Breakthrough Life Coach for Women's Issues

Many of the clients I deal with struggle with what I call “extreme thinking.” It is really the kind of thinking that basically divides life up into extremes. It is an “all or nothing” “black or white” approach to life. The problem with extreme thinking or “polarized” thinking is that possibilities become very limited.

I will use an example in the realm of dieting because most women can relate to this example. Janie is on a diet and has done pretty well for three days and then she slips and eats a piece of cake. She has “fallen off the horse” so to speak. Rather than admitting that she cheated and getting back on the diet for the rest of the day, she binges the rest of the afternoon. She believes she blew it so she might as well forget it and just indulge. The next day she feels so bad about herself that she decides to forget the diet altogether. Sound familiar?

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!