I created was so strong and so accurate that during a coaching session yesterday I got it out and talked about it with my mentee. And there’s nothing I need to change after 8 years because the essence of who I am is still the same.

That’s your personal manifesto. It’s the bedrock that everything you create is based on. It’s the yard stick you measure every decision against. When I hear people talking year after year about how they are still not sure who they are or what their life purpose is I just want to tell them it is so simple.

Take the steps, use the tools for discovering what is already inside you-just waiting for you to ask the right questions so the truth of who you are can reveal itself to you!

When the woman at the party asked me that question, it was so ingrained into my brain I was moving forward on my blueprint without even realizing it. I immediately wondered where I would be at this point, through that first 10 year projection, if I had made more of a conscious effort.

I believe I would have achieved everything in record time and even more if I would have known then what I know now about the life blueprint process and what it takes to go from a vision to a blueprint and a step by step plan, all built on the foundation of a personal manifesto.

Have you ever found yourself in a similar situation? Isn’t it amazing how many times we set a plan in motion with a simple wish or desire without even putting any conscious effort into it?

Do you ever wonder what else you would have accomplished if you would have really created a step-by-step plan and followed through with conscious action?

What would your answer be if someone walked up to you today, out of the blue, and asked you what your life was going to look like in five years?

Do you have a clear blueprint of where you are going to be next year, two years from now, much less five years from now?

I’ve learned so much since I set that casual 10 year plan in motion. I’ll never stop learning. I’ll never stop working with mentors. Why would I waste my time trying to reinvent the wheel when my mentors have already cleared the path and I can take the shortcut they’ve created?

At the same time I’ve also been learning more about how the mind works and how to increase the ability of my students to manifest all they desire. Personal development has been my major preoccupation for over 30 years. I’m always reading and learning more about how to make permanent, positive changes quickly and easily. As it says in the tag line of my ezine, my goal is to empower you to discover and live your passion. Are you on your way?

I believe learning from others, how to do what you want to do in your life, greatly shortens the time it will take you to reach your goals. Learning how to increase your self-esteem and create a positive self-image can propel you to the greatness beyond anything you thought you were capable of.

A great first step would be to download my free report, “What Do You Stand For?” at http://LynnPierce.com by signing up for this ezine again. Make sure you use the same email address so you don’t get on the list twice, and then write your own personal manifesto. It will help you to clearly establish what is important to you and set the guidelines for how you choose to live your life.

If you would like to get on the fast track to creating a blueprint for your life, enroll today for San Diego.

Until next week, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Just comment on this post on my blog.

Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs,
“Women’s Business Empowerment Summit”. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of “Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System”
at http://www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com

I would love to have you share your opinions and personal insights on my blog where I’ll also post this article.

http://www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com/blog

Are These 2 Unanswered Questions Running Your Life?

What could you be creating in your life if your mind wasn’t occupied with trying to answer the same two questions over and over?

What are the two questions?
1. Who am I?
2. What is my life purpose?

If you knew the answers to those questions what would you turn your creative attention to? And how would your life flow easier and more joyfully?

Most likely you have no idea how much time you spend asking your sub-conscious mind these two questions. Because for the most part, they are constantly being asked on a looping tape below the surface of your conscious awareness.

They are taking up a tremendous amount of space in your mind and taxing your energy level because you never get an answer that satisfies you.

Just like on your computer for example, which has programs you actively open and work with, there are also many things that are running behind the scenes that those of us who aren’t techies wouldn’t even know how to find.

And yet you can have a techie who understands all this sit down with you and shows you where all those programs are and explains what they do. You now can look at each one and see if you choose to keep it running or if you want to delete them, freeing up some space so that your computer will run more efficiently.

Would you like to do that with your mind so that your life will be in flow and peace, rather than running on sheer will and adrenaline? That’s what I help my clients do by teaching you how to create your life blueprint.

Together we take a look and see what’s operating behind the scenes with you, zapping your energy and holding you back from your full potential. Your personal blueprint for life is the process that takes you from the way your life runs now to how you want it to be as the life of your dreams.

Being able to respond rather than react to life’s constant flow of information and situations comes from the foundation you have of knowing the answers to those two very important questions. It’s what makes your life seem effortless because you are living from a place peace and joy.

On the other hand, while these two questions are running endlessly in your subconscious, nothing that you do consciously is being done at the level it could be if you freed up this space. In fact you probably can feel that something is missing in your life, can’t you?

