Sixth Article in the Series: Passions, Strengths & Values I thought I would share with you how this all comes together. How knowing your Passions, Strengths and Values can power your days and make what you do flow with ease. Here is how a recent day transpired for me: 6:45 a.m. Women’s networking meeting 9:00 a.m. Call with referral from a client 10:30 a.m. Coffee with a new acquaintance from a networking luncheon 12:00 p.m. …
Fifth Article in the Series: Passions, Strengths & Values Over the past several weeks you have been doing some personal work to explore your Passions, Strengths and Values. I hope you have found the process stimulating, exciting and profound. If you have not gone through the steps, check out the three messages (Stating Your Passions, Why You Should Know Your Strengths and Identifying Your Values Leads to Fulfillment) for guidance. It is important to have …
Fourth Article in the Series: Passions, Strengths & Values Values are the third area we will explore in the series of Passions, Strengths and Values. Each of these topics are closely related and when your life engages and utilizes all three, you’ll discover that energy, excitement and joy fill your days. When one is missing or limited, you’ll notice that life bumps and grinds along, rather than flows. We started with Stating Your Passions as …
Third Article in the Series: Passions, Strengths & Values As referenced in the Valentine’s Day message, strengths complement passions in that they help you perform with ease what is necessary to live out your passions. You are given all the tools you need to fulfill your passions; you just have to discover them and learn how to use them. Our human tendency is to focus on what we don’t do so well; perhaps it’s that …
Second Article in the Series: Passions, Strengths & Values If you were asked the question, “What are you passionate about?” how would you answer? Most of us have a difficult time answering the question quickly and coherently. Perhaps you answer “my family” or “my faith” or “my spouse.” Or perhaps it’s golf, wine or another hobby or interest. Stating our passions is challenging for a couple of reasons: (1) most of us haven’t invested the …
First Article in the Series: Passions, Strengths & Values Let’s talk about your passions! Or at least begin the conversation. You are now ready to embark on the next step in creating the life of your dreams. In this next series of messages, you will uncover your passions, get to know your strengths and identify your values. These three things – passions, strengths and values – undergird all that we do. Unfortunately, we don’t give …
Sixth Article in the Series: Discover, Dare & Dream The past six weeks you have worked on the essentials to successful goal-setting. As I described when this journey started, you will find this a far different process than simply adding 10% to your production goals from last year or committing to “spend more time with family”. That last one sounds like a “to-do” rather than a “want-to-do”! If you requested the free Discover, Dare and …
Fifth Article in the Series: Discover, Dare & Dream By now you have quite a list reflecting how you want to live your life. Oh, you didn’t see that coming? That is exactly what you have been developing over the past several weeks. Let’s put a few more specifics around that life you want to live. You have the beginnings of your vision, or perhaps even a more fleshed out vision of how you want …
Fourth Article in the Series: Discover, Dare & Dream “What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” This quote is present to me every day on a paperweight that sits on my desk. It was given to me as a “thank you” for speaking to a large group. Fortunately, I have conquered the fear that once gripped me when faced with the prospect of public speaking. So I use the …
Third Article in the Series: Discover, Dare & Dream Clearing the clutter from your life will be an ongoing process. The “Clean Sweep” tool referenced in last week’s message is a great way to get and keep clutter in check. Look at your results again and choose 1 to 3 items on the Clean Sweep that you would like to check off in the near future. If you haven’t yet, click here to e-mail me …
Second Article in the Series: Discover, Dare & Dream In order to Discover, one of the components of this series, you have to be able to see what there is to discover. Our “vision” is often times blocked by all the clutter we have in our lives, both mental and physical. Where do you have clutter in your life? Is it physical clutter? Documents piled on your desk, the file cabinet, the table, the new …
First Article in the Series: Discover, Dare & Dream Happy New Year! Welcome to the time of year of resolutions and goal setting. Soon to be followed by the time of year of frustration, disappointment and forgetfulness of all the things we said we wanted to have, do and be. How about making this year different? How about a plan that will take you from where you are to where you want to be? Do …
2012 is wrapped up with a pretty bow now that you have reflected on the year. What did you learn from that reflection? How will it inspire your 2013? This time of year brings about much talk around goal setting, resolutions, year-end planning and strategy sessions. Companies on a calendar year wanted our budget requests months ago. Those in a business development or sales position are being asked for production goals for next year. As …
Now that you have your business and personal social life under control with your scheduling and presence at parties, it is time to take a closer look at the year past. It is one thing to reflect on the year on New Year’s Eve, yet you are more ambitious than that. You want to know how you did in a broader sense, not just recalling the few events or accomplishments that come to mind over …
Continuing from last week’s theme of making the most of the season, how can you make the most of the endless stream of holiday parties? How can you keep your sanity and good humor, celebration after celebration? Many business holiday parties start in earnest this week as organizations prefer to host their events before the days of travel, last minute shopping and visiting relatives. And you wonder why you are so tired by the time …
How can your holiday season be more productive while allowing time to rest, relax and enjoy the festivities? This will be the first of several messages on making the most of the season. Plan It: A productive holiday season can’t happen unless you plan it. Does that sound like work? Work is when you don’t plan it and are overrun by the events of the season. Here are the steps: 1. Study it. Open your …
Things don’t always go the way we would like. As the election results rolled in on November 6th, I went to bed with high hopes that the newscasters would be proven wrong in their projections. Alas, it was not so. Generally a happy person, I spent most of Wednesday in dismay that the next four years would look much the same as the previous. As a small business owner, I have great concern over the …
Usache returned home to Solstice Farms on October 8th after his intensive training with Dan Keen near Round Top, Texas. For new readers, Usache is an 11 year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding horse and he and I train in the sport of Dressage. Earlier this year, it became apparent that Usache and I need training outside of our discipline of dressage. Usache lacked confidence and I was not skilled enough in horsemanship to re-instill that confidence …
What a difference a week makes. Actually, what a difference some white space makes! Yes, I was able to schedule white space this past week and Wow! much was accomplished during the week. The things accomplished were important priorities for me and I found myself on Friday afternoon looking at my watch amazed at the time remaining in the day. The hurry, hurry, busy, busy mode of the previous week was far behind me. As …
It’s challenging to walk away from work, isn’t it? This past weekend I spoke at Invesco’s Financial Boot Camp for Women for the Opening General Session. It meant being at the event at 7:00 a.m., requiring a 5:00 a.m. rise time on Saturday morning. Being an early riser that was not an issue. The Boot Camp was a great event and I enjoyed seeing long-term acquaintances and making new friends. However Sunday, my day for …