Breakthrough Life Coach for Women's Issues

It seems most very day when you turn on the news there is some kind of bad news.  Our economy seems out of control and so do people.  Just a few days ago, in a town not too far from me, a man walks into a nursing home and kills eight elderly people.  Who does those kinds of things and what has gone wrong with our world?  It’s one thing to have anger and even rage and quite another to let that anger and rage get so out of control that innocent lives are destroyed.

Breakthrough Life Coach for Women's Issues

Leadership requires a level head and the ability to act decisively in the midst of pressure and even uncertainty. These days there is plenty of stress and anxiety to go around, especially with the economic concerns and news that we are confronted with on a daily basis. The problem occurs when we never get past the stress and it becomes a way of life.

So how do we stay above it all? As a life coach, one of the things that I am most profoundly aware of is that leaders and go getters are often the worst at taking the time for self-care and life balance. If we are going to go the distance, self-care is not optional but mandatory!

Breakthrough Life Coach for Women's Issues

Einstein once said, “the true definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” How true! If you want something different in life, you have to do something different!

If you continue to think the way you have always thought and have the same belief system that you have always had you are not likely to get the results you are looking for. The people that make significant progress in life and leadership are those who are open to learning new things and are not afraid to challenge even their own thinking, perspective or way of doing things.

Breakthrough Life Coach for Women's Issues

Brian Tracy, author and motivation speaker, asks a very interesting question. “What one skill, if you developed and did it consistently in an excellent fashion, would have the greatest positive impact on your income?” That is a great question to consider. I don’t believe we are given more in life until we utilize and maximize to the greatest potential what we already have. Too many of us equate being busy with being effective. As my husband always says, it’s probably better to do the one “right” thing for you than “100” good things. He is a wise man!

Breakthrough Life Coach for Women's Issues

What does it take to become a great leader? No doubt one could list many components and qualities of a great leader, but there seems to be a pattern of qualities that emerge over and over again in great leaders. I call them the four P’s of leadership. They are: Perspective, Persistence, Patience, and Preparation.

Perspective – Life is always about perspective. At the end of the day, what matters is how a person views the circumstances in their life. One person sees a glass half empty and another sees it half full. One person views obstacles and another sees challenges or growth opportunities to overcome. A great leader learns to control the one thing they can control and that is their own thinking and perspective. A great leader learns how to control their internal world in order to make a difference and affect the outside world.