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Newsletters - January 2008
| Better Than Ever Coaching |
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What Could Be Better?
Written by:
Helen F. Kosinski, ACC, MBA - Professional Coach
January 2008: Volume 3, Issue 1 / ISSN # 1935-4827
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This Month: To Your Success
- Feature Article
- What's Next for You?
- Resources
- Reader's Corner
*****************************************************
Hi,
Happy New Year!
As this new year begins I am spending time thinking about how I want
to grow, which projects are tops on my list and what I want to
accomplish in 2008. It’s fun to imagine a ‘clean slate’ with so much
opportunity! Have you been thinking about this, too? If you have, then
you’ll find this month’s article on how you define your success
timely.
Have a Better Than Ever month!
All my best,
Helen
*************************************************************
Feature Article: To Your Success
*************************************************************
A common theme at this time of year is taking stock of your life. A
popular area to focus on is your professional life. You may decide it’s
time to change jobs, retire, or strive for more balance between your
work and home life. There are a number of changes that you may want
to make to improve the quality of your life.
As you go through this type of assessment, how do you know what
needs to change? Are you unhappy and just KNOW you have to
change something? Or, do you have success criteria defined which
shows you the gaps?
During my last year in Corporate America, I mentioned to my
manager’s manager that I had a successful career at the company. He
looked at me and sort of snickered. Then he said something like ‘You
think YOU’VE been successful here?’ I suspect in his eyes, I wasn’t
successful because I wasn’t in the upper echelon of the corporation
after being at the firm for 19+ years. However, in my eyes I was
successful because I was:
At the time, these things were how I defined success.
Sometimes, we adopt another person’s definition of success and tryvery hard to make it ‘fit’ us. A couple of years ago, a friend called me
after starting a new job. She had a great powerful title and a big salary,
but she KNEW after being on the job for only a couple of weeks that it
just wasn’t the right job for her. She felt awful because her husband
was so excited about her new job and he felt that it was great that she
was finally being acknowledged with the commanding title and large
salary. She was torn…should she stay or should she go? As we
talked it became very clear to her that she had adopted her husband’s
definition of success. Once she realized that, she came up with her
own definition of success, got in touch with her recruiter, and found a
job that positioned her to meet HER success criteria!
So…how do you define success? Is it a title, a salary, a role, a big
house, a contribution, ‘normal’ work hours or something else? Is it
really YOUR definition? Or, is it your spouses’, parents’, or best
friends’? Does thinking about your success criteria make you smile,
give you energy, and motivate you? If so, you’re probably on the right
track!
Oh, one more thing about creating your definition of success. It’s likely
that the one you create today may change in the future. You may want
to revisit your definition of success periodically and update it to more
accurately reflect where you are right at that moment in time.
I hope you’ll take a few minutes to think about and jot down your own
personal definition of success.
I wish you much success as you strive to make YOUR definition a
reality!
*************************************************************
What's Next for You?
*************************************************************
Now that you’ve come up with your definition of success, what do you
need to do, if anything, to be successful? To keep track of your ‘to dos’
and to allow you to see how far you’ve progressed create your own
personal "Success Criteria List". Include your definition of success
and the changes you want to make to claim this success for yourself.
As you complete items on this list, cross them off and celebrate your
progress!
Would you like our support as you move towards the level of success
that you’ve always dreamed of? Do you need some ideas about how to
tackle some of the items on your "Success Criteria List"? Or, would you
like to share your success story? Please send an 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
*************************************************************
-- Articles --
Success – A Misunderstood Word by Bradley Buller
http://ezinearticles.com/?Success---A-Misunderstood-Word&id=391877
Success In Life – How To Define What Success Is by Jason Osborn
http://ezinearticles.com/?Success-In-Life---How-To-Define-What-
Success-Is&id=552045
Uncovering Your Personal Success Footprint by Nina Ham
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Ham3.html
-- Books --
The Success Journey: The Process of Living Your Dreams by John C.
