As you gain more insights into how you want to evolve, the choices you make will become more in alignment with your dreams, wishes, hopes, vision, goals, and the purpose you have for being in this place at this time. You are the creator, star, producer, and director of your life. To what extent are you preparing for your future? What kind of programs, processes, or procedures do you need to develop to make this future a reality?

As you perform with purpose, rather than just reacting to events or people, you discover which habits are not to your advantage. Dropping these allows you to install new habits for extra pleasure, productivity, and proficiency.

Knowing what you want is the first and perhaps most important step towards development of persistence. This is achieved by having a strong desire to acquire and maintain the object of your interest. Gaining self-reliance comes from the belief in your ability to carry out a plan. A spirit of cooperation between others also helps to develop the will to follow through.

Acknowledge that sharing your vision and attracting fellow collaborators will advance your purpose and push it to a point to grow and prosper more quickly and with a higher chance of success. Create circumstances to place yourself in the presence of successful people who, by their example and support, will enable you to gain more achievements.

Understand that one skill set can be transferred to another type of project you want or need to to be involved in. Shift your focus and awareness; notice how your mind and body become more relaxed enabling new ideas to form into something more creative and constructive. Transform questions to “how can I”. Many examples are shared throughout the book.

Any type of new adventure or endeavor is going to cause you to change some habits and procedures in your life, learn new information, and modify relationships with people. How can you use your innate genius and creativity and live the life you've imagined? For example, ask:

What can I do to expand my capabilities?
What kind of impact do I want to make today?
How will I measure success today?
What can I learn from this action, mistake, or hurt?
What should I stop doing today?
What am I grateful for today?
How do I choose to feel today?

If you're not happy with where you are, change your thinking patterns, behaviors, and viewpoints to move on to something better. When seeking answers, make sure you are guided by your own unique suggestions and solutions; not what you think someone else wants you to say or do. Coordinating your missions or visions with your strengths, flexibility, light-heartedness, learning opportunities, and caring will help maintain balance while encouraging you to expand your possibilities.

If you're at a roadblock, whether you've put it there or someone else has, look at the problem calmly and objectively so you don't give up. Consider all options, decide on one, do it, and let it go. Worry and procrastination drain your motivational drive. Quit looking for problems and stop delaying. When you have definiteness of purpose, it enables you to have a strong motive to surmount difficulties that may come towards you.

When you seek to expand your realm of associations you focus on the strategy of obtaining more opportunities for a variety of people and circumstances to enter your life. Because of these new relationships you acquire added value from their experiences and expertise, share insights plus knowledge, improve creative thinking, and – as a result - obtain additional ways to grow professionally and as an individual.

This is one of many books in the series Permission Granted Today. All take an in-depth look at a specific topic which gives you an immersion from different perspectives. I hope you enjoy the material and live your life with powerful purpose.