12 Obvious Life Areas to Know, If You are Not Experiencing Life Balance

What does it mean to have “Life Balance”? Most likely if you ask any 10 people on the street, you will get 10 different answers.

We need to understand that what our life balance looks like at 25 is not what it will be when we are 55 and will be different that when we are retired. This is due to our priorities changing.

[guestpost]Our guest blogger today is Janice Bastani who is a Professional Credentialed Coach, with the International Coach Federation. She holds multiple credentials in Leadership Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, NeuroLeadership Coaching, Energy Leadership Coaching and Global Group Coaching. Janice is a credential John Maxwell Coach, Trainer and Speaker. She is a published author and keynote speaker.

Janice has been coaching for more than two decades. She loves helping others understand, why they believe what they do and why they hold that belief, for it is the key to every decision a person makes. Janice lives in California with her husband of 40 years and has two married daughters and a precious new grandson.[/guestpost]

As a professional coach, I encounter folks just like yourself who hire me to help them achieve a goal, overcome a challenge, or to solve something in their lives. The first thing I do with them is to give them a list of questions which basically ask them to get honest with themselves and rate where they are on a simple 1 to 10 scale of where they are in each area of their lives. Coaches call this a “Life Wheel”. (more…)

Top 10 Personal Development Posts (And What They Taught Me)

If you are like me I’m sure you enjoy fresh starts. Getting caught up in a New Year is exciting. One thing that makes the New Year even better is when we stop to see how things went the year year before.

One thing I like to look over is my posts. Knowing what you were most interested makes it possible for me to give you more of what you want and continue to help you in the best possible way I can.

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100 People Who Prove It’s Not Too Late For You To Start Something New [Infographic]

Do you ever get that feeling sometimes that you missed an opportunity? Chances are, you’re probably over 30 and you feel like maybe you could have done something different with your life, or you really wanted to do something but you never got a chance to start.

Maybe you’re over 40 and you say “Oh, there’s no point in starting anything now, there’s no point in doing something new now.”

In this Video:

00:15 – Which One Best Describes You?
00:52 – Chinese Proverb
01:12 – Quote from – F. Scott Fitzgerald
01:30 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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11 Proven Happiness Keys, How to Be Happy Now (infographic)

Have you found that you have a happiness button? I’d say there is no on/off switch, but these things come pretty close to being happiness on demand switches.

I’m sure you find some things work better than others. Tell me what you think about number four.

In this Video:

00:35 – The Problem with Focusing on a Goal
01:10 – Plan To, but Don’t, Do This
01:40 – My Bonus Tip You Can Use Now
02:00 – Quote from – Omar Khayyam
02:20 – Affirmation for Being Happy Now

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7 Things to Remember When You Feel Your Life is Not Moving Forward

Imagine preparing to move forward with your plans to relocate to France in the near future, but your realize you may need to adjust those plans. This happened to a friend of mine in wake of the recent tragic events in Paris.

Upset personal plans may seem trivial in contrast with the pain and suffering inflicted on those living in Paris, but they are extremely important in their own personal way, because life has a way moving forward with or without us.

In this Video:

00:55 – Does This Frustrate You
01:10 – Tip From My Coach
01:24 – Life Has Its Seasons
01:36 – This Won’t Last Forever
01:50 – Action Step: Change Your Story
02:50 – Acceptance
03:40 – Work?
03:56 – Learn, Learn, Learn, and Grow
04:21 – Fuddruckers or an Elephant
03:48 – Quote from – Sara Ban Breathnach
04:15 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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4 Secrets for Perfectionists Who Want To Finally Enjoy Being Done

A friend of mine was being a wallflower because he couldn’t dance salsa. The truth is, he was taking lessons, had been for months, and did know how to dance. Clearly a struggling perfectionist who just needed to go for it anyway.

With a little encouragement, he was up on the dance floor doing the very thing he said he couldn’t. Perhaps little disjointed in his moves (don’t tell him I said that), but he was up there enjoying what he had been trying to get perfect, instead of waiting to be good at it before enjoying it. What are you trying to get just right?

In this Video:

00:45 – Getting Things Right Could Lead to Failure
01:35 – A School That Took the Leap Though the Books Weren’t Ready
02:53 – I’ve Taken a Cue from Those Who’ve Gone Before Me
03:20 – You Could Make a Better Hamburger Than McDonald’s but Not This
04:40 – Go With Good Enough
04:55 – Focus on Growth Not Perfection
05:27 – Stop Playing it Safe
05:45 – Your Task for Today
06:23 – How Do You Change the Direction of Boat?
03:48 – Quote from – Robert Kiyosaki
04:15 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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3 Keys to Regretting Fewer Missed Opportunities (by Overcoming Fear Sooner)

It was my teenage daughter’s birthday, and we suggested she could have friends over for a part if she liked. “No, I’m okay,” was her quick reply. This was a couple of years ago.

Overcoming fear of calling people up on the phone wasn’t something she was gonna tackle just then. She new we wanted her to be the one to call around and organize it, and she didn’t feel comfortable doing that.

So, she missed an opportunity for a party I’m pretty sure she would have loved. She’s come a long way and recently planned a birthday movie outing with her friends.

In this Video:

00:20 – The Learned Beliefs That Keep You Back
01:45 – Where My Fear Was Rooted and That Magic Post-It
03:15 – Time Doesn’t Heal Everything
05:25 – And That’s How Your Comfort Zone Grows
06:05 – Your Limits are Blown Away Here
06:38 – 1. Recall Source
07:30 – 2. Find Motivator
08:30 – 3. Take Action
03:48 – Quote from – Ashton Kutcher
04:15 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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How To Stop Struggling To Reach Your Goals

It would be better for you to close this tab and forget about this video, if you are only here because I’m posting it. Actually, now that I think about it, why should I post this video?

You see, there is a common problem we all face. Too often we do or we get involved in things that are not moving us one step closer to our ultimate vision, simply because we are not clear about what our vision is.

In this Video:

00:28 – Have You Forgotten This?
01:00 – The Yearly Cycle You Want to Stop
01:29 – My Coach Made The Big Picture Simple
03:18 – The Funnel That Simplifies Your Choices
03:32 – Be SMART About Goal Setting
03:48 – Quote from Usher
04:15 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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