The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn

THE BATTLE LINES HAVE BEEN DRAWN

Every human being has an Authentic Self and an Insidious Self. The Authentic Self is tethered to your Soul and cries out to you to do work that matters. The Insidious Self is the untethered fusion of your greatest fears and self-criticisms with the greatest fears and criticisms of your friends, family and society.

Whether you’re aware of it or not, your Insidious Self is waging, and most likely winning, a war against your Authentic Self for the right to determine the course of the rest of your life. How am I so confident that your Insidious Self is winning? Well, let me ask you this:

Are you spending the most productive and creative hours of your day doing work that matters to you and makes a difference?

If you answered yes, you’re among the small percentage of people who are living their purpose on a daily basis. If you answered no, don’t get discouraged. Because the fact that you’re investing your money and, more importantly, your time to read this book tells me that you intend to answer yes, and that’s a powerful place to begin.

I understand the “War of the Selves” because I lived it for more than twenty years. And as I moved closer to living my purpose on a full-time basis, my Insidious Self made a furious last-ditch effort to hang on to the…