How do you define success?

What is success for you? Is it lots of money? Fame? Recognition? Opportunity? Personal satistaction?  When is the last time that you have thought about your own definition of success and given yourself permission to evaluate your life goals in light of what is important to you? Why not take some time to do that now?

You may want to journal or you may want to talk about it with a life coach who will provide you with a safe environment to explore what the meaning of success is for you.  I love the saying that if you win the rat race, you are still a rat.  So, leave the rat race aside and concentrate fully on what it means to be…successfully you!

Life is Amazing! Live Well.

Anna Grassini

www.lifeinbalancecoach.com

Be the change

Someone kindly said that I seem happy and full of life.  What a great thing to hear after a weekend in which, thinking about change, I have really wondered how a transitions coach such as I am should deal with change  (and there appears to be a lot of it in my life!).  The phrase that kept coming back to me over and over was “Be the change.”   As we deal with challenges, transitions,  and opportunities, how do we take them head on and become the change agent ourselves? What can we do that will make a difference in how we live and how we experience life?  Can a coach help us or can we do it alone? 

Share your thoughts!  Life is Amazing! Live Well.

Anna Grassini

Your Business and Life Coach
 

 

Your Vital Friends

This week our theme has been friends.   If you want to explore something interesting, this week I suggest you buy Vital Friends: The People You Can’t Afford to Live Without, a book by Tom Rath.  There is actually scientific research that shows social connections are closely correlated to happiness–it might seem  old news, but it is good news!  Tom Rath’s research shows that people who have friends at work tend to be more successful.  According to his definition, a “Vital Friend” is ”someone who measurably improves your life.”    So, who are your vital friends? How are you going to let them know? Read the book and sign up on their website to identify your vital friends! Who knows what you could start!

Life is Amazing! Live Well!

Anna

www.lifeinbalancecoach.com

What I Am Reading Now

I used to belong to a book club that we called the “Book Cover Club”: if we had seen the cover of the book, we were welcome to come for the evening.  The book club has long dissolved, but I am an avid reader so my passion for books keeps going.  Looking at this blog it occurred to me last night that we could have our very own”virtual book club” to share  some good books that have enriched our lives recently.    Maybe you’ll find time to read with me and let me know your thoughts–and maybe you will give me suggestions on what to read next.  I have to say that I am no Oprah (you wish) but I did read Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia long before it was a bestseller thanks to the recommendation of a friend and long before it had landed on Oprah!  So please, jump in!This month I have been enjoying See Jane Lead: 99 Ways for Women to Take Charge at Work. Although the author is not represented by the world’s best publicist, Barbara Cave Henricks (see her blog at www.cavehenricks.com to find some really good business books), I shall forgive the author this one flaw since I rather enjoyed her clear writing and her helpful pointers.  Whether you are currently involved in your school PTA, leading a team at work, or running your own company, I think you might just find something useful in this book.  Don’t forget to take the introductory test to figure out what some of your leadership strengths may be–you can then jump into chapters that describe those strengths or you can do what I did: read the book from front to back!  Either way you will find some practical suggestions you can use.  I loved the chapter on being strategic–it was a revelation for me to find out how strategic I am, without even knowing it consciously!Happy reading and I hope you will find something useful as well! Life is Amazing! Live Well,Anna