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How to Design Your Life

Last week we published the final post from IC Contributor Karen Armstrong Quartarone's series on Life Design for Creative Entrepreneurs . (If you would like to be a Contributor, read the guidelines here).

Karen is an expat woman entrepreneur living in Italy and coaches other expat women which is how I first met her. I've participated in similar coaching programs, and compared to those, I found Karen's program highly effective at getting me on track quickly and joyfully.

In my own experience as an expat, I've found that our unique circumstances encourage us to craft custom-made careers - one of the basic tenets of creative entrepreneurship. Since IC's mission is to support the development of creative entrepreneurs and their businesses I asked Karen if she would open a special group for IC readers because I knew her program would be a strong resource for our community.

On January 26th (next week!) Karen will be starting her *Thrive in 2010* program which I highly recommend for those of you seeking to build a personal and professional life full of meaning. I cannot say enough about how much her program influenced the way in which I now live and work.

Karen's program and her exceptional coaching skills enabled me to envision what I want my life/work to look like and then put the steps in place to make it happen.

And that is how you design a life.

But I should warn you - space is limited - so reserve your spot now.

Want to know if Karen's program is for you? Sign up for her mailing list and we'll send you information on how to get a free one-on-one 20-minute laser session with her. As a bonus, we'll also send you a copy of Karen's article detailing the seven steps in her Life Design program including:

1. Purpose

2. Mission

3. Vision

4. #1 Goal

5. Action Plan

6. Planning

7. ACTION

Please read our disclosure statement for this program.

Building Your Own Power Pyramid

This is the final post in a ten-part series called Life Design for Creative Entrepreneurs by IC Contributor Karen Armstrong Quartarone. If you would like to be a Contributor, read the guidelines here.

In her last post, Karen discussed ACTION. This week she talks about how to build your own Power Pyramid. 

 

Your Own Power Pyramid

Now that you have an overview of the Life Design Power Pyramid, you can see that it integrates the internal and the external. It starts off with more abstract concepts (Purpose, Mission, Vision) and moves into very concrete and practical ideas (#1 Goal, Action Plan, Planning, ACTION) so that you're actually creating the life you desire - not just thinking about it.

You can start building your own Power Pyramid and use the life design process to create a life you love. You can harness your creative power and transform the chaos into order - getting the disparate pieces of your life moving in a meaningful direction. You know where you're going and why ... and your life starts to flow.

And isn't that the best feeling for a creative entrepreneur?

Life Design Coach Karen Armstrong Quartarone is an expat woman entrepreneur living in Italy. In this series Karen explains each part of the Power Pyramid. To learn more about the Life Design program starting January 26th and get a free 20-minute laser session with Karen, follow this link.


Posts in this series:

1. Introducing Karen Armstrong Quartarone

2. What is Life Design?

3. Purpose

4. Mission

5. Vision

6. #1 Goal

7. Action Plan

8. Planning

9. ACTION

10. Building Your Own Power Pyramid

ACTION

This is the ninth in a ten-part series called Life Design for Creative Entrepreneurs by IC Contributor Karen Armstrong Quartarone. If you would like to be a Contributor, read the guidelines here.

In her last post, Karen discussed Planning. This week she talks about ACTION. 

 

ACTION

First, let me explain why ACTION is capitalized here ...

You can go through all the other steps in your Power Pyramid ... Purpose, Mission, Vision, #1 Goal, Action Plan and Planning ... but all of it is useless if you don't take ACTION!

It's also capitalized to emphasize the purpose and power behind your ACTION after you build your Power Pyramid.

You see, most people live at the tip of the Power Pyramid but they haven't consciously built their Power Pyramid - their lives are haphazardly strewn together - so what they do each day, the action they take, is empty and lacks meaning.

But when you build your Power Pyramid, what you do each day, the action you take, has purpose and power behind it.

Life Design Coach Karen Armstrong Quartarone is an expat woman entrepreneur living in Italy. In this series Karen explains each part of the Power Pyramid. To learn more about the Life Design program starting January 26th and get a free 20-minute laser session with Karen, follow this link.


Posts in this series:

1. Introducing Karen Armstrong Quartarone

2. What is Life Design?

3. Purpose

4. Mission

5. Vision

6. #1 Goal

7. Action Plan

8. Planning

9. ACTION

10. Building Your Own Power Pyramid