Doing Our Work

April 27, 2012

Good Morning and Happy Friday!

This week I started using the HAAPPi.Me® Planning with Insight™ tool.   There is stuff to learn here!    I am becoming more aware of how the activities of my week support or don’t support life areas.   Helpful to know!

What I am also noticing is a reminder that we can know something in our heads, understand it, and still find there is more to learn.   So often we get a surface understanding and leave it at that.   It is like hearing a description of chocolate, seeing a picture, remembering what chocolate tastes like.   That is nice, but, not the true experience of having a piece of chocolate, smelling it, touching  it, putting in your mouth, feeling the texture, tasting the sweetness, the chocolate-ness of it.   Having the intellectual experience isn’t the same as having the real thing.

So too with managing our lives;  we want to be happy, make good decisions, lessen stress, act in accordance with our values, and it is easy to get sidetracked, stuck in habits, neglect things.  Intellectually we can know what to do, and still find that the experience of doing it falls short, misses something. 

It is worthwhile to commit time and attention and create the opportunity to realize habits, routines that may be out of sync, to see what is on track and what is not.   That is what I am finding as I work with this new tool.  

How do you manage this?  How do you stay on track?  How do you determine what needs attention?   What works and what doesn’t work? 

More of this, less of that please,

Judy

I have a new tool called HAAPPi® Planning with Insight.   I am going to be trying it out called over the next few weeks.   You can use it too!  Contact me for more information click here.

Do you follow through?

April 20, 2012 

Good Morning and Happy Friday! 


What does it take to move toward what you want? Sometimes we take very deliberate, well thought out steps; sometimes we ponder for a long time before taking action; sometimes we take that leap of faith not knowing where we will land; sometimes we are in such discomfort that taking any action seems preferable to where we are. 


 It’s fun to experience the openness of dreaming – the expansiveness – the limitless possibilities. It’s also worthwhile to take the energy of the daydream and use that energy to move ahead with action; action to experience that desire; to move toward having more of that. Taking action means there is commitment. There is an intention to have that something (the job, the house, the car, the healthy body...) and that experience (joy, freedom, love) backed up by spending time, energy, and resources to have that something. That is putting your action where your dream is. 


 Keep moving with the flow, 
 Judy 


How are you doing with follow through? Do you have great ideas, lots of enthusiasm, surety, know what you want, have the means to do it – and still find that things tend to stall out, never quite get accomplished; that the follow through doesn’t happen? Do you notice there are some certain areas of your life where this tends to happen? Maybe you are very reliable and can be counted on in some ways and yet find that other aspects seem to come up short time and time again. 


 If this sounds familiar to you, you are not alone. I can relate, and in talking with others, understand that it happens a lot. And, just because there is a lot of this going around doesn’t mean it is a desirable pattern, one to continue. Who wants to feel the dissatisfaction of not moving forward, not achieving a desired goal?  


Must we continue to repeat unsatisfactory patterns? I have a new tool designed to offer greater awareness for just this very thing. It is called HAAPPi® Planning with Insight. I am going to be trying it out  over the next few weeks. Join me with this introductory offer that includes a workbook and support calls for only $7.99. (A savings of $32.00). To sign up or to get more information click here.

what do I want here and now?

April 13, 2012

Good Morning and Happy Friday!

Today’s reminder is about visualizing. I think that it is more common to use visualization when we are thinking about the big picture – long term goals – what is beyond our present circumstances. What I am asking you to consider today, this week is to exercise a version of everyday, every situation visualization; to make visualizing a habit.

For example:

· g etting in the car on your way to work: What do you visualize? A calm ride; a time to have some quiet; a time to enjoy the view; a time to be alone; a time to experience alertness, presence as you drive; a safe journey.

· Working on a task: What do you visualize? A flow of ideas; the energy of using your gifts; new insights as you consider/work things through; the feeling of accomplishment as you make progress, learn something.

· Time with someone you are close to: What do you visualize? Connecting, acknowledging this person; appreciation of this person; gratitude for the bond you have; laughter; enjoyment of just being present with this person.

This week join me as I pay attention to visualizing small parts of the day. It can give us greater clarity about what we are wanting. It can also allow us to experience the power of visualizing as we ask; “What do I really see happening here? What do I want? What do I believe is possible? What am I asking for?”

Picturing you right now taking this in – going hmmmmmm,

Judy

And, if something you want is greater clarity and support on this journey – I can help with that.

Contact me to find out how. mailto:judy@mynextstagecoach.com?subject=let's%20talk

Focus, goals, progress

April 6, 2012

Good Morning and Happy Friday!

This morning I started with a thought about focus. I was recognizing how easy it is to get distracted, and so thought I would write about the question of staying the course when learning or achieving something that takes a while. This is the turn I took, see what you think…

Teaching has given me insight and appreciation in the value of focus; in having clear goals, a path to get there and a guide on the quest. When the quest is to learn, to get better at some academic skill there are plenty of methods to achieve that. There are libraries, book stores, and on-line resources. We are not at a loss for information. What I find is that to do this on one’s own is difficult. There aren’t many who find success this way. Most of us benefit from having someone break down the task into smaller pieces; to explain the big picture and help us see how small steps fit the bigger goal. We want to hear from someone who has also asked these questions, dealt with these problems and can offer some perspective, tools, examples to move forward, find answers. It also helps to have someone there as we take steps trying out new learning, different methods; to provide feedback, recognize growth and celebrate accomplishments.

Hopefully, we have all had a teacher who has done this at some point in our lives. Someone who has seen potential, been there on the journey, assisting in the move into a bigger way of thinking, being, understanding.

With this in mind, some questions to consider today are:

What are the life lessons on my plate right now?

Where do I look for and get focus and support?

What would be different for me if I had a guide/teacher/coach?

When do I need this kind of support?

Always curious,

Judy

And, if something you want is greater clarity and support on this journey – I can help with that.

Contact me to find out how. mailto:judy@mynextstagecoach.com?subject=let's%20talk