What On Track and On Purpose Is About

This is my very first ever blog post, so I thought it would make a whole lot of sense to say something about what this website and my coaching are all about.  So let’s start with the name!  On Track and On Purpose is the name of my coaching business because that is a very simple way to express my approach to creating a great life as well as a great business.

“On Purpose” means this: when you know what your purpose is, and I mean crystal clear so you can express it to anyone, anytime, then it only takes about a second at any given time to be able to check in with yourself and be sure that what you are doing, right now, is in alignment with it. If it is, then you are “on purpose,” and if not, you are “off purpose” and you will be a whole lot happier a whole lot sooner if you get yourself back on!

Here’s an example that many of you may be able to relate to!  My purpose in life is to inspire and empower people to discover and fulfill their purpose, and to do it with passion, ease and joy.   (Why is that my purpose in life? Because I said so!)  Well, the other day I was trying to get some work done and one of my daughters was, well let’s just say she wasn’t being helpful.  She is obsessed with Webkinz and would not stop talking about them and asking to use my computer and I started to get really mad — but —  I stopped myself, just barely, and checked in with my purpose. Obviously, it took not even a second to know that I was not “on purpose,” and not much longer to get back on again, listen to her from a completely different place, and resolve the conflict with ease. I mean really, it was easy and it was not going that way before I caught myself!  Inspiring and empowering people includes everyone, hard though that is to remember sometimes! 

Having my purpose so clearly defined for myself gives me a tremendous amount of power over my life and how it looks, moment to moment. My clients tell me the same thing — some of them had some idea about what their purpose was, they had played with the idea before, but when they did the work with me and created language for it that inspired them, it has made such a difference and given them power in their life they just never had before.  For me it rocks having that ability to catch myself right in the moment and get back to what my life is really about.  Because honestly, my life is most definitely not about getting upset over my kids Webkinz obsession, and it is about empowering and inspiring whoever I am dealing with, whether it’s a client, a customer, or my kids!

“On Track” is next — the “track” is the plan I’ve created, for my business and my life. It’s a plan for fulfilling my purpose in my daily life, and it involves a very clear vision of how I want my life to look in 5 years, and in 1 year, and exactly what I will need to do now, this week, this month, to forward that plan. So being “on track” means workng my plan, refining it, staying focused, forwarding the plan I have for achieving my goals and dreams.

Here’s why having the the concept “on track and on purpose” as part of my life makes my life so much simpler: When a new opportunity presents itself, or a situation arises, all I have to do is ask myself two questions. “Is this opportunity, or is the way I’m handling this situation, On Purpose (in alignment with my purpose)?” And then “Is it On Track (will it forward my plan for success)?”

It becomes very, very simple to sort out those things which are not worth my time or energy as well as catching myself wasting my energy by the way I’m dealing with something. (Like the Webkinz thing).  It keeps me very focused on the things that are most important to me and that give me joy. And that is living life On Track and On Purpose.