Weren’t the Olympics amazing? I loved watching them, even though winter isn’t
my favorite season!
This year, as I saw the athletes reaching new heights,
sometimes literally, it occurred to me that each competitor shared one crucial element of success: they all had a coach.
When it comes to sports, music, dance or acting a good coach is invaluable
in achieving the highest level of success. Why? Because at times we need guidance, an outside perspective, encouragement,
motivation or someone to challenge us. A good coach provides all of that for their protégé. It only makes sense
for those who want to be the very best in business to do the same.
No
one, wants to keep sloshing blindly along hoping they are making the right choices. Get a good coach and KNOW that the
steps you’re taking will lead you to your best end result. We all need someone to cheer us on, provide constructive
feedback, and help us identify and expand upon our strengths. A great coach helps you exceed your expectations and reach
your dreams. Together, you can go for the gold. And in the world in which we live, who couldn’t use a little gold?
GET A COACH!
Laura
One of the most important lessons I have learned is this:
“LIVE
LIFE WITHOUT GUILT BECAUSE GUILT IS A NON PRODUCTIVE EMOTION”.
Some would feel that guilt is a necessary emotion. That there are some things for which we should feel guilty,
like killing, stealing and abuse. Surely those situations would require a person to feel guilt!
But these people are looking at a different definition of guilt. The
confusion stems from people equating guilt with repentance. Merriam-Webster says Guilt is: the state of one who has
committed an offense especially consciously b : feelings of culpability especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of
inadequacy : a feeling of culpability for offenses Guilt is a noun with no action. There is no action taken
when one feels guilt.
The reason I believe
in life without guilt is that experiencing the feeling of guilt does not motivate a person towards positive, lasting change.
Guilt is a non-productive emotion. People do not choose to change things about themselves or their situations because
they feel guilty. Feeling guilty makes a person feel shame. Feeling ashamed causes us to retreat. We stop living our
fullest life because of the burden of guilt we are carrying around.
On the other hand they Merriam-Webster define Repentance as: the action or process of repenting especially for misdeeds
or moral shortcomings. The first word you see is “THE ACTION”. Repenting motivates you to change.
You might regret your mistake, but you see that mistake for what it is, an error made by an imperfect person. Not a debilitating
failure. Because you now know better, you do better.
Living
without guilt is about living without cop-outs and excuses. It forces you to take responsibility for your actions.
It’s all about you, upfront and personal. Life without guilt also means that you do not try to “guilt trip”
others. Because you recognize how guilt can stall you in your life, you then work to not send other people down that
useless road of “if only”, “should have", “could have”, “but you didn’t so
now look how you have screwed up your life, and most importantly my life”.
Living without guilt allows you to stand up and say to those who try to minimize you and your accomplishments: "I
choose my response and my action. My life, my behavior, my accomplishments are on me, not you."
This life lesson has been hard-won. Together I can show you how to use this
freeing thought to make a success of any future life decision!
Laura
