Kevin W. McCarthy

The Professor of On-Purpose

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Amazing!

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OK, so I decided at the beginning of April to start the TSFL program to learn how to eat as an adult.  Facts are my diet really hasn't changed that much since I was a teenager.  I love my pizza and ice cream.  How many more areas of my life am also making decisions like when I was a teen?  Hmmm!  Topic for another day.

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Since April 3, I've lost 25 pounds.  That's the great news.  The bad news is this morning I'm to introduce Dr. Sandy Shugart, the President of Valencia Community College, as the Campaign Walk Chair for the Light The Night Event with the CFL Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  I'm on the board and Sandy I are friends.  Normally, it's a delightful honor to introduce a friend and dynamic leader like Sandy. 

Except for one thing…

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On-Purpose Person Workshop

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OK, so you read The On-Purpose Person and promised yourself you would go back and work the process, but you didn’t.  Right?  Perhaps you got started but never finished or felt fully satisfied with your progress or purpose statement.  If you’re still pondering how you are making a difference or is your life meaningful, then come.  There is  nothing in the world like this program to help you make rapid and intense progress on being on-purpose.

Put your good intentions into place.  June 20, here in Orlando, I’ll personally lead this tried and true workshop based on The On-Purpose Person.  Come expecting great things.  Demand that you get it from me.  I want you to walk out of there blown away with the possibilities and potential of your life.  Most of all you will be on-purpose!

Download onpurpose_workshop.pdf
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Go to the EVENTS Page to register.

 

Podcast Interview with Kevin W. McCarthy

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This is a link to a podcast interview with the "non-guru" of personal development, Greg Voisen.  Our interview took place on August 3, 2007 and focused on purpose for life and work. 

From Greg Voisen, "Fifteen years ago my life was certainly not balanced. I was constantly
working and was not paying attention to my health or my family. I was
on a collision course and headed toward self destruction. I was in
tremendous personal pain and really did not know where to go or who to
turn too."

Read the rest and listen to the podcast by going to InsidePersonalGrowth.com.

Trimming Down

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Week 5 on Take Shape For Life has been a challenging one.  Still, I am down to 207 – two pounds for the week – twenty-three pounds in five weeks.

My feeding schedule has been all out of whack this week so I've ended up skipping some MediFast/TSFL meals – a no-no that threatens my "fat burning" stage.  Dinner at the Outback last night with some friends visiting from out of town and Mother's Day out to dinner this Sunday will add to the challenge.  I'm learning to manage my restaurant eating to conform to the  Lean and Green approach. 

I found two pair of old pants in my closet that fit me – baggy.  I'm holding off going clothes shopping until I get to my goal of 190.  Then again, I don't want to look like a hobo in someone else's oversized pants… but there is a certain satisfaction in gathering my size 38 pants at the waist when I used to fill the size 40s. 

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My Kids’ Blessing

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Our children are precious.  This email I received this week was something I just had to share (with Brenda’s permission) about the blessing I give my children and continue to give.  In addition, you can download a free copy to bless your children or grandchildren… even from afar.

Hi, Kevin.  Hope this finds you and your family well.

I want to share a sweet story that goes all the way back to the first time I attended the On Purpose training session in Orlando.  You talked to us about the blessing you say over your children, and gave me a copy of it.  I put it to memory and began saying it to my children often.  Not every day, but several times per week.  I am always amazed at how they soften and smile when I begin saying it—even my 13-year-old who is VERY 13 right now!  A couple of weeks ago I had a particularly challenging day, and to make matters worse I wasn’t feel well.  I decided to go to bed early, and went in my room to lie down.  A few minutes later, Megan, my 9-year-old, came in and got in bed with me.  She reached over, placed her hand on my head and said “God bless Mommy.  Give her a mind to know, eyes to see you….” and said the full blessing over me.  It was a very sweet moment.  I pray she’ll be saying it for many years, and passing it on to her children and grandchildren.  Thanks for the blessing!  I thought you’d like to hear the story.

Brenda

You can well imagine how that email made my day. 

You may download a free copy of  MyKidsBlessing here.

Mother’s Day Manners

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by Maralee McKee
The Etiquette Answer

(I read this and asked Maralee if I could post it.  She presents an interesting perspective and I like to share good people who are on-purpose. She is both!  Kevin)

I once suffered a miscarriage shortly before Mother’s Day. When I
entered the sanctuary that Sunday, an usher carrying a basket of
carnations greeted me. “Happy Mother’s Day, pretty lady!” He innocently
beamed. “I know you must be a mom! Here’s a flower.” In a sudden daze I
accepted the flower from his hand and rushed to the bathroom crying. I
wish I had known then what I know now about what that flower
represented. It would have made the incident more bearable.

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Salespersons TAKE NOTE

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40Meet my friend, Gordie Allen.

He’s the originator of Power Prospecting™ for sales persons. Gordie and I became friends back in 1993 thanks to The On-Purpose Person and the National Speakers Association. In terms of On-Purpose Customers for us – Gordie is one of our best!  He is constantly sharing books with clients, friends, and anyone who will listen.

Smart, networked, engaged, and always thinking is the way I describe Gordie. Beneath a seemingly gruff exterior is a generous and kind man. If he thinks you should meet someone, he will make it happen.

A blatant plug here for Gordie: Gordie has updated his decades long proven Power Prospecting™ program for today’s wired world. He says, "There had to be a better way to gain ethical access to decision-makers other than the ordeal we sales people face every day. Out of my pain and pride, I began developing a prospecting for a new sales formula." His business development approach is now in an eBook called, Power Prospecting™. Go to www.salesprospectingtips.com to make an investment in growing your commission, sales team, or business.

This is great stuff! Gordie, thanks for being an On-Purpose Person! Kevin

Anne’s Confirmation

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Today, our daughter Anne, was confirmed at All Saints Episcopal Church in Winter Park where we’ve attended for twenty three years.  Standing behind with hands on her stood her godparents and parents as Bishop John Howe laid hands on her.  In the Episcopal tradition, babies are baptized and received into God’s kingdom in this sacrament.  Godparents commit to help rear the child in God’s way until the child can make a mature commitment to Christ and seeks to receive the Holy Spirit.  So to have her godparents stand there brings both a closure of sorts for them, but a beginning for Anne.

Here is what the bishop says as he laid hands on Anne:  Strengthen, O Lord, your servant Anne with your Holy Spirit;
empower her for your service; and sustain her all the days of her
life. Amen.

He makes the sign of the cross upon her forehead (as was done in her baptism) both recalling her baptism and affirming her decision to step into her ministry and calling in maturity.

As I step back and think what has taken place in the spiritual realm… it takes my breath away!

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