How are you moving forward this and next week?
This is, most likely, your last push before the holiday crush and then it’s the holiday break.
So, how do you decide what is most important, next important, etc.
Do you know which activities bring you the most clients/customers, or financial turnover? Do those activities.
The rest of your to-dos can fall away till January.
Make sure your WHY is in the decision-making process, too.
Read MoreMaybe you have all your ducks in a row, but something seems to be stopping you from moving forward? Is there something intangible slowing down your business?
Maybe you have inner conflicts with yourself that need addressing so you can start moving forward again.
A while ago week I read a wonderful book by negotiation expert Professor Dr. William Ury of Harvard Business School called Getting to Yes with Yourself and I found some treasures to help us out of those stuck places in business and in life.
Here’s Ury’s 6-Step Model…
Read MoreFailure- it’s good, not bad – and failure at work is not likely to demotivate
Have you made some (work) mistakes, well, good!
You’re human. So am I! That’s wonderful, btw! We humans make mistakes and fail sometimes.
It is not the mistake or the failure that is the problem.
The problem is not learning from them, or even sometimes, not being willing to make any mistakes, to be outside of your comfort zone. Then you don’t move- and certainly don’t change.
Learning how to avoid failures from previous ones is one way to get ahead. Below you will find a list of 10 causes of failure focusing on leaders, which is taken from Napoleon Hill and some ideas for 2022-23 – it’s a bit edited for a more modern way of thinking.
Read MoreI am Looking Forward and Dealing with Today – being grateful in everything.
I hope you remember the PPFs model. Past-Present-Future.
Remember and be grateful for the past, even the hard times.
Savor the present – the good and the hard parts.
Look forward to the future with hope and anticipation.
Read MoreAre you too focused on the past?
Do you focus on the future too much?
Where is your energy spent?
Are you able to savor and be grateful for the present situation?
When the future can overshadow the present, positive or negative, you are missing out.
When the past does the same you are missing out.
Savor the present, too! Be grateful.
Read MoreThe past few blogs have been all about change. This week is the “can do” week. Next week is “off” because I am again, on holiday. Then it’s back in the saddle for me.
What can you do? (Step 2)
Add that to what you want and what you need - and you have a great start!
Read MoreDo you need or want to start something new? There are some steps involved in the process, even before it becomes “a THING”. To be successful, I suggest the following steps and ideas.
Read MoreSummer is a wonderful time to celebrate. The nights are long and the temperatures not too hot (in the evenings).
Celebration is an important part of life – and success.
When you celebrate something, you give it weight and consider it special. So, I ask again, what are you celebrating?
People who celebrate and who are grateful, in general, are healthier and happier than the negative crowd. Research says it, not just me.
Read MoreLife is well, rather… stuck?
Business not going well? Or something else?
You have all your ducks in a row, but something seems to be stopping you? Is something intangible slowing down your business? Maybe you have inner conflicts with yourself that need addressing so you can start moving forward again.
A while ago week I read a wonderful book by negotiation expert Professor Dr. William Ury of Harvard Business School called Getting to Yes with Yourself and I found some treasures to help us out of those stuck places in business and in life.
Read MoreWhen you are triaging- remember to plan for the two most important things:
THE MOST IMPORTANT things that are not urgent
AND
BREAKS
What about you?
What are the MOST IMPORTANT things that are not urgent for you?
Maybe it is about finishing a book you need to read for work or study.
How do you plan for you MOST IMPORTANT items on your list? Do you block out certain times in the day/week/month that are sacred for these projects?
What about breaks – whether half-days, days, a mini-vacation, or a real one, they should also be scheduled and sacred.
Where can you go and what do you do to find rest and restoration?
Read MoreThis week I am trying a new way of encouraging you to take a break by describing two days in my week of “down time”. You need downtime to regenerate and to find new creativity in work – and life. Doing something different gives you new perspectives and a change of pace and scenery charges your brain to find new solutions to the great problems in your work and life.
Photos are included.
Read MoreI have some very good ideas for you to stay focuses when everyone is “relaxing” around you.
You and I need to focus, even in the summer.
We all need an easy way to keep on track when we are trying to focus.
