Exchanging “F” Words

Not that I have a lot of free time, because I really do not, but in the few moments of time that I allow myself to relax and focus on other things that really add no value of my life, I have become a somewhat frequent visitor to the website TMZ.  It’s like reading the headlines of all the scandalous tablet newspapers that adorn every checkout lane in every market in America, but just digitized and brought to life on screen.

One of the frequent stories recently has centered around Kanye West and his apparent transition to faith in Jesus Christ.  What started as a weekly service, appropriately titled Sunday Service, Kanye has immersed himself in the Christian culture and lifestyle, publicly professing his faith in Jesus speaking about it when and where he is afforded the opportunity.

Having made his wealth in a lot of different industries, but music being the first that propelled him into other opportunities, I cannot help but suggest that he has replaced the “F” word that has been part of his music with a new “F” word, Faith.

Change is hard, transforming change even harder.  And within that I think a lesson emerges that is applicable to us all.  Knowing and understanding that change is hard is the first step to embracing the things in life we want to change.

Sadly, our biggest critics and staunchest opponents are those we typically spend the most time with, be it family, friends or coworkers.  Taking a large step to effect change in your life often times is met with those same folks we confide in who either in secret, or to your face, openly root against the success in change that you seek.

Kanye West has been met with a lot of skepticism and critics that question his transformation and decisions for his life.  He, like us, have a choice.  We can allow those words, thoughts and perceptions to speak into us and allow those to be the reason we fail.  Or, we can choose to ignore those negative influences and succeed at the changes we want to make.

Here’s the thing.  Whether we acknowledge it or not, we all are changing.  Not a single one of us stays stagnate throughout life.  Change is all around, some good, some bad.  

When a person chooses to embrace change that effects life for the positive, it has the ability to course correct not only your own life, but those around you.  Making those bold statements and then following through with them creates opportunities that allow for real, transformational life change.

I for one do not think that change is a bad thing, and positive change applied to ones life is even better.

Kanye West has had a transformation in his life.  He is seeking to redraw the lines and boundaries that defined who he was.  He is taking his journey, using his influence, and sharing with anyone who will listen, how his life has been changed and the effect it has had on him.

Granted, not all of us have the social sphere of influence that Kanye has, but let me ask you this.  Who, within your sphere, would your change effect?

If you started making change in your own life today, I can almost guarantee that those changes will have a ripple effect with those around you.  That change you make may not be life transformational like Kanye West in terms of embracing faith and relationship with the creator of the universe, but those changes still will have an impact on your life and those around you.

This morning as I prepared to write, my son and I watched the movie trailer for Jesus is King, a movie that Kanye West has put together as his journey develops and evolves.  I couldn’t help but think to myself how faith has replaced that other “F” word and is creating opportunities to impact the hearts, minds and lives of others.  

I want to be like Kanye, I want the changes I make in life to impact others.  My encouragement this week is simple, be an agent for change in your life and those lives you impact.  

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A Case Study In Excellence

I’ve got to tell you this story, because it is so important, and I think we all can learn something from it. 

I was blow away this past week.  I mean, like literally, blown away.  I saw a demonstration of customer/patient service that raised the bar so high, I honestly think it cannot be surpassed.

My son who recently turned 13 has weakened adult molars.  Four teeth in particular did not form correctly, I don’t know what the medical term is, but what I do know is the enamel on the teeth was weakened and porous.  Although we have consulted with several different dentists through the year, no one knows for sure why it is other than saying it is a condition that they see when a child is born premature and/or has high fever when they are young.  

Our son was born a month early, and like most kids had a least one high fever as a baby.  Either way, chalk it up to bad luck, but it is what it is.  Having told you all of that, two of the teeth in particular were really bad, and after many consultations with multiple dentist and his orthodontist, the decision was made to extract the two teeth and then pull the balance of his teeth forward with braces.

Our orthodontist is a guy named Dr. Barbieri.  Dr. Barbieri is a rock star as it relates to marketing, customer/patient relations, and just overall brand that he has built as it relates to his practice.  In fairness to Dr. Barbieri, he sort of has a captive audience in that kids need braces, he supplies them, in theory he wouldn’t really have to try that hard to be successful given the field he’s in.  And yet, Dr. Barbieri is the gold standard for orthodontist and his office the best there is.

