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| | Home | Coaching | Products | Retreats | Programs | Newsletters | | Resources | FAQ | Testimonials | About Helen | Contact Helen | Copyright © 2005 - 2008 Better Than Ever Coaching. All rights reserved. Address: P.O. Box 391, Brewster, MA 02631 Telephone: (508) 896-5779 Click here to Contact Helen |
Newsletters - October 2007
| Better Than Ever Coaching |
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What Could Be Better?
Written by:
Helen F. Kosinski, ACC, MBA - Professional Coach
October 2007: Volume 2, Issue 9 / ISSN # 1935-4827
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This Month: When was the last time…
- Feature Article
- The Challenge: Are You In?
- Resources
- What’s New?
*****************************************************
Hi,
Whew! It’s hard to believe that we’re in the last quarter of 2007. This
year has flown by! Are you satisfied with the way the year has gone?
Have you been busy? Are you too busy, not busy at all or something in
between? I find that from now until the end of the year, people are
busy, busy, busy! I often wonder if being busy is a good thing, which is
the topic of this month’s newsletter.
Do you have a special way you combat busyness? If so, I’d love to
share that with our readers. Please send a short description via e-mail
(mailto:Helen@BetterThanEverCoaching.com) and let me know if you’d
like to remain anonymous.
Check out the ‘What’s New?’ section to read about my new
mini-retreat, which was a terrific antidote to busyness for the
participants!
Have a Better Than Ever month!
All my best,
Helen
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Feature Article: When was the last time...
*************************************************************
I saw one of my neighbors walking back from the beach yesterday and
he asked how I was doing. My response was “Busy!” After having
said that, I started thinking about how many times people respond with
that one small word.
I’ve noticed that some people talk about being busy as though it
validates their existence. It’s almost as if you just have to be BUSY
otherwise, you’re not important, or you aren’t successful or you’re just
plain lazy! Have you noticed this, too?
Busyness… Yes, there is a lot to do. You HAVE to go to work, pay the
bills, get the car inspected, pick up the groceries, cook, clean, do the
laundry, make sure the kids get their homework done, go to the doctor
and the dentist, and you can’t forget about getting some exercise…! It
can feel like an endless list…
But even with this massive “to do” list, isn’t there some amount of time
that you could call your own, if you really wanted to? What do you do
when you’re not so busy? When was the last time, you…
It’s really fun to think about becoming “un-busy”, isn’t it? Getting out of
your busyness rut can have other powerful outcomes, too. For
example, did you know that when you become less busy you will:
I can hear you saying that you’d love to not be so busy, but all this stuff
needs to get done and if you don’t do it, it just isn’t going to get done!
End of story!
Ah, but is that the end of the story? Are you able to ‘let go’ of some of
the stuff that keeps you busy? Obviously there are some things that you
have to do, like pay the bills. But maybe there are some things that you
could do less frequently, or less perfectly, or more efficiently? Or,
maybe there are things that you could have others help you do? Or,
maybe there are things that you could pay others to do for you?
There’s a commercial currently running on our local Cape Cod radio
station and it quotes Charles Buxton stating:
It’s so true… I hope that you make some “un-busy” time to do
something you love to do or better yet, just to sit and be you for a little
while!
*************************************************************
The Challenge: Are you in?
*************************************************************
Here’s a challenge for you…
Make a list of all of the things that keep you busy.
Then for each item on your list, come up with at least one creative way
to handle this item differently so you make more time for yourself. Here
are some examples:
Are you up to the challenge of becoming “unbusy”? I hope so!
Would you like to share the ways you met this challenge? Please sendan e-mail to mailto:Helen@BetterThanEverCoaching.com with a brief
description and I’ll include it in a future issue of ‘What Could Be Better’.
Please let me know if you’d like to remain anonymous.
*************************************************************
Resources
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-- Articles --
Are You Too Busy to Have Fun? by Michael Bungay Stanier
http://ezinearticles.com/?Are-You-Too-Busy-to-Have-Fun?&id=117109
Being ‘Too Busy’ Can Cheat You Out of a Fabulous Life by Joe Farcht
http://www.selfgrowth.
com/articles/Being_Too_Busy_Can_Cheat_You_Out_of_a_Fabulous_L
ife.html
Busy, Busy, Busy: A way of life by Douglas Woods
http://ezinearticles.com/?Busy,-Busy,-Busy:-A-Way-of-Life&id=55389
Is Busy a Good Thing? Here’s How To Eliminate It by Dan Ohler
http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Busy-A-Good-Thing?-Heres-How-To-
Eliminate-It&id=470199
Too Busy to Know You’re Too Busy by Alina Tugend
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/31/business/31shortcuts.html
Why are you so busy? by Zoe Herbert
http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Are-You-So-Busy?&id=348341
Note: Mention of any of the above resources does not
indicate endorsement.
*****************************************************
What's New?
*****************************************************
I had the pleasure of spending last Saturday morning with an
outstanding group of people! They participated in the premier of my
mini-retreat, The Paradise Path – Stepping into Your Dream Life!
