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December 2002 New Perceptions Success Letter By Kate Ripp Success strategies to support you in your professional and personal growth. Please feel free to forward this newsletter in its entirety to colleagues and friends. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Lifetime Resolutions We are again embarking on that time of year to set those infamous New Year’s resolutions. Most people enter this period with the best intentions and may even know how to get to their goals, but they don’t follow through to completion. Why is this? Perhaps it’s easier to fall back on old habits and do what’s most comfortable and familiar. Maybe we’re run by busyness instead of making choices to spend our time on our most meaningful priorities. Maybe the goal isn’t right for us or isn’t big enough to create the vacuum that compels us toward it. Most people hurry in life not because they’re living a full one, rather because they’re afraid of wasting it. So they set out on January 1 to take on the great endeavor of implementing new goals that after time goes on, are abandoned. Rather than launching into a myriad of new goals at the start of the New Year, how about taking the time to look over the past year and ponder where we might want to take our lives. Consider making Lifetime Resolutions—those pledges we make to elicit greatness through perfecting something about ourselves, increasing awareness or transcending our current state. These activities may help you get started: 1. No dream in life will be reached if you are continually weighed down by busyness. We normally fix what’s most urgent, what squeaks the loudest. We also tend to fall back on old habits and do what is most familiar and comfortable. Satisfaction in life often requires us to take the time to re-adjust our schedules to those things that are most important. Ask yourself what is most important in your life? Are you spending the time you want on your life’s priorities? 2. It’s difficult to be aware if you’re moving too quickly through life. Start to consciously slow down and notice what you are feeling throughout the day: eat slower, talk slower, and stop rushing from one appointment to another. Try this when you find yourself rushing: take a beep breath and get quite. Stop and look around your environment. Notice what’s around you and ask yourself what feedback are you getting at that moment? Is your energy growing or shriveling? Is your energy moving or getting jammed? Don’t jump to conclusions, wait for evidence. 3. Strengthen your personal foundation: Look at what’s burying your dreams: old myths, misaligned values, blind commitments to duties that keep you from examining norms or others’ agendas for you. Anyone who intends to have a high quality and consistently fulfilling life needs a strong foundation that clarifies values, creates reserves in all areas of your life, and is focused on your life vision, mission and legacy. I especially love coaching from this platform to support my clients building their business and relationships. Possible lifetime resolutions: I am committed to a lifetime journey of significance through weekly personal development, reading and journaling. I commit myself to excellent self-care--adequate sleep, diet, exercise and pampering for the rest of my life. I commit to discovering what is really important to me through defining my vision, mission and legacy. I promise to nourish my relationship with God. I will be nice to people in every moment. (This doesn’t mean getting walked over. It means learning to communicate respectfully and constructively in all matters.) I commit to fully expressing myself instead of being driven by what people think of me. I will continually improve my environment—relationships, physical, ideas/concepts, network, values--so that it supports me fully and effortlessly. I pledge to fully put myself out in the world. Coaching challenge: What is a lifetime resolution that could move you to your dreams and positive changes in life? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Copyright 2002 by Kate Ripp—All rights reserved. For subscription changes click on http://10000things.com/ktr/ktr_newsletter.php3 Comments, questions or suggestions for topics to this newsletter? Please e-mail Kate at help@ktrconsulting.com |
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