As women, we usually begin the New Year resolving to make changes within our lives as well as the lives of those around us. We possess this natural tendency & ability to want to make the world a better, safer, happier place for all. It is “what we do”! And consequently, more often than not, our own needs are soon shuffled to the bottom of our priority list. This prevents us from becoming the best version of our “Self”.

We must learn to appreciate ourselves and become more adept at ‘tooting our own horn”. This concept does not easily fit within our internal “comfort zones” because for many of us while growing up were told that it wasn’t okay to talk about ourselves and that “others” would think it bragging.

Here are two (2) a simple exercises that you can do to get you moving forward appreciating yourself and becoming the best that you can be:

Answer the following questions and journal your responses:

• · Describe your three (3) greatest accomplishments to date
• · What made these accomplishments stand out for you?
• · How could you use what you’ve learned from these accomplishments to assist you in making future changes?
• · List five (5) adjectives that describe you when you’re at your best
• · What situations tend to bring out your best?
• · What are you learning and accepting about yourself at present?
• · What makes your life what it is today?

As you reflect back on 2009:

What were your biggest “wins”?

What is different for you now than a year ago?

What was your biggest 2009 challenge?

What feels incomplete, unresolved or unfinished? What plans need to be put into action for 2010?

Be KIND to yourself, APPRECIATE yourself and let others know just how SPECIAL & TALENTED you are!

Wishing you a blessed, happy and prosperous 2010.

Vernita Steege, Certified Professional Life and Business Coach

Keystone-Life Coaching for Positive Change

425 299-1379

www.keystonelifecoaching.com

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