Of 5 of our closest friends...

Our average income, is usually the same, give or take 20%.

That's what research tells us.

And that's OK if you want to keep having the same income, but if you
want a bit more, it's who we hang out with that can be the
sticking point.

We're not saying dump your old friends, but people tend to have the
"herd" mentality and the old saying "birds of a feather, flock
together" is never so true.

So if you want to raise your game, some new friends that bring about
some new ideas and interests...may be something to think about.

Yours in "Success" - Coach

Have you ever noticed...

That the one thing or the many things that bug us, only do so when we
are in a bad mood?

That's because, we have allowed ourselves to be in a bad mood, and what
we then see, or pick up on, is simply in alignment with our thoughts
or emotion.

What we think about and how we think, actually becomes a magnet of what
we see, as it is what we are focusing on. We are simply satisfying our reality of what is in our heads.

Thinking
poorly begets things that justify our thinking, and in thinking
positively, we see the positive around us.

So if things keep bugging us, we need to change our thinking and they
will "go away".

Yours in "The way it is" - Coach

Muddy Waters...

Said it all, back in the day..."You can't spend what you ain't got, and
you can't lose what you never had".

So maybe we need to focus on spending what we got...and get it out in
the world, because we all have a lot...a massive heap of contributions to offer.

And if we can't lose what we never had, we must not be preoccupied with
losing or loss of any kind.

So let's spend what we've got, and don't even think about what we never had.

Yours in "Thought" - Coach

Having a challenge...

Slowing down? Maybe we just need to change our focus a bit.

The world keeps on going around and around, so it's up to us to find
the places where we can take a break from it all and "get whole".

What most consider a waste of time, could be our perfect haven.

Lines, airports, flying, driving, and waiting for the doctor can be
excellent times for all of us to breathe a little deeper, think about
what we want to think about...and just be ourselves.

There's no need to hurry up those situations - it just gets us back in
the fast pace of life, sooner...so maybe we need to focus on relaxing
instead of being anxious - because one will help...and the other one
won't.

Yours in "Creating Your Own Haven" - Coach

How can it be...

Sooner than I think, when it is already later than I thought?

You know the deal...someone promising you something and when you have
already thought it should be there, you ask them about it, and they say
it will be there sooner than you think?

It's not only the deal with people, it's a Big Deal with companies.

Especially when someone, or some company has already got your dough.

Shouldn't be that way, but it is, and we can help change it...by
continuing to under-promise and over- deliver...WOW - What a concept!

Yours in "Service" - Coach

Stay "Small"...

But Think Big.

In challenging times in our lives, sometimes we need to look around and
"take in" what nature gives us.

When we are facing challenges, just sit at the beach and look at the
vast ocean, look at the night sky with the billions of stars that are
around us, or gaze at a mountain...it makes us, and our challenges seem small in comparison.

This contrast can help us to think about how tiny our challenges are,
and how big the Universe is, and all the possibilities that await us.

Yours in "Perception" - Coach

When we can't seem to...

Get our heads around things, it may be
because it's our head...is what gets in the way.

We think too much...which only gives us our own perspective, which is purely subjective.

Looking at our challenges from an outside perspective, or another's
viewpoint, always helps us out with clarity...looking from the "outside" and the solution is "Duh"...so simple

So if we are having a challenge, getting our heads around our
challenge...look at it from another's view...from the outside...it's so easy.

Yours in "Perspective" - Coach

Maybe we should think...

Of others first...for a change?

You know the deal...many times, we think of ourselves first and consider others
as just bugging us or getting in the way?

Well, others have their own deal too.

So if a family member, coworker or friend is bugging you or getting in
our way by just being themselves, we may need to rethink - or we end up
alone.

Yours in "Thinking of Others" - Coach

Don't be afraid to see...

Yourself through another's eyes.

We all have a perception of who we are and what we can become, and the
studies show that other people think more highly of you than you do of
yourself.

I think and believe that everyone has the ability to achieve at their
highest potential and what stands in the way is the way they view
themselves.

So don't be afraid of seeing yourself through another's eyes - for what is seen, is usually better than what is seen by you.

Yours in Seeing Better - Coach