Kevin W. McCarthy

The Professor of On-Purpose

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I’ve got to lose weight… continued.

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So here I am four weeks into my Take Shape for Life program and I am down twenty pounds.  It is amazing.  I’m not snoring at night so I’m sleeping better as is my wife!  My pants and belts are hanging on me as I’m at least one size down.  My energy is better.  My workouts are better and my endurance is better.

I do long for some sugary stuff from time to time.  Fortunately, the TSFL foods have enough good tasting chocolate that I can typically satisfy that urge at my next feeding. 

I did have a piece of pizza the other day.  Guess what?  My weight stopped falling off because I arrested the "fat burning mode" I was in and had to re-prime the pump.  Still, 20 pounds in 4 weeks is pretty amazing. 

I feel like myself again.

I’ve stopped snoring… apparently!

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For years now, my wife has slept with earplugs because my snoring awakens her.  Since my son has been away at school the past two years, she has been actually going into his bedroom many nights to escape the snore machine. 

Judith left town shortly after I started the Take Shape for Life program and just returned on Wednesday, April 23.  Since she’s been back, I’ve found her sound asleep next to me every morning.  That hasn’t happened in months.  I asked her why.  She said she hasn’t been waking up in the middle of the night to my snores galore.

I’m wondering if the fact that I’m down 17 pounds since starting TSFL has anything to do with it.  You bet!  Now that I think about it, I’m resting more soundly, awakening more alert, and needing less sleep.  I never expected this outcome from dropping a few pounds. 

I’m very thankful.  Thankful for…
    the loss of weight
    the return of my sound sleeping
    the return of Judith’s sound sleep
    the increase in energy
    the gain of some waking time
    the healthier lifestyle

Be On-Purpose!

Kevin

Trevor Wins

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Congratulations Trevor for winning The Masters and posting a 280 – 3 strokes lower than your closest competition… some guy named Tiger.  Enjoy your green jacket for the rest of your life.  You are The On-Purpose Player.
(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

(Elise Amendola – AP)

Extending Grace

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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?

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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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