Sometimes on our paths, things can get a little foggy. It can be hard to see the next step. Here in Laguna Beach, we’ve been shrouded in a fog so thick that for the last two days, I haven’t been able to see the house across the street.
So what do we do when we can’t see the way?
One suggestion is to come back to the basics. Come back to your foundation. “What, Who, Why?” – That’s what these questions are meant to do.
What are you trying to do?
Who are you trying to do it for?
Why are you the one to do it?
Simple questions.
But can you answer them with clarity?
A couple of years ago, a buddy of mine, Dan Lerner, who’s an amazing coach and organizational consultant, asked those questions of me. Last week in Utah, I led a course that I created for the Four Winds Society that took the long and winding road to have people be able to answer those questions to get clarity on how to build their own thriving practice.
Here are my answers for the Majestic Path:
What am I trying to do?
Show others how to make a prosperous living doing what they love. Using a combination of practical business-building information, brand consulting, and also energy work, I help them to be of greatest service to others so that they fulfill their soul’s journey through their life’s work.
Who am I trying to do this for?
People who are embracing their role in the new consciousness. It’s the healers, coaches, and other holistic practitioners who feel a call to do something greater with their lives by being of service to others. I love helping these courageous souls who are daring to live life on their own terms. I love touching others who are meant to touch the world.
Why am I the one to do this?
Because I’ve lived through it: the fear and the struggle. By overcoming doubt and creating my own successful practice, I’ve learned so many things that I know can make a difference for others. I’m here to share what I’ve learned. (Including these 3 questions)
So what about you? What are your answers?
What are you trying to do?
Who are you trying to do it for?
Why are you the one to do it?
Once you have your answers, it then becomes about your next step.
What’s your next step?
“There is no such thing as time management. There’s either flow or resistance.” – Dave Buck, CEO of Coachville.
This rings true for me. Sometimes the immensity of what I’m trying to do just stops me before I can even begin. I’m either in the flow of my actions or I’m sitting here thinking about things. And usually, when I’m sitting here thinking, I’m not doing anything. I’m not making any forward progress.
So I come back to the foundational questions – What, Who, & Why. Then next step can be made clear. After that, we simply need to take the step.
If you feel called, I invite you to share your answers below. You just never know how sharing your answers could be the catalyst for great things.
If you have the willingness to be open, share what you’re trying to do, who you’re doing it for, and why.
May you step with clarity today.
I have considered the questions you asked and my answers I think are pretty simple but hard for some to grasp, because of the misunderstanding of many on subjects such as religion, especially Christianinty, so here it goes!
What I am trying to do is to grow in faith, learn about and experience grace, and somehow live in a way that may effect others in a positive way by my actions, creativity, and example with God,s help, always living and seeking his will along the way.
Who are you trying to do it for?
I am trying to do it for you, because I realize that in using my God given free will for a larger purpose than myself (even in small ways) is a gift that as long as we have breath in us is such an opportunity that we really cannot comprehend the magnitude of the power for good we have, it is a mystery I have come to understand. It is written that even the Angels in a way, are envious of us mortals because of the opportunity we have to do God,s work by using and exercising our free will as a gift of faith for the good of all.
Why are you the one to do it?
Because I have been aware of God’s calling from a very young age, although i tried to ignore it at times and became self destructive, i had the power of my own life in my hands, and ultimately came to a time where i “dared” God to reveal himself or to show me the path of life and to guide me. I have experienced so many trials in my life that I believe It has given me a unique understanding that allows me to be able to relate to so many conditions of suffering and psychological trauma of the human condition, and I have also experienced answers to prayer,compassion, passion, and Gods hand and guidance in my life in spite of the fact that I don’t deserve it. I have come to the understanding that in our weakness is strength and real power comes from God with who’s help we CAN move mountains….we are all given certain gifts for our purpose. “God places the desires of our hearts for a reason” that we may not fully understand until its time.
We can deny it, ignore it, or accept the challenge given to us which needs to be for the right reasons.
I have no doubt that God has a special purpose for me, I have always known this. The fact that i see the need, and so few doing it, that I must continue to do the best I can even though it seems futile at times from a practical point of view..
Don’t get me wrong, I really do not consider myself anything special as far as talent, morale, or anything else..I am lazy, selfish, and a sinner, but I believe that someone paid the price for that for me, and he was God himself, (who was the only one that could) by breaking the chains of death, I now have a path cleared for me that leads to salvation.
When I breath my last, my opportunity is gone, I am sure I would have wished I did more with the unique chance I had, and didn’t fully appreciate!
My best analogy using terms familier with artists is that I was born as a microphone, by itself it serves no purpose, until it is plugged into a Pa system and power source, even then it serves no purpose until someone then speaks through the microphone. Then and only then, plugged in, powered up, prepared to be used can it serve it,s intended purpose.
I think just because I comprehend this, I am the one to do it.
Hi John. This is the first time i am responding in a blog. I am a healing life coach and took a leap of faith one year ago to go into my field full time. Initially, it was great and i had quite a few clients and it built up nicely. Over the last few months, there has been a significant drop off, even though i have tried different ways of marketing and putting myself out there and also doing talks and seminars, but even those have not really helped me to pay the bills. So now i am on the verge of going back to work in order to make ends meet. It feels so disheartening to be in this posititon as i want to help people to wake up and raise the consciousness. I even started a free consciousness group in the two where i live and offered coaching to the ladies in the area, but once those came to an end and i asked for commitment for them to continue, and pay, not one person was willing to do so. So, where to from here? I long to be fulfilling my purpose and being of service to people. I have bought several programmes over the years, attending so many courses and followed the direction given, yet i seem to find myself in this same financial position time after time. Do you have any advise for me ?
Hi Sharon,
Thank you so much for your post. I appreciate that it’s your first time responding. I understand how you feel. When I first became a coach 9 years ago, I felt a big mission as well. Despite all of my initial enthusiasm and energy, I wasn’t able to continually attract enough clients. I thought it would mean the end of the world to me at the time to have to take another job. It turns out that those 8 months that I had another job and revenue stream were exactly the thing that I needed to refocus and relaunch how I could be of service. With a more narrow focus, I was then able to continually attract more clients. Just curious, how narrow of a focus do you have? It’s been my experience that it is the single factor that often separates a thriving practice from one that is sporadic.
John Germain Leto
Thank you so much for your post. I appreciate you expressing yourself in this way. Yes, I agree that we are all given certain gifts for our purpose. It’s about utilizing those gifts and being in action around them to fulfill our soul’s journey through our life’s work. I’m sending you blessings.
John Germain Leto