by Lisa on February 8, 2010
When you find yourself living life through the circumstances around you it’s time to say to yourself:
Slow down and go with the flow.
There’s no point in fighting:
- the traffic around you
- your client
- your boss
- your spouse
- the person in front of you in line.
Sometimes it’s just plain impossible to change the circumstances in which we find ourselves. Maybe it’s not worth it. Maybe it’s a waste of energy.
What we can change is our reaction. We can decide how much energy we’re going to expend on those things we cannot control.
Usually little energy is best. Just go with the flow.
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by Lisa on February 5, 2010
Life lessons shape us. In all kinds of ways good or bad. Life lessons influence our behaviors — in what we do and what we choose not to do. The choices may be unconscious — without thinking — but they are our choices nevertheless.
In order to get clear on your vision, revisit the past and review what’s guiding you. Life lessons could be something your parents taught you (or didn’t), it may be from your children, or someone you influence at work. It could be from a chance encounter with a stranger that had a big impact on how you and think and behave.
Your homework:
Write down 5 life lessons. Short. Long.
Whatever works for you.
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by Lisa on February 4, 2010
Do you remember your first job in high school? Mine was working at Kentucky Fried Chicken. I think they call it KFC now, but believe me, there is still some frying going on!
I worked in the kitchen area, wearing a red & white striped uniform dress that was way too short, but, according to the manager, was all they had. My duties were to fill up the boxes and buckets with the appropriate chicken pieces. I would leave work with a layer of grease on my skin and smelling of chicken. Although I doubt I knew it then, it was one of those good learning experiences for a teenager.
What does Kentucky Fried Chicken have to do with midlife reinvention? I love stories about people who remade, changed or improved their life no matter what their age.
I hear it often from various clients:
I’m too old.
It’s too late.
I should have done it in my twenties.
Think about Colonel Sanders at age 65 starting his first franchise restaurant with $105 from his 1st social security check!
Is there something gnawing at you? Do you think it’s too late? It’s probably not.
Photo credit: Chris Saulit
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