“You do what you are…You’re born with a gift. If not that, then you get good at something along the way. And what you’re good at you don’t take for granted.” - Morgan Freeman
 
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Who Are You?
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Most people equate themselves with what they do for a living. How many times have you asked someone “Tell me about yourself” only to hear volumes about their work and nothing else? And in the scheme of things, how many are living their passions and doing what they are? Living and working in alignment with their talents? How many have unique talents and never get a chance to use them? Is that you?
 
That is taking your gifts for granted. True leaders who are living their dreams, lead through their passions and have limitless energy in doing so. They can’t wait to jump into the deep end of every day and see what unfolds. I tell many clients “If at first you don’t succeed, try something you’ve already been successful at and build on it”. Have you been paying attention to your successes and not only celebrating them but doing something to build on them? That is the road to Mastery.
 
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Who Do You Want to Be?
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Are you happy with your life? Are you inventing your future or living a life of someone else’s or circumstance’s design? A key point is, if you’re going to be working most of your waking hours, why in the world isn’t it at something you love doing?
 
What’s stopping you? Or, a better question might be, when is the right time to be doing it? I’m constantly hearing “It’s not a good time” or “It’s not the right time.” Are you waiting for ‘the perfect time’ to make changes? And how do you define ‘perfect time’?
 
A leader lights a fire in people. Can you truly do that if you have little enthusiasm for what you yourself are doing or living? How can you light a fire in yourself? What aren’t you thinking of and if you can’t come up with that answer, that’s where a coach comes in.
 
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Tech Stuff to Play With:
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I love to write. But it’s not always easy to get the thoughts down in such a way that I can park them and do something with them afterwards. I discovered the Tinkertoy of all software programs that works for me, called The Personal Brain (http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?9cdu5XsVxpHD.ENZ2o1Aig).
 
Finally a computer program that thinks like a person! Well at least one that thinks like I do. I can park all sorts of ideas on there and tie them in later. It’s a great way to write a book.
 
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And All The Rest:
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If you want to book in your Lightening Round or Laser Coaching Sessions, there is still some time open on September 7th, 11th and 17th in this two week newsletter period. Contact us at info@abetterperspective.com  for openings as well as for Shadow Coaching™ (http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?.6isturkqoPLVvRt3ccWnA) availability within this calendar year.
 
We’re in the midst of creating a time mastery program that will look at ‘you’ in relation to time. We’d love to hear your time challenges. We want to make sure that once this program is up and running it will meet your needs and then some. Anything you share will remain confidential, so fire away and send them to ideas@IfICouldSaveTimeInABottle.com
 
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Last But Not Least:
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As always this newsletter will be posted on http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?Ms04htAvvbQpq.iOnS8JGg Please feel free to share your comments, insights and perhaps a subject or two you’d like to open for discussion and we’ll look at it for future a future newsletter or blog post. Our blog can be found at http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?nHl3lR0SZkbf1N0LnacHEg
 
To sign up for our Self-Coaching program It’s All About You…and Others, visit here:
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Time to run with life, invent it and not run away from it.
 
With deepest respect,
Donna Karlin
Founder and Principal
A Better Perspective
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