~ Do you live to work or work to live?

~ Do you feel like you life is a walk along a garden path -- or a trip down a dark tunnel (fearing the light at the end is an oncoming train . . .)?!

~ Are you making the biggest impact of which you are capable, doing things that make you feel great every day?

Whatever your work in the world, it is your personal bottom line that counts.  After all, it's not what you do or how much you make that counts, but rather who you are, how much you keep of what you make, and how you impact others and the world around you.

And just what is your personal bottom line?  It consists of several elements, including:

Passionate pursuit of 'right livelihood'

• This may include your professional work or career, if it provides you with the opportunity to utilize your best skills and talents in a way that you truly enjoy and is personally meaningful for you.  It's not so much about 'earning a living' as being fully alive and contributing your personal gifts. 

• It may also comprise what you do outside of money-making activities, or after retirement from profession or succession from a particular business or career.  At that point, your assets provide your income and your focus is on managing your wealth and creating fulfilling and productive involvements outside the traditional workplace.     

• This passionate pursuit allows you to exercise your natural generosity and desire to make a contribution and a difference -- whether in the workplace or another setting where your true joyful enthusiasm can shine through.

Honoring your values and unique personal skills

• The activities, events and people holding the greatest attraction for you are a reflection of what you believe and think is important and meaningful.  It is difficult to stay interested or involved in something for long without that, and discovering and building on your values is extremely important to your personal effectiveness.

• Values are literally who you are.  When engaged in things you value, life becomes natural and smooth.  You are connected, enthusiastic, in the flow -- rather than too busy with tasks and incompletions, tolerating, frustrated, bored or merely hoping for things to improve.

• In addition, you have unique skills personal to who you are, beyond training, education and experience.  These are important to discover and express, and can greatly contribute to your own success and that of others. Knowing your special and natural approaches to activities allows you to do what you do best and honor the unique accomplishments of others.  Studies show your "Emotional IQ" (see reference) may be even more important to overall success than intellect.

• Developing your natural approaches is a significant factor in your personal effectiveness.  

Creation and maintenance of personal wealth

• Personal wealth is a matter of more than just financial freedom.  They say there are two problems with money: not enough or too much.  Related to those problems are two questions:  how much is enough, and what systems and advisors do you have in place to help you grow or properly maintain your assets?  The answers to these questions are unique to you, and are a matter of making choices that work for you.

• Once you've learned to earn well, spend less than you earn (far less), save and properly invest the rest, there's still more to do to preserve and later distribute your assets.

• Sometimes the choices you need to make around money are not easy, and it's helpful to have an objective and trusted advisor to help coach you through them.  Choices involve both facing the decisions and then implementing them -- and a coach can help you actually take actions on what otherwise may never be more than ideas about the way you wish things would work for you.

• And personal wealth involves more than money.  Money is a tool, a form of reserve that contributes to your freedom and independence.  There are many other important areas of reserve important to maintaining true freedom including a reserve of time, opportunity, significant relationships/family, love, network/contacts, health, rest, contemplative time, learning, systems, professional advisors, and similar factors critical to your overall personal bottom line and peace of mind.  

Ready to explore these areas for yourself?  Call or email Dolly to set up a complimentary initial consultation, and let's explore what you really want to create in your work and life.