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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…)

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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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By |Goals and Dreams, Miscellany, Personal Development|
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4 Things to Remember When Differences Bother You – The Stages of Change

Have you ever gotten used to a work team and someone decides to leave? Adapting can be frustrating to say the least. How about being taken out of your social circle to find yourself interacting with people you find very different that yourself?

Differences in religion, skin tone, cultural upbringing, or even simply in social groups can potentially stir up some responses that while not desirable, can be normal. What can we do to adapt to differences quickly?

In this Video:

00:20 – Do You Feel This Way About Differences in Nationality, Race, Gender, or Religion?
00:53 – What You May Need to Change How You Feel
01:07 – China, A World of Difference is Not Easy
02:03 – Another Perspective on Social Differences
02:58 – It’s Natural to Be Angry but You Can Move on to This
03:15 – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ 4 Stages of Change
03:48 – Quote from – Martin Luther King, Jr.
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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8 Things to Remember When Discouraging Thoughts Consume You

Just this morning I was feeling little discouraged thinking about whether I’m pulling together the tools and relevant information that you, my audience, are looking for and need. Then I my inbox rang with an encouraging note from one of you.

We all need boost from time to time. Here’s what she said, “I finally watched your video about reconnecting to your personal vision- a good one–and so relevant! Thanks for sending it to my inbox. I love the enthusiasm with which you project yourself.”

In this Video:

00:20 – Are You Facing This One Alone?
00:50 – A Friend Surprised By a Coincidence
01:15 – I Wasn’t Sure If I Should Make This Confession About Myself
02:30 – Most of the Failures Would Not Stops Us If We Just Did This
03:35 – Quote from Zig Ziglar
04:00 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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Are You Stuck in a Mess You Made? So? Start Over!

I’ve messed up in everything from cooking a pot of rice, to nurturing a healthy marriage. What I’m about to say may sound calloused, but there’s no shame in letting go of the past, when you tried but really messed up.

Start over with a fresh pot of rice, there’s no use in torturing your taste buds. Start over in your relationships, once you know you’ve given it your all and you realize that parting ways in love may be the healthiest solution for all involved.

In this Video:

00:23 – I Failed to Make the Connection
00:43 – Does The Past Have This Effect On Your Life?
01:03 – Starting Over Is Not a Sign of Weakness
01:15 – It’s No Fun Hitting Bottom: Divorce, Career Failure…
01:43 – Your Story May Be My Story
02:15 – Quote from Guy Finely
03:19 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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Could Your Self-Talk Be Literally Killing You or Your Dreams

As an English teacher, working around children tends to put me in contact with all of their little germs. I had to put in some extra time teaching and all I could think about was not getting sick and fearing that I would, and the negative self-talk started.

Sure enough, I feared a fear and it came upon me, and I was pretty messed up. But then I remembered my secret weapon, yep positive self-talk. We have so much control and power through the mind. — A little extra garlic and vitamin treatment sure helped, too.

In this Video:

00:11 – He Talked His Body into Dying
01:32 – How I Impacted My Health in a Couple of Weeks
02:45 – Action Step Stop Killing Yourself
03:08 – Quote from Niurka
03:19 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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