Gear up for Success!
Issue #63 - December 29, 2000 <<Top Ten T's For a Terrific New Year>>
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brought to you by Laurie Riddell Geary, M.Ed., PCC.
Coaching you to get your life IN GEAR by making shifts, getting
unstuck, finding balance, accelerating your growth, and mapping
the best route to your chosen destination: a life filled with
passion and purpose.
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1. Topic: <<Top Ten T's for a Terrific New Year>>
2. A Poem: Yes, I Can!
3. Recommended Tasks
4. Recommended Books
*New: A Resource Booklet
on Games and Initiatives
5. Upcoming Teleclasses
and local Workshops
6. Subscription information
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Yes, I Can!
If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win, but think you can't,
it's almost certain you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost.
For in the world we find, success begins with a person's will.
It's all in the state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are;
you've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself before you can ever win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster woman or man.
But sooner or later the person who wins is the one who thinks he can!
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<<Top Ten T'S for a Terrific New Year>>
1) TAKE TIME for Yourself: Take time to decide what you really
want in the year 2001.
Ask yourself: how can this
new year be the best it can be? What can you do
differently that will bring
you greater happiness? What is your ideal
life? your ideal work?
your ideal relationship?
Be Selfish (take care of yourself first so that you fill up your Cup
of Life...you then have
more to give to others as well as to yourself).
For lots of information about becoming Selfish by building your Self
Esteem, see back issues
of my newsletter at my website: www.ingearcoaching.com.
TAKE more vacations this year; and take more vacation days...spend
them doing what you love.
Ask yourself what you can do to design the life you want in the year
2001;
make it your intention to begin creating it now!
2) TREAT Yourself: Make a list of all the things you love to do*
- and then do them
often! Go to a spa; have
a massage; learn a new skill; listen to music;
dance; read more books,
see more movies, experience more cultural
events..Incorporate three
new "delicious daily habits" into your life.
*See my list of 101 Ideas for Self-Nurturing Activities at my website
or email me today.
3) THINK: Take time to THINK about your goals, clarify your vision of
your perfect life.
Create a TREASURE MAP: cut out pictures/words of everything you want
to
achieve during the year...places you want to go...things you
want to do..relationships
you want to add (or remove) from your life..Stick these onto
a poster board where
you can see it every day...and add to it.
Adopt the right attitude: I think I Can! <see poem above>
3) TELL someone every day what you appreciate about them.
According to Ken Blanchard,
author of <The One Minute Manager>,
people need compliments:criticisms in a ratio of
4:1. How is your ratio?
Learn to use the powerful appreciation skill: the
Positive I-Message:
<When you (describe the other's behavior), I feel (state
the positive feeling you get)
because (the tangible effect on me>
(eg. <when you take the time to cook a nice meal, I
really appreciate it because it means
I had more free time to get my other work done>
Send this I-Message to someone you love today...instead of the evaluative
You-Message <eg. You're so Thoughtful>
4) TRY New Things: When was the last time you tried something
new? Learned
a new skill? did something
playful or outrageous? Do it Now!
TAKE Risks that lead to personal growth. For lots more
information on taking risks,
see back issues of my newsletter at my website. www.ingearcoaching.com
5) TOLERATE Nothing: Reduce and Eliminate Tolerations! Tolerations
are things
that drain our energy...little and big things..from a missing
button to a
destructive relationship.
Make a list of 100 of your tolerations and start
eliminating them now so
that you will create a space for the things you
love to do.
<See newsletter issue #39 for more information on reducing Tolerations>
Contact me for the <Clean Sweep> assessment: a 100-point checklist
to help you assess...
then systematically.. eliminate tolerations related to four areas of
your life: Environment,
Financial, Relationships, Health.
6) TAH DAH! Stop TO-DOING and start TAH-DAHing!
Identify and take acknowledge
your successes; then celebrate them!
Give yourself permission
to brag..tell others about your successes..
often people are not aware of
them....
And be sure to Laugh a lot
- have fun with your successes!
7) TIPS: Sign up for some excellent email tip broadcasts/newsletters
for
daily, weekly, or monthly
tips for a successful life. To subscribe to
some of my favorites go
to www.philiphumbert.com - www.fettke.com -
www.cherylrichardson.com - www.whatittakes.com - www.asparker.com
-
www.columbiaconsult.com
*And, to find (and receive) lots more Tips from TOP TENS - go to www.coachu.com.
