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November 2003 New Perceptions Success Letter By Kate Ripp Professional Certified Coach 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. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* November, 2003 E-mail: kateripp@ktrconsulting.com Web Site: http://www.ktrconsulting.com ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*In this issue*~ Article: Right Questions—The Key to Effortless High Performance Upcoming Teleclasses and Groups ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Right Questions: The Key to Effortless High Performance Effortless high performers ask very different questions of themselves than do less productive people. These questions engage their intuitive nature and are important to helping those who use them identify opportunities that others may view as problems. It’s the distinction between a worldview of depletion and shortage or surplus and abundance. How do we switch from a view of depletion and shortage to one of surplus and abundance? We ask ourselves WHAT’S RIGHT vs. WHAT’S WRONG questions. Problems disappear faster when we discipline ourselves to search for the inherent value or opportunity in everything. Effortless high performers place far more emphasis on questions than on answers. This reduces their stress and brings their visions of the ideal into focus. They choose positive, right questions that balance their intuition with their rational mind to bring about opportunities and abundance. They have a “can’t lose” perspective on life. Kurt Wright, in his book, “Breaking the Rules: Removing the Obstacles to Effortless High Performance”, offers his model of five RIGHT questions to stimulate highly productive and positive results. 1. “ What do I know that is already right or working?” Ninety percent of the population sees this as a dismissal question; if it’s already working, why waste energy thinking about it? This is a depletion/shortage point of view. The intent of this agenda setting question is to identify something that is working so well, it deserves further study. 2. “What is it that makes it right?” This is really the three-year-old’s version of “why”. It’s a wonderful insight-generating, energy-producing question. 3. “What would the ideal look like?” This question requires so much energy that those who operate in the depletion/shortage mode seldom even consider asking it. Running continually on this level of “what’s right” is the ultimate secret of effortless high performance. Thoroughly examining the first two questions will generate the energy required to go this deep. 4. “What’s not yet quite right?” is the gap-defining question. Most people will resort to thinking WHAT’S WRONG again. Visionary leaders and high performers use this question to more precisely define the unknown to attract the perfect solutions to support an ever-evolving vision of the ideal. 5. “What resources can I find to make it right?” This is the natural follow-on question and serves as an excellent focusing question to bring on constructive action. As we become proficient with asking WHAT’S RIGHT questions, we learn to celebrate the times we get “stuck”. It’s these times that remind us that we are slipping back into the mode of asking WHAT’S WRONG questions, or have given a negative connotation to some fact or situation we are facing. Going back to WHAT’S RIGHT questions will renew our energy and help to get us unstuck. Right questions are value-finding questions. I recently felt stuck in my work and where I wanted to take my practice. My energy plummeted as I pondered the “problem”. Creativity and the motivation to act were gone. Embarking on the soul-searching process of WHAT’S RIGHT questioning, energy was soon rejuvenated and my vision became crystal-clear. Visionary leaders and effortless high performers use this model of WHAT’S RIGHT questioning. Fred Smith, chairman and founder of Federal Express, when hearing Kurt Wright describe his “cascading hierarchy” of WHAT’S RIGHT questions, remarked, “This is the first time in my life I have ever had anyone describe to me the exact thought process I used to build this company.” Personally and in the office, once you replace your culturally conditioned habit of faultfinding and replace it with the new discipline of value finding, you will eagerly approach self-examination as a process of building strength, bringing your ideal to reality. © Kate Ripp, 2003 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 ……………………………………………………………… Instant Replay! This teleclass was so well received, I’m running it again beginning in January. The Power of Attraction: Surefire Strategies for Business and Personal Success Stop chasing success and fulfillment and start attracting them. Based on the work of Thomas Leonard and Coach U, these principles open a path to achievement that won’t leave you feeling exhausted from striving. They’re not about giving yourself constant pep talks or working longer and harder than everyone else around you. They are a vigorous, highly encouraging blueprint for success, a lively new way of honoring yourself and remaking the world on your own terms. Get the Edge · You’ll act on things sooner and head off potential problems and/or misunderstandings. · Life will get much easier because you’ve stopped tolerating things which aren’t necessary or that drain your energy. · You’ll feel more independent, less “pulled” by your roles. · You’ll increase your self-confidence because you’ve laid the groundwork for a major leap in your life and business quality. · You’ll create a lot more time and space to customize and perfect what you’re delivering. This group is for 6-8 people who understand the value of strengthening themselves to accomplish their grandest goals in life and business. By combining the collective wisdom of the group with my experience as an achievement coach, you can catapult results in your life and business! Technology makes it quick, easy and cost-effective to take part in this highly interactive coaching group. All you need is a telephone. What a great way to connect without having to drive anywhere! FEE: 0 for all 6 power sessions plus email support and buddy connection. (70% less than the price of individual coaching). The only other cost is your long distance for 55 minutes per week. (note: you can get a long distance card from Wal-Mart for 3 cents per minute). Group size: 6-8. Full commitment. Dates: Six Tuesdays, beginning January 20 through February 24. 4pm Mountain time (6pm Eastern, 5pm Central, 3pm Pacific) REGISTRATION: Due to the limited number of people in each group, these group sessions will fill up quickly. Register today by calling 303-697-5914 or email me at kateripp@ktrconsulting.com with your name, phone number, and email address. You will be contacted within 48 hours. Don’t wait to sign up. Space is limited! “This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson Goal Groups Coming January by Request! 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 (6 month program) Start Dates: Choose from 2 group start dates: Group 1: Begins January 13, Tuesdays at 5:30 pm Mountain time (7:30pm Eastern, 6:30pm Central, 4:30pm Pacific) Group 2: Begins Thursday, January 15, 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! ……………………………………………………………… 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 Professional Certified Coach, 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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