The philosopher Harold Thurman Whitman said:

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

To me, this quote speaks to the idea of taking courageous action and living a rich life. Most of us want to live a rich, full beautiful life, but as silly as it seems, it takes courage to actually do that. We can get so busy in our daily lives that we forget that we get to create our lives. Sometimes it requires us to go through those uncomfortable growing pains.

I’m feeling these growing pains a lot right now as I enter a new phase in my business where I’m adding leverage and new private coaching packages for 2015. It’s forcing me to do things differently so I can “come alive” in new creative ways. For example, I am going way out of my comfort zone and changing some of my technology. (I don’t love technology. I’d so much rather not have to deal with any of it!) I switched my email marketing system to Infusionsoft, and I changed my password management software to LassPass and am doing a few other tech upgrades as well. It’s a lot of change for me, but thankfully my team is doing the detail work and heavy lifting. These changes I’m making are forcing me to be even more strategic than ever, but they will help me to continue to run a profitable business and still have some free time to spend how I want.

Here’s the truth: If you’re not changing things up, you’re just staying where you have already been. It’s hard to stay relevant if you don’t shake things up from time to time. For me, going through the pain of adding in new technology is just something that needs to be done so I can “come alive” in new ways in 2015. It’s exciting when I keep my eye on the prize!

My question to you as we look into 2015 is this: How can you “come alive” in a new way so you can have the business and live the life you really want? It may not be technology, but it could be. I’d love to hear what you’re up to. Please share below.

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