Theme · 56 writingsFollow Your Bliss
The core instruction, in all its forms — Joseph Campbell's phrase made into a daily practice.
success without joy is a hollow win.
Listening to unease revealed joy was missing from his fund-building; announces The Inspired Way Society.
inspiration is my fuel. And “really good” doesn’t fuel me… it drains me.
Unease at settling for ‘really good’ signals a missing ingredient; inspiration is his fuel.
I've always followed desire.
Eric traces his career to following desire and previews a new desire toward elevated hospitality.
Why Most Don’t Chase Their Deepest Desires (And Why It’s Time To Start)
Why most never chase their deepest desires: fear disguised as logic.
For years, I believed that if I could just look deep enough into someone’s soul, if I could speak the right
Getting unstuck part 1: he is not the flame or the match, just inspirational ice.
Earlier today I shared some thoughts around helping people get unstuck, something that’s been on my heart a
Getting unstuck part 2: does wisdom alone move the needle for stuck people?
Especially because lately, I’ve found myself sharing, with quite a bit of enthusiasm, just how much I love l
Asks where you would be happiest living; Miami fits this chapter.
Time freedom was my greatest goal…until I discovered something even more powerful.
Time freedom was his greatest goal until he discovered something more powerful.
When you tell yourself that you have no time for something you desire - it’s a lie!
No time for your desire is a lie; conclusions after a lifetime of observation.
The joy you desire lies behind the bliss journey or dream you have not yet found the courage to commit to.
Reframes the magic-in-the-work-you-avoid quote: joy hides behind uncommitted dreams.
Most people believe that happiness and joy are the same thing.
Part 5.B The Lasso Way: most people confuse happiness with joy; becoming an OG Dreamer.
Short caption: bliss is everywhere in Italy.
Short caption: bliss is everywhere in Italy.
One-liner: bliss is the norm for Italians.
One-liner: bliss is the norm for Italians.
One of my big remaining dreams is to live in Italy a period of two years.
Shares the dream of living in Italy for two years, about four years out.
You get one life, so do it all.
A one-liner: you get one life, so do it all.
For many years, I gave a keynote speech called Risk4 Bliss.
Shares a portion of his long-running Risk4Bliss keynote speech.
Paulo Coelho may be the greatest personal development coach of all time.
Day two of revisiting The Alchemist, praising Paulo Coelho as a personal development coach.
If you have to cross a bridge to journey to your dreams, which bridge do you see before you?
Short aphorism linking dreams to mindset.
you cannot ascend your way to the three internal things that matter most - joy, peace, and self-love.
Successful entrepreneurs climb endlessly; only awakening brings joy, peace, and self-love.
Miami is a special place to live. 90% of days are sunny and gorgeous.
Reflects on settling into Miami for 45 days, praising walkability, sunshine, and restaurants.
we need more people inspired enough to selfishly go for their dreams as their ultimate act of self-love.
Proposes dreamers must be 'selfish' — translated as self-love — to accomplish anything great.
Most people enjoy things in their finished state. I experience more joy in transformation.
States he finds more joy in transformation than in finished things.
I will cheer for my friends to achieve their dreams and desires until the day I die.
Pledges to cheer friends toward their dreams forever, crediting his mother for teaching him no envy.
To think otherwise would be delusional.
Reflects that desires fail without changed beliefs, and gifts like inspiration require courageous commitment.
my Joy chalice had the best first week of 2024!
Celebrates finishing scene one of his play after 25 years of ideation, calling it his best Joy-chalice week.
If you are falling short of living your dreams, watch the last ten minutes of his stand-up.
Recommends Dave Chappelle's Netflix special to anyone falling short of living their dreams.
I’m gonna drink from each cup daily and not sacrifice one for another.
Introduces his 2024 strategy: six 'chalices' — joy, peace, love, health, time freedom, financial freedom — to drink from daily without sacrificing one.
I’m getting closer and closer to figuring out what I desire for 2024. How about you?
