When I let the external world drive my inner core - like glorifying busyness or greedily rushing into career change - I usually end up getting less reward and less fulfillment. Why is that? 

It's because the attitude we adopt at our inner spiritual core sets the pathway down which we go. When I start believing being busy is the hallmark of success, I fill my life with meaningless meetings and business trips. When I start planning with greed in mind, my pathway is one of grabbing and protecting myself from others.

But when we learn to intentionally imbue our inner core with faith, balance, self-confidence, trust, creativity, determination, mutual-respect, caring, support and all the other positive qualities that we know we have, we are much more likely to go on to success, and much more likely to be joyfully satisfied with life.

And now it's Monday and the pathways for your week are forming. What's your choice? Outer or inner?

As one of our Trustees said the other day, "This path surely isn't the easy one to take on many days!"

P.S. Please join us for the August 22 ANE Inspired Hour.

  Save the Date: Leadership and Spirituality 2013 Summit in Princeton on the evening of November 1 and all day 2nd (Friday and Saturday).