This past week, I delivered a presentation at the American Family Insurance Dreambank in Madison, WI. The presentation, titled Kaizen to Creation, was all about reaching your dreams through taking a series of tens, hundreds, thousands, etc. of TINY steps, one step at a time. This idea of “one small step at a time” is the basis of kaizen, a Japanese philosophy for living. Creating a life by design and not by default is accomplished best through small steps, patience, and perseverance. As coaches, …
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What do I really, really want?
What do I really, really want? This is a question I ask of my group coaching clients each week. They have to reflect and journal their answers to me. This week, I decided to write my own list, too. Putting it out there to the universe...let the conspiring to "make it so" begin! What do I really, really want?I want to make $150K annually from doing art and coaching. And I want to do it while laughing and giggling, being smart and strategic, and feeling fully supported by those who love …
Zone of Genius v. Zone of Excellence
Had this idea come up TWO TIMES last week in coaching calls. Are you working in your Zone of Excellence or your Zone of Genius? We all have those things we are GOOD at--really GOOD AT. That's our zone of EXCELLENCE. We learn how to do something--anything--because someone told us it would serve us well if we did so or we just plain had some interest in pursuing it. We practice, practice, practice and we create a skill set that enables us to DO WELL in this area. But the ZONE OF GENIUS is …
Your Trigger is Your Teacher
Today, my Coach (Allison Crow) took me through a powerful exercise that I wanted to share. She called it “Your Trigger is Your Teacher.” I reported to her on our coaching call today that I was triggered/irritated/funked-out by some recent marketing copy that I’d read from another Coach. This is a Coach that I’ve never met in person but whom others in the industry respect VERY MUCH. And his words TRIGGERED ME. He suggested in his copy that one could become part of the 4% of elite coaches in …
Unleash Your Gifts and Find Your Authentic Path in Life
When you think of a wheel, you think of movement and a cyclical journey. The medicine wheel holds those characteristics in our life and on our soul’s journey for healing and transformation. Also known as the “sacred hoop,” it is a representation of the four cardinal directions, Mother Earth, Father Sky and Creator at the center. Each direction holds wisdom and medicine gifts whose lessons are taught by understanding our life cycles, the elements and many archetypes in nature. (originally …
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