We met at the Marconi Station Site in Wellfleet, MA on an incredibly
beautiful fall day. We spent a few hours immersed in this amazing
transitional environment, while sharing connections and uncovering
some long lost dreams! It was remarkable to see the positive results
that emerged after just 15 minutes of leaving the busyness behind!
I hope you’ll be able to join me when I offer this mini-retreat again in the
spring of 2008. Please periodically check my website,
http://www.BetterThanEverCoaching.com for the details on all of my up-
coming mini-retreats and programs.
*************************************************************
Becoming less busy in order for you to gain clarity about what’s truly
important to you is a great way to work with a Coach! Why not set up a
complimentary meeting with me to find out how coaching can help you
to confidently move forward? Please contact me at
mailto:Helen@BetterThanEverCoaching.com to setup a time to meet
over the phone or in-person.
Thank you for subscribing to my newsletter. It is published
every month, except for a combined issue in November/December
and July/August. To cancel or change your subscription, please
refer to the link at the very bottom of this newsletter.
Do you know someone who would enjoy this newsletter? Please
send the entire issue intact and unaltered to them! Thank you!
To subscribe to this free newsletter, please send a blank e-mail
to mailto:Helen20-192607@autocontactor.com. When you receive
the confirmation e-mail, please follow the instructions to
complete your subscription. As a special Thank You for
subscribing, you will receive Three FREE Success Journal Secrets
to Creating a Better Life!
Your privacy is important to me. I do not give out or sell my
subscriber list to anyone.
Please send any questions, comments or insights to me at:
mailto:Helen@BetterThanEverCoaching.com or P.O. Box 391,
Brewster, MA 02631. Or you can give me a call toll-free at:
(888) 294-5779.
Be sure to visit my website at:
http://www.BetterThanEverCoaching.com for more information.
*************************************************************
Better Than Ever Coaching
Partnering with Professionals to
Confidently Navigate Change
*************************************************************
Copyright © 2007 Better Than Ever Coaching.
All rights reserved.
*************************************************************
What Could Be Better?
Written by:
Helen F. Kosinski, ACC, MBA - Professional Coach
October 2007: Volume 2, Issue 9 / ISSN # 1935-4827
*****************************************************
This Month: When was the last time…
- Feature Article
- The Challenge: Are You In?
- Resources
- What’s New?
*****************************************************
Hi,
Whew! It’s hard to believe that we’re in the last quarter of 2007. This
year has flown by! Are you satisfied with the way the year has gone?
Have you been busy? Are you too busy, not busy at all or something in
between? I find that from now until the end of the year, people are
busy, busy, busy! I often wonder if being busy is a good thing, which is
the topic of this month’s newsletter.
Do you have a special way you combat busyness? If so, I’d love to
share that with our readers. Please send a short description via e-mail
(mailto:Helen@BetterThanEverCoaching.com) and let me know if you’d
like to remain anonymous.
Check out the ‘What’s New?’ section to read about my new
mini-retreat, which was a terrific antidote to busyness for the
participants!
Have a Better Than Ever month!
All my best,
Helen
*************************************************************
Feature Article: When was the last time...
*************************************************************
I saw one of my neighbors walking back from the beach yesterday and
he asked how I was doing. My response was “Busy!” After having
said that, I started thinking about how many times people respond with
that one small word.
I’ve noticed that some people talk about being busy as though it
validates their existence. It’s almost as if you just have to be BUSY
otherwise, you’re not important, or you aren’t successful or you’re just
plain lazy! Have you noticed this, too?
Busyness… Yes, there is a lot to do. You HAVE to go to work, pay the
bills, get the car inspected, pick up the groceries, cook, clean, do the
laundry, make sure the kids get their homework done, go to the doctor
and the dentist, and you can’t forget about getting some exercise…! It
can feel like an endless list…
But even with this massive “to do” list, isn’t there some amount of time
that you could call your own, if you really wanted to? What do you do
when you’re not so busy? When was the last time, you…
 | spent an hour reading a book you wanted to read? | |
| sat on the beach and just watched the waves roll in, without | |
| thinking about something else? | ||
| did nothing for more than one hour? | |
| went for a walk or bike ride not because it was good for you, but | |
| because it was a beautiful day and you wanted to be outside? | ||
| really listened to your significant other, your child or a friend, | |
| without thinking about all of the other things you should be doing? | ||
| went on a picnic? | |
| took a day for yourself to do ONLY what you wanted to do, not | |
| what needed to be done? |
It’s really fun to think about becoming “un-busy”, isn’t it? Getting out of
your busyness rut can have other powerful outcomes, too. For
example, did you know that when you become less busy you will:
| enjoy better health – it is believed that maintaining a constant | |
| state of busyness can negatively affect your health, especially, if you skimp on your sleep to try to get everything done |
| gain clarity about what you REALLY want from life – by staying | |
| busy all the time, you never have time to think about what is really important to you |
| be in a better place to figure out the root cause(s) of issues in | |
| your life - some people stay busy because they don’t want to ‘deal with’ problems in their lives |
| love living the life you lead – if you’re always busy, you don’t | |
| really get to BE WHO you really are, because you’re too busy doing things! |
I can hear you saying that you’d love to not be so busy, but all this stuff
needs to get done and if you don’t do it, it just isn’t going to get done!
