Where do you look for what you want?

Transition Coaching & Event Planning, LLC Newsletter
Where do you look for what you want?
November 2005
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in this issue
-- Article: Where Are You Willing to Look?
-- Register for my 'Learning Connection' course!
-- February Retreat: "Strengthening Your Personal Foundation"
-- Receive a Complimentary Coaching Session


There is a story of a man under a street lamp searching for something on all fours. A policeman passing by asked what he was doing. "Looking for my car keys," replied the man, who appeared slightly drunk. "Did you drop them here?" inquired the officer. "No," answered the man, "I dropped them in the alley." Seeing the policeman's baffled expression, the man hastened to explain, "But the light is much better here."

~ from "Nonviolent Communication" by, Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D.


Article: Where Are You Willing to Look?
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When coaching a client who is really struggling with something, I might ask, "HOW WILLING ARE YOU TO DO WHAT'S EASY?"

Even the most challenging circumstances, more often than not, have simple solutions. So, why do we have such a strong tendency to let our EXTRAORDINARY CAPACITY TO COMPLICATE THINGS light our path instead of the simple solution?

I believe, it's because that's where the light of our perspective is shining. When we're struggling, it seems only logical that the solution must be at least, if not more, complicated than the challenge at hand. But this is micro-logic.

Finding the simple solution while we're "in it," can be very difficult. A coach can help by providing the objective perspective we often can't provide for ourselves...A coach will hold the vision of your big picture goals, and the vision of you at your best, while simultaneously helping you to sort through the challenging details...A coach will hold up a mirror so you can see your own solution.

An Excercise:

1. Bring to mind something that you are currently "looking for"...something you want for your life...something that currently feels out of reach.

2. Then, ask yourself, "Could the solution be as simple as looking, not necessarily where the light is good, but where I'm likely to find what I'm looking for???"



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February Retreat: "Strengthening Your Personal Foundation"
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We are pleased to announce the dates of our next Women's Retreat: February 17-19, 2006.

What is your personal foundation made up of? How can you strengthen it to support the life you want? What are your unique talents, passions, and core motivations? How do you apply these to make graceful changes and live a more fulfilled life? Come spend a weekend strengthening the foundation that your goals and dreams are built on...You!

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Receive a Complimentary Coaching Session
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Contact Information
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email: tara@transitioncoachinginc.com
phone: 401.569.7017
web: http://www.transitioncoachinginc.com
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