829 - A Manifesto for Living With More Clarity, Devotion, and Momentum

This past week, I worked on something that I believe has the potential to profoundly shape the next season of my life.

I created a personal manifesto.

The idea came from chapter fifteen of Rich Litvin’s book, 100K Clients: How to Find Them, Coach Them and Keep Them. - Link To The Book

In that chapter, Rich describes a manifesto as something far more than a list of goals, affirmations, or aspirations. It is a living declaration of who you are becoming. It is a personal constitution. It is something you can read regularly to help guide the moment-by-moment choices that shape your life.

When I first heard the invitation to create a manifesto, I knew I wanted to take it seriously. Over the course of seven days, I spent about an hour each day reflecting, writing, refining, and allowing this manifesto to emerge. What came out of the process was not simply a better set of words. It helped me clarify the identity, commitments, practices, and inner posture that I want to live from.

A manifesto is different from traditional goal-setting. Goals often focus on what I want to achieve. A manifesto helps me remember who I am becoming as I move through life.

In this episode, I share how this exercise helped me reflect on five important areas:

Character: Who am I becoming at the level of identity and way of being?

Well-being: How do I want to relate to my body, energy, food, movement, and rest?

Relationships: How do I want to love, serve, connect, and lead without abandoning myself?

Wealth: How do I want to relate to money, value, service, receiving, generosity, and sovereignty?

Spirit: What is the deeper truth I want to live from when everything else falls away?