Second Acts that Change Lives
Making a Difference in the World
Second Acts that Change Lives - Find Your Personal Best - Page 117
Bob is a living billboard for doing good. To those who know him, he is the doorway that leads into the world where it always feels good when you are doing good.
Words to Inspire
“My hope is that along the way people saw what I was doing and see that there is something they can do to help others back home in their communities.”
Making a Difference Every Day
You’re now at the point where you have made a profound commitment to your reinvention. When there is no turning back, it is time to concern ourselves only with moving ahead. But how do we silence the negative voices on the sidelines? Where do we find patience and persistence when there will always be solid reasons not to move ahead? It’s time to start uncovering what the world wants of you, and the tools for finding the courage to say “yes” to your new life. One strategy that works is to conduct a personal assessment of your life so that you can push your personal best into your new future. Here are five questions to ask yourself:
1. What are the roles you currently play and what do you do really well? What is missing?
2. What are the parts of your personality that have disappeared or been put on hold?
3. What used to make you feel passionate? For Drew it was swimming.
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