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Warning Signs: How to Know if it’s Time to Escape Your Life
Life is often a whirlwind of activity. Your work obligations, social life, and family activities often pile up, leaving you feeling buried beneath a never-ending list of to-do’s.
Left unchecked, this sense of being overwhelmed can run rampant and cause mental, emotional, and physical damage. Take a look at the following clues to determine whether it’s time to take a break from your busyness and escape your life while you still can.
Daily stressors usually take their first toll on your mental well-being. The reprimand at work, the parents’ meeting at school, and the leaky faucet whose “drip, drip, drip” is a constant reminder of the honey-do list you shoved in the bottom of your desk drawer may seem like small potatoes at first, but these simple nuisances can build up to become a monster.
When the pressures of mundane tasks affect you mentally, you may find yourself consumed by negative thoughts, worries, and anxieties. If you spend more time dwelling on the glass being half empty rather than half full, it may be time to plan your escape route.
Apology Accepted
Are you sick of listening to the candidates dance around when confronted by a mistake they made in their pasts? It appears politics is the hotbed of verbal antics.
No one seems to realize the power of honesty. You are only as good as your word. No one will believe or trust you if you play verbal games. Honesty is morally right and efficient. And ultimately, always the best policy. (more…)
Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Focusing on What People DO Instead of What They SAY
Don’t know what the Presidential candidates stand for? With all the rhetoric– and misrepresentations and omissions of fact that you’re hearing from both candidates, it’s tough to tell what their real beliefs are. Not to mention the fact that the press/media is being accused of being on Obama’s side. You can also see this in your daily life. The coworker filled with empty promises. The “friend” who is constantly cancelling lunch. Your local representative who did not vote the way they said when on the stump. (more…)
Lifestyle Coach Puts His Money Where His Mouth Is – Offers FR.EE Teleseminar: How the Average American Can Weather the Financial Crisis Without Becoming Emotionally Overwhelmed
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Down Economy Got You Way Down? It doesn’t have to!
Join me for a FR.EE teleseminar THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th, 2008 – 7:00 PM Central.
We all see what’s going on in the world. It sure isn’t pretty.
The markets and economy are in the tank. Foreclosures, hiring freezes, salary cuts, and layoffs are a given.
We’re hunkered down in our bunkers waiting for the storm to blow over. Is that the right approach?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
Think about this: When businesses feel the heat of the bad economy and decreasing sales, do they hunker down? No! They get very proactive. They look for ways to cut costs and increase efficiencies.
AS INDIVIDUALS, WE SHOULD DO THE SAME THING.
- Take this time to engage in some self-assessment instead of using all your energy for self-preservation.
- Build some self-confidence, self-equity, and a foundation for your future – so that you can handle good times and bad.
Now is the best time to engage in a concentrated period of personal evaluation.
1. Figure out where you are and where you want to go.
2. Add things to your life that are important to you.
3. Get rid of the things that just aren’t working anymore.
You don’t have to take it on the chin and allow the bad economy to control every aspect of your life.
Come out of the basement. Take control. Empower yourself!
Join me for a FR.EE teleseminar THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th, 2008 at 7:00 PM Central.
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Down Economy Got You Way Down? Now is the Best Time to Do Some Personal Analysis
We all see what’s going on in the world.
The markets and economy are in the tank. Foreclosures, hiring freezes, salary cuts, and layoffs are a given.
We’re hunkered down in our bunkers waiting for the storm to blow over. Is that the right appoach?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
Think about this: When businesses feel the heat of the bad economy and decreasing sales, do they hunker down? No! They get very proactive. They look for ways to cut costs and increase efficiencies.
AS INDIVIDUALS, WE SHOULD DO THE SAME THING.
Take this time to engage in some self-assessment instead of using all your energy for self-preservation.
Build some self-confidence, self-equity, and a foundation for your future – so that you can handle good times and bad.
Now is the best time to enagage in a concentrated period of personal evaluation.
- Figure out where you are and where you want to go.
- Add things to your life that are imprtant to you.
- Get rid of the things that just aren’t working anymore.
You don’t have to take it on the chin and allow the bad economy to control every aspect of your life.
Come out of the basement. Take control. Empower yourself!
How the Average American can Weather the Financial Crisis Without Becoming Emotionally Overwhelmed
From an interview I did this evening with Charles Benson of WTMJ TV 4 in Milwaukee, written by Katie DeLong:
“MILWAUKEE – David Bohl, a lifestyle coach and former venture capitalist with much knowledge when it comes to the economy and financial gains and losses appeared on Live at 4:30.
His message: people can actually benefit by focusing on themselves rather than just their bottom lines.
Bohl discussed how the average American can weather the financial crisis without becoming emotionally overwhelmed.”
Read the rest of the article and see the video.
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Take Personal Stock in this Financial Meltdown
From my article Take Personal Inventory in the Financial Crisis in the Small Business Times:
“Let’s be honest. When the world is in crisis, or at the very least you perceive crisis is about to occur, your personal performance is the first to go.”
I’d even wager that you’ve spent more time in the last year planning your vacation than you did specifically focusing on your personal growth and development.
Read the rest of Take Personal Inventory in the Financial Crisis.
Opportunity Magnified: The Value in Seeing What Others Miss
by David Bohl, Life Coach and Lifestyle Designer
I know it sounds cliche… but the power of positive thinking really does bring an avalanche of wonderful things pouring into your life.
From your job to your marriage to your social life to your personal interests… it pays to start listening to what your Inner Opportunist has to say.
Think for a moment about a company who lays off thousands of its employees–some that have worked at the company for 20 years. Debbie, one of these employees was the marketing manager of the company. She is laid off after giving 10 years of her professional life to the company–increasing its sales, hiring and mentoring an entire marketing area, and being at the company’s beck and call.
How to Get the Attention of People Whom You Want to Emulate
by David Bohl, Lifestyle Redesign Expert
Maybe it’s a famous wedding planner, talk show host, or a local business man or woman. Whoever it is you admire, and want to be like, has qualities that you want to possess. You may already have these qualities but just haven’t freed them from within yourself yet. Selecting someone who you look up to, who can serve as a mentor or even just a connection who might be able to open doors of opportunity for you, is something worth investigating.
Now comes the question: how do you get Extremely Successful and Busy People to notice you?
Get over the fear.
Before you do anything: let go of the fear. Humans have a habit of putting other humans upon a pedestal, perhaps falsely perceiving that they are somehow unworthy of said successful person’s attention?
So what if they’re famous? They’re still human like you. Whoever they may be “to the public,” they’ve still got a mother and a father, a family to care for, bills to pay and a little child inside of their own head who pipes up every now and again wanting attention and recognition in the most basic of ways.
