Sunday, May 17, 2009

Win Tickets to Social Media Success Summit 2009


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TO AN EXTRAORDINARY SOCIAL MEDIA LEARNING EVENT!!
NEWBIES AND OLD PROS ALIKE ARE RUSHING TO STAKE THEIR CLAIM!
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WHAT: 11 World Leaders in Social Media Share the Goods on Social Media Success!!
WHEN: May 26, 27, June 3,10,17, mostly mid-day Pacific
WHERE: Your own computer in your own office
WHAT TO BRING: Your enthusiasm and questions! You won't even need paper because it's all recorded for you!
AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, THEY'RE GIVING AWAY FREE TICKETS!!
SADDLE UP, PUT ON YOUR BEST STETSON, GET CREATIVE AND ENTER HERE TO WIN!
Why do I want to win a seat? I am a newbie in the social media world and a newbie entrepreneur as well. I want to create success for AffirmingCreativity.com so that I can reach women who are hungering to express the depths of their creativity. Just imagine the powerful impact of all that unfettered creative energy and joy!
I know that this Social Media Success Summit will help me spread the seeds of creativity far and wide.

What is Your Treasure?


Two years ago construction of a new house was begun on the lot next to ours. I spent two full evenings digging up cactus plants that would have been scraped away and moving them to my front yard. Now each May they bloom prolificly and their fuschia blossoms fill me with joy.

What can you do now, however challenging, that will give you hours of delight later?



We had to remove this nest from the outside grate of our fireplace. Oh, the tenderness of a nest and small speckled eggs! What is your treasure?

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Coaching Change


I am always fascinated with the similar patterns that are created by the movement of wind and water on sand, stone, and materials in water. I snapped these photos this week in Rocky Mountain National Park's Fall River in the Endovalley picnic area.


Energy, whether wind, water, or human, causes incremental change - one wave upon another. Then there is a tiny shift, and the pattern continues, reinforced and guided by the previous step.

This is one way the process of change occurs in our lives. Oh, we long for the dramatic, the single moment of enlightenment, being struck blind and undergoing a total conversion. This happens in nature also, witness the hurricane, the earthquake and the horrific upheaval that is left in its wake. Thankfully this type of change occurs less often.


Coaching focuses on change of the incremental variety. This change has the potential to become a lasting pattern of behavior. It is gentle to the spirit and creates its own momentum, making the process flow along with less effort, and almost no destruction.


After a season, one can notice that a new behavior, regular walking, or painting for a time each evening, has become part of the fabric of one's life. All it took to establish was a small amount of energy, applied regularly, over a season of time.