Do I live by a life goal? Yes, no, maybe. Yes because I'm a real goal oriented person. No in that I feel that the goal is ludicrously vague. And maybe, because as I'm pursuing it, it's always being reclarified. I feel that I'm closer now to whatever my destiny is, if you want to call it that, than I was a year ago and more so than I was two years or three years ago. I am honing it down to the right track. I measure not what I'm going towards, but more of an intuitive gut feeling that I have. I clarify my values and following those values as a cut and dry way to measure how I am getting there, the quality in which I'm traveling. The end goal.. because I'm creating it, I don't know of anybody doing the work that I want to be doing. I'm not sure I know exactly what it's going to look like. Yes, I'm creating a career for myself. I know that it will include aspects of teaching, coaching, and performance.

Success is being able to translate my vision into my reality, taking my dreams and making them tangible. It takes knowing yourself, first and foremost. In the things and qualities and perspectives, beliefs, values, whatever it is that is intrinsic to you, follow that and do that without fail. And as long as you do that, you have every tool and every way to create your means to an end.

It's a quality of being that I see most clearly through people's eyes. The saying "The eyes are the window to the soul," is true and that the eyes do tell a lot about the person and you can see what masks people are wearing. I would say that the people who are successful are the people who I don't see wearing masks. I see that they are being authentic, and that gets back to what my core values are: freedom, authenticity and beauty. So somebody who is free with themselves, is authentic, and is beautiful, and can sense their beauty and confidence and presence to me is successful.

I feel that each of us has an extraordinary ability to create the particular circumstances and experiences that we need to learn a particular lesson. I guess a preface to anything I say is "This is what I went through and created for myself and may not be valuable for someone else." Nobody can choose a divorce, but it [parent's divorce at age nine] was significant in the formation of my character. The realization that I had the power to influence my own life was important. Also, my time out of America was very important. I would recommend getting out of the country and explore different cultures. The process of stripping away your own culture allows you to identify who you are apart from your culture and many people confuse the two, especially in the United States.

Trust in the "now." Being in the present moment has everything you need. Trust that the universe has good will for you and that your surroundings will give you what you need. Trust yourself and go for it.