And this is where we drop into the last weeks events.  Dr. Barbieri referred us to an oral surgeon to perform the teeth extractions.  Me, being the mean parent, scheduled the surgery during fall break, so that way my son didn’t miss any school.  There was some disagreement with my strategy, but hey, that’s why I’m the parent and my son isn’t!

The surgery itself went off without a hitch, however in post op, the oral surgeon literally wheeled our son to the curb while he was still waking up from the anesthesia.  Worse yet, one of the side effects of the waking up process is the child feeling like they are waking from a nightmare.  So here is my son, huddled up clutching his knees, gauze stuffed in his mouth to control the bleeding from the teeth just removed, panicked not knowing where he was or what was going on.  And the surgeons nurse wheeling him to the exit and loading him into our car.

My wife rode in the back seat trying to comfort our son while he regained consciousness.  Our hearts broke as our son came in and out as he awoke from the medicine.  By the time we got home, he was semi-aware of who he was, and how we were, but I’ll tell you it is an hour of life I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy seeing your child in that state.

Knowing how hard Dr. Barbieri has worked on building his brand and his reputation, I really felt the need to reach out to him and at least convey our experience with the doctor he had referred us to, a doctor that was in effect trading on Dr. Barbieri’s good name and reputation.

Having left a message, Dr. Barbieri called me later that afternoon, and I told him our experience.  I stated to Dr. Barbieri how protective I am about my name.  To me, there is a big difference between telling a person how good a particular thing is versus telling a person how a good a thing is and then telling them to let them know that I referred them.  I expect a referral from me to mean something, and if a person I refer doesn’t represent me well, it reflects poorly on that person but on me as well.  Dr. Barbieri is the exact same way, the oral surgeon trading on his name did not deliver the same level of excellence as what Dr. Barbieri does, and as such it stands to tarnish the brand Dr. Barbieri has worked so hard to build.

Dr. Barbieri thanked me for the feedback, and honestly the story should end there.

But it didn’t.  The next day, I wondered outside for a minute, and found a box on our front porch addressed to our son Ethan.  I took it inside, gave it to my son, and both my wife and I scratched our heads in curiosity not knowing what the package was.  My son set to opening the package, and there he found not one, not two, but FIVE pints of Jeni’s Ice Cream along with a note from Dr. Barbieri and his team offering sympathy for the bad experience along with suggesting that perhaps ice cream will help with sore jaw.

There are a lot of things that can be said at that moment in time.  For me personally, I think I felt a tear or two well up in emotion knowing that Dr. Barbieri and his team, though so much of my child, to send a care package when none was needed, just to say sorry for the actions of someone else.

Wow!!!

I’m not normally at a loss for words, but even now, a week after that event, every time I tell the story, I find myself at this precipice not knowing what to say next.

I’ve been writing Monday Morning Minute for almost 2 years now, my word count suggests I have authored almost 42,000 words.  And yet I am currently without the right words.  So let me leave you with this.

When, not if, BUT WHEN, you have the moment to exceed somebody’s expectations, expectations they may not even know need to be exceeded.  TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BLOW THEIR MIND.

Dr. Barbieri blew our minds away with what he and his team did with our son, and trust me, I’m sure I’m just one of thousands of parents across Middle Tennessee who have similar stories to tell.

Don’t miss that opportunity when it is presented to you.  The impact you make on others have the ability to change hearts, change minds, and perhaps changes lives.  Don’t miss out on being that agent of change in the world you live.

For reference, and again this is a Monday Morning Minute First, here is a link to Dr. Barbieri and his practice.  His actions almost make me want to get braces again!!! 

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Seasons of Change

I don’t know how much national weather you follow, and logically if the weather doesn’t directly affect you there would be no rational to follow other areas of the country.  Living in Nashville, the weather has been a big topic the last few weeks as the region saw unprecedented  record high temperatures breaking multiple records along the way.

