Visions for Personal Success (VPS)

What is your vision for your own personal success? Have you taken the time to even think about it? We spend so much time working and aligning ourselves with our business visions, we rarely take the time to really look at our own lives and come up with a vision for ourselves. Why is that? Do we believe that visions and goals only work for businesses? Do we believe that we do not actually have control over our lives?

Take accountability for yourself in 2009 and make it your best year ever!!

This is my personal challenge to you.

Let's start a grass roots effort to share with the world how powerful focused attention can be for each of us. I'd like to start here by collecting comments to this blog in the form of your VPS (Visions for Personal Success) statements.

Now some of you may be uncomfortable putting your VPS in writing out in cyberspace. That's OK. Just post what you are comfortable with. For example, if you are uncomfortable stating that "In 2015, I am recognized as an author of a national best seller (though I think this is an excellent part of a VPS), then write something more like, "I am a published author and have written one book which is commercially available."....whatever you are comfortable with. Write it in the present tense as if you have already achieved it. Doesn't that feel great!? I've taken a bit of a risk myself and posted mine below.

Sometimes we don't really commit to something until we actually verbalize it. Use this space to verbalize your wildest dreams! It's the first step to putting your focus on it. Where you focus you create!

Be as specific as you want to be and cover as many aspects of your life as you want.


Here's mine:

Lynn Zettler's Vision for Personal Success 2015

1. I am a successful coach and businesswoman, having authored several books, articles and e-zine articles.
2. I am speaker and teacher in the areas of communication, building relationships, connecting and personal development.
3. I earn a six figure income from multiple streams including writing, speaking, workshops, recordings, one-on-one coaching and classes.
4. I have a beautiful place where I write every day with a view of the ocean which I love.
5. I am constantly surrounded by wonderful people who inspire and feed me exactly what I need to grow.
6. I use my coaching and other expertise to give back to my global community in order to continue making the world a better place.
7. I spend time each morning connecting with my Creator and setting my space for the day, being open to the purpose of my actions for that day.
8. I am peaceful. I am loved. I love. I am.

Please comment and add yours!

New Christmas Tradition for 2008

We had a unique Christmas this year with several 'firsts'. For one, Mark did most of the Christmas shopping. This was really great! What freedom it was for me. And he did a great job of it!

I also did not bake like I usually do. I typically make about 8 kinds of cookies, buckeyes, etc. and give away tins as gifts. I didn't hear anyone crying because they didn't receive my high calorie gift this year. I made the buckeyes so Aaron would not be disappointed and called it good.

I did not wrap gifts this year. Instead, I invested in inexpensive gift bags that can be re-used next year. Most of our gifts were rather small in size, so this was not a problem. Saved a lot on trash.

For the first time, I asked the kids to give me a list of three things they really wanted, three things that would be nice to have, and three things that they would 'dream' of having. It was interesting to see where their dreams were. I'm sure Santa has put it on his long term list.

For the first time, we had our new son-in-law Jamie join us for Christmas. It was very special and we are crazy about him.

We bought everyone one special gift and gave cash in a unique way for the rest of their gift. I bought several Christmas ornaments that had some kind of opening or slot that would hold cash. We put the cash in the ornament and taped a tag on it directing the recipient to share a memory of some kind. We covered memories like your favorite childhood Christmas memory, your favorite sports memory, your favorite story about your best friend, a story about your sibling......it was great fun and we got to reminisce and learn more about eachother. Aaahhhh---it went too fast. I'm sad it's over already.

www.lynnzettler.com

ChristmasvacaNewYears

I always look forward to this time of year, but it always goes so darn fast. I typically take off work between Christmas and New Years---starting with Christmas eve and think that I'm going to get so much done. I still have high hopes.

