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Your Life Needs an MVP - Minimal Viable Process

In business, a minimum viable product (MVP) is a version of a product with just enough features to satisfy early customers and provide feedback for future product development. (Wikipedia, Minimum Viable Product). What stops us as individuals from using a Minimum Viable PROCESS to satisfy our need for growth? To live a more fulfilling life? To serve others to the fullest?

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“I’ll get to it WHEN…”

"I'll start when everything slows down."

I've helped people for decades to find motivation to pursue that which they find important. But for as many people that I've helped, there has been a hundred who just "weren't ready” :

"Once I get a little closer to my goal, then I'll be ready to take bigger steps."

This is why that just won’t cut it.

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What Color comes from mixing Gratitude, Perspective, and Optimism?

I’m a big fan of metaphors. With one of my Strengths being “Ideation,” I am always looking for new ways to make connections between two thoughts, and then figure out a way to share that with my clients. So why people ask me "how do you stay so positive?,” I started to wonder the same thing myself. So of course, I thought about WHY!

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The Time an A+ Wasn’t Enough

Some things just come easy to us. But when Coach Woody was given a great grade and a poor review, he started to question…”was it enough.” The lesson he learned on leaning into his strength stayed with him for decades to come.

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A Path to Purpose - The Core Tenets of NextBetter

A life of Purpose is the most meaningful existence we can hope to live. But how can you hope to reach your Purpose, if you aren’t thankful for the clothes on your back? What is the process to get from where you are, to the best version of you that you can be? Here’s a start…

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