These warm temperatures has not been a good for giving people the fall color that everyone looks forward to.  Rather than having the leaves turn from green to gold to vibrant reds, the heat has simply dried the leaves out giving us a rustic brown, and yes, I’m being kind in calling it rustic brown.  

This change in seasons got me thinking about my life, and to a larger extent everyones lives.  We all experience seasons of change in our lives, and not all end up as pretty and photogenic as we’d like.  But I’d like to think that within that seasonal change a lesson can be learned that we can apply to our lives.  

Much like the leaves on the trees, this year locally the leaves are dying without going through that cycle of creating brilliant color, but that isn’t always the case.  The reality is, whether going from bright green to brown, or bright green to yellow, to red and orange, the leaf is in reality dying as it progresses through that change.  

Granted, in going from green to brown it simply dies quicker, but the point is, it dies.  Seasons in our own lives follow a similar trajectory.  There are seasons that run their course ending in brilliance, and other seasons that we can’t wait to get out of as we recognize that those times aren’t good for us.

Either way, we live those seasons, we learn from those seasons, and ideally we exit those seasons stronger than when we started.  

Have you stopped to take a look at a tree in early spring?  After the winter has passed and things start to warm up.  Take note that during those winter months, new growth occurs.  When all the leaves have fallen, and spring is about to start to bloom, new growth takes place.  

All those spring buds we look forward to in anticipation are sprouting on not only existing growth, but new growth as well.  That growth occurred while the leaves were off the tree.

Isn’t that how our lives are as well.  We need those leaves in our lives to fall off so that we can experience new growth.  For me, what I find most amazing is that even though our trees this year did not give us vibrant colors, growth will still occur.

It stands as a reminder for us and the things we have in our lives.  For growth to occur, we need to shed those leaves.  The core growth occurs when the leaves are off the trees, and I think the same can be said of us.  When the leaves fall off we have the opportunity to experience growth, and during those times of growth new branches of opportunity emerge that allow us to grasp hold and better ourselves.

The encouragement for you this week is simple.  As you go about doing your daily lives, take a moment and look at the trees and leaves.  Observe where they are in the process of dying off for the season.  Take a moment to remember that that process has to occur for growth to take place.  

Perhaps in taking a few moments of reflection you’ll see areas in your own life that need to die off so that growth can occur.  I promise you in that within that recognition growth will occur, and a new season begin.

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From Crutch to Catalyst

I had an interesting conversation with a previous client this past week that really put a smile on my face.  This particular client engaged my coaching last year, and over the course of 9-months we worked together developing some new habits and initiatives for his business.  In January, our engagement ended, but we continued to keep in contact grabbing lunch a few times throughout the year, times that gave him the opportunity to update me on things going on within the business.

I had cause to reach out to this client this past weekend, I had a referral for him that I wanted to discuss.  After the discussion regarding the referral was finished, my client told me some of the changes he had instituted within the business.  

He told me that within the last couple of months had instituted changes that had initially been discussed during our engagement period last year.  One critical change involved staff, he recognized the need to hire an office manager, and recently had hired one who was making a tremendous impact on the business as a whole.  

Additionally, an employee that I had recommended letting go, he let go, and another put in notice as they weren’t happy with policies previously initiated, but not enforced.

The comment he made that really wrapped up the conversation was this, “I recognized that I was initially looking for coaching to use as a crutch, not as a catalyst for change.”  

I like that statement, a catalyst for change.

When I approach a new opportunity, my most important criteria is making sure that I am a good fit for the client, and likewise the client a good fit for me.  There is no cookie cutter approach to coaching, each person is unique, and therefore deserves a unique approach specific to where they are in life.

Inversely, a client who is simply using coaching as an excuse or that bounces from one thing to the next without ever putting anything into practice isn’t really looking for help, but simply a crutch.

It does no good to listen, learn, and add tools to the toolbox if you never put them into practice.  Change requires action, excuses don’t.  

As my client conveyed the changes he made, it was exciting to recognize that he saw value in the coaching provided.  The plans developed during our initial times together for the most part sat on a shelf and collected dust.  

