Coaching and Mentoring - From Ordinary to Extraordinary

Respecting Yourself Starts with Respecting an Elder

 

Respecting yourself starts with respecting an elder, here is a few easy steps to get the job done.

 

We all need to take a better look at how we respect our selves. How are we as role models for our children, employees, friends and our community? How do we feel when we look at our selves in the mirror in the morning, are we just satisfied with our everyday performance or can we improve to make a difference in our lives and in the lives of those around us?

One positive way to increase our own self-respect is to gain the respect of our elders.

How do we do this? Simple, talk to them, help them feel needed again.

 

Take on hour to talk with an elderly person who is not a member of your family.

Ask about his or her greatest experiences in life. Be prepared for a wealth of information and emotions.

Ask if you can audio tape or use a digital voice recorder to record the conversation.  This personal history will be an important document for the person’s family member so offer to give them a transcript.

You can write the conversation down, in an outline form, much like taking notes at school. Then transcribe on quality stationary and give it to the person as a gift.

 

Remember allow the elder just to talk, or answer your questions, let them reminisce the old memories.

 

What is your part in this?

Show genuine interest

Show appreciation and gratitude

They will be your teacher, take this opportunity to learn.

This may be the only chance you get!

 

You will come away with a different perspective of the elderly, a respect for yourself for the action of calm reverence, and your ability to be open to a new learning experience.

 

 

This is another Coaching Moment from the Zensage.

 

 

Coaching- Climbing the Ladder of Success Here is What You Can Do, Part 2

 

Part 2 

As you climb the ladder of success, you do not need to be in business to be successful. Your life is full of successes,

Consciously reach down to bring others with you. These others can be friends, family members or associates.

Success in every direction in life is much sweeter and more meaningful when it is shared with others.

 

•  You will enjoy your business and life more, and you will find purpose. These are not idle and empty promises these are truths. When you help others, directly and indirectly you feel good.  In addition, the world needs more feeling good reasons.

 

•  Your passion for your business will stay HOT! Business today can be rather negative and sometimes even routine, when you cultivate passion for your ideas and business motives you keep the business and the productivity HOT. With that, your bottom line your cash flow will be positive and increasing.

 

•  The enthusiasm of others will be contagious. We all like positive energy and enthusiasm for our businesses and our lives. Others can give and even reinforce that energy. We tend to be too close to the action to see or feel the enthusiasm. Also fresh perspectives are very important to any business or personal relationship growth.

 

 

Coaching- Climbing the Ladder of Success Here is What You Can Do, Part 1

 

Part 1

As you climb the ladder of success, you do not need to be in business to be successful. Your life is full of successes,

consciously reach down to bring others with you. These others can be friends, family members or associates.

Success in every direction in life is much sweeter and more meaningful when it is shared with others.

 

• Why Coaches- Coach: everyone is a coach in some form. A parent coaches their child; a family member coaches another family member. We want to leave some sort of legacy and footprint behind to make us feel productive and loved
• Reason behind Mentoring: We all like to teach, we get feedback when we show some one else how to do something or how to make something just a little bit easier. There is a sense of satisfaction and purpose when we do this.

 

 

Valentine's Day- A Day Set Aside to Express Love

 

A day that is set aside to express love.

 

Oh my, how sad, we have to schedule love expression. Hey, I know we are all busy but…

 

 

Here is my valentine to all my friends and “loves”!!

 

Let’s make love contagious, and an everyday spontaneous feeling!!

 

Finding Your Purpose- Drive your self-happy

 

Finding your purpose- Drive your self-happy, get away and find new things.

 

Take a day trip on a Sunday afternoon. Drive with no destination in mind. Just drive until something catches your eyes.

I have done this several times. This exercise has given me an opportunity see new places in my state, meet new people and find some great places to eat.

I have also had valuable time to think and reflect on ideas and received insights into new things to work on.

I returned home happy to have an adventure. I caution you that if you are new to a location or if you drive in the country, have a GPS with you. Getting lost is not a happiness goal.

Take along a notebook and a camera to record your trip.

Building memories, builds your purpose in life.

 

Finding purpose in life- personal community involvement leads to networking and self –confidence.

 

Finding purpose in life- personal community involvement leads to networking and self –confidence. 

As most of us are rewriting our resumes, we look for new ideas and new roads to travel to increase our marketability.

