Michele Woodward Executive Life Coach
Powerful Coaching. Powerful Results.
June 22, 2009
Michele Woodward
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. :-)

UPCOMING EVENTS
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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.

SOMETHING TO READ
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Angel's Game

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.


Michele Woodward
Michele Woodward Consulting, Inc.
phone: 703/598-3100