Quote of the Week

“The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.”
Shakti Gawain

Risk to Be Free
by Jay Riffenbary

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd, is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk despair. To try is to risk failure. But risks need to be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love. . .live. Chained by his beliefs, he is a slave; he has forfeited freedom. Only a person who risks is free. – Edwin Land (Riffenbary, 2007, p. 18).

Reference: Riffenbary, J. (2007). No excuse! incorporating core values, accountability, and balance into our life and career. Possibility Press.

Reprinted with permission from the OSU Leadership Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, (614) 292-3114, http://leadershipcenter.osu.edu.

Coaching Call to Action

Oh boy, this one hits home for me this week. I’m in the process of creating new material for talks and marketing and playing with new ways of organizing my days. I know the “old way” works and I still want to try new ways. Risky? Maybe. But, I was feeling “dull”. What will you do this week to take a risk and experience freedom?

Community Involvement

April 29, 2009
Business as Unusual…Change Your Thinking, Change Your Bottom Line at NEMRA

Coach Andrea and Cheryl Dolan are co-presenting at the New England Marketing Research Association’s (NEMRA) annual day-long conference on April 29th. In the experiential lab they are offering, you will learn how to apply the connection between creativity and success. Using multi-sensory processes from neuroscience, adult learning theory, coaching, leadership, storytelling, and creative thinking, you will utilize tools designed to engage “out of the box thinking” to help facilitate new ideas and perspectives for your business in these unusual times.For complete information and registration go to the NEMRA website: www.newenglandmra.org, or contact John Zarrella (john_zarrella@researchresults.com; 978-345-5510).

April 30, 2009
Pounce on a Project IV – 2009

Last month we worked on marketing calls, getting started on taxes, office clean up prior to a move, and reviewing books to donate. Here are what a few folks said:

• “So helpful to break projects into chunks of time. It makes it manageable.”
• “It feels really good to get rid of stuff!”

What project would you like to get on top of and accomplish this month? Come to Pounce on a Project IV – - 2009. Join Coach Andrea on Thursday, April 30th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Eastern. We will join as a group by phone and declare what you want to accomplish: getting taxes ready for the accountant, cleaning out those boxes in the corner, getting your website finished or make cold calls.

During the morning, the group will gather by phone a few times to check progress and get any support needed to finish with a bang. At noon, the group will celebrate their accomplishments. Who says projects have to be boring and tedious? Bring your lightness and fun and join us for the energization.

To sign up or learn more, call or e-mail Andrea by noon on Wednesday, April 29th. Feel free to share this with friends and co- workers, the more the merrier. (Cost of the program is only the cost of long distance phone calls.)

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1. Risk Management
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