Several times during our engagement he commented that he wished things were progressing quicker, and I would gently remind him that the plans initially developed created a roadmap to achieve desired outcomes, but the kink in the plan was his inaction to start the process.

Thankfully, the process was started, change has occurred, and coaching went from being a crutch to acting as a catalyst.

What things are you using as a crutch in life that you need to toss out?

What things are needed to act as a catalyst to kick start the plans you have for your life?

If you aren’t moving forward to accomplish the things you want to accomplish in life, perhaps its time to engage the help of a coach.  I assure you, there are plenty of crutches in life, a coach can help you overcome those and get that forward momentum going again in your life to get you to achieve the things you know you are capable of.

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The Value of Rest

There is value to rest.  

The Bible starts in Genesis by telling us how God created the Heavens and the Earth, and after 6 hard days of work, God thought it appropriate to take the 7th day off.  

A day of rest.

I’ve always felt like I’ve spoken honestly and frank with you all, and this week is no exception.  I woke up this morning, and I was tired.  Not just the normal ‘I just woke up’ tired, nope.  The ‘I’m tired’ kind of tired.

Not a good thing on a Monday morning, the start of a new week.

And truth be told, I shouldn’t be as tired as I am.  Yesterday I actually slept in to almost 8:30.  Unheard of for me, most weekends I’m up by 6:30 if not much earlier - regardless of what time I go to bed the night before.  

There is a lesson in here, if only for me.

Rest is good for the body.  Rest is good for the mind.  Rest is good for the soul.

What things do you do to rest?

Yesterday afternoon, I sat down on the couch, cued up a movie, and just sat and watched it.  I put my phone down, I didn’t check e-mail or read the latest headlines.  I didn’t play the mindless games downloaded to my phone in moments of boredom.  I did none of those things instead choosing to simply sit and watch the movie.  And it was relaxing.

I’ve got a mentor who is a big believer in days of rest.  His outlook is slightly different from the once every seven days approach rather suggesting that days of rest can be banked and then enjoyed a few at a time.  I’ve always favored his approach.

I looked into my banked days and see that I have a few available to be enjoyed.  I think I’ll redeem one or two of those days this week.

What about you?  What things do you do to rest?  Have you been banking days that need redeeming?

Here’s what I know, and you’ll agree that I’m right about.

When you take time to rest, you always come back stronger, more energized, reinvigorated.  I often find that I have a fresh perspective on the things I need to get done.

Are you the same?

So the challenge this week is simple.  Take time to rest and allow you to recharge.  I promise you, all the things you think need to get done can wait - and my guess is when you return you’ll have a new spring in your step and a fresh perspective that leads to greater success on those things.

Seems to me to be a pretty good return on that investment in you.

So I’ll see you next week, I for one intend to be more rested and ready to tackle life’s project with a new vigor.

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Know Your Customer

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about graffiti on the side of trains, that post coming about as a result of my enjoyment in watching trains pass by.  I commented about how the salon I get my haircut at is directly across from a major CSX line in Tennessee, and how when a train is passing Norm, my stylist will turn the chair so that I can watch the train out the front window while he cuts my hair.

I mention this because within that little action of turning the chair emerges a major lesson we all can stand to hear as it relates to how we treat our customers.  The fact is, Norm knows me, his customer, and takes steps to make sure that my experience with him is not only consistent, but tailored to my needs, wants and desires.

How often do we treat our customers all the same, trying to cram them into a mold that in reality was only designed for one customer, but in our desire to rush the sale we attempt to treat them all the same.

I’ve got a really good friend named Matt who kills it in the sales arena.  He has been #1 in sales month over month for over 4 years, and not just on top, but exceeding prior years sales in the process.  Stagnant is not a word that would describe him or his approach.  He is hungry, motivated and goal orientated in his approach to sales.

I wanted to learn more so I spent a few minutes with him in his office several weeks ago, and was amazed at what I saw demonstrated by him.  

The first thing I noticed was his phone never stopped ringing during our time together.  Customer after customer after customer.  What was more amazing was how his tone, demeanor, and attitude changed as he took the various calls.  On one call he was tough and slightly brazen, another call soft spoken, and yet a third almost flirtatious in nature.

