"Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from." - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

A young man was coming to the end of his time as a monk in a monastery. He had been there a few years as a dutiful son following the path his older brothers had and was the custom in Thailand. 

In the final weeks he became increasingly confused about what his next steps would be. So he decided to seek out who he felt was the wisest of the monks who and who had been at the monastery the longest to get advice.

While helping the elder monk ca...

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path; and that will make all the difference.”
Steve Jobs

This quote came to mind recently while working with a client who was able to "connect the dots" from the successes he had made over last 6 months. What was interesting was the observation that the dots were decisions...