guiding principles

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Writing Your Guiding Principles

Writing Your Guiding Principles

The following excerpt from my book, The Hero’s Choice, tells the story of when Hal (main character) started thinking about his guiding principles. Donald, Hal’s coach and mentor had taken him up a mountain trail and left him with a task of pondering his life in an old, forgotten cemetery.

By Roger K. Allen, Ph.D.


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Example of Living by Guiding Principles

Example of Living by Guiding Principles

Moments after Air Florida’s Flight 90 left the runway at Washington’s National Airport, it was clear that the Boeing 737 was not going to fly. As it shuddered and stalled, the co-pilot said, “We’re going down,” and the pilot answered grimly, “I know it.” With a deafening crash it slammed into the Fourteenth Street Bridge […]

By Roger K. Allen, Ph.D.


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Living Your Personal Purpose–An Example

Living Your Personal Purpose–An Example

In my last newsletter/blog, I talked about the importance of the “why” aspect of your personal vision. Your “why” is your personal purpose. It is the reason you exist and a crucial key to finding meaning and joy in your life. Your Purpose and Meaning You may be familiar with the name Victor Frankl, author […]

By Roger K. Allen, Ph.D.


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What Is My Purpose? Defining Your Life’s Direction

What Is My Purpose? Defining Your Life’s Direction

The question of purpose is one of the most important and yet misunderstood questions we ask. When people ask, “What is my purpose?”, they often assume there is a single answer waiting to be discovered—something out there that will suddenly make life clear and meaningful. But purpose doesn’t usually work that way. Purpose is not something you […]

By Roger K. Allen, Ph.D.


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Make Big Plans

Make Big Plans

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will not be realized.  Make big plans; aim high and hope and work remembering that something noble once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone, will be a living thing, reasserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Daniel H. Burnham […]

By Roger K. Allen, Ph.D.


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