Eric is closing in on his 2024 desires and asks the group about theirs.
Molly doesn’t dream small.
Bliss alum Molly Lavik's once-'pie in the sky' AI invention is real — and Eric's ordering three.
That’s what it takes to achieve your desires!
Colleague Stacey Breining won her first BJJ tournament — proof you must elevate caring for a desire to non-negotiable level.
There are three keys to happiness. Having something to do, someone to love and something to look forward to.
A quote on happiness's three keys sparks his reflection on doing versus being, and how happiness differs from joy and peace.
It was the best sunset I have ever encountered and one of the most significant moments of my life.
A five-year-old Kauai sunset photo marks the moment he rediscovered joy.
Our goal was to create a way to help people discover and follow their bliss as a pathway to joy, self-love and
Explaining the Bliss Opus: the five-year Bliss Champions experiment celebrated by 30 alumni.
A buddy of mine posted this and I could not agree more.
Sharing a friend's post with full agreement, content unspecified.
Belief comes first. Only then can you see it.
Sharing a Dreamer vs. Disbeliever dialogue about belief coming before seeing.
What makes you come alive?
A blissful eight-hour playwriting day that didn't feel like work.
My Soul wants to be a Playwright.
The reveal: his secret ambition is to become a playwright.
if you hide from your secret ambition your purpose becomes a curse.
Part 2 of Secret Ambition: limiting beliefs that kept him from his truest desire.
The guy in this picture doesn’t let fear, doubt or resistance stop him. I’ll see if I can sync up with that gu
Teaser: a brewing secret ambition he isn't ready to announce yet.
Gas may be $6 a gallon, but inspiration is free and it can take you a lot further than 18 miles per gallon.
Gas is $6 a gallon, but inspiration is free — and it takes you further.
My primary desire is to inspire and be inspired.
His primary desire is to inspire and be inspired, one person at a time.
Most inspirational movie I've seen in years.
Recommending 'Hustle' on Netflix as one of the most inspirational movies he's seen in years.
All because I watched a video on Facebook and allowed myself to be inspired.
Five years after hearing the word 'bliss' at 47: from 310 pounds and stalled dreams to a joy-centered life.
I would not measure the success of my investments by the usual measurements of money & numbers. Instead I woul
How he became an Attribute Investor in Blisspreneurs, measuring success in goosebump moments instead of money.
I can't believe this is my life!
Part 2: handing out awards for his fund's best returns — goosebump moments, boldness, speed, impact, sentiment.
joy is the missing ingredient, not happiness.
His mentoring philosophy: joy, not happiness, is the missing ingredient he helps people rediscover.
Dave believes that he is a musical genius and owns that mindset full time now.
Flew to Hollywood for bliss mentee Dave Muntner's LA premiere — proof of an astounding bliss journey.
BUT, when he looked in the mirror something looked back at him yearning to play. That something was his bliss.
Garrett Gunderson left finance mastery to pursue standup comedy — a bliss journey of epic proportions.
If the definition of selfish actually meant self love, what desires would you stop denying yourself?
If selfish meant self-love, what desires would you stop denying yourself?
what we focus on grows. What we ignore stalls or suffers.
February goals review: focus expanded what he grew and shrank what he ignored.
Perhaps breaking the bonds of linear thinking is an important pathway to the personal development and growth w
Introduces his theory of linear thinking: entrepreneurs sequence joy too late.
We are The Inspired. I have only one goal here, and that is to inspire you to live your best life.
Teaches intrinsic versus extrinsic goals and the happiness research behind them.
To showcase how much transformation can come from just one commitment.
Recounts five years of following his bliss, then choosing presence as 2022's commitment.
What's your bouncy red ball?
A bouncy red ball gift becomes a parable about never unlearning desire.
you might as well focus your career on getting what you actually desire.
Argues for treating your career like a vacation: design desired moments.
I suddenly knew what was missing from my 'perfect life:' My Purpose.
Tells how he shifted from pursuing dreams to following his bliss in 2017.