Winning the Game of Life

I just started on a new book this afternoon, and although it is still too early to comment on the book in its entirety, I have found a simple yet profound quote that has already made the book worth its investment many times over.  The book is called Tell to Win and the quote is by adventure guru and founder of Sobek Expeditions, Richard Bangs.  He said, "I wanted them to understand I wasn't in the people transportation business, I was in the human transformation business."  Wow.  No wonder he built such an amazing and success company.  His adventure travel business was in the business of moving people, just not in the way we would traditionally define it.  He was in the business of moving people emotionally and physically in order to create transformation in people's lives.  What is the mission and purpose of your business? Or better yet, what is the purpose and mission of your life? Are you in the business of "just getting through life" or are you in the business of "transforming your life and the lives of everyone around you?"  The life transformation business is not for everyone.  It is not for the weak at heart.  It is not for people who are skittish about ruffling a few feathers, especially their own.  It isn't for everyone, however, it is available to anyone who wants it bad enough.  As I sit here and reflect of what my life's purpose is all about, I work on getting to the core to find out what moves me.  What gets my heart beating with excitement and what creates a wave of energy the reverberates through every cell in my body? It is the idea of transformation.  My old purpose was the constant pursuit of life mastery while creating an indelible impact on the lives around me.  That purpose served me for a while but it doesn't move me the way it once did.  My true purpose is to continually create transformational experiences in my life as well as have an indelible impact on the people around me by helping to create transformational experiences for them.  I realize now i am in the transformation business, for myself and for others.  Now this isn't about changing.  Changing sucks.  Change can be slow and painful and only result in minor alterations in your being.  Transformation on the other hand results in a complete evolution in your state of being.  It results in a fundamental shift in who you are at your core.  Many people have transformational experiences after major emotional events such as heart attacks and other near death experiences.  Many people allow life to happen to them rather than create the life they would love to live.  Many people live within the shackles of mediocrity instead of excelling at everything they do. I believe the life of your dreams comes from living your life by 3 major principles.  Number one, be present to your purpose.  Every thing you do should serve your purpose. Find the meaning in everything you do and you will find fulfillment at every corner.  Number 2, create compelling stories for your life.  Our life is one big story.  Our lives are defined by our story.  You are the author of your life, and your story has yet to be written.  The pen is in your hand and you can write anything you want.  You don't like what happened in your life? Create a whole new empowering story for what happened.  We can't always control what happens, but the pen allows us to create any meaning we want for what happened.  There is amazing power in the pen you hold in your hand.  Make every word count.  Make every word powerful and transformational. Number three, be open and allow wonderful things to pour into your life.  Live with a sense of deservedness.  We are all children of G-d.  Who are we not to expect wonderful and amazing and spectacular things to happen to us, for us, and for the people we love? You hold the pen and paper of your life in your hands.  What is your story going to be?