Maxwell
Toxic Success: How to Stop Striving and Start Thriving by Paul Pearsall
Note: Mention of any of the above resources does not
indicate endorsement.
*************************************************************
Reader's Corner
*************************************************************
November’s article on busyness prompted this response from Amy:
‘I've started to meet my "eliminate busyness challenge" by picking
away at outstanding chores / paperwork... and de-cluttering annoying
piles here and there. For example, today while I was on hold off &
on with my cell phone customer service for almost 2 hours... I paid
some bills online, folded some laundry, and re-merchandised a
display in my shop. I put them on speaker phone and kept working.
Although it was still annoying that I was on with them for that
amount of time, at least I didn't put my day completely on hold. And
I plowed thru some stuff that's been bugging me. And I feel much
better now.
Yesterday I put away my summer clothes and actually brought the
bins upstairs! I'd been dreading doing this, and it took me all of 15
minutes at most. You should see our bedroom now!!!! It feels great!
Also…I treated myself to an hour free this morning to attend my lil'
niece Sarah's ballet class (she's 2 1/2), which was absolutely
hysterically cute. Then, I bought myself a cuppa CHAI and came
home to dive in.
It DOES feel great to have crossed those annoyances off my list.
Ahhhhh...makes me want to keep going!’
It sounds like you’ve really figured out a great balance between
‘diving in’ to get ‘stuff done’ and taking some un-busy time to do some
fun things! Thanks for taking the time to share this with us, Amy!
Amy is a very talented illustrator and small business owner in
Brewster, MA. Check out her website at:
http://www.stonybrookdesign.com/index.html
*************************************************************
Working with a coach to define your definition of success and to
create a path to success is a wonderful way to start off a new year!
Would you like to learn more? Please send me an e-mail
(mailto:Helen@BetterThanEverCoaching.com) to set up a 30 minute
complimentary telephone meeting.
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 © 2008 Better Than Ever Coaching.
All rights reserved.
*************************************************************
What Could Be Better?
Written by:
Helen F. Kosinski, ACC, MBA - Professional Coach
January 2008: Volume 3, Issue 1 / ISSN # 1935-4827
*****************************************************
This Month: To Your Success
- Feature Article
- What's Next for You?
- Resources
- Reader's Corner
*****************************************************
Hi,
Happy New Year!
As this new year begins I am spending time thinking about how I want
to grow, which projects are tops on my list and what I want to
accomplish in 2008. It’s fun to imagine a ‘clean slate’ with so much
opportunity! Have you been thinking about this, too? If you have, then
you’ll find this month’s article on how you define your success
timely.
Have a Better Than Ever month!
All my best,
Helen
*************************************************************
Feature Article: To Your Success
*************************************************************
A common theme at this time of year is taking stock of your life. A
popular area to focus on is your professional life. You may decide it’s
time to change jobs, retire, or strive for more balance between your
work and home life. There are a number of changes that you may want
to make to improve the quality of your life.
As you go through this type of assessment, how do you know what
needs to change? Are you unhappy and just KNOW you have to
change something? Or, do you have success criteria defined which
shows you the gaps?
During my last year in Corporate America, I mentioned to my
manager’s manager that I had a successful career at the company. He
looked at me and sort of snickered. Then he said something like ‘You
think YOU’VE been successful here?’ I suspect in his eyes, I wasn’t
successful because I wasn’t in the upper echelon of the corporation
after being at the firm for 19+ years. However, in my eyes I was
successful because I was:
 | making a decent salary, | |
| learning new things, | |
| making a contribution to the firm and | |
| keeping "normal" work hours. |
At the time, these things were how I defined success.
Sometimes, we adopt another person’s definition of success and try
after starting a new job. She had a great powerful title and a big salary,
but she KNEW after being on the job for only a couple of weeks that it
just wasn’t the right job for her. She felt awful because her husband
was so excited about her new job and he felt that it was great that she
was finally being acknowledged with the commanding title and large
salary. She was torn…should she stay or should she go? As we
talked it became very clear to her that she had adopted her husband’s
definition of success. Once she realized that, she came up with her
own definition of success, got in touch with her recruiter, and found a
job that positioned her to meet HER success criteria!
