Andrew, Kate and I just got back from a seminar in Tampa, Florida.  Besides the wonderful weather, we were getting our learn on.  You know what I like best about seminars?  I love injecting myself into a classroom where I can learn how to better serve our clients, patients and friends.  BUT, it’s work — lots of work!  Matter of fact, while I enjoy it, it makes my brain hurt so much that I often FORGET how much I love it until I’m back on the plane and totally amped to come back and implement something new.

We are moving in the direction we need to be moving in by taking ACTION steps.  One thing that I realized  during this past seminar is that I often had plans but they were plans of INACTION.  Which means even though I had good INTENTION, I wasn’t very EFFECTIVE in reaching personal or professional goals.

I’m moving from being a person of INACTION to a person of ACTION by simply implementing Battle Plans.  So what is a Battle Plan?  Simply put it’s a daily/weekly checklist to ensure I’m on target to reach my daily/weekly goals.  How cool is that? And how simple?

Again, I am TOTALLY amped….sometimes I take a left on Freak Out before I get back onto Amped but I bet if I continue to refine my Battle Plans that my detours to Freak Out will become less and less.  I feel less stress and frustration and I’m more enjoyable to be around, SIMPLY by being a person of action.  I have more time for myself and my family which enables me to be a BETTER person.

How many of you feel that by  the end of the day you haven’t achieved much?  How many of you get frustrated or stressed out because you haven’t been able to get done what needed to last week, yesterday or today?  Do you feel stuck?  Stuck in a routine, stuck in a habit, stuck in a state of mind?  So why not try to come up with your own Battle Plans?  Trust me, in the end you will feel like you can breathe a little easier and smile a little more by simply achieving your daily/weekly targets.  Who doesn’t like to feel a sense of accomplishment by the end of the day or week?  We all do. . . and hey, if we’re able to sleep better because of it, then here’s to Battle Plans and some much needed restorative zzz’s.

Life is full of new beginnings.  That’s what our new logo represents to me.  Life is the circle and new beginnings is the dragonfly.  How perfectly inline with what we are trying to provide our clients with, and with how I feel inside.  Anytime we are living outside our comfort zone we are growing.  We are changing, creating a new reality, definitely experiencing something for the first time. We should be open to new beginnings, but often fear creeps in.  So maybe the trick is to remember that in the end it’s exactly the sum of our experiences that make up our life.

As scared as I am, I am also so excited that sometimes I can’t eat, breathe, or sleep without thinking about it.  I have envisioned a dream, am in the process of molding it into reality, and I will look upon its face soon.

What are you in the process of experiencing? What makes your heart beat a little stronger, your eyes twinkle a little brighter, and your mind race with the possiblities of  a new beginning?