If you’ve been listening to our Blueprints for Life calls, you already know the first two steps to take to get your personal answers and create your own personal blueprint for life. If not, get the links to the replays by registering here:
http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

I truly believe that the most effective and fastest way for you to make this transformation in your life is to join me in San Diego Feb. 20-22nd for the live Blueprints for Life. This is an intimate closed door intensive, not a big ballroom event because the only way I can facilitate this kind of transformation is by working with you in a very small group.

If you really want 2009 to not only be different from your past, but to be on a completely different level of being and living for you, go to
http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

Details of My Daily Blueprint for Life

My life has been described as zen-like, even when I have things going on in my life that would cause others to have sleepless nights.

Friends, clients and even acquaintances, professionals I deal with in my day to day life, ask how I do this and I haven’t really been able to give them an answer other than, my belief system allows me to be at peace when there is no outward logical reason to think things are going to be OK.

But now after some of you asking me for more details on how I live my personal life blueprint, I think it has something to do with the way I live my life in general, the way I structure my day.

I live in a state of flexibility where I can rearrange most things on my schedule at any given time if I choose to do something different. I do this very specifically. I schedule appointments on certain days, grouping them into a morning if possible, so I can change plans for the afternoon if I want. My creative time can be moved as well as other business tasks that don’t have deadlines, just time frames.

So if a friend calls and wants to have lunch tomorrow or wants to meet for drinks in 2 hours, I can move things around easily. Or if I have an opportunity to take a last minute trip, I can re-schedule an entire week and do phone appointments with clients or interviews while I’m traveling.

Like this morning, I didn’t plan on writing this until it popped into my head while I was sitting on my patio, reading at breakfast. So now I’ll move what I had on my calendar for this time to the next hour. It doesn’t matter that it’s Saturday, I do this any day of the week.

Part of creating your own life blueprint is learning how you function best. For me it’s having a flexible schedule so if I look out the window and it’s so beautiful out that I want to go walk on the beach at 10:00 as well as my afternoon walk, I can. Or if I decide I’m going to go out to lunch today somewhere that I can watch surfers, I’ll drive down to Del Mar and have lunch at the beach.

That kind of schedule may work for you or it may make you crazy. I help my clients figure out what works best for them.

So here are the details of my morning ritual that sets the tone for my day and my life. Rituals are a big part of creating that zen-like peacefulness. You always know what you’re going to do next within your ritual. It’s something you do with full attention and intention to start your day.

I haven’t used an alarm in so many years I can’t even remember when I stopped. It has to be at least 20 years ago. I wake up when I wake up. If I need to wake up for an early flight or an early speaking engagement after flying to another time zone, I specifically tell myself what time I need to wake up and leave it to my sub-conscious mind to do it. It’s never failed me.

I always live in places that don’t have lots of night light so I never shut drapes, if I even have them, to sleep. I wake up at different times depending on the time of year it is. Summer 5-5:30, winter 6-6:30.

I take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes to listen to the idle chatter in my mind when I wake up so I can start my meditation with a quiet mind. The extent of the different mediation practices I do change from time to time, but the two constants are that I start with my daily lesson in Change One Thing, Change You Life (which I’ve been doing since I created it) and then move on to my daily lesson in Course in Miracles.

I became a student of the Course 15 years ago and that was the beginning of real daily meditation. My meditation can take anywhere from 1/2 hour to 2 hours depending on what I add to my practice.

After my mediation I do a relaxing bath with scented bath salts and do inspirational reading for 1/2 hour.

For years I did daily yoga and now I am starting that again, so add another 1/2 hour.

Then I come downstairs and and make my tea. Green tea, usually jasmine, but right now guava and ginseng that was a gift while I was on Maui for the holidays.

I watch my mind movies on my computer, can’t help dancing and singing to those while my tea brews. Then I eat my breakfast while I read either a personal development or business book. I always eat outside if it’s possible.

Once I finish my breakfast, it’s time to go to work. That usually is 9:00, sometimes a little later. I will cut down on some of my reading if I have an earlier appointment.

My work day usually ends between 5-6:00 unless I have an interview or I’m doing a teleseminar. I do not get on my computer to check email or do social networking when I’m not working.

I do choose to work some on weekends if I’m home, which makes it easier for me to take more time off to travel.

The way I spend the first 3 hours of my day is what grounds me in my life. It sets the tone of peace and tranquility that follows me through my day.

You don’t have to spend 3 hours, that’s just the way I’ve chosen to structure my life blueprint. Or is it because I’ve consciously designed my life blueprint that I have the ability to spend 3 hours in the morning?

You may think that you don’t even have half an hour to spend on meditation, but when you make the decision to find the time, time will expand for you and you will find yourself more relaxed and more productive. Things will flow in an effortless way where it looks like you are just floating through your day, and it you’ll feel like you really are!

