It's Monday and that means action is required. Sunday is the "I don't have to do a thing" day for me but Monday calls for focus, decision making, scripting the day, the week, the future. Writing down a few lines of what I want to do helps me to stay on track. I keep my script on my computer and update it each day - leaves me with a sense of achievement.
Back to my 'Clean Greece' project. I decided to create a separate block for this one (tomorrow) and to start with one challenge at the time. 365 days to get all Greek citizens to participate in
'No Cigarette Butts on our Beaches'!!
First step: checking which Cigarette Companies have offices here in Greece and approaching them with my idea. As I already have the prototype of the Butt holder I should generate some interest in my project. Lets see. I'll keep you updated.
my best wishes for a great week!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Julie & Julia ...an inspiration
Last night I watched the movie Julie & Julia and an idea started to buzz around my head during my morning "I am getting even fitter" walk. "What about committing to a goal and then sharing my progress daily on my blog?" Once announced to the world (the world that reads my blog) I would really be fired up to keep on track and get creative with achieving my task.
A great coaching tool. Announce what you intend to do to a group of people, the more public the better and then get going. Yes, You can! Commit to just one thing for the following 6 months.
My goal: To Clean Up Greece. Starting with getting the Cigarette producing companies to also produce a pocket ashtray that will prevent people throwing the cigarette butts all over the place, especially from leaving them on the beaches.
That's it. Big goal. - the journey of a 1000 miles starts with the first step - this is mine, step No 1
A great coaching tool. Announce what you intend to do to a group of people, the more public the better and then get going. Yes, You can! Commit to just one thing for the following 6 months.
My goal: To Clean Up Greece. Starting with getting the Cigarette producing companies to also produce a pocket ashtray that will prevent people throwing the cigarette butts all over the place, especially from leaving them on the beaches.
That's it. Big goal. - the journey of a 1000 miles starts with the first step - this is mine, step No 1
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Reducing stress with "I don't know"
...a paragraph from 'my book' in the making
Who or What are you? was the question I was trying to answer during the the 2nd ‘Art of Living’ seminar a few years ago. The page in front of me was blank, and so was my mind. I started to write down my name, my nationality, my job title, then I looked further – What else was I? a friend, a partner, a female, a human being, a spiritual being…… I stopped again. What am I?
I lifted my head and looked around the room. Twenty or so course participants were sitting spread around the wooden floor, on colorful, soft cushions, contemplating the same question. All on the journey to connecting to their inner self, to better understand their purpose, to finding a new meaning in daily life. I gave up, I had no clue what or who I was beyond the obvious based on social conditioning. The teacher asked us to share and to my relief my fellow searchers seemed to have no idea of who they were either, and the best answer each of us could come up with at the end was “I don’t know”.
The teacher was thrilled. That was it; we were spot on.
It had only been 5 years since I chucked it all in and since I had started my journey to better understand myself, other people and the world on the whole. It had been quite a struggle to finally reach that point where I was ready to leave my profession of 23 years and my relationship of 10 years and start again from scratch. But once the decision was made there was suddenly a feeling of excitement; just like at the age of 20, when I had decided to move to London for my first job placement.
The whole world was my oyster and I was able to do or be anything. I belonged to the pre MBA aera and had started my training in Hotel Management at the age of 18 in Switzerland. I had been working ever since and never looked back. Life had been fun; Luxury hotels, traveling, living in different countries and speaking different languages. I had never been ambitious in the traditional sense, but enjoyed being good at what I did. Hence promotions had kind of just happened and by the age of 26 I was in a senior management position in a 5 star central London hotel, living and working close to Hyde Park. Live was good; or so it seemed.
Now 20 years later I was sitting on the wooden floor of a Yoga center contemplating who I was and realizing for the first time that saying ‘I don’t know’ was actually ok. What a relief. I repeated it again and again “I don’t know, I don’t know” and with each repetition the weight of a life time fell off my shoulders. My whole body relaxed and I wanted to shout it out loud:
“I DON’T KNOW!!”.
And now years later saying 'I don't know' still works it's magic. It makes me smile, it makes me laugh and wonder what I will come up with next.
Who or What are you? was the question I was trying to answer during the the 2nd ‘Art of Living’ seminar a few years ago. The page in front of me was blank, and so was my mind. I started to write down my name, my nationality, my job title, then I looked further – What else was I? a friend, a partner, a female, a human being, a spiritual being…… I stopped again. What am I?
I lifted my head and looked around the room. Twenty or so course participants were sitting spread around the wooden floor, on colorful, soft cushions, contemplating the same question. All on the journey to connecting to their inner self, to better understand their purpose, to finding a new meaning in daily life. I gave up, I had no clue what or who I was beyond the obvious based on social conditioning. The teacher asked us to share and to my relief my fellow searchers seemed to have no idea of who they were either, and the best answer each of us could come up with at the end was “I don’t know”.
