Joyful Soaring Tips

By Coach Barbara Luther Of Wind Beneath Your Wings

Email: Barbara@coach2soar.com
Web Site: www.coach2soar.com
Phone: (314) 878-4044

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In This Issue:

1) Joy Juice
2) Taking Action
3) Let's Ponder
4) Soaring Free
5) Play Time
6) Joy Supplies
7) Class Offerings

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Good Morning! I hope you enjoy this issue of Joyful Soaring Tips and find something that helps you have a Joy-Filled week!

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~~ 1) Joy Juice ~~
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I was reminded this week of an old story about 3 bricklayers. A visitor walked up to a work site and asked the first bricklayer what he was doing. The bricklayer yawned and said, "I'm laying bricks."

The visitor then went to the second bricklayer and asked what he was doing. Patting the brickwork completed, the second bricklayer said, "I'm building a wall."

Finally, the visitor came to a third bricklayer who was whistling as he worked, and the visitor asked him what he was doing. The whistling bricklayer smiled and said, "Why, I'm building a cathedral!"

They were all laying bricks. Which bricklayer do you choose to be this week?

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~~ 2) Taking Action ~~
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"Every time you say 'no' to a request for time, money, energy, or support, you are saying 'yes' to something else." -- Maggie Bedrosian

Many of us suffer from not being able to say 'no', yet we need to realize that saying no to something that's not right for us brings us that much closer to being offered the thing we do want. So, what's important is to be clear what you want in your life. Then, saying 'no' is much easier!

This week when you're presented with a request, first ask yourself if it's what you want in your life. If it's not, then give your regrets and start looking for that thing you do want to appear!

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~~ 3) Let's Ponder ~~
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A friend shared this with me recently. I don't know who to attribute it to.

If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:

57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, north and south
6 Africans

52 Female
48 Male

70 Nonwhite
30 White

70 Non-Christian
30 Christian

89 Heterosexual
11 Homosexual

6 people possess 59% of the entire world's wealth; all 6 are from the United States
80 live in substandard housing
70 are unable to read
50 suffer from malnutrition
1 is near death; 1 is near birth
1 (yes, only 1) has a college education
1 owns a computer

We are so blessed and so insulated here in the States! If you found one number here more appalling or striking than the others, that's where you can make a difference.

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~~ 4) Soaring Free ~~
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A dear friend of mine recently stopped by for an overnight visit. We had only a brief time together, yet we covered so many topics and shared on a very deep level about our lives, dreams, and challenges. It was such a joy exploring a new restaurant with him and seeing our home and life through another's eyes. What a gift that visit was!

Is it time for you to visit someone you don't see often or invite them for a visit? Pick up the phone and spend a few minutes connecting or plan a quick trip to see someone special. You'll be delighted with the shine and sparkle it brings into your life.

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~~ 5) Play Time ~~
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This is a great time to visit your hobby or craft store. They have aisles of brightly colored plastic eggs, trinkets, and baskets. What I like to do is fill some of those eggs with glittery confetti, a tiny toy, a dime, or piece of chocolate and hide them around the house. You don't have to wait for the holiday to do this!

Put one in your partner's underwear drawer, and another in the silverware drawer. Stick one in a briefcase or lunch sack, amongst the canned goods, or under a pillow. Give one filled with a tasty treat to your pet to bat around. And don't forget that they're great for little love notes any time. I try to put some in places that aren't visited daily, then even I get a treat when I discover one that I planted long ago.

For an extra treat, designate one as the "Royal Treat". You might want to mark it or have only one of that color. Fill it with a special notice gifting the finder with a favor or some sort of 'royal treatment'. Hide it well! When it's found and the treat delivered, it's the finder's turn to fill it and hide it again.

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~~ 6) Joy Supplies ~~~
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I just love my bird feeders in the back yard this time of year! Every morning, I see a Cardinal pair visiting us. Last year, we had 3 pairs! Remember our feathered friends this time of year and keep those feeders filled. And throw an ear of corn to that squirrel out there, too. You'll enjoy the rascal's antics a lot more if you've welcomed him to your yard.

NOTE: Barbara offers links to many of the resources referenced here from her web site, www.coach2soar.com. If you cannot find some resource mentioned, contact Barbara for help at Barbara@coach2soar.com.

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~~ 7) Class Offerings ~~
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YOU'RE INVITED! Come join me on Thursday, March 30th at 5pm EST for a free Happy Hour Telebration for anyone who wants to come celebrate the miracles, shifts, wins, and overall happy things they've experienced during the past month. It's an open, drop-in time to visit and share life's good news with new and old friends. Put it on your calendar now! It's the last Thursday of every month at 5pm EST. The bridge number is 702-257-2699.

Barbara offers some one-time and ongoing teleclasses and groups. Go to her web site for a complete listing. You'll find a monthly Clutter Buster group, a coaches' practice building intensive, and classes on identifying personal unique talents, developing your own motivation inventory, learning to recognize ADD traits, understanding Restless Leg Syndrome, and learning to get the most from attending a conference.

If any of the above sounds intriguing, check it out and join the fun! And if you're looking for some other topic, drop Barbara a note. You just might find your topic in her next listing of classes.

Copyright (C) 2000 by Barbara Luther. All rights reserved.

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Call Barbara to discuss a coaching partnership today. Barbara Luther is a Master Certified Coach and a Certified Mentor Coach who specializes in working with successful professionals, tenure-track faculty, coaches, business owners, career types, creatives, and adults with Attention Deficit Disorder. She coaches via telephone and the internet, and in person for corporate teams.

Barbara is a graduate of Coach University, a virtual training organization, and the Optimal Functioning Institute, a virtual training organization for ADD coaches. She is also a member of the International Coach Federation and an ICF chapter host. She leads teleclasses for CoachU and Corporate CoachU, as well as teleclasses of her own. Prior to coaching, Barbara ran her own consulting business for 8 years, designing and developing online help and performance support systems for companies such as American Express, AAA of California, Bank One, Los Angeles County Employee Retirement Association, Wendy's, Pioneer, Utilicorp, Gap, and Bank of America. With a Master's in English, she has also taught college-level writing and worked in the corporate world as a technical writer, trainer, and project manager.

Along with Dr. Francena T. Hancock, Barbara is co-founder of the ADD Coach Group, an organization created to provide knowledge about the business-oriented positive qualities of adults with ADD, ways to identify employees who have ADD traits that impact their performance, and strategies and techniques to support to their specific needs. (Web site www.addcoachgroup.com coming soon.)

Barbara also hosts a coaching special interest group -- the GLBTQ SIG (Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Questioning), and she writes articles for their newsletter, Reaching for the Rainbow (To subscribe: send an email to: ReachingfortheRainbow-On@lists.webvalence.com)

Barbara says: My passion is assisting people in recognizing and embracing their power. My vision is a world where every person embraces their special talents and enjoys a life built around their passions. My mission is to assist people in identifying their special gifts and designing their lives to enjoy and share them. My life purpose is to provide a loving, safe space for self discovery.

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