April 2005

"De-Cluttering"
Time to Re-new You!

Spring is a time of rebirth and rejuvenation! It's the opportunity we take to de-clutter our offices and clean our home of unnecessary stuff! It can also be time of self-discovery in reaching our personal and professional goals. Are you still on track? Have you been faced with a bump in the road - and you're not sure if you should keep going, turn around or just stop? Learn to re-evaluate, re-group and re-focus.

Wanda Lowenstein, M.A., Working Solutions' Professional Coach, suggest you ask yourself the following simple questions:

1. What do I want? (Sounds simple but, really, how often do we ask ourselves this?)
2. What do I need to change to be/have this?
3. What's the first step I need to take?
4. What pulls me off course?
5. What is the one thing, if practiced consistently, would make the greatest impact in my life?
6. Where do I tend to give my power away?
7. What do I need to give up to get what I want?
8. What do I need to say "NO" to?

De-cluttering also means you figure out what is working well for you, congratulate yourself and remind yourself of the good choices you've made. Remember the 3 R's - Re-Evaluate, Re-Group and Re-Focus!

Happy Spring!

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