End of story!
Ah, but is that the end of the story? Are you able to ‘let go’ of some of
the stuff that keeps you busy? Obviously there are some things that you
have to do, like pay the bills. But maybe there are some things that you
could do less frequently, or less perfectly, or more efficiently? Or,
maybe there are things that you could have others help you do? Or,
maybe there are things that you could pay others to do for you?
There’s a commercial currently running on our local Cape Cod radio
station and it quotes Charles Buxton stating:
- You will never find time for anything.
If you want time you must make it.
It’s so true… I hope that you make some “un-busy” time to do
something you love to do or better yet, just to sit and be you for a little
while!
*************************************************************
The Challenge: Are you in?
*************************************************************
Here’s a challenge for you…
Make a list of all of the things that keep you busy.
Then for each item on your list, come up with at least one creative way
to handle this item differently so you make more time for yourself. Here
are some examples:
| You decide to do the laundry every other day, instead of every | |
| day. | ||
| You setup a schedule in which everyone in the family has a | |
| night or two to clean up the kitchen after dinner. | ||
| You pay someone to clean your house, so you don’t have to! |
Are you up to the challenge of becoming “unbusy”? I hope so!
Would you like to share the ways you met this challenge? Please send
description and I’ll include it in a future issue of ‘What Could Be Better’.
Please let me know if you’d like to remain anonymous.
*************************************************************
Resources
*************************************************************
-- Articles --
Are You Too Busy to Have Fun? by Michael Bungay Stanier
http://ezinearticles.com/?Are-You-Too-Busy-to-Have-Fun?&id=117109
Being ‘Too Busy’ Can Cheat You Out of a Fabulous Life by Joe Farcht
http://www.selfgrowth.
com/articles/Being_Too_Busy_Can_Cheat_You_Out_of_a_Fabulous_L
ife.html
Busy, Busy, Busy: A way of life by Douglas Woods
http://ezinearticles.com/?Busy,-Busy,-Busy:-A-Way-of-Life&id=55389
Is Busy a Good Thing? Here’s How To Eliminate It by Dan Ohler
http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-Busy-A-Good-Thing?-Heres-How-To-
Eliminate-It&id=470199
Too Busy to Know You’re Too Busy by Alina Tugend
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/31/business/31shortcuts.html
Why are you so busy? by Zoe Herbert
http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Are-You-So-Busy?&id=348341
Note: Mention of any of the above resources does not
indicate endorsement.
*****************************************************
What's New?
*****************************************************
I had the pleasure of spending last Saturday morning with an
outstanding group of people! They participated in the premier of my
mini-retreat, The Paradise Path – Stepping into Your Dream Life!
We met at the Marconi Station Site in Wellfleet, MA on an incredibly
beautiful fall day. We spent a few hours immersed in this amazing
transitional environment, while sharing connections and uncovering
some long lost dreams! It was remarkable to see the positive results
that emerged after just 15 minutes of leaving the busyness behind!
I hope you’ll be able to join me when I offer this mini-retreat again in the
spring of 2008. Please periodically check my website,
http://www.BetterThanEverCoaching.com for the details on all of my up-
coming mini-retreats and programs.
*************************************************************
Becoming less busy in order for you to gain clarity about what’s truly
important to you is a great way to work with a Coach! Why not set up a
complimentary meeting with me to find out how coaching can help you
to confidently move forward? Please contact me at
mailto:Helen@BetterThanEverCoaching.com to setup a time to meet
over the phone or in-person.
Thank you for subscribing to my newsletter. It is published
every month, except for a combined issue in November/December
and July/August. To cancel or change your subscription, please
refer to the link at the very bottom of this newsletter.
Do you know someone who would enjoy this newsletter? Please
send the entire issue intact and unaltered to them! Thank you!
To subscribe to this free newsletter, please send a blank e-mail
to mailto:Helen20-192607@autocontactor.com. When you receive
the confirmation e-mail, please follow the instructions to
complete your subscription. As a special Thank You for
subscribing, you will receive Three FREE Success Journal Secrets
to Creating a Better Life!
Your privacy is important to me. I do not give out or sell my
subscriber list to anyone.
Please send any questions, comments or insights to me at:
mailto:Helen@BetterThanEverCoaching.com or P.O. Box 391,
Brewster, MA 02631. Or you can give me a call toll-free at:
(888) 294-5779.
Be sure to visit my website at:
http://www.BetterThanEverCoaching.com for more information.
*************************************************************
Better Than Ever Coaching
Partnering with Professionals to
Confidently Navigate Change
*************************************************************
Copyright © 2007 Better Than Ever Coaching.
All rights reserved.
*************************************************************
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