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Oya's Newsletter: "Roots & Wings"
July 2004: Volume 1, Issue 4.
Newsletter
Archive
Written &
Published by Philippa Kennealy, MD, MPH
Contents
Welcome Note
Oya News
Feature
Article: Opting
for a Spirit of Abundance
On Track
Book review of the
Month
Welcome
to new subscribers. As I write this, we are
experiencing the longest day of the year! I hope
you have great mid-summer, or mid-winter plans.
I
have set myself the goal of doubling my number
of subscribers this month and I need your help.
Please forward this newsletter to even just two
(or more!!) people who may find it interesting,
and you will have helped me succeed in my goal.
For prior newsletters, please visit my newsletter
archive.
June
was filled with connection and learning. New
clients, two workshops and a keynote
presentation, all of which left me exhilarated
and ready for more.
I
am delighted to announce my affiliation with
Jane Hurd, executive coach, author of “The
Everyday Genius: Profiting from your Strengths
and Making your Weaknesses Irrelevant” and
creator of the “Everyday Genius” workshops.
Jane is the former CEO of Harbor/UCLA Hospital
and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and has
built a successful coaching practice after
leaving her role as an executive recruiter. We
offer a core 3-and-a-half-hour workshop – “The Everyday Genius”, as well as “The Everyday
Genius Condensed” (a 90 minute version),
“Genius Hiring”, “Genius Teams”,
“Genius Communication”, and “Delighting
Your Customers”.
The
word “abundance” seems to abound at present!
I’m being hit from all quarters by notices of
Abundance workshops, classes and books so I
figured it was time to investigate this
trendy-sounding phenomenon.
Abundance
is “Great plenty” or “More than sufficient
quantity”…..so Webster’s informs me.
What
does abundance mean to me? Like many of us, I
was raised with a stronger sense of scarcity
than of plenty, despite the obvious richness of
my life and the opportunities I have had. What I
am discovering, however, and quite joyfully so,
is that the Universe responds when I trust both
it and myself to deliver the goods.
Scarcity
is about limits – our mind’s
experience of boundaries, fear
– what if we don’t have enough?, and comparison
– looking around and feeling like others have
more than we do.
Abundance
is about trust, being able to
tolerate ambivalence and not knowing,
and yet still being willing to act
instead of engaging in wishful thinking. Just
hoping or asking for abundance isn’t enough.
You must act in ways that demonstrate your trust
and belief that there is plenty to go round.
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What
is your version of abundance? Is it about money?
Or time? Or good people in your life? Or
opportunities and choices?
§
What
fears are keeping you in a “scarcity”
thought pattern?
§
To
whom are you comparing yourself?
§
How
are you limiting yourself or denying yourself
the ability to tap into the ample supply?
Be
willing to trust yourself and the generosity of
the Universe (or Life, for those less
spiritually inclined), and to act based on that
trust.
On
Track: Your “Personal Board of Directors”
As
Yogi Berra said, if you don’t know where you
are going, you could wind up someplace else.
I
like to think of each of as our own complete
entity with a Vision for our lives or careers, a
Mission Statement for what we are all about, and
a set of Core Values from which we ideally
operate. Much like our own small one-person
business, even if we are a part of a larger
organization.
And
like any good business, we need a Board of
Directors or Advisors to help guide us to where
we are going.
Your
“Board” could include your accountant,
attorney, financial planner, web designer and
programmer, coach, mentor, therapist, sports
trainer, trusted friend who will tell you the
truth, marketing guru, favorite professor,
colleague with experience, Mastermind group
– all those who are
willing and able to support your