During one of the few breaks in between calls, I asked him about the flirtatious call, and he told me that that lady was widowed and close to 70 years old, nearing retirement, and slightly “sassy” in her conversation with him.  He told me that for the last few years this meaningless banter had taken place, and that he suspects in participating in that banter it gives her the opportunity to feel younger than her age might suggest.

As our time together drew to a close, the secret of his success was obvious.  He knew his customers and sought to meet them and be their friend throughout the sales process.  He knew names of kids, spouses, pets along with a plethora of other information that while irrelevant on its face, created opportunity for him to engage with the customer at a much deeper depth.

One funny story he told me was of a customer he had had, but lost as a result of a face-to-face meeting a few years ago.  He said that this woman was always flirting with him on the phone, and he had a chance to meet her at a trade show a few years ago.  That meeting didn’t go well because the woman was old enough to be my friends mother, and in fact had kids of her own that were older than my friend.

My friend thinks she was slightly embarrassed by her phone persona and couldn’t process the fact of the voice on the other end of the line being younger than her youngest child.  Needless to say, he lost her as a customer, but he remarked that while she was his customer, he made a lot of profitable sales from her.

Here’s the thing I know.  While there are thousands of books written on salesmanship, teaching someone how to connect with, and truly know their customer still is a skill that I firmly believe you either have, or you don’t.  

Knowing your customer is paramount to success with your customer.  Developing relationships is what sales is all about.  Listening to, and learning about your customer creates those opportunities to excel with your customer, and whether you are cutting hair like my stylist Norm, or like Matt top sales person month in and month out, being able to develop that rapport allows you the chance to truly succeed and connect with those you interact with.

So this week the challenge is simple, look for ways to connect with your customers and make yourself an expert at knowing your customer and their needs.

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Reality Adjustment

Yesterday was my birthday.  I’ve officially started the 2nd half of my my forties having turned 45.  I’ve never enjoyed others making a big deal out of the day, I’m not one to run around and find ways to work my birthday into conversations in which it doesn’t belong or fit.  Quite the contrary, for me a perfect birthday is hanging out with family and friends, a good dinner - and in the case of this year - a strawberry cake from a local bakery I enjoy.

As I was thinking about this weeks topic, I had a great one written out and ready to go, but my gut told me to stop and post that one in a few weeks instead taking a moment to focus on reality and adjustments to that reality.

For those of you who are math or calendar challenged (or who are reading this in January), September 8th is 3 days before September 11.  Being old enough to vividly remember the horrible events of that day, perhaps it should come as no surprise that that day impacted my life, but seared a specific set of memories and thoughts that frame that day and my perspective both pre and post 9/11.

On September 8, 2001, my fiancé (we got married 12/29/2001) went to South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa California to do some shopping.  Shopping is probably a little disingenuous as for the most part, there really isn’t much there that at that point in life we could afford.  But we went anyways, primarily because I wanted to look at high end watches, and given the multiple jewelers at that mall, it was the perfect location to window shop.

I remember spending the day going store to store, gawking, and in some cases trying on a bunch of different watches - most of which I couldn’t afford.  It’s OK to dream, and quite honestly I think it is healthy, and I was doing just that.

I really don’t remember what was done on the 9th or 10th of September, but on the morning of 9/11 I went into the office at my normal early hour.  As was the normal routine, the guy I worked with and I would head to breakfast at a local diner called Jack’s which was located in Cerritos, a few miles from the office.  

It was on the drive there while listening to KFI AM640, a Los Angeles based radio station that news of the first plane striking broke.  I remember Bill Handel, the morning host commenting that not much was known at that point other than it probably being a small plane.  

As the second plane went into the tower, the tone of the morning show changed with the host recognizing that we as a country were being attacked.  That morning I remember listening as the news continued to develop, never leaving KFI and the coverage it was providing.  Every couple of years KFI will actually make available the full audio from that day, it is something I would encourage you to listen to as it is still riveting and relevant almost 20 years later.

