A major commitment this month has been getting ready
to kick off a new venture to help women connect with each other to
share opportunities and resources.
Please take a look and give me some feedback. We are
currently looking for women who would like to act as Guides and start
their own local Soar Circle.
http://www.soarcircles.com
I will be co-leading a 10-week module on a
communication instrument with Corporate Coach University beginning
January 7th.
I received a request to link to my web site
presentation on First Impressions from the Western Australian
Government Department of Training.
This month I will be going for a long weekend to
visit dear friends in Washington D.C. I am looking forward to my
vacation. I wish you all a wonderful season – however, you choose to
celebrate.
Roberta
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EDITORIAL ===================
COMPLACENCY
This is the last newsletter for this year. Can you
believe that we are two years into the millennium? The world is a
little bit different and a little bit the same. I was wondering how
I have changed in the past 24 months and you know, I haven’t. The
good news is that I don’t waste my time hitting my head against a
brick wall as much as I use to do. The bad news is that I have
allowed my self to be lulled by my complacency.
When in the guise of respectability and
sensibility did I loose the edge?
When did trusting the process become going with
the flow?
One of the roles that I have chosen for myself,
unconsciously I might add, is that of devil’s advocate. It has not
been a popular road to follow. Hence my experience with brick walls.
That being said, I do believe firmly that in order to make good
choices we have to be able to see all of sides of an issue. To have
judgment, we must have perspective. To do what is right for us, we
must understand what is right for others.
As a coach, it is my role to help my clients see
all of the possibilities and opportunities before then. The best way
that I can do this is to help them shift from their current
perspective by creating another picture or as we often call it, a
reframe.
It isn’t so much about gaining perspective as it
is about understanding consequences. Perspective opens ones eyes to
possibilities and I hope tolerance. Seeing consequences of those new
perspectives creates action. We choose the road to follow whether by
choice or by default. Usually, it isn’t about choosing a path that
is less traveled. It is about actively choosing a path and going
forward.
Every era has its time when we are called upon to
be courageous. Ours is now. It is imperative for us to look deep
within ourselves and to challenge our assumptions, our personal
interests and ourselves. It is not a time to be reasonable. We live
among men who are unreasonable – on all sides. I ask you and
myself, how willing are we to go beyond our own limitations?
My wish for you this season, is that you find what
you really want for yourself and those you love. My hope is that
each one of us will then act upon that dream.
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QUOTES ====================
When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to
own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of
someone.
~ George O'Neil
Anyone can become angry -- that is easy. But to be
angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time,
for the right purpose, and in the right way -- this is not easy.
~ Aristotle
All is perspective. To a worm, digging in the
ground is more relaxing than going fishing.
~ Clyde Abel
All our knowledge has its origins in our
perceptions.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
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