Archive for July, 2009

10 Tips for Living an Extraordinary Life

1. Be Kind! Kindness is a choice that generally affects outcomes for the better. Choose the path of kindness. Meet people where they are at.

2. Be Peaceful! Focus on facts and intention. Carefully choose the meanings you assign. Acknowledge that everyone is doing the best that they can with the resources that they have.

3. Be Direct! Give up your stories and your complaints. Use stories for teaching and sharing. Deal with your problems directly. Take complaints to the source. Acknowledge your complaints as unspoken requests.

4. Be Responsible! There is no right or wrong. There is just commitment to the outcome.

5. Be Powerful! Be straight with your communication and take what you get. Speak the truth!

6. Be Courageous! Courage isn’t the absence of fear; it is acting in the face of fear. Acknowledge your fear and act anyway.

7. Have Integrity! Do what you say you will do when you say you will do it. When you don’t, acknowledge it, clean it up and make a new commitment. Honor your word.

8. Be Inspiring! Create new possibilities for yourself and others. Share new ideas with people so that they are moved, touched and inspired to action.

9. Be Charismatic! Be fully present. Give up your agenda and “trying to get somewhere”.

10. Have Fun! Life is too short to take yourself too seriously. Lighten up and have some fun.

Carrie Kish is a life coach who helps people live an extraordinary life. Sign up for Destiny NOW! a weekly newsletter at www.CarrieKish.com or email carrie@carriekish.com to set up a free coaching session.

I was totally inspired when I watched this. Dave’s enthusiasm is captivating. I loved his honesty about his failures and what he learned along the way. It calls me to step up into my life and do bigger work than I am doing!

Destiny NOW! and The Betty Ferguson Foundation

invite you to

The Circle

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

7-9pm

at

The Betty Ferguson Foundation

25510 W Avenue Stanford, Suite 104

Valencia, CA 91355

NO CHARGE!

The Circle is an open forum for women to support each other, learn and grow together and have a real conversation. The Circle was called by Carrie Kish because her experience is that women have a lot to say and that we aren’t getting the opportunity to say it. The Circle is being hosted by The Betty Ferguson Foundation, a non-profit organization that trains, develops and empowers women and girls in the Santa Clarita Valley. Together, The Betty Ferguson Foundation and Destiny NOW! welcome you to join the conversation that is happening at The Circle. The Circle currently meets on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at The Betty Ferguson Foundation in Valencia. Light refreshments and hospitality begin at 6:30pm. The Circle begins promptly at 7pm. At The Circle, women gather in (you got it) a circle. Every meeting begins with brief introductions followed by a deeper conversation. The topics for conversation belong to a broad range and include celebration, loneliness, menu planning, spiritual growth, romance, weight, grief, personal development, communication and money. The topics are chosen by The Circle through a fun group process. The Circle closes at 9pm. There is no cost to join. The Circle is open to women of all ages and girls ages 13 and older.Because mature content is sometimes discussed at The Circle, girls under 18 are welcome with their mothers or a family-approved mentor.

For more information:
Call Carrie Kish at 661-255-2100 or email Carrie@CarrieKish.com

It seems like it is the eternal quest of mankind to search out the meaning of life. The first step is to search for, find, or define the purpose of your life. A fine point here is that there is no right answer any more than there is a wrong one. The meaning of your life is what you say it is. Your purpose in life is what you understand it to be. Use one or more of the following meditations to contemplate your purpose in life:

Imagine yourself at your 90th birthday party. Your friends and family and everyone whose life you have impacted in any way are gathered to honor you. They take turns telling stories and sharing how you made a difference in their lives. What do they say?

Imagine that you have just been given a free billboard on the busiest stretch of the 405 freeway. Thousands of people pass by it every day. You have the opportunity to impact these people in any way you would like. What would you put on the billboard? What is the message that you want to convey? What is the impact you want to have on the drivers as they see it?

Imagine you have discovered the technology to reengineer all of the metal detectors in every airport in the world. They will do their original job, but they will also change people’s lives in a fundamental way. You get to program the metal detectors and decide what change people will experience. They will not be harmed in any way, but they will act differently, speak differently and relate to the world in a different way. What is the experience that people have as they walk through the gate and what do they now know that they didn’t know before?

These are just a few questions for you to consider as you explore your purpose in life. Schedule a sample session with Carrie to explore further or to look at what’s next.

Destiny NOW! and The Betty Ferguson Foundation invite you to The Circle

The Circle

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
7-9pm
at
The Betty Ferguson Foundation
25510 W Avenue Stanford, Suite 104
Valencia, CA 91355

The Circle is an open forum for women to support each other, learn and grow together and have a real conversation. The Circle was called by Carrie Kish because her experience is that women have a lot to say and that we aren’t getting the opportunity to say it. The Circle is being hosted by The Betty Ferguson Foundation, a non-profit organization that trains, develops and empowers women and girls in the Santa Clarita Valley. Together, The Betty Ferguson Foundation and Destiny NOW! welcome you to join the conversation that is happening at The Circle. The Circle currently meets on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at The Betty Ferguson Foundation in Valencia. Light refreshments and hospitality begin at 6:30pm. The Circle begins promptly at 7pm. At The Circle, women gather in (you got it) a circle. Every meeting begins with brief introductions followed by a deeper conversation. The topics for conversation belong to a broad range and include celebration, loneliness, menu planning, spiritual growth, romance, weight, grief, personal development, communication and money. The topics are chosen by The Circle through a fun group process. The Circle closes at 9pm. There is no cost to join. The Circle is open to women of all ages and girls ages 13 and older.Because mature content is sometimes discussed at The Circle, girls under 18 are welcome with their mothers or a family-approved mentor.

For more information:
Call Carrie Kish at 661-255-2100 or email Carrie@CarrieKish.com