One of my treasured books is Aspire, Discovering Your Purpose Through the Power of Words, by Kevin Hall. Kevin and I connected last summer when he reached out on Facebook and we struck up a conversation about barefoot water skiing. I read his book last August and Aspire instantly became one of several books that I recommended to just about anyone I talked to.
Aspire, Are You Living Your Life’s Purpose?
“Dive in with all your heart, follow your bliss, and people will appear to help you with what you want most,” Kevin wrote in an email. And that’s exactly what I did in the year after I read Aspire. And just as Kevin said, people began appearing to help me achieve new things. For instance, I wanted to barefoot every month of 2011. A crazy idea, actually. I certainly wasn’t sure how that was going to happen, especially since I’m from Chicago– where the lakes are frozen a couple months out of the year. But as of this month, I have barefoot water skied 11 months out of the year. Just last Saturday, I barefooted in Wisconsin for the Freeze4Life fundraiser. I only missed one month, in April. You can read more here: Following Your Bliss (printed in the Chicago Tribune TribLocal, June 2011.)
Kevin kindly sent me several copies of his book for family members and one copy for me to give away to my readers. Winner will be randomly chosen. To enter, leave a comment (comments will be closed Friday, December 9 at midnight CST) that shares your thoughts on the following paragraph from Aspire:
“The first thing I do when I’m coaching someone who aspires to stretch, grow and go higher in life is to have that person select the one word that best describes him or her.”
Artist. Wordsmith. Communicator. Peacekeeper. Perfectionist. Manager. Organizer. Leader. Connecter. Director. Musician.
“There are no restrictions other than it must be only one word, and the ultimate decision is up to you,” he writes.
What is your word?
Leave a comment and share your word, and you may soon hold a copy of Aspire in your hands.
Update: The new owner of a signed copy of Aspire is Angela Botz from Illinois who was number 13 in the comments!