Here's the rundown: Aaron was home from Purdue on Saturday. Lauren came home on Monday with Jamie flying in on Tuesday. We spent Christmas eve doing our last minute shopping and watched movies together. We made our traditional trip to Ohio to visit family in a whirlwind manner with Mom and Dad Rammel on Christmas day from about 2-5 pm, then over to Sue and Jeff's (Mark's sister) for the Blauvelt gathering at 6, followed by the Zettler family gift exchange which goes well into the night. This is always followed with games into the wee hours of the morning by the younger generation (and some older), but I am always the party pooper who loves her sleep more :) I brought ear plugs this year, which really helped a lot and I got a great nights sleep! December 26th is always spent with Mark's dad and stepmother for breakfast and visiting, but again a quick few hours.

Now Jamie left already this morning and Lauren will leave Monday. I'm trying to just enjoy each and every moment because it will all disappear so quickly. I still have high hopes.

Yes--you can still have abundance now and next year

I am making a commitment to start my days in a peaceful and meaningful way and one helpful resource I have found is Science of the Mind magazine. They have a daily guide that tends to set the tone and keep me focused on the most important things. I cannot help but post today's writing on Abundance. Here it is---taken from Steven Van Meter:

Do you want to be truly rich? You already are if you are happy and good.
1 Timothy 6:6

Know that the greater abundance of every good thing which you are bringing out in your life, the more perfectly you are satisfying the Divine Urge within you. 'The Science of the Mind, page 288'

ABUNDANCE is having the necessary resources to live life as we choose. Experiencing abundance is not confined to the accumulation of money. Most of us would also enjoy an abundance of such things as time, confidence, patience, and self-discipline. Poverty and lack are realities in the individual mind, not in the Universal Mind. Lack occurs when we do not understand the spiritual truth of our being. We are Spirit in expression, and Spirit can never be depleted. Our abundance, which comes from divine supply, is not dependent upon industry, economics, government, or a "slow down." Spirit is never slowed down!

Divine principle established prosperity and abundance as the normal level of expression for all. However, each individual through choice, determines how that principle will manifest. As we clear our minds of anything that might be a barrier to this goodness, we allow God to be glorified in a variety of abundant ways. Barriers to abundance are removed by thinking, living, and accepting the awareness of opulent prosperity.

Accepting the awareness means knowing God as our ONLY SOURCE. We satisfy the prefect expression of the Divine by trusting that our needs are met.

affirmation
The power of God within me expresses abundance in wonderful and magnificent ways. My every need is already met. I accept perfect divine action in all of my affairs with gratitude and gladness.

Ignore the Dow!

How many of us check to see what the Dow has done at the end of the day? Did you notice that the news made you feel either one way or another? Remember the multi day rally a week or two ago--didn't that feel good? Yet everytime there is a steep drop, boy do we feel bad. The steeper the drop--the worse we feel. Some of us may not even have any money in the market!

A recent article in New York Magazine discusses the connection of our sense of well being to the panicky twitches of a market indicator we can do nothing about. http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/52601/

This is an excellent read. Let's stop focusing on the doom and gloom. You get more of what you focus on. Let's focus on building prosperity and making the world better in the ways that we have control.

Check this out too---great quote--http://nymag.com/fashion/lookbook/52560/

Exactly What Does a Professional Coach Do?

Life and Personal Coaching is becoming more and more popular, but many people are still unclear about what a Life or Personal Coach does. When people ask me what I do as a Professional Personal Coach, it is sometimes difficult to articulate exactly what I do. I think all coaches struggle with this. Coaching is best explained by experiencing it. I don't have a product to hand to you so that you can examine, feel, try on or determine its quality. However, recently, I came across this resource which will give you an idea of what you might use a personal coach for in your life.

101 Things to Work on with a Professional Coach
From: Thomas Leonard - Creator & True Balance Life Coaching, LLC December 04, 2008

This is an eye opening tool that will inspire you to explore the areas in your personal or professional life needing a coaching sprucer! Share this tool anywhere you like. All I ask is that you also share the source of information. Enjoy! Read more at Thomas Leonard - Creator & True Balance Life Coaching, LLC »

This article was submitted on December 04, 2008 at 10:49 AM PST
By Shann Vander Leek, Founder & Certified Professional Coach - True Balance Life Coaching, LLC on Linked In