#48 - Intention Deficit

While the term Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD may be familiar, the less familiar term Intention Deficit is something I believe we all suffer with to certain degrees without knowing it.  Intention Deficit is when you are living your life unconsciously as opposed to living on purpose; when you aren’t clear on the direction you want to go and are stuck focusing on what you don’t want rather than on what you do want.

Living with intention can show up in “big picture” decisions like what you want your career to look like in 5 years and taking steps to make that happen as well as “small picture” decisions like getting clear about your intention before calling that friend to complain to them about something they did.

Living with intention means the difference between blaming people, places and things for your life versus taking responsibility for your life; it puts you in the driver’s seat of a beautiful Italian sports car with the top down as opposed to a rusty old mini-van.

This week I’m going to discuss what it means to live with intention, why it matters and how to get better at it.