The journey of Gary Zukov, best selling author of The Seat of the Soul, is an inspiring story of finding purpose and a life of fulfillment. I recently attended the first of several three day intensives that make up the Authentic Power Program at The Seat of the Soul Institute. I’ll be blogging about the experience, which was extraordinary, led by Gary and his partner Linda Francis in a beautifully embodied way.

Opportunity is always there for you, but you have to know how to refocus your field of vision, so what’s there all the time can become obvious. Instead of panicking about how fast the year is flying by and looking at your ever growing to-do list, step back and reframe the way you think about the fourth quarter. You just may find that there are key activities, performed in these remaining months of 2009, that have the power to serve as the launching pad for next year’s successes.

Mark Monchek looks at ways to take the chaos of the Fourth Quarter and turn it into a period of self-reflection and growth.

US News and World Report examines fifteen (15) of the most government-heavy, and therefor recession-resistant cities in America. Additionally, find an exciting article from Fortune Small Business.