 

Joining a club or organization that interests you and take an active role in it right from the start will add definite credibility and position to your resume. This will also make your life much more purposeful. 

Several years ago, I joined Toastmasters International. I wanted to learn how to effectively communicate. I also wanted to be a better leader and businessperson. I have resolved my fear of public speaking, increased my leadership skills, gained self-confidence and met some of the most influencing people in my community. I freely network with these people and contribute of my time and expertise. I am finding purpose in my life.

 

You can do this too, by investigating a club or organization that interests you or will teach some thing new.

Always be looking for people to coach and mentor you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Living Life on Purpose- Eliminate One Bad Habit

 

Living life on purpose- eliminate one bad habit can make life a great deal better.

 

You can start to live your life on purpose by making a serious and diligent effort to eliminate one bad habit in your life. 

I will share with you one that I am working on. 

I have this very bad habit of finishing people’s sentences or comments.  When they pause, I am impatient and try to finish their attempts to make a point or comment.   I tended to rationalize my conduct by stating that as a writer I was always one or two thoughts ahead of some one. Alternatively, that I just had an intuition of what they were going to say.

 

No matter, people would be down right upset with me for interrupting them. I was not invited to parties anymore, among other things.

I have learned to stop interrupting and become much more patient with people. I started to really listen to what they were saying and hold my comments until later. My relationships have increased and so have my communication skills. 

You must have at least one bad habit that you can eliminate that will change your life and the way you are persevered by others.

 

Please leave a comment; I would like to know how I could help you.

 

 

Purposeful Living- Develop Your Inquisitiveness and Use Your Senses Positively

 

By Developing your inquisitiveness and using your senses positively, you develop creativity.  

Why it is important to take time revisit the child with in yourself. 

When you actively change your perspective of the way you think and see the world around you, you become more aware of the simple beauty and simple pleasures that life has to offer. The positive feelings you get will promote healthy, healing energy through out your body and mind. 

So how do you do this?

Spend one full day paying attention to the objects around you, which you typically take for granted.

Find the beauty in details you usually over look!

• the fine wood grain of a table
• the fizzing of a carbonated beverage
• a piece of popped corn
• a honeybee on a clover leaf

These are just a few suggestions, to get you started. You see you start to look at things with a definite purpose and reason. You make an effort to really look at something in a creative or analytical way. You open up your mind to the other wise hidden.

 

This is a great chance to think and act like a child again, using the innocent wonderment of a child.

Remember you still have the inquisitiveness of a child; you just have not used it for a very long time.

 

What are the guidelines of this experiment?

*Touch and feel for texture and detail.

* See light through the object.

* What does it smell like?

* What kind of sound does it make?

 

You are actively using your senses to explore your world.

The challenge I give you is to be grateful the experience!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrate Rose Week Feb. 7th - 14th

 

 

Celebrate Rose Week Feb 7^th – 14^th 

Do something very special!!

 

We all love to be appreciated!!

Here is a great way to appreciate a friend!

 

Each day for the week of Feb 7^th through Feb 14^th, give a single rose to someone in your life who deserves special recognition.

 

Now as an alternative for a rose, give a small box of chocolates or a scented candle or even scented soap.

These wonderful thoughtful gifts are great even the men in your life.  

 

You can start a tradition that can go on for years. This is a small price to pay for the wonderful things your friends have done.

 

This is extra special and very effective if the person has not been regularly noticed for their good works!!

 

Sleep Deprived- Getting the Rest you need is a Solution to Many Everyday Problems!

 

I know you are the type of person that is constantly busy from morning until night.

You even think that sleeping is a waste of time or that you just cannot slow yourself down to rest.

Do you think that four or six hours of sleep is enough time to get adequate mental and physical recharging?

Do you think that just because you have gotten used to four to six hours sleep that this is really all you need?

 

Let me reassure you that you can do quality things with at least eight hours sleep. A few hours extra, hours of sleep a night will recharge you very nicely.

 

Here is my coaching challenge for you:

 

Choose a week to get a minimum of fifty-six hours of sleep over the course of seven nights.

Please take this challenge very seriously, you will find, at least for that week you will feel like a new person. You will be happier, much more productive and able to solve many of your everyday problems. Your thinking and decision-making skills are much more enhanced and your energy levels will be higher.

 

Oh, by the way, you will be far less grouchy.