Life is short. The rest of your life starts today. Did you know that less than one person in five is flourishing according to positive psychology? Why not make this year the year in which you start flourishing? Do not wait any longer! Take action now and start to live the life of your dreams.

Are you one of those people around me for whom the feeling of stress, overload and being in a perpetual race is predominant? I think it has even become ‘normal’ for some of us. Is this normal? I invite you to stop reading for a second now, take a breath, and smile (even if you don’t feel happy right now!).

Because you can turn the wheel around and start flourishing now if you wish.

How to Craft A Brilliant Life

To live life fully, three things are essential:

1. A vision: You must have a picture in your mind and know what a Brilliant Life looks like.
2. You must know your big WHY (or whys), in other words, your Life’s Purpose.
3. Make choices. This means saying YES to certain priorities—the things, people, and activities that matter most—and saying NO to other things (even if you fancy doing them as well).

The Secret Key: Choose

You have three choices in every situation: you can change it, love it, or leave it.

The first option is to change it. You have many options to tweak, shift and taking steps to alter aspects of the circumstances.

Second, loving it means changing your attitude, mindset, perceptions, framing, interpretation and expectations about a situation.

Leaving a situation is not always the ‘easy way out’ – the grass may or may not be greener elsewhere – but sometimes the wisest choice or even paramount.

I say this because you are conscientious as a highly sensitive person. You are empathic and stick to your word and your commitments (things you promised to others especially) it’s not easy to consider the option to just turn around, let go and step away.

(If you are facing a difficult choice and consider leaving right now watch this – singing along may help further).

Of course, you must be clear about what brings you joy, love, and meaning, the three main ingredients of a Brilliant Life.

Do you lead a fulfilling life?

Today is the beginning of the rest of your life, and you do not know how many days, months, and years you have left. This reality can depress or scare us.

The fact that you are mortal may instead motivate you to think about and journal around these questions:

• What would you really like to have done, seen and achieved in this life?
• Which activities and which people bring you real happiness?
• Do you live according to your values?
• Do you know and apply your top strengths?
• Do you use your talents and live up to your potential?

Don’t wait – start flourishing now…

It’s easy. All you need to do ist to:
a) decide and
b) commit to crafting a Brilliant Life now!

I can show you how to get easily into the flow and make smart choices in your business and life.

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This article was written in 2014 and last updated in June 2024