Do this in conjunction with the 2 steps we discussed in our last Blueprints for Life call and you’ll have a good beginning for creating your Blueprint for Life when you come to San Diego Feb. 20-22nd.

If you would like personal mentoring, send me an email detailing what you would like help with. As your mentor I hold a bigger vision for you than you hold for yourself. When you have faith and a team that believes in you, it gives you courage. When you don’t have to do it all yourself, all things
are possible for you. Commit today to go for your dream 100%.

Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs,
“Women’s Business Empowerment Summit”. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of “Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System” at http://www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com

I would love to have you share your opinions and personal insights on my blog where I’ll also post this article.

http://www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com/blog

What’s New

Quote to Contemplate

“Every question you ask yourself has within it the potential to change the direction of your life.”

Lynn Pierce

Are you asking yourself the right questions?

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What’s New
This week’s article answers a listener’s question from our Blueprints for Life preview teleseminar that I didn’t have time to answer live on the call.

Speaking of that, if you haven’t registered for tonight’s Blueprints for Life teleseminar go to:

http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

I’m back from Christmas on Maui and New Year’s in Scottsdale. After 3 weeks away from the office it was a little difficult to get back into the groove yesterday. I’m feeling completely refreshed and energized and ready for a great year. I’m really excited about all the new parts of my business you’ll be hearing about shortly-all designed to serve you better!

I wish I could say that 2008 was a great year for me, but to be blunt, it sucked and I’m glad it’s over. There were some hard choices that had to be made and I made them. In between the sucky parts I did have a lot of fun, so no tears for me.

I faced some pretty big personal transitions last year, including divorce and the major financial implications that come with it. The real estate market was not kind to me and neither were my investments. But the lessons I learned have given me a great head start on having a totally kick-ass year in 2009.

How about you? I know for a lot of you after reading your questions, it wasn’t a great year. For some it was the best ever. I have very few bad days, much less years, so I can’t complain.

Now we all get to start over!

The way I look at it, life is like one big etcha-sketch (if that’s how you spell it). When an experience is over you just turn the knob and everything you see disappears and you can draw a brand new picture of whatever makes you
happy. And life goes on to be whatever you choose.

On tonight’s teleseminar I’ll be sharing my personal blueprint for life that I’ve used to consciously create my life for the last 30 years. If you want to find out how I dealt with all the stuff in my life last year and came out the other side, you’ll hear my personal philosophy tonight.

http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

After you register make sure to use the link in the call email to ask me your question.

Remember to join the conversation on my blog where you’ll also find each week’s ezine posted for your comments.

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How to Find True Meaning in What You Do

I received this question from a listener on my last Blueprints for Life teleseminar.

“I want to find true meaning in what I’m doing, not just doing it because it’s easy for me to do to make money. And I don’t want to compromise but rather enhance my lifestyle along the way.”

Is that what you want too?

It’s possible that there are a small percentage of my subscribers that are all about the money. But the majority of you are looking for the same meaningful, lifestyle enhancing work that this person is. That’s why you are one of my subscribers.

Don’t worry, you can still make the big bucks, and have your life be everything you want it to be. Personally, the number one priority of my business is to fulfill my soul. That’s right, it’s about me and not about you.

Surprised?

Haven’t you always been told that to be successful you have to be focused on what your clients want, not what you want?

That’s true once you already know what it is that makes you happy.

Before you can be concerned about how you will fulfill the desires of your clients, you get to pick who they will be and how you will best serve them by deciding what makes you happy!

And that’s the place most people get stuck. You can’t answer what makes you happy, at least not in clear, laser focused terms. And that’s where the problem starts.

When I was in high school I told my guidance counselor I wanted to be a Realtor. He almost laughed me out of the office. Where I grew up people didn’t think it was necessary for girls to go to college. So if I couldn’t be a Realtor, because an authority figure told me I couldn’t, I had no idea what I wanted to do. I had several jobs just to pay the bills. Some could have been a career and some clearly not.

But it didn’t matter, because the whole time I was just waiting to be old enough to be a Realtor, although nobody clued me in to what age I would qualify.

So while some people spin around in circles doing meaningless but well paying works for years or even a lifetime, it was 4 years for me. I became a Realtor at 22-still very young.

Thank God I knew what I wanted to do, but the reason I did was because I paid attention to what was going on in my life and what worked and what didn’t. I learned to ask myself some very important questions that gave me the answers I needed.

Those same questions will open the door to the answers you’re looking for.

Another things I’ve learned over the years I’ve helped people create a blueprint for their lives is that most people have never even considered that they can consciously choose what they do for a living, where they live, how they spend
their time and with whom.