The teacher was thrilled. That was it; we were spot on.
It had only been 5 years since I chucked it all in and since I had started my journey to better understand myself, other people and the world on the whole. It had been quite a struggle to finally reach that point where I was ready to leave my profession of 23 years and my relationship of 10 years and start again from scratch. But once the decision was made there was suddenly a feeling of excitement; just like at the age of 20, when I had decided to move to London for my first job placement.
The whole world was my oyster and I was able to do or be anything. I belonged to the pre MBA aera and had started my training in Hotel Management at the age of 18 in Switzerland. I had been working ever since and never looked back. Life had been fun; Luxury hotels, traveling, living in different countries and speaking different languages. I had never been ambitious in the traditional sense, but enjoyed being good at what I did. Hence promotions had kind of just happened and by the age of 26 I was in a senior management position in a 5 star central London hotel, living and working close to Hyde Park. Live was good; or so it seemed.
Now 20 years later I was sitting on the wooden floor of a Yoga center contemplating who I was and realizing for the first time that saying ‘I don’t know’ was actually ok. What a relief. I repeated it again and again “I don’t know, I don’t know” and with each repetition the weight of a life time fell off my shoulders. My whole body relaxed and I wanted to shout it out loud:
“I DON’T KNOW!!”.
And now years later saying 'I don't know' still works it's magic. It makes me smile, it makes me laugh and wonder what I will come up with next.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Find an expert to help you grow
The last few months have been busy with traveling, meeting new people and working on the development of my stress management business.
My focus has been on marketing. I wanted to learn more about it and become an expert at selling my services; after all, my product is great, the challenge is to communicate its benefits to the right people in the right way. I realised that I needed help and found one of the best in the market, Donald Cooper, an international renown speaker and coach. His practical, honest, down to earth approach to Human Marketing is inspiring; his presentations are entertaining and motivating.
I am learning from one of the best and I love it.
Do you need help in any area of your life or business? My advise: ask for help. Find the best in the field and ask for help. Too expensive? Write to the person of your choice and ask if you could work out a deal, a trade. Maybe you can offer something to them that they need and in return they will drop their fees? Or check for experts that are good and that you can afford at the same time. Don't give up. There is always a way and you will find it. None of us are experts in all areas of live and business. Finding the right support however makes growing and developing a lot more fun and easier.
My focus has been on marketing. I wanted to learn more about it and become an expert at selling my services; after all, my product is great, the challenge is to communicate its benefits to the right people in the right way. I realised that I needed help and found one of the best in the market, Donald Cooper, an international renown speaker and coach. His practical, honest, down to earth approach to Human Marketing is inspiring; his presentations are entertaining and motivating.
I am learning from one of the best and I love it.
Do you need help in any area of your life or business? My advise: ask for help. Find the best in the field and ask for help. Too expensive? Write to the person of your choice and ask if you could work out a deal, a trade. Maybe you can offer something to them that they need and in return they will drop their fees? Or check for experts that are good and that you can afford at the same time. Don't give up. There is always a way and you will find it. None of us are experts in all areas of live and business. Finding the right support however makes growing and developing a lot more fun and easier.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Dancing with the Stars
The time has come to look differently at the world, to really look.
What is out there? What do I see?
What am I looking for?
The vision is strong…communicating to thousands of people…
thousands you hear?
Shining, inspired, passionate, flying,
lifted by the message, carried by the wave.
Total emergence, total joy; at one with the universe,
out of place and out if time.
I know the feeling. I have been there.
This is being alive, totally vibrant and living.
A Vagabond of the world, a messenger from
beyond, consciousness expressing itself through me, the tool;
I am dancing with stars. My body is spirit.
The joy of being, the fun of seeing, the love of freeing the spirit,
a cosmic party, a heavenly celebration, dancing with the stars.
Christiane Pohl
What is out there? What do I see?
What am I looking for?
The vision is strong…communicating to thousands of people…
thousands you hear?
Shining, inspired, passionate, flying,
lifted by the message, carried by the wave.
Total emergence, total joy; at one with the universe,
out of place and out if time.
I know the feeling. I have been there.
This is being alive, totally vibrant and living.
A Vagabond of the world, a messenger from
beyond, consciousness expressing itself through me, the tool;
I am dancing with stars. My body is spirit.
The joy of being, the fun of seeing, the love of freeing the spirit,
a cosmic party, a heavenly celebration, dancing with the stars.
Christiane Pohl
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