Lifebook has given me so much hope, or maybe more accurately, Lifebook has helped me find my internal wellspring of hope. My entire countenance has shifted. 6 weeks ago I had absolutely no idea who the person in the mirror was. I, having just turned 53 yesterday, felt that my life was on the backend slide. That my feelings of despair and depression would eventually lead to ruin. I just knew that I had wasted my life and was so consumed with feeling sorry for myself. LIFEBOOK CHANGED EVERYTHING. I would be writing for hours if I were to recap all the "aha" moments I have had as a result of Lifebook, so I will try to keep it to the bigger concepts.
First, my Pre-assessment score was critical at 41.(When I saw that, I cried, I knew I had to do something about it.) My POST-ASSESSMENT score is 91. I think that is AMAZING!! I am sure others have had bigger jumps, but I took the assessment with a very real, uninflated perspective. I feel it's important to mention that ALL MY CATEGORY SCORES IMPROVED! I have come so so far in such a short time. I also realize that there is a lot of work ahead of me, but for the 1st time in a long time, maybe ever, I am eager to work on my life and my vision, and even bigger, I feel prepared to do so. I feel so empowered!!! Next, all my life I have lived with the belief that I am a pessimistic and negative person. I believed "that is just who I am". I just accepted that I "tend to be bent toward the negative". I told myself I am a "realist". I also felt deep down inside me that I was never in harmony with ME...whoever that was. I always felt "off" or that something was missing. And I searched in a lot of wrong places to fill the voids. I lived life believing that greatness was reserved for "those" people, the ones that were great, or deserving or had opportunity. I have lived most of my life perfecting the "pity party". Life was something that "happened to me" NOT something I could be in control of or influence. WOW.....again LIFEBOOK CHANGED EVERYTHING!
Lifebook has helped me perform an autopsy on my life. It has guided me through the steps, gently but oh so powerfully, to peel back the layers and really, really examine the person I was, I am and who I desire to be. I have found my inner strength, my voice, my identity! I have acquired the tools needed to design MY EXTRAORDINARY LIFE. I have a fire inside me to fully and passionately pursue that life. I know without a doubt that LIFEBOOK MASTERY will help me propel, at rocket speed, toward that life! I will NEVER allow myself to be the victim to anyone, especially a victim of my own mind. I will CHOOSE who to be, how to think, what to think! Gratitude is a daily practice for me now and is so powerful in changing my mindset and view of life. Finally, a few of the affirmations that I now firmly believe and remind myself of daily are: I AM NOT TOO OLD TO CREATE AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE SUCCESS IS NOT JUST FOR OTHER PEOPLE, I DESERVE SUCCESS TOO MONEY IS GOOD I WILL LIVE LIFE IN A STATE OF ABUNDANCE AND GRATITUDE NO MATTER MY CURCUMSTANCE. SELF-CARE, SELF-IMPROVEMENT, SELF-HELP IS NOT SELFISH!!!!! I WILL PERSUE EXCELLENCE EVERYDAY. I WILL FORGIVE MYSELF AND OTHERS I AM A GOOD PERSON, A GOOD MOM, A GOOD WIFE AND GOOD FRIEND I AM INTELLIGENT AND HAVE MUCH TO OFFER THIS WORLD I AM UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY BLESSED TO HAVE THE LIFE THAT I HAVE, I WILL HONOR THAT FROM NOW ON BY LIVING MY BEST LIFE EVERYDAY IN EVERY WAY! I could go on and on about lifebook and my transformation. I honestly, talk to anyone and everyone about it. Thank you, thank you, thank you JON and MISSY!!! I look forward to the next step in my journey, through Mastery!
Side note: I am a RN by trade, but have taken time to be a homemaker and homeschool mom for many years. I had been trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life in these next chapters. I fell in love with Lifebook within the 1st week and knew I wanted to share it with others. So, when you announced that you would be introducing a LIFEBOOK LEADERSHIP program I absolutely was overjoyed!!!!! I am so very excited to become an integrated part of the LIFEBOOK movement! I look forward to working along side you both and other leaders. I look forward to meeting you both face to face someday. (I KNOW I can achieve my dreams and greatness) With sincere and deep gratitude, Maria Kenney (Missouri, U.S.) P.S. I'm pleased to add that my husband, Frank, is actively working on his LifeBook at this time. I'm so excited for what the future will bring with both of us connecting over our Lifebooks!!!