Today, start living your epic life

What does it mean to have an epic life?
When I hear the word ‘epic’, I think in a gigantic scale. I think of epic movies and novels with masses and masses of people like Schindler’s List or Braveheart. I think of herculean and miraculous acts like Moses parting the red sea.
But ‘epic’ doesn’t have to mean big. Epic can be deep and authentic. These descriptions come closer to what culture catalyst Kristoffer Carter is sharing on his site This Epic Life.
Kristoffer is one of those rare people who has figured out how to have a successful career, how to love his family well, and how to honor the musician he has always been. Even more than that, he somehow has enough energy to acknowledge, love and challenge every single person he meets.
Luckily, Kristoffer isn’t stingy with his juju. He is the first to let you in on his secret: green drinks and meditation.
Before you head for the juicer or the meditation cushion, let me tell you that’s not the method. What we feed ourselves and how we tune in on a daily basis is important, but it’s deeper than that.

Living according to your non-negotiables

Kristoffer believes that we can each live our own epic lives, not according to what would look impressive on a billboard or resume. Not according to what others think is epic, but according to what is right and true for us.
People always ask Kristoffer ‘What are you on?” He laughs and talks about the green drinks and the meditation. But soon he realized he had more to say about what it means to live an integrated life.
I coached Kristoffer this year to help him pull his work together in a way he could share. In his multi-media manifesto, he invites us to get clear on our non-negotiables, the pieces in our lives that when brought together, add up to our own epic life.
In my coaching, I call this values work, and it’s powerful stuff. But KC takes it one step further to bring these values into a lens statement. When you combine your values into a statement, or mantra you can live by, that’s powerful stuff. This becomes the lens through which you see and experience everything.

Start enjoying your epic life

Today Kristoffer launches his multi-media manifesto. I’m celebrating him and all the work he did to pull this project across the finish line – in itself an epic feat.
But it’s not just about Kristoffer Carter achieving his big goal of the year. It’s about all of us finding the way to live and thrive as the creative dynamos we are. Not because we’re prima donnas needing to have life our way. Because the world needs fulfilled, creative people working to make this a better place for all of us.
Together, if we’re all living our values and honoring our non-negotiables, we all get to enjoy this epic life. Kristoffer is living proof that no part of ourselves – not our brilliant work selves, not our kooky creative selves and not the part of us that loves our families – no part gets left behind.
Get your copy of Kristoffer’s manifesto – for free – today. And start enjoying your epic life now.