Just because you don’t name the direction, doesn’t mean that you aren’t going in one…

SYI was created to encourage and inspire people to say, “yes,” to taking control and owning the direction of their lives,
both personally and professionally, through workshops/training and coaching.

 

Monthly Archives: June 2007

Breathe

June 21, 2007 – 7:51 pm

“Breathe.
Let go.
And remind yourself that this very moment
is the only one you know
you have for sure.”
Oprah Winfrey
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Amazing, isn’t it?
We spend so much of our lives living in what might happen (worry or anticipation…)…
or what already happened (regret or nostalgia…)…
Neither state does anything for us, does it?
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We’re consumed by what could happen (but might not happen),
or [...]

Creating the reflection

June 15, 2007 – 12:55 pm

“The world is a great mirror.
It reflects back to you what you are.
If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you.
The world is what you are.”
Thomas Dreier

He has never helped a friend move, yet he is moving soon and is expecting [...]

The Other Side of a Problem…

June 3, 2007 – 3:56 pm

“We are continually faced with great opportunities…
which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems!”
Margaret Mead
Some days we sit at our desks and become immobilized by the feeling that there are challenges and barriers that we will not be able to get over.
We are convinced that we will fail, or make a mess of things,
so we do [...]

Why is it so hard to say YES to saying NO…?!

June 2, 2007 – 8:21 pm

Saying No…is there anything that feels harder to do?

Setting limits
Holding firm to boundaries
Being clear about what you will/won’t do…

This is the stuff that headaches, guilt, resentment, frustration (and therapy!) are made of!
Ask yourself if you’re doing something because you want to, and because it’s important to you, or if you’re doing it because you can’t [...]