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September 2003 New Perceptions Success Letter By Kate Ripp Professional Coach and Communication Trainer 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. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* September, 2003 E-mail: kateripp@ktrconsulting.com Web Site: http://www.ktrconsulting.com ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*In this issue*~ Success Strategy: Get Complete New Goal Group Starting: Burn with Enthusiasm Subscribe to Our Newsletter About KTR Coaching ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Get Complete For many of us, September seems like the beginning of a new year. Memories of our school semesters continue to shape our outlook and rhythms. There is new meaning in goals and busyness abounds as we harvest the fruits of our labors. This time of year I aspire to construct an environment that will warmly and peacefully support me in the upcoming Autumn and Winter months. I want to nestle in cleanly, and unsullied by “incompletions”—those things that we do not feel complete with in life. Incompletions, like a broken toaster or a broken promise, can drain large amounts of energy and focus from our life. Coaching When you don’t complete things, you drain your energy of the precious attention needed to create personal and business success. · Clean out your basement, closets, drawers, office, attic, garage and car. Anything that is broken or doesn’t work, fix it, give it away or throw it away. · Balance your checkbook and find out exactly where your money is going. · File papers. I’ve had clients who have had piles and piles of papers in their office. They don’t even know what’s in there, but they’re certain that they’ll need them some day. They collect years of stuff that’s never filed away. File it, or get rid of it! An easy system is the three basket system. This system works well at home and in the office. Get three stack trays, one is labeled “in”, one “pending”, one “out”. Everything that comes in goes in the in-basket. Once a day you go through the in-basket until nothing is left with these rules attached to it: 1. If it can be done in 10 minutes, do it now, such as phone calls, memos, filing. Go through the pile one thing at a time. 2. If it takes more than10 minutes, do it, delegate it or dump it. 3. If you intend to do it but it takes research or project time, put the item in a pending file labeled by category (e.g., marketing, article ideas, personal, or file by month). This allows you to schedule time to work on it without taking space or energy until you get to it. · Complete broken agreements, that is, agreements you haven’t kept with yourself or others. Broken agreements block energy, cut off trust, and undermine self-esteem. Telling friends you’ll get together but never do, borrowing a book but never returning it, promising to help on a project but not following through are all broken agreements. --Acknowledge that you have a broken agreement --Apologize --Recreate the agreement, complete it or negotiate and tell the person you don’t intend to complete it. Life moves forward by doing one thing at a time. Break big steps into little tiny steps and you can make progress in your life. Now, rather than things taking up energy and space, your life starts to be orderly and you get completion. I’m not suggesting that you need to be neurotically orderly or compulsive, but there is a level which your environment supports you rather than pulls energy away from you Coaching Challenge Are you finally ready to let go of this drain? Complete an area or issue for yourself, either tangibly or symbolically. Fix broken items, get rid of clutter, organize your surroundings. Write a letter to a person from your past to cleanse yourself of the experience and burn it in symbolism, or, call them on the phone and have a conversation to complete the wrong. The idea is that you feel complete, nothing is left undone. You will know what action to take once you uncover the incompletion. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~* New Coaching Group*~ Burn with Enthusiasm ! “I have observed that setting a goal makes no appeal to the mediocre. But to those fired with an ambition to really greatly achieve, setting a goal becomes a program that stirs the inner soul to action.” ~ William H. Danforth You’ll never lose site of your goal with the support of a Goal Group! If you’re fantasizing your time away on that goal that will catapult your life into the direction you WANT it to go, this group is for you! Setting a goal has an uncanny power to create enthusiasm inside of you. You begin to look forward to your future. Your journey to the goal is exciting and challenging. You become more active, more alive, more healthy. Each day becomes meaningful! Whether you want to change jobs, move across the country, or end procrastination, it doesn’t matter. It can be anything you want to be, have or do that will serve you well. What matters is that you have a really big goal and this time, you’re determined to fulfill it, and…you need the focus, motivation, accountability and support to make that happen. If this rings true, then this group is for you! Ready for Results? Ready for Action? Involve yourself in the spirited encouragement and power of like-minded people. Get the added benefit of an experienced, action-oriented coach trained to assist people in achieving goals. FEE: 0/month for three one-hour tele-sessions (3 month program) Start Dates: Choose from 2 group start dates: Group 1: Begins September 30, Tuesdays at 4pm Mountain time (6pm Eastern, 5pm Central, 3pm Pacific) Group 2: Begins October 2, Thursdays at 8am Mountain time (10am Eastern, 9 am Central, 7am Pacific) REGISTRATION: Up to 5 people in the group only. Due to the limited number of people in each group, these group sessions fill up quickly. Register today by calling 303-697-5914 or email me at kateripp@ktrconsulting.com with your name, phone number, email address and group interested in joining. You will be contacted within 48 hours. Don’t wait to sign up. Space is limited! ……………………………………………………………… 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? Please e-mail Coach Ripp at help@ktrconsulting.com ……………………………………………………………… Kate Ripp coaches entrepreneurs, small business owners and professionals worldwide. She is a high-energy coach with twenty years of corporate management experience and hands-on knowledge in the areas of leadership, strategic planning, operations, sales, and customer service. She coaches one-on-one, in groups, and delivers workshops to improve communication, reduce conflict and foster teamwork in the business environment. Kate is a graduate of Coach U and a member of the International Coach Federation. She can be reached at 303-697-5914 or kateripp@ktrconsulting.com . Visit her web-site at www.ktrconsulting.com ……………………………………………………………… |
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