Daylight, Goals and Baby Steps to Success

by Natalie Hoffman on January 28, 2012

At this time of the year, each day the calendar is adding 2+ minutes of daylight.  In the winter months, that can be such a refreshing bit of news. 

 

Daylight to me is the gold standard for spring, summer and fall when I can elongate the days, stay outside in my beloved garden and finish the day late in the evening still with a bit of “light” left in the day. 

 

Plants, people, animals all need the light.  My puppy adores sitting in a sunbeam on a pillow in the lazy morning sun.  Sometimes I join her because the light just feels good.  The sunlight just seeps right through me to my bones.

 

Each day we get to have 2+ more minutes of light in our day. 

 

What if we treated our goals that way?  Each day we added just a bit more polish to the ideas and results we want to produce.  What if we did not treat our goals like they were gigantic obstacles needing to be done now, but easily prepared and designed a simple system of doing good work each day?

 

Goals can be somewhat overwhelming even if they are just what we need to accomplish.  I always have a wonderful strategy for increasing my sales; providing better and deeper service for my clients; learning new material so I can incorporate it all into the content I produce for my books, articles, TV appearances, radio interviews, keynotes with associations etc.  It all makes sense to learn more and offer more.

 

It is how we do that I think that produces the quality of our lives.  I am going to take a clue from the daylight.  Instead of attacking my goals like there are enemies to be overcome, I am going to visit with my goals; cherish them and feel empowered by them a bit at a time.

 

My former business consultant/coach built his very successful reputation and practice based on completing his 3 most important goals each day.  Judging from his success, that is a great concept we all could adopt. 

 

As I was writing this note to you, I’ve decided to prioritize my next day with the 3 top most important items I need to get done.  It feels better already. 

 

Daylight increasing.  Designing our goals to create confidence, pleasure and terrific results without feeling overwhelmed. 

 

You know what, I like this.  To our success!

 

P.S.  Ask me about doing a VIP Day with me soon.  My clients love them and have created a results producing 2012 for themselves filled with clarity and effectiveness.  Write me a note and let’s talk about your VIP Day and designing the results you deserve.  CoachNatalie@NatalieManor.com 

 

 

 

 

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A New Way of Being You

by Natalie Hoffman on December 29, 2011

Remember how you needed a permission slip to get anywhere in school?  A slip to the library or the bathroom or the cafeteria. Well, I am going to give you a PERMISSION SLIP to be a new you!

 

We have so many reasons that we cannot do or be things.  Our parents were mean to us.  We did not get the promotion we wanted.  The BOD we wanted to be on did not want us.  The flight we wanted to be on was full.  We can’t lose that weight because it is cold outside and we don’t have the money for the new cool athletic shoes.

 

Whatever!

 

There is not one of us that has not failed big time and often.  I could recount so many times that I failed to do or be…without character or integrity because it was hard or I did not know how.  Of course I made excuses for myself and really and truly believed them at the time.

 

Well you know what, 2012 is calling and it has your name all over it. Whether you read the Mayan calendar about the end of the world, or listen to the spiritual leaders who say 2012 is the best year for our world, it does not matter.  What matters is taking a good long look in the mirror and liking, maybe for the first time, what you see.

 

Self-acceptance and self-love have gotten short shrift for too long. 

 

Take a dance lesson.  Or a singing lesson.  Or offer your talents to a school; mission; church; family member; enemy. 

 

I am going to be ringing in 2012 with the fullest amount of joy I can find.  I believe a warm fire, my puppy and my gratitude journal will be right there when the year turns from 2011 to 2012.

 

You are a really marvelous human who may have forgotten just how terrific you are.  Come join me on New Year’s Eve and let me remind you of how you contribute so deeply to life.  We will record the conversation so you can listen to it later when you begin to doubt you again.

 

If you have difficulty finding anything good about you then turn all the lights off, sit quietly and listen to your breath.  It is the most astounding experience to just sit and admire how your body works with NO  help from you.  Be simple.  Be present.  Be in awe.

 

May you experience a stunning 2012. 

 

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OK, Wrap It Up!

December 20, 2011

Tape?  What do you mean there is no more tape?  I have so many more things to wrap.    What we all really need to wrap up is an adult “chill” out for all of us.  A place where it is quiet, secluded (Costa Rica?) and has no emergencies.  I am thinking a time warp [...]

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Too Much To Do = Stress During the Holidays

December 11, 2011

Even the very best intentions can bring on stress.  The holiday season is just one huge way that we actually express stress in a compressed timeframe. So much to do and feeling there is so little time to do it in.  Then it “all” feels bigger, more stressful and as if it might sometimes be [...]

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Holidays That Work With LESS Stress

December 7, 2011

For some reason I have become known as the go to person for Holiday Stress Reduction.  That is so funny when you think of all the stress I create in my own life.  However, I do know and do practice some terrific stress reducing habits that have saved me from ditching the holidays and hiding [...]

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