Are you Vague...

Or are you Clear, when it comes to your Vision of your life?

Either way, your future will, most likely, be the same.

"Hazy goals, achieve, at best, Hazy results.

So be careful on what you want your future to be, because the starting
point and the way you envision it, will be the way your future ends up.

Yours in "Are we Clear"? - Coach

Somtimes, we need to...

"Soak" it all in.

Not to "zone out" but to "zone in".

We all need to "soak" on, the big picture of what has been going on in
our lives, and to make a check list of what has worked and what hasn't.

And within the process, we need to "zone in" on what we can do in the
future to continue our success.

And when we "zone in", and follow our plan, we can assure that our
future will become a as successful, and even more so, than our past.

Yours in "Zone in" - Coach

Every Journey...

Has to start somewhere.

Whether the journey it is a camping trip, expedition, or our life.

Planning our journey, for whatever we have chosen, starts with us, and
has no bearing of where we were before, in the past, with the exception
of experience and what we have already learned which can help to guide
us safely to where we want to go.

So we must not let our past dictate the journeys we choose, but just be
an aid, and let our experiences help us for our future ones.

Yours in "Start Fresh" - Coach

Starting off the New Year...

Is the Time to plan out our Future!

Using the 2009 Vision Planners is a great way to go.

Writing down where we currently are on page 7 is a great start. Then we
can plan for the year, 5 years and so on.

When we write down where we want to be, or where we see ourselves in
the future and in making our goals, it makes sense to be objective in
the process.

By being objective, or an observer, if you will, allows us to see what
this person called "me" can really do, and what we are capable of..
Don't think of how to get there or the roadblocks that will come along
the way - for those will be dealt with once we start.

Just create the life you want and deserve, and let the process begin.

And If you don't have your 2009 Vision Planner - you can pick one up at
Zappos.com or they are available on the Zappos.com site, in the Zappos
Library.

Yours in "Create Your Future" - Coach

People's decisions are based on...

Their beliefs.

Therefore, since what we believe, is a base for our decisions, we can
understand that our decisions create our actions, and our actions
create our future.

So what are our beliefs about our future?

Our we believing our lives and future is not that good, or great?

Do we believe we are not in control, or in control?

Do we believe we are worthy of a great life, or not worthy?

These question may seem silly, but it all starts with our beliefs and
ends with our future.

Yours in "Believe in You" - Coach

We are Thankful...

For our part in paying the rent, it keeps a roof over our heads and
keeps us dry.

For our utility bills, it will help keep us warm with heating and water.

For the low gasoline prices, it let's us have more money for what we
want, instead of what we need.

For our tight clothes, it means we have enough to eat.

For our lives, for the other option is inevitable, which reminds us how
precious our future is.

For Everything...it's all part of Our Wonderful Life.

Yours in "Perspective" - Coach

No Regrets, Only Lessons...

We are not born with experience, it is created by living our lives and
shaped by our choices.

We sometimes make poor choices and can either learn a lesson or have
regrets.

By having regrets, we spend our present and future strolling down
"Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda Street" which serves no purpose.

Finding lessons from our past experiences can be used as a positive
guide towards making our future just that much better.

So if we have made a poor choice int the past, like we have all done,
take it as a lesson and move forward, or have regrets and live in the
past - all our choice.

Yours in Lessons - Coach

Tough times never last...

But tough people do.

Looking back on our tough times from the past, we can see that the
tough times made us stronger and in most cases, the really tough
situations, have allowed us to change course and ultimately, were
really blessings in disguise.

If everything were easy, there would be no resistance and with out
resistance, we would get lazy, as our effort would not be needed, and
our "game" would become weak.

Therefore we must stay strong, and view any situation which comes our
way, as an opportunity for us to open up new doors of the future, and
let the past be the past.

So in our future, it's not the tough times we focus upon, it's the
opportunities that will come to be, that needs to be within our vision.

Yours in "Tough times never last" - Coach

If your future...

Is a blank Canvas...what are you going to paint?

Just to make things clear - your future IS a blank canvas - and is
waiting for you to do your magic!

We can always paint our future in a traditional fashion - with a house,
kids and a picket fence. Or maybe a little a little different with a
loft and a sports car...or paint our future with just being a little
more in touch with nature.

However we choose to paint our future - it's up to us - we just need to
pick up our mental brush and start the process - and don't worry about
the details for now - they usually fill in by themselves.

Your in "A Masterpiece" - Coach

Our Record

I have some questions about the "Record" that plays inside our heads.

To clarify...it's our internal self-talk, and is our perception of how
we think about ourselves and our abilities and situation...and it is
virtually the same today as it was yesterday and the day before and the
month before...

It's usually not as good as
it should be and we attempt to take it to the "Next Level" by wearing the "Winner"
stickers the day of the workshop, taking the picture in the throne -
confirming that you ARE Royalty, putting your goals on the Billion
dollar bill which signifies that you are worth at LEAST a Billion
dollars, throwing out positive blogs and other empowering stuff.

Why...because the "record" plays a big part in how we live now and in our futurre...and by
changing OUR "record" for the better, our lives do better as well.

Yours in a "Sweet Record" - Coach

Spin it and Win it...In the Future?

Yes, you can go into a future situation with different attitudes and perceptions.

You can go to a dental appointment with the view that "It will very
uncomfortable and that you will dread the shot and the drilling while
imagining the smoke billowing from your mouth as the Doctor hits a
nerve."

OR you can imagine that " I can't wait to see my dentist again because
I always get a new toothbrush and some floss and that you haven't had
your teeth drilled in a long time and that you are really excited to
get the work done to keep your oral hygiene the best it can be...and
the smoke from the drilling has a unique smell that you can't get
anywhere else."

Just - Spin it and Win it - Before it happens.

Yours in Choice - Coach

As We Grow Older...

We inevitably lose our shape and looks, but we still can hang on to our
"bragging rights"!

And 'bragging rights" come from our experiences where we have taken
things to the "Next Level".

So what we have done, or are currently doing, that can "brag on" is key.

In our understanding that mediocrity doesn't have a lot of content for
the future, we need to excel in what we do and how we do it for our
future stories to become worth listening to.

Some of us have glided a bit up to now, but there is always today - to
start your own past, that is worthy for tales of Greatness.

Yours in Excelling - Coach

It's difficult to Achieve...

Today's goals, starting with yesterday's tasks.

Procrastination is usually the culprit, as it piles things up for the
future, that were supposed to be done in the past.

So do things as you think of them, as thinking about it is the hardest
part, to free up your future AND your mind to create the Marvels that
await you!

Yours in Great Future Creations - Coach