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Extending Grace

April 11, 2008 By kwmccarthy

Today, I offered an On-Purpose® Person training to a select few.  When I’m trying something new, I’ll often pull together a beta group.  Christianne was a participant.  She’s a bright young woman who is a writer and grad student.  There is something about talking about one’s purpose and being all clinical about it.  It is another thing to experience it. 

Toward the end of the day, I was sharing at story of a speaking engagement I had in St. George, Utah years ago.  After signing books for a couple of hours, the last person in the long line was a young woman who was well overweight.  With tears in her eyes she joyfully declared, "I know my purpose in life.  It is to lose weight."

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Who Am I?

April 9, 2008 By kwmccarthy

Few questions haunt us as much as the "Who Am I?" question.  If you don’t know who you are, then the entirely to your life, despite your accomplishments, is lived under your potential.  Sobering thought, huh?

Within this blog, you’ll gain a clear and powerful answer to the "Who am I?" question and its companions that I call Life’s Great Questions.  Each is worthy of Great Answers, yet most of us are too busy to ask, let alone ponder and sufficiently answer each question.  Great Answers will transform your life forever.

Consider your answers to the following "Who Am I?" questions:

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Ready, Set, Lose

April 4, 2008 By kwmccarthy

Last evening my Take Shape For Life food arrived.  This morning I weighed in at 230 pounds on my scale.P1020932
I don’t have the nerve to show my "before" pictures yet.  Vanity, I guess.  But I decided to at least post this photo of my scale.  Nice feet, huh?

I decided to track my weight.  In talking with Lori I discovered Take Shape For Life provides a free web site to track a number of things.  Lori give me my log in information.  I’ll dig around there and see what it holds.  Chances are I’ll just use a spreadsheet.

Today I begin to Take Shape For the Rest of my Life (I hope).

Gotta lose some weight – Part 3

April 2, 2008 By kwmccarthy

Perhaps I’m obsessing about this.  I’m glad I have time to prepare
myself mentally before starting the Take Shape For Life program.  Once
my food arrives, I think I’ll be in the right frame of mind.  I feel a
lot like getting ready to play "the big game" as in sports.  There’s a degree of performance anxiety mixed with wanting to get out there to prove to myself I can do this.

True confessions here.  The first 35 years of my life I was an athlete.  It was a part of my vision of myself.  Since I hurt a knee and stopped competing on the tennis court, I’ve gradually added weight every year.  Now at age 53, I find myself with all this extra weight.  Somehow, I’ve adjusted my self vision to accommodate being a fat person.  None of this, in my case, has to do with genetics, hormones, or whatever.  It all has to do with choices… bad choices.

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If not balance in life, then what?

April 2, 2008 By kwmccarthy

“Kevin,” you ask, “If work life balance is a myth, then, what do I do instead?  How do I make a difference and make my life count?  I want to be productive on and off the job, earn that six-figure income while being true to myself.  I want to be a great spouse and parent.  I want wealth, financial independence, and security so I can be in a position to help and serve others in my community.  I want to be healthy, feel more settled in my spirit, and secure my future.  What do I do to make my life work better?  How do I become a leader in my life?”

Up to this point in my posts, I’ve held off providing you the alternative to work life balance for a reason.

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Gotta lose some weight – Part 2

April 1, 2008 By kwmccarthy

OK!  My Take Shape For Life weight loss products should arrive
this Friday.  I’m excited to get started.  The more I think about it,
the more determined I get to succeed at this.  Lori and I talked
yesterday about setting a goal for losing weight.  I set my goal at

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Gotta lose some weight

March 31, 2008 By kwmccarthy

I HAVE to lose some weight! January 1, 2008, I weighed 239 pounds!  On a 5' 9" frame that is a lot of weight even for someone with a stocky build. Since January, I've been exercising and eating better. To a degree I was successful and got down as low as 225, but tended to hover in the 228 to 232 range. Better, but not good enough. I have a killer sweet tooth. Something had to change. A couple of days ago, I committed myself to…

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Art of Expertise

March 20, 2008 By kwmccarthy

TOP Performers raise the science of their expertise to an art form.


And they grasp the art of their expertise as a science.

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