Creating Tomorrow

Dear Friends,

In my handy online reference dictionary, the word “purpose” is described as:

1. the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
2. an intended or desired result; end; aim; goal.
3. determination; resoluteness.
4. the subject in hand; the point at issue.
5. practical result, effect, or advantage: to act to good purpose.

Click here to listen to yesterday’s recording of my BlogTalkRadio show “Five Coaching Questions about Purpose“.

Trina

Dear Friends,

Join me on Wednesday, 20 January, at 1.30pm EST/7.30pm CET for the kick-off of my show “Five Coaching Questions about…” on BlogTalkRadio.

“Five Coaching Questions About…” is a content-rich, year-long dialogue between me and a selection of inspiring international business professionals who are willing to share the stories of their own personal and professional development with me – and with you!  Each month I will continue to highlight such pivotal “life drivers” as

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Dear Friends,

Now that the last champagne cork has been popped, most of us has laid out a more-or-less detailed list of both personal and professional goals we plan to achieve in 2010. Many of us are also aware of the basic rules of effective goal-setting ; e.g. choosing s.m.a.r.t. goals and breaking long-term goals down into short-term milestones.

Those are some of the  functional things we can do to make it easier to tackle our goals effectively. But these rules don’t address one of the most important issues of goal-setting and goal-achievement: ATTITUDE.

To positively influence your attitude while you are going after your goals in the coming year, be sure to counter-check each of your goals against the following criteria:

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“The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.”
(David Weinbaum)

At the beginning of the New Year,
as well as the beginning of a new decade,
I wish you many inspiring and productive beginnings!