[CREATIVE CAREERS UNLEASHED] Practices Make Perfect http://ezezine.com In this issue, creating practices to improve your career and life. CREATIVE CAREERS UNLEASHED! From Turning Point Strategies and Lyle T. Lachmuth Please FORWARD Creative Careers Unleashed to interested colleagues in your network. You'll find links to join and leave at the end of this newsletter. PRACTICES MAKE PERFECT Happy New Year! Welcome to 2006! So, where did 2005 go? I hope it was everything you wanted it to be. But, maybe like my life yours had some rough spots. And, maybe that’s too kind a word for the crappy, sucky, bloody awful things that happened. Sometimes sh-t happens. There I said it! Let’s face it, as much as I’m an optimist and as much as I can be a little Polly Anna, the fact is bad things happen to good people. It’s happened to me and I’ve no doubt it’s happened to you. Yet, it’s a new day and a new year and I’m hopeful and making plans. Why? Cause if I don’t make plans, 2006 will just zip by and I really won’t achieve any of the stuff that’s important to me. New Year’s is traditionally a time for making resolutions – which we break by January 2nd! But, instead of making resolutions I want to talk about creating practices. ============================================================ HOT LINKS Read this issue of Creative Careers Unleashed online in colour! http://www.creativecareersunleashed.com/2006/01/ccu_practices_m.html Your Talents! Your Career! Your WAY! Check out http://www.CreativeCareersUnleashed.com Tired of being tired? Recapture your zest and your life. Manage Your Energy™ http://www.uc.dianalindstrom.com ============================================================= PRACTICES MAKE PERFECT What do I mean by practices? I chose the word partly to create a pun on the phrase “practice makes perfect”, as in this definition, “an action done many times over in order to gain skill.” But, I mean a bit more than that. When I think of practice, I think also about those ‘rituals’ or habits of a spiritual/metaphysical nature that one does or needs to do. For example, I KNOW that a big part of the reason I have been able to eliminate pain from my life is because I have created new beliefs and new practices. Let me give a specific example. This morning on my daily walk/meditation I asked my self (my inner guides), “What is the most important practice I can follow this year in order to improve my health”? The answer that immediately popped up was, “Listen to your body!” That’s what I have been doing and now my inner guides were reminding me that I needed to do more of it, more often! The irony was that the inner voice that responded was very, very quiet and soft and I had to listen really, really hard to hear it. So, that’s my Best Health Practice: Listening to my Body! Simple, yes! Easy, no! More in a moment… ============================================================= SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Do you suffer from chronic pain? Does fear block you from reaching your dreams? Does chronic illness stop you from living your life fully? You don’t have to be blocked! You can fully express your talents. COMING SPRING 2006 – END THE PAIN. A practical handbook to help creative people overcome fear, pain, and illness and fully express their talents! Watch for more information on how you can order your copy of END THE PAIN! Get your copy of a F-R-E-E chapter of this powerful handbook, CLICK mailto:LyleTLachmuth@Gmail.com?Subject=FreeBookChapter and press SEND ============================================================= PRACTICES MAKE PERFECT – continued Once I got the answer to my question about health I figured I may as well go for broke. I then asked about what practices would ensure improvements in My Work and My Relationships. And, I got answers. Interestingly, the answers to the two questions were almost identical. Essentially I was advised that success in both My Work and My Relationships would result when I practiced this: “Be Who You Are. Be Open. Be Honest.” Simple, yes! Easy, hell no! Yet, I KNOW, because there have been moments and times when I have been able to do this, that this practice works! That’s it’s the best thing for me. But, I don’t always do it. Why? Cause I get scared. I’m afraid. I get blocked. I get stuck. I get paralyzed. I hold back. I don’t speak out. I don’t stand up. And, this year I commit (even more) to get past those barriers. Please join me here in the pages of this newsletter and in my Blog www.CreativeCareersUnleased.com as I make 2006 the “Year of Practices Make Perfect”. I’m going to focus on the practical how to’s: - how to identify the practices that will make your life better, - how to create those life affirming practices, - how to sustain the practices that sustain you, and - How to deal more effectively with barriers, fears, demons, and all the stuff that gets in the way! See you January 15th with a SPECIAL EDITION of this newsletter, Lyle Lachmuth MSOD, CDP, CRT(Hons) The Unsticking Coach (TM) Your Talents > Your Career >> Your Life >>> Your Way! Turning Point Strategies Box 72140 RPO Glenmore Landing | Calgary, AB CANADA T2V 5H9 T: 403-390-4768 | E: LyleTLachmuth [at] Gmail.com =================================================================== ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER Join or leave this list here: http://home.ezezine.com/72/ Past issues here: http://home.ezezine.com/72/ PRIVACY POLICY: I will not rent, trade, or sell your name and contact information to anyone, at any time, for any reason! 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