The choices we make today...

Will usually affect tomorrow.

Some of us would probably not like it to be that way.

But the reality of it is...our lives are all made by our choices and
they play out in our future.

That being true, good choices will bring us good, and bad choices will
bring us bad... tomorrow and in our future.

So it's really up to us and our choices, that will play out, far past
when they are made.

Yours in "Choices" - Coach

Our greatest ability we possess...

Is our ability to Choose.

Knowing it is our choice in everything we do...and the benefits or
consequences that come as a result of our choices can be the beautiful
part...or the scary part.

What if we get it wrong?

Most of us have been more wrong than right when it comes to our choices

• and that's OK - That's Life!

We just need to let our good choices play out and the poor choices need
to be re-chosen, as soon as it makes sense.

So remember - we chose it, so enjoy it - or live with it until another
choice is made.

Yours in "Choice" - Coach

Ever walked into...

A candy store, and got super excited by all the different choices of
treats, and stoked about the ones that you haven't seen in a while?

Our lives are filled with the same amazing array of choices, even more,
and sometimes we don't see the choices all of the choices because we
are focused on only a few.

Just like a candy store, we need to be mindful to look around and take
in all of the choices that are offered to us, there is always one that
will always satisfy what needs to be satisfied.

Yours in "Look Around" - Coach

How Big is Your World?

It's most likely a lot bigger than when we were born.

We're not talking the real world, but "Your world".

Remember back when you were a small child - your entire world was your
bedroom - the place where we all slept, played and had dreams of what
we wanted to become.

As we grew older, our world included our backyard and then being a
passenger in a car, and seeing things that we have never seen before.
And before long, our world included school and friends and then our
world...soon became the real world.

The real world can be intimidating to say the least, as some of the
past comforts and boundaries have all but disappeared, but with all the
choices and opportunities that are there for us...what are we going to
do with them?

Yours in "How Big is Your World"? - Coach

Life is about...

Continuing to learn new things.

And it's all up to us, what we want to learn.

Ah, the choices and the possibilities - and it doesn't have to be
learning about things that only help us out, it's about learning about
others as well.

And there is no age, research shows us, that we stop the learning
process and our brains stop developing new neural pathways - that's
what's so special about it!

So what new things are you going to "learn" today, tomorrow and this year?

Yours in "All the Possibilities" - Coach

We would all like to get...

Healthier overnight, but it doesn't work that way

By making healthier choices in our daily routine with regards to food
and water intake, along with choices that will get our body moving a
bit more than before, is really all that is needed to become healthier
over time.

You see, our body is continually being built by replacing cells in all
parts of our body, as a matter of fact, virtually every cell is
replaced within a year and most, even sooner. You are basically in a
body that doesn't have the same cells it had a last year.

So by making healthier choices today, you will be building and
replacing your body with healthier cells in the future.

Yours in "Health" - Coach

Pounds released...

Or pounds gained - all up to us.

We've said in the past that 100 "extra" calories a day is 10 pounds
gained over the course of a year.

So in reverse, 100 "less" calories a day is 10 pounds released over the
course of a year.

What we didn't talk about is that an increase or decrease in exercise
is also a factor in whether we want to gain or release weight.

So it's really a game of numbers and exercise...to get ourselves where we
want to be...and it's all up to us.

Yours in "Choices" - Coach

The seed of Greatness...

Is in us all.

What comes of our seed of Greatness is how we "water" it.

We can "water" it by giving, positive thinking and doing, helping
others, being a mentor, making the right choices and more of the same,
which brings out the finest growth of any seed.

Or we can water it with selfishness, negative thinking and doing,
taking from others, being a poor role model, making poor choices and
more of the same, which will produce a withered weed, with no sense of
reason.

Yours in "Proper Watering" - Coach

If we are all free to choose...

Why do some of us make poor choices that consistently puts us behind
the eight ball?

Well, the fact is, our choices are put into action by our
thoughts, and that is the root cause.

If our thoughts are based on past baggage, poor self talk or a low self
esteem, we tend to make our choices that are also based in the "not
worthy: or "can's do" category.

When this is the case, we need to "Spin and Win" our thoughts into "I
am worthy" and "I can do" attitude, and then we will be able to take
our lives to the "Next Level".

Yours in "Your Thoughts" - Coach

We all make choices...

Everyday, which effects us everyday.

But sometimes the "Big" choices come up and we don't always know if we
are making the right decision.

Well, nothing can guarantee that we are making the right choices, but
there are some safeguards the we can be mindful of when the "Big"
choices come up, and they are:

1. Investigate, research or talk with someone about your choice to be
made.
2. The grass Always looks greener.
3. Don't quit your "day job".
4. Commit only when the time is right, and when you can feel good about
your decision.

Remember, there are never any guarantees - but there is always some
assurance.

Yours In "Big Choices" - Coach

Value is judged...

By the Person.

I have witnessed a ton of choices made by the ones I have the pleasure
to work with on goal setting.

They pick something or an area in their life that is valuable to them
to acquire, achieve or get done and the range of choices is really all
over the chart.

Choices have been creating better relationships, fixing a car, saving
money, releasing weight, getting back in school...and the list gets
even "farther out"...but one common link is that most choices have
nothing to do with the others, yet are extremely valuable to the person.

What is most Valuable to you?

Yours in "Give it some Thought" - Coach

Trademark of great Leaders?

They make Decisions.

Much thought is put in the process before decisions are made, and they sift through
their choices to see what best fits, and is in alignment with the
desired results.

Once well thought out...there is little second guessing, and a commitment
follows.

This allows them to move forward - not standing still or going
backwards.

Yours in "Trademark of Great Leaders" - Coach

Tough times?

All depends.

This current economic time will pass, and it may not be as bad as it
seems - or could be - only time will tell.

But we can handle anything life brings us...thanks to our amazing brain
and it's cognitive abilities - pertaining mostly to the mental process
of perception, memory, judgment and reasoning.

We just need to be mindful to not have it "effect" us negatively and to
act accordingly... having our choices and actions be in alignment with the
current
condition...that way, we will not be "affected" by the current
condition.

When it rains - it can "effect" us and get us wet, but it won't
"affect" us if we put on a raincoat - pretty simple.

We just need to do what we need to do, until the clouds clear, or
complain, make poor choices and get wet - while we are wishing for
sunshine.

Yours in Choice - Coach