We have now crossed into yet another year, I find
myself taking a look at the past year. What are the
things I am grateful about? What shifted or changed
in this year? What areas have I grown in? I really
enjoy pondering those questions and contemplating
my previous year's journey.

But a strange thing ( or not so strange thing)
starts to happen. I find that those
nagging "negative" thoughts start to pop up around
what I did not do, what more could I have done,
what I could have done better etc. I suspect that
you understand this as well.

Now what? What is next? I wish to definately
stay with the sucesses I had in the year AND I
want to incorporate some of my disappointments into
a plan of action and/or commitment.

A great place to start is to get clarity around
what you really want in your life by spending some
time identifying what you know you do not want in
your life in the upcoming year. These actually tend
to come fairly easily for most people.

Take a piece of paper and draw a line down
the middle. On the top of the left side put the
title "What I do not want" and go ahead and make a
list of at least 25 specific things you do not want (
ie: do not want to struggle with weight, do not want
to hate paying the bills, do not want to chase clients
for money). Take whatever time you need to do
that, there is no rush.

Once you have completed that, title the column on the second side "So, what do you want"? Take each statement you made on
the left and now turn it into something you really
want (ie: I want to manage my weight easily, I want
to pay my bills effortlessly, I want my clients to pay
on time, all the time).

Putting down what you know you don't want
really helps us to get clarity around what we do
want. It is when we know what we want that we
can make a plan of action to move towards that
goal.

So how clear are you about what you WANT in
the next 12 months? Working with a life coach can
go a long way in supporting you on your journey in
making this year everything you want it to be. If you
have any questions or would like to experience a free
30 minute sample session email me at
joanne@totalvisioncoaching.com or call 508-297-
1289.

Copyright 2007 Joanne LeBlanc

Author's Bio: 

Joanne LeBlanc, CPCC, ACC is the founder Total Vision Coaching & Consulting, LLC and Life Coaching by Design which provides individual, business, relationship/partnership coaching and consulting services. She is also co-founder/President of Brunswick Bldg. Systems, Inc. and a founding member of the Coaching Tree which is a unique affiliation of independent coaches focused on working with student coaches as they progress through training and certification.
Joanne brings many years of experience in the startup and ownership of numerous small businesses. Her experience makes her uniquely suited to supporting small business owners as they create their business vision and move forward into action. She has also completed The Coaches Training Institute's ten month Co-Active Leadership Program which has provided a unique set of skills and tools to work with business leaders and individual coaching clients as they discover and embrace the "leader" within.

Joanne’s vision for her individual and relationship/partnership coaching clients is for client(s) to discover, design and move ahead with creating the full lives that they are longing for. She holds that greatness comes from human "beings" living their lives fully at choice.

Joanne brings a compassionate and warm heart to her client(s) as she remains fiercely committed to her client's living the life they want, no kidding!