Here are some tips:
REMEMBER TO DO ONLY THE MOST IMPORTANT (& urgent) things- things that will make a difference in one, two or five years. AND…
Read MoreStart slowly, with lowered expectations
Do not plan a long first day or two, but slowly set and get into your list of “to-dos”; don’t expect to get finished with your list, but try to focus on one or two key goals for the first few days. Remember to reacquaint yourself with the team, the space, and the food, too, especially if you have been away for a long time or working (mostly) remotely. Freshen up your workspace and make it “your own” once again.
Read MoreLong Term Stress
It happens to all of us, and for some it is a “given”.
Sometimes it’s the job, or the season, or it’s COVID, or…
My clients run companies. That is, by definition, stressful, and long-term stress must be dealt with.
Also, bankers and insurance companies and other professions have special seasons where there is a lot of stress.
There are two kinds of stress: cognitive and body stress (remember your body keeps score). You may not be able to totally reduce cognitive stress, but you CAN take care of your body.
So, what can you do to help the stressors that are always there and you can’t get rid of them.
First and foremost, breathe well and take care of your body as best as you can - and get outside (and remember your PPFs).
Read MoreSome call it Pivot, others call it reinvention.
It’s always a (big) change.
It could be that a change of career or changing your business is needed.
Re-inventing Yourself - a necessity for many, especially for those over 50, but it’s vital for others, too, such as stay-at-home parents who are re-entering the job market and for those who discover that what they have trained for/studied for is no longer a need.
Read MoreIt IS dark – How do you deal with darkness?
Darkness outside can be a metaphor for what is going on – inside and outside of us.
For me, the darkness is outside.
I have a friend, E who was home in the Ukraine when the war began over a month ago. He struggled to get his family out and to Switzerland where he lives and works. I saw him for the first time since yesterday – and his inside is traumatized. Naturally so. It is dark outside me, and dark inside him.
There are more stories, and I don’t want to go far here, but I have other U. friends who are here and in other places…
Even if it is dark from the time to time, there are things we can do to help make the dark better:
PPFs
Read MoreResilience is a lot about those soft skills, or “EQ” and a lot about what makes us healthy and happy:
· It’s being honest and open about your feelings; it’s vulnerability.
· It’s being curious where those (especially what we think of as negative) thoughts and feelings come from and letting yourself go with them for the moment.
· It’s being compassionate with yourself (and with others) when you (they) fail.
· It’s finding and acknowledging those false assumptions and putting a correct one in its place; - this is key, and not easy!
· It’s learning from the mistake and putting new practices in place.
· It’s not only about healthy mindsets, but also about healthy lifestyles and relationships.
When it comes to our thoughts and emotions and that struggle to see what’s really happening, then its really about what’s going on inside of us.
Brené Brown calls this the rumble.
Read MoreI am overwhelmed today.
Maybe you are overwhelmed, too?
Take care of yourself, body, mind and soul!
First acknowledge the emotion.
Then watch your actions and try to move from unhealthy to healthier responses.
Watch yourself for binging of any kind (including Netflix)
Then reach out to your “people”
Or reach out and help others.
Helping is (almost always) good for us.
Get help from professionals, especially if you are experiencing symptoms of PTSD - see the list at the very end of the blog from Harry Hoffmann.
Finally, watch yourself and your activities.
Set some boundaries, especially when it comes to the “news”.
Read MoreAlone, and yet not alone. Connected --or not? A Controlled Distance?
Are you feeling lonely? Maybe you need to get out of your virtual world and DO something with HUMANS again – face to face.
Or is your life more like this:
“I share, therefore I am”
In the midst of the “connected virtual world”, I am thinking about our relationships - and businesses, and how social media and gaming affects us.
Read MoreSpring is for new things, new growth and good news!
Are you doing new things? What is your plan for the spring and for the rest of the year?What are your goals – for now, for the spring and for the year?
First, I have updated my webpage (check it out: www.jehle-coaching.com ) and my Goggle Business Page (if you don’t have one, contact me, ASAP!). It’s time for an update and a lot has been happening with my business, both with possibilities for contact (COVID)-wise and what training I have been having and what I can offer.
Also, that weekend away reminded me of what is most important. I need to make time for solitude, reflection AND for creativity.
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