#371 Snippets of wisdom: Discovering purpose and freedom through intentionality.

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Agi Keramidas  0:03  
You are listening to personal development mastery the podcast that empowers you with the simple and consistent actions you need to master yourself and create a life of purpose and fulfilment. This is another snippets of wisdom episode where I select my favourite most insightful moments from previous episodes. Today's snippet comes from my conversation with Finnian Kelly speaker and coach, dubbed as the business mystic. This snippet I chose from that conversation is about intentionality. I hope it's as insightful for you as it was for me.

Finnian Kelly  0:44  
So intentionality for me is defining how you want to feel, and then taking deliberate action towards it. It's that combination of Vision Plus action. So when, when you just hear that this is a universal thing, like everyone should be interested in this, if you think about it in life, if you don't have a vision, then what action are you taking? It's someone else's vision, you're just part of them. And, and you just don't default. And unfortunately, there's most people, more people in the world have less vision, and they're taking action, which isn't aligned with it. And then think about if you have this great vision, but you're not taking any deliberate action towards it. What are you going to be feeling you're going to be feeling frustration and anxiety and feeling lacking because you're not actually doing anything to move it there. So you've got to do both. And that's that was part of it. You look at the intentionality of the Camino had a vision and a vision for transformation. That's where it was really focused on the healing for growth. And then the action was, well, I'm going to spend a month and I'm gonna walk across, and then the combination was the output. That's what I got. It wasn't I didn't know exactly what it was, it was flexibility. I wasn't too rigid in my vision as a discipline, because I showed up every day, but I wasn't rigid. It's very important behaviour intentionality be disciplined, but not rigid. And then the magic happened, there was like this beautiful recipe. And that's where I really want people to get connected with this is this is your, this is your ticket to freedom, this is your ticket to an extraordinary life is realising that where you're at is completely your choice, completely your choice, completely responsibility. And if you don't like where you're at, the great thing is you have the power to change it, you really, really do, every single person does, you first have to have some awareness and realise, wow, I was perhaps had some programming in me that wasn't really working for me. And that doesn't mean I'm a bad person. It was just I had some faulty programming. But well, now I get a chance to actually decide what programmes I want to put in. And for me, I don't ever and it's why I say find your path and get on your path and stay on your path. Because it's your path. intentionality. These principles are just signposts, they're just some guidance, they're not dogma, it just may help you discover your path and find it, then stay on it a little bit more. But the most important thing is, is it's your path. And I don't care what it is, it can be 180 degrees different from mine, All I care is that it's extraordinary. And you feel so much peace and joy and love and freedom with it, then great, it's working for you. But if you're not feeling those feelings, that's an indication that something's off something in your vision or your action is not aligned. And, and that's your, that's your indication. And then all you have to do is have freewill and decide I'm going to change it. But that's the bit which people aren't willing to do. They feel like if they acknowledge it, then they then they take on full responsibility. And then they're going to be put into too much shame or guilt and, and it's just like, let it go. Just it's just accept it and then move forward. It's I always say forgiveness sets you free. But acknowledgement is a gift to someone else. So when you when you This is something I had to really work with. I had had a lot of challenges in my life I had challenged relationship, my parents and my body and that on the Camino everyday, I just chose something to forgive what part of me was going to give or who was going to forgive. And I felt free now there was no connection to that other person. I didn't need to speak to that other person by me forgiving myself in that moment. I set myself free, it was an absolute gift. Now then you get to decide whether you want to acknowledge your part in a relationship to that other person. And that's pure gift for the other person. It's so remarkable when we acknowledge someone and our role in it. It's it doesn't. I think a lot of people are scared too. Do it because they feel like suddenly then they're going to realise that they're going to like that person is going to leave me that that person already experienced it. You're just connecting. It's just an opening to just acknowledge Yes, I understand how my actions contributed to the way you felt. What a gift and if more of us just did that. And it was just connecting us throughout the world.

Agi Keramidas  5:24  
Thank you for tuning in. You can listen to the full conversation in Episode 168. The link is in the show notes. If you've enjoyed this episode, can you find one person you think would find it a value and share it with them? I'd really appreciate it the aid helps the show grow and also you add value to people you care about. Thanks. And until next time, stand out don't fit in!