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Michele Woodward Executive Life Coach
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Powerful Coaching. Powerful Results.
June 22, 2009
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Greetings!
Just some random thoughts...
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou still
sounds pretty
good to me.
A lot of stuff we spend time on just isn't that
important. Think reality TV,
for instance.
Wonder what the world would look like if
every boss
was a trained coach.
You know you have done an OK job parenting
when see your children
spontaneously do a kindness for a
stranger.
If you're over 35, stop saying "I'm trying to
figure out what I want to do when I grow up."
You're doing
it already. And if you don't like
what you're doing, shut up and
do something different.
It's
possible to be tidy without being
clean, and clean without being tidy.
You are the best expert on what makes you
tick. Have
the courage to be your own guru.
Happiness is not the absence of pain. Nor is
it a reward for doing things right. You were born
happy, and can return to happiness
whenever you want by simply entering the
slipstream of being.
My best summer
memory has its own soundtrack.
Regardless of what you think, you
are probably more than good
enough.
Successful business strategy: Strive to
serve repeat customers, rather than
focus on one-hit wonders.
I am old enough to call anyone "darling" and
"sugar" and
get away with it.
Strangers are
just people I haven't Twittered
yet.
Looking back on my life, my single biggest
regret may be that I didn't think up
"Lady
GaGa" first.
Democracy will always topple
tyrants.
Remember when fashion was all big hair, big
shoulder pads and big earrings? Someday,
we'll look back at 2009 fashions and hoot
with laughter, saying, "What was I
thinking?"
The world is full of good people whose basic
instinct is to help another person in need.
I think you
are one.
It is possible to re-wire your
brain by examining your thoughts and
changing them.
I have a great life. I'd say I'm lucky,
but really it's more like I'm just letting
the good stuff happen by staying out of my
own way.
How about that?
Hey, I had random thoughts before... Read
this post from last year. :-)
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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE DU JOUR
"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the
harder I work, the more I have of it."
-- Thomas Jefferson
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Really looking forward to the first Martha
Beck Coaches Convention in Chicago, July
17-19th. I'll be co-chairing, MC-ing and
leading a breakout session on crafting
coaching tools. Plus, generally enjoying
every minute of being with wonderful people.
If you're a MB coach and haven't yet
registered,
there's still time!
Just before that timeframe, you'll want to
consider Koelle Simpson's wonderful
horse-whispering workshop which has been moved to
July 10-12th at the Marriott Ranch in Hume,
VA. More information on this life-changing
event can be found here.
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SOMETHING TO READ
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Well, I just picked up The
Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Today.
So I really haven't read it, but I can't
wait to finish typing this so I can settle in
and crack it open.
Zafon, as you remember, penned 2004's
international best seller, The
Shadow of the Wind which I absolutely adored.
When I heard there was a new book by Zafon,
set in Barcelona -- dealing with things
literary -- I was hooked.
More next week on how I like it. Hey, if you
read it, too, give me a shout -- would love
to know what you think.
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Michele Woodward
Michele Woodward Consulting, Inc.
phone:
703/598-3100
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