When we are busy making other plans”.

This hit me square just yesterday…before that, I was on the “Can’t wait until…”, “When this happens…”, and “Next week, I am going to…” mode.

Until my son Sam, got up early with me on a weekday, before my work and before his school…and instead of the usual things we both do separately, I asked him he wanted to sit down and have a chat.

Well, usually an 11 year old is not much for sitting down with Dad in the morning to talk, but we had the best conversation…lasted about 40 minutes and I haven’t felt that good or got that much new information from my son for as long as could remember and I loved it…and I think he did too:)

Yours in “Stop being busy making other plans” – Coach

What happens in the first hour of your day usually sets the tone for the rest of the day to follow…either positive or negative.

What has been proven most useful to get the best out of each day is to be proactive and “Set Your Own Tone” for the day.

What is needed to “Set the Tone” in a positive way, is to increase your self worth or to increase the worth of your life and this can be accomplished in 2 ways:

1. Affirmations. An affirmation in the form of a saying or declaration is powerful such as; “I am feeling great today and it is going to get better,” or, “I have a great life and am thankful for everything in it”. Something that states how “sweet”  you or your life is.

2. Doing something good for yourself, like eating healthy or a little exercise.

By doing either of the 2 at the beginning of the day, it will help “Set the Tone” for the rest of the day. And in doing so, you will increase your chances of having a great day as you took control and “Set the Tone”!!

Yours in “Setting the Tone” – Coach

An Objective Observer?

Being objective in our lives, helps us to be “outside our deal”, or outside the situations that surround our lives.

And in being “outside”, we don’t need to be part of the situation, not allowing our emotions or feelings to be “sucked in” and become part of the situation.

This helps us keep our emotions and feelings ours, instead of being part of the process.

We’re not saying not to be engaged in what’s important, it’s just that everything around us doesn’t always involve us, and that is reason we don’t always need to be that included.

We just choose what what we need to be part of and what we don’t.

Yours in “Being Objective” – Coach

Is just as important as creating them, yet we too often, don’t do it.

Back in the “old days”, people wrote letters to each other, as it was the most common, and sometimes the only way to communicate and maintain a relationship.

But in today’s Information Age, we can communicate at the speed of light and sound, with instant gratification, but we also need to stay mindful of using the present technology to reach out to our relationships that we have created and just “check in”…it’s what we all want.

Maybe that’s why Facebook is such a hit.

Yours in “Maintaining Relationships” – Coach

The blogs that come out on a daily basis all about life improvement, may seem overwhelming especially if you attempt to put them all into practice in your life.

It’s a good thing that is not the case. The blogs are written on a daily basis for you to review and are archived for you to pull out anything that may help your life improve “at your own pace”.

When you’re ready, you’re ready and not before…And no one understands that better than me. When I retired, the only thing I moved for was food….you think I was going to exercise after running a “full court press” since I was 14?? Not on your life, I was gaining weight and loving it, never missing a single day of work for 22 years… not any more!!!

My credo for the day was “Start slow and taper off”.

Then, enough was enough, I had my fun, I was ready…but not a minute before.

So please review the blogs and pick anything that may be helpful to you when YOU are ready, and not before….It’s your life and it’s “At your own Pace”.

Yours… when it’s right – Coach