So…how do you define success? Is it a title, a salary, a role, a big
house, a contribution, ‘normal’ work hours or something else? Is it
really YOUR definition? Or, is it your spouses’, parents’, or best
friends’? Does thinking about your success criteria make you smile,
give you energy, and motivate you? If so, you’re probably on the right
track!
Oh, one more thing about creating your definition of success. It’s likely
that the one you create today may change in the future. You may want
to revisit your definition of success periodically and update it to more
accurately reflect where you are right at that moment in time.
I hope you’ll take a few minutes to think about and jot down your own
personal definition of success.
I wish you much success as you strive to make YOUR definition a
reality!
*************************************************************
What's Next for You?
*************************************************************
Now that you’ve come up with your definition of success, what do you
need to do, if anything, to be successful? To keep track of your ‘to dos’
and to allow you to see how far you’ve progressed create your own
personal "Success Criteria List". Include your definition of success
and the changes you want to make to claim this success for yourself.
As you complete items on this list, cross them off and celebrate your
progress!
Would you like our support as you move towards the level of success
that you’ve always dreamed of? Do you need some ideas about how to
tackle some of the items on your "Success Criteria List"? Or, would you
like to share your success story? Please send an 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
*************************************************************
-- Articles --
Success – A Misunderstood Word by Bradley Buller
http://ezinearticles.com/?Success---A-Misunderstood-Word&id=391877
Success In Life – How To Define What Success Is by Jason Osborn
http://ezinearticles.com/?Success-In-Life---How-To-Define-What-
Success-Is&id=552045
Uncovering Your Personal Success Footprint by Nina Ham
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Ham3.html
-- Books --
The Success Journey: The Process of Living Your Dreams by John C.
Maxwell
Toxic Success: How to Stop Striving and Start Thriving by Paul Pearsall
Note: Mention of any of the above resources does not
indicate endorsement.
*************************************************************
Reader's Corner
*************************************************************
November’s article on busyness prompted this response from Amy:
‘I've started to meet my "eliminate busyness challenge" by picking
away at outstanding chores / paperwork... and de-cluttering annoying
piles here and there. For example, today while I was on hold off &
on with my cell phone customer service for almost 2 hours... I paid
some bills online, folded some laundry, and re-merchandised a
display in my shop. I put them on speaker phone and kept working.
Although it was still annoying that I was on with them for that
amount of time, at least I didn't put my day completely on hold. And
I plowed thru some stuff that's been bugging me. And I feel much
better now.
Yesterday I put away my summer clothes and actually brought the
bins upstairs! I'd been dreading doing this, and it took me all of 15
minutes at most. You should see our bedroom now!!!! It feels great!
Also…I treated myself to an hour free this morning to attend my lil'
niece Sarah's ballet class (she's 2 1/2), which was absolutely
hysterically cute. Then, I bought myself a cuppa CHAI and came
home to dive in.
It DOES feel great to have crossed those annoyances off my list.
Ahhhhh...makes me want to keep going!’
It sounds like you’ve really figured out a great balance between
‘diving in’ to get ‘stuff done’ and taking some un-busy time to do some
fun things! Thanks for taking the time to share this with us, Amy!
Amy is a very talented illustrator and small business owner in
Brewster, MA. Check out her website at:
http://www.stonybrookdesign.com/index.html
*************************************************************
Working with a coach to define your definition of success and to
create a path to success is a wonderful way to start off a new year!
Would you like to learn more? Please send me an e-mail
(mailto:Helen@BetterThanEverCoaching.com) to set up a 30 minute
complimentary telephone meeting.
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 © 2008 Better Than Ever Coaching.
All rights reserved.
*************************************************************
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