And, of course, be sure to subscribe to my weekly newsletter: <Gear
Up for Success> by simply
emailing me your request (laurie@ingearcoaching.com) or go to my website:
www.ingearcoaching.com
or follow subscription steps below.
8) TELECLASSES: Take a teleclass to expand your vision, learn new
skills/techniques or get
new ideas to create a more fulfilling life in 2001.
Check out www.teleclass.com - www.teleclassinternational.com - www.womensu.com.
Register for my upcoming teleclass on Finding your Passion* on January
17 @ 9pm EST.
9) be THANKFUL for all that you have; adopt an Attitude of Gratitude.
Be thankful for the people in your life who love you and enrich
you: your family,
friends, colleagues, community; be thankful for being healthy...for
having opportunities for growth..
for doing work you love..for having the freedom to make choices...for
living in a world of infinite beauty in nature...
and much more... Take Time to be thankful..daily...for
your life.
10) TAKE Action! Set daily/weekly action steps to move yourself
forward towards your goals.
Be accountable for your actions: find
a buddy to support you or hire a coach so that you will take actions today
to help you move forward faster
in creating your perfect life in 2001!
(copyright - all rights reserved: Laurie Geary, 1999)
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Recommended Tasks
1. Follow one or all of the Top Ten Terrific T's...Today!
2. Read one of the books mentioned below.
3. Go to my Website www.ingearcoaching.com for back issues of my newsletter on related topics <taking risks, building self esteem, becoming assertive...and much more>
4.. Call or email me for a complimentary half-hour COACHING session
to support you in getting started right in the New Year..following the
Top Ten Terrific T's.
Voice:617-494-1422; email: laurie@ingearcoaching.com
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Recommended Reading:
<SIMPLE ABUNDANCE> by Sarah Breathnach
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446519138/gearupforsuccela
<ONE MINUTE MANAGER> Ken Blanchard
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0425098478/gearupforsuccela
<BE YOUR BEST> Linda Adams
on the positive I-message and other assertive skills
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/037951631/gearupforsuccela
<Risking> by David Viscott
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671664093/gearupforsuccela
<How Serious is This? Seeing Humor in Daily Stress> by Loretta LaRoche,
M.D. (Mirth Doctor)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0964401487/gearupforsuccela
<TAKE TIME FOR YOUR LIFE: A Personal Coach's Seven Step Program for
Creating the Life you Want> by Cheryl Richardson
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767902076/gearupforsuccela
<THE PORTABLE COACH>by Thomas Leonard
on the art of being Selfish...reducing Tolerations..and the other principles
of attracting what you want into your life.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684850419/gearupforsuccela
<<And.. check out my new booklet on experiential activities for
trainers: 75 of my favorite activities
learned from years of working as an instructor for Outward Bound Professional
Development Programs.
GAMES & INITIATIVES for NETWORKING, ENERGIZING, & TEAM-BUILDING...now
available...hard copy ($20) or pdf. file ($15)
Send check to Laurie Geary, 4 Canal Park, PH9, Cambridge, MA 02141;
email request to: laurie@ingearcoaching.com or order at my website: www.ingearcoaching.com
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UPCOMING TELECLASSES:
<Finding Your Passion*> Free!
Wednesday, January 17 @ 9pm
For more information or to register go to www.womensu.com or www.teleclass.com
also...
<The Perfect Life>
Wednesdays @ 8pm for 6 weeks, beginning in January, 2001.
Register at www.teleclass.com
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UPCOMING LOCAL WORKSHOPS:
BE A PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL COACH
*Boston Center for Adult Education
Thursday, January 18, 2001-6:30-9:30pm
also, Tuesday, April 3, 2001
*NSCC, Wednesday, February 28th, 9-3 p.m.
RISK-TAKING: THE PATH to PERSONAL GROWTH
*BCAE -6:30-9:30 pm.- Thursday, January 25, 2001
also Tuesday, April 10, 2001
*NSCC: Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 9-3pm
BUILD YOUR SELF ESTEEM WITH THE 8-A SYSTEM
*NSCC: Wednesday, April 4, 2001, 9-3pm
ATTRACTING WHAT YOU WANT IN LIFE
*Middlesex Community College - Saturday, February 24th from 9 to 4
pm
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