What is interesting about 9/11 aside from the horror, was just how many people I knew who either knew people that day, or who were one or two people removed from knowing people from that day.  

For me though, and the direction and point I wanted to make this morning with this post, is simply this.  For me, 9/11 put a lot of stuff into perspective in terms of what is important in life.  It is one of those days I’ll never forget, or at least won’t forget until I stop remembering.  

From a frivolous shopping trip to a mall we couldn’t to afford, to the stark reality that there is true evil in this world, that couple of days really changes perspective and challenges priorities.  Experts will tell you that stopping life because of an act of terror like what we saw on 9/11 is exactly what terrorism is all about, and to a certain extent I think that is correct.  

But inversely, living life as if nothing happened just isn’t a reality for most.  It becomes a fine line, and one that I think each person individually needs to define to establish their new normal.  I know in the case of my best friend who was slated to stand as best man in my wedding, he respectfully asked to sit out as he was concerned about flying in the months after 9/11.  I fully and completely understood and admitted if the roles was reversed I shared similar concerns.

So here is the challenge this week.  As the week unfolds and multiple channels run documentaries about 9/11 and the events that unfolded, take a few minutes and reflect on not only where you were that day, but how that day may have impacted your life.  

Ask yourself, was your reality adjusted by that day, and did your perspective change.  I know for me, what really mattered, family and friends, became much more important than the stuff I thought I needed or wanted.  How about you, are you different post 9/11?

As my wife and kids wished me happy birthday, and we went about having fun together under the umbrella of my birthday, I’m fortunate because as a family we intentionally find ways to spend time together and have fun together.  It doesn’t take a birthday to make that happen.  

The fact that my birthday happens to fall within a few days of 9/11 may make that process more real and relevant, but I know for me, that day, 9/11, created a reality adjustment that has made me a better person.

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The Labor of Labor Day

Happy Labor Day!  

Unofficially, Labor Day marks the end of summer.  When I was in school, Labor Day typically meant school would be starting the following day.  Now that I live in the south, school seems to start earlier and earlier each year, so my kids are just about done with their first full month of school.

I googled Labor Day getting a plethora of responses as to its meaning, the best offering the day up as a celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers.  Sounds patriotic, but we live in a 24/7/365 multi-cultural world now where it literally takes the resources of hundreds around the globe to produce a product.  

I know personally with my other company, if it weren’t for the hard working folks in China, a lot of what we produce and sell simply wouldn’t exist.  The far east is paramount to that process with specific components coming out of not only China, but Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam and elsewhere.  

Inversely, that company routinely ships worldwide.  Just last week packages left our warehouse in Smyrna, Tennessee routed to places like South Korea, China, Taiwan, as well as other far reaching locations like Russia, Ukraine and South Korea.

The fact is, we are truly a global economy.  You’d be hard pressed to find an industry that exists only because of America.  On one hand, that is a sad statement, but on the other it is something I think should be celebrated.  In our modern world, there are literally industries churning out product that is used by others every minute of everyday making our lives easier.

I celebrate that, but I celebrate our labor’s as well.  

It is within that labor I think it is important that we stop and celebrate, if only for a moment.  I don’t know what your Labor Day plans look like.  For our family, we aren’t doing much.  My wife is hard at work on a business she is launching, I’m busy catching up from things set aside for a later date while strategizing for the balance of this year.  

For me, the importance of finishing 2019 strong is important.  Labor Day will see a few minutes spent being intentional about plans I still want to accomplish before the ball drops at the end of December.  

How about you?  What are your plans for the day?  Do your plans include any intentional planning to assist you in finishing the year strong?  If not, why not?

As you crack open an ice cold beer and enjoy the figurative final day of summer, why not spend a few minutes on you, making plans to finish the year strong.  I know, that sure does sound like work, and for some it may be.  But if you’re gonna take time to celebrate Labor, why not plan out the labor you intend to do for the rest of the year with the idea being creating a better you.

To me, Labor Day is fun.  But more than that, any day spent planning for my future is a fun day.

So go on, enjoy.  But intentionally spend a few minutes planning for you and your future.

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