What can and will you do to find and maintain balance in your life? Here are a few related posts you may have missed.
“Discover the right balance between effort and ease.”
“When you change direction radically, the loads can shift, and it can throw you off balance.”
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In virtually all sports, athletes do their best to begin and return to a stance of stability.
From these positions they can move powerfully and flexibly in any direction they choose. Because most sports move quickly, we don’t always recognize these rapid returns to regain their footing.
EXERCISE:
How does the concept of stability and coming up with new ideas relate to you in your personal and professional efforts?
Where does stability provide a strong foundation to explore and express new idea in your life?
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How do you feel about clutter?
Where do you see clutter in your world? What impact does it have on your general mood and attitude?
The idea of clutter being postponed decisions piqued my curiosity and caused me to take a deeper dive into my desires or aversions to tidying up.
Since I enjoy cooking I decided to de-clutter my fridge.
Checking and using only the freshest ingredients raised my spirits knowing that I was deciding to serve tasty, quality dishes to those I love.
EXERCISE:
Where are you experiencing clutter in your life?
What decisions can you make and what actions can and will you take to bring greater order and peace of mind to your world?
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As a proclaimed lifelong learner, I enjoy the idea that in life we are tested first and then receive the lesson.
My school years were not as engaging because the lessons came first, and my desire to be tested on things of low interest seemed pointless.
These days, it’s up to me — and each of us — to decide what we wish to learn.
Having the freedom to choose what we want to know makes the idea of school is always in session far more appealing.
EXERCISE:
In what areas of your life are you an eager student?
Where do you experience the greatest passion and drive to learn more?
Barry with his Son-in-law and grandkids
During our Father’s Day holiday, we were fortunate to celebrate with beautiful weather and time swimming with family. After sunscreen is applied, it’s the wet stuff until Mother Nature calls!
Following these quick breaks and a fast bite, it’s right back into the pool to dive for colorful plastic rings, float on tubes, and some chicken, star, rocket practice for our 2 ½ year old granddaughter.
As the day wound down, my grandchildren were given a gift from their older cousins. Inside a hatbox sized container were a variety of superhero capes and masks that they were clearly too old for, at the ages of 10 and 11.
In minutes both kids — and some of us older kids — were playfully dancing together to make a memory we’ll never forget.
EXERCISE:
Where and when were you last fully tuned into your senses?
How did this amplification of the moment help you capture this never to be forgotten event?
What role does art play in your life? Here are a few related posts you may have missed.
“Let each man exercise the art he knows.”
“Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
“Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.”
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How do you demonstrate your sincere interest in others? A quick and easy coaching technique is to master your use of open-ended questions.
Placing the words who, what, where, when, why, or how at the beginning of these questions works magic because they cannot be answered with a simple yes or no.
To go a bit deeper and discover more about these people, layer with another open-ended question by using a piece of their initial answer. Doing so shows that that we are listening, and honor their views and perspectives.
Beneath these two approaches is the fact that you are showing genuine interest in their favorite subject, which for virtually all of us is ourselves.
EXERCISE:
If you are interested in more tools to enhance your relationship skills, please email barry@dempcoaching.com with the subject Communication Tools/ Masterful Relationships
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Being productive has always been a high priority for me. I’ve always considered a day with little or no evidence of accomplishment something to avoid at all cost. The more points I put on the board the better.
The idea of laying back and letting the world float by just seemed way too passive. How else was I to scale life’s mountains without breaking a sweat?
With a few more decades under my belt, I can now see more clearly that learning to take in the wondrous views of life are indeed active and productive things to do.
EXERCISE:
How can you more actively examine the open skies of your awareness?
What new sights might you see by taking a much closer look at things coming into view?
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The Pocono Mountains are a special place for me. For the first eleven years of my life, I went to summer camp there with my family. My dad was the camp director and we all had a two-month vacation, first staying with my mom and then as campers.
The camp was sold at that point and it wasn’t until I was 24 that I rediscovered this special area by buying into a time share which we’ve used for the past 40 years.
This year, we had the extra special treat of have both our adult children — now 36 and 38 — along with our two delightful grandchildren to relive and renew our child’s hearts.
EXERCISE:
What people, places, and things help you tap into the exciting and playful aspect of life?
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They say Birds of a Feather Flock Together. What kind of bird are you? Create a list of different birds and see what qualities come to mind when you personify their attributes.
Here is a short list to get you started:
EXERCISE:
What bird(s) best personify you?
What qualities do they represent, and how have you applied those qualities to attract others into your flock or tribe?