LEADERSHIP QUOTE:

"The essential thing 'in heaven and earth' is that there should be a long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living." Friedrich Nietzsche

A LITTLE BIT DEEPER:

I'm on a real-life journey to understand more about the "RHYTHM OF MY LIFE" and over the next number of weeks I want to drag you on this journey with me. To read past posts, visit my full site HERE.

Thanks for being on this journey with me over the past month as I've talked about RHYTHM and shared with you some of my journey. Thank you also to those who have reached out and shared your stories along the way. That's been encouraging to me. We're going to keep going, because surprisingly enough, I haven't arrived! There are still lessons to learn, so let's keep going....

I was listening to a podcast this past week and Bono, lead singer from the band U2 mentioned this quote. I stopped and wrote it down, then looked it up later.

Nietzsche, the German philosopher said this and while he pushed against a personal belief in God, this quote speaks clearly of God to me, so I wanted to dive into it.

Bono was talking about the idea of a "long obedience in the same direction" and I connected that to the conversation of RHYTHM. This speaks of discipline & intentionality, but it also addresses the idea of movement towards a goal.

Nietzsche then says: "There thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living." That idea that in going the distance, there will not only be results, but there will be purpose. That's powerful.

Today, think about these 2 aspects of RHYTHM:

1) ARE YOU PLAYING THE LONG GAME?

Are you looking for more than short-term results? Are you looking forward?

2) IS YOUR PURSUIT OF RHYTHM CONNECTED TO YOUR PURPOSE?

How does your "life in rhythm" help you live more purposefully?

My personal quest to find my RHYTHM is 100% connected with my purpose in life. Rhythm helps me live in Purpose! What about you?

LEADERSHIP QUOTE:

"The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way." Keanu Reeves

A LITTLE BIT DEEPER:

I'm on a real-life journey to understand more about the "RHYTHM OF MY LIFE" and over the next number of weeks I want to drag you on this journey with me. To read past posts, visit my full site HERE.

Thanks for being on this journey with me over the past month as I've talked about RHYTHM and shared with you some of my journey. Thank you also to those who have reached out and shared your stories along the way. That's been encouraging to me. We're going to keep going, because surprisingly enough, I haven't arrived! There are still lessons to learn, so let's keep going....

This past week, I got in my "trusty truck", and was honestly heading to the gas station to fill up, and when I started the truck, I had these three lights flashing at me.... one was for gas (and if you know me, running low on gas is a rare occasion). The second light was a "check tire pressure" warning, and the third was a "maintenance required" light. I looked at that dashboard and just laughed out loud.

This wasn't just the dashboard of my truck, it was the dashboard of my life!

LEADERSHIP QUOTE:

"The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival." Shirley Hufstedler

A LITTLE BIT DEEPER:

I'm on a real-life journey to understand more about the "RHYTHM OF MY LIFE" and over the next number of weeks I want to drag you on this journey with me. To read past posts, visit my full site HERE.

This quote from Davis hit me today.

Often, when I'm in a funk, I revert to my "LISTS".

I love lists. I have to-do lists, I have goal lists, I have people lists, I have project lists. I find that when I write things down it helps me to remember them, and often just a simply "prompt" in a list is all I need.

This past week I wanted to send a gift to someone, so I just wrote in my list: SEND BOX. I looked at that for a few days, then sent it off, and checked it off my list.

There's nothing wrong with lists, but I realize that working my list doesn't get me back to RHYTHM. You can't power through a list to "get back in the groove". (I love that line from the quote.... groove!)

Rhythm is more than a list of things that you do on a regular basis...

• Rhythm is a place.

• Rhythm is a peace.

• Rhythm is a groove.

Rhythm is more than just a set of tasks that you need to accomplish, it's an overall feeling of being in the right place, in the correct state of mind, in the groove.

How can you tell when you're completely IN RHYTHM or completely OUT OF RHYTHM?