Today, I will offer an excerpt from my book, Inner Mastery, Outer Impact, where I share a remarkable idea from the great sculptor Michelangelo and what we can take from it.

Michelangelo described sculpting as follows: “[In] every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.”

Within each of us is a “lovely apparition,” a pure, beautiful form, our Inner Core. We are invited by life to “hew away the rough walls” that contain it so we can bring that true self into active expression in all our pursuits. Every struggle we go through on the outside becomes a crucible in which our inner life is tested, refined, and perfected. This is the essence of Growth — to grow in tandem on the inside and the outside, inner transformation driving outer transformation, and vice versa. Growth invites you to recognize that behind your outer Purpose lies an inner one: to use your limited time on Earth to deepen your connection with your Inner Core.

One path we’ve built at Mentora to help you engage in inner and outer transformation is Mentora LIFE — a membership-based community of professionals united in their quest for both material and spiritual advancement through self-discovery, lifelong growth, and the pursuit of a purpose-driven life. The Mentora LIFE community gains access to the method we’ve developed to cultivate our 5 core energies and to reveal, through the practice of simple actions, the beautiful form every one of us possesses at our core.

If you are drawn to the possibilities the Mentora LIFE program offers at this moment in your life and career, I invite you to consider two upcoming exploratory events that I’ll be hosting via Zoom this month as we approach the fall application deadline on October 1st.

• Mentora LIFE Information Session
  Wednesday, September 18, at noon ET (Register here)
• Experiential Event (New!): “The Pursuit of Success in Life”
  Thursday, September 19, at noon ET Register here
  Offered exclusively to those who have attended or viewed a recording of a Mentora LIFE Information Session. These events are designed to immerse you, briefly, in the M.LIFE program content and Growth Partner Circle experience.

Warmly,
Hitendra

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