Over my 25 year career in sales, as a sales manager and sales trainer, I believed it was important for my salespeople to make those lifestyle choices if they were going to be truly happy and successful.

Even for career salespeople money loses it’s power to motivate if you don’t know what you want the money to do for you. There has to be a bigger goal. You have to have a clear vision for your life to sustain success long term.

You have a choice in every area of your life. The biggest choice you make every day is whether you will take action to make a different choice than the one you’ve been making on a daily basis.

Questions are the answer to everything in life, it’s all about asking yourself the right questions to get access to the information you want to know. All the answers are already inside of you. You just need some help getting the answers. You need a new way of accessing that information.

Very few people can do this to a high level on their own. I can help you.

Until next week, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Just comment on this post on my blog.

Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, “Women’s Business Empowerment Summit“. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of “Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System” at http://www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com

If you’re reading this somewhere other than my blog, I would love to have you share your opinions and personal insights on my blog where I’ll also post this article.

http://www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com/blog

Create Your Blueprint for Life With Me Thursday Night

Our second Blueprints for Life teleseminar is tomorrow night. On this call I’ll be sharing how I create my personal Blueprint for Life. We had so many listener questions I wanted to answer last time, we didn’t get to this part on our last call.

So we’ll talk about designing your life first and then I’ll answer more of your questions, so make sure you use the link in the registration email you get to ask me your question.

Your questions will be the focus of tomorrow’s article in my Change One Thing ezine as well, so look for that in your inbox mid-day.

I just got back from the holiday travel, and while I was enjoying Maui, I was very happy to see that many of you listened to the replay of our first Blueprints for Life teleseminar. That first teleseminar was very helpful to many listeners how emailed, phoned and twittered after the call wanting me to know I was talking directly to them. The funny part was the phone calls from friends thinking I was talking about them, and no I wasn’t,but if the shoe fits…

It was filled with great content as I answered questions from listeners who are ready to create a blueprint for the life of their dreams. This will allow you to reconnect with your soul, reclaim your life and become the person you were created to be, all while your business works for you rather than you working for it.

It’s a pretty tall order, I know. But it’s time to get clear and get moving in the direction you really want to go.

http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

In the email you receive with the call-in details you’ll get the link to listen to the replay of the first call.

If you’ve been a subscriber of mine for a while you know this has been an interesting year of growth for me. There have been some exciting changes and some challenges to overcome.

Through it all I have been able to live a truly magical lifestyle and have my business accommodate whatever I chose to do, even when major plans changed.

So many people have asked me how I’ve handled the divorce, moving to another state and changes I’ve made in my business all without the littlest hiccup. (Personally, there were some hiccups.)

On Thursday in a free teleseminar I will share my secrets with you. I’ll show you how I’ve consciously designed my life over the last 30+ years so that nothing takes me off course for more than a minute or two. And how you can create that same unshakable foundation in your life.

http://lynnpierce.com/ebff.html

I think this is particularly important given what is happening in the world right now. Not just the economy, but the bigger picture of the major shift in consciousness that will transform the world as it unfolds.

I want to help you be on the forefront of this shift by being aligned within yourself and with your business.

So join me Tuesday as I reveal my step-by-step system. We’ll talk about how you can create your personalized blueprint for life; allowing you to reconnect with your soul, reclaim your life and become the person you were created to be, all while your business works for you rather than you working for it.

http://lynnpierce.com/ebff.html

We will do a series of call on this topic. Tuesday is the first step. All the calls are free. I’m serious when I tell you that you don’t want to miss this.

When you register for the call you’ll get a link to tell me what your biggest challenge is and I will be answering as many of those as I can on the call.

The live call will be Tuesday the 16th at 6PM Pacific and if you can’t be on live, you can listen to the replay.

So register for the call here:

http://lynnpierce.com/ebff.html

Here’s something for you to ponder before you listen:
A broad vision is no vision. It’s a wish. A true vision for your life is laser focused.

If you’ve already registered, do I have your question? I’ll be answering questions on calls, in my ezine and also on my blog. I’m excited about the range of question I already have, but I want to make sure I answer yours too.

And as I said before I will not be reading names, so those of you who have asked to remain anonymous, your privacy goes with saying.

If you haven’t registered yet, here’s the link:

http://LynnPierce.com/ebff.html

To your success,
Lynn Pierce

P.S. The 3 payment option for the live Blueprints for Life on Feb. 20-22nd in San Diego ends Friday.

If this is an area of your life you could use some assistance in, I encourage you to take a look at the event now. It will be a small intimate group.

These teleseminars are jam-packed with real content, not a pitch for the event. I will give you strategies you can use right away on your own as I answer your questions submitted online.