1 session inside Boa
Lewis Huckstep
Purpose and Identity Coach, Author, The Inspired Life Method
Lewis Huckstep is a purpose and identity coach and author of The Inspired Life Method. He started out working unpaid at a gym for two and a half years, built a network marketing business through it, then owned three gyms by age 22 before giving one away, selling another and hiring himself out of the third. He has trained through certifications with Dr John Demartini and studied the work of Tony Robbins, Joe Dispenza, Peter Crone and Wayne Dyer, and now runs coaching and live events with his wife.
The session
What Lewis teaches
Audit the fuel source before you audit the strategy
Lewis splits every action into two drivers: inspiration (pulled towards something, grateful, aligned) or desperation ("I'm not enough, I need this to be enough"). No behaviour is inherently unhealthy, the reason behind it is what matters. Before committing to a new offer, hire or raise, ask which of the two is driving it. If it is the second, the number you hit will not fix the feeling.
From Lewis Huckstep: purpose, values and the founder ego trap →Build the personal plan in this order: purpose, mission, vision, values, outcomes
Lewis works clients through a fixed sequence. Purpose is an expression of your greatest core wound and is not measurable (his is to heal and raise consciousness). Mission is the measurable version of it ("coach 100 million people to live a life that inspires them"). Vision is what life looks like once you hit the mission. Values are the areas of life that fulfil you. Outcomes are the master plan: five to ten year mission, then three year, two year, twelve month, quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily goals.
From Lewis Huckstep: purpose, values and the founder ego trap →Find your purpose by asking what you needed at your lowest
Lewis says your purpose comes from your core wound. His father punched holes in walls and physically hurt his family, so he felt unsafe and hurt, and Asperger's meant he felt misunderstood and struggled to make friends. That produced a mission to heal others and help them understand themselves. Sit with the question "where was I at my lowest, and what did I need back then?" then ask how you give that back. Lewis says you get tears of inspiration when you land on the real one.
From Lewis Huckstep: purpose, values and the founder ego trap →Run a quarterly reset, not just a quarterly business review
Lewis has done this every three months for seven years and has only missed one (his baby was born that day). Get an Airbnb, get out of the concrete jungle and near nature if you can, or do it at home if resources are tight. Redo your values, purpose, vision and master plan, because values shift, vision expands and the available tools change. This is what stops the slow drift into burnout.
From Lewis Huckstep: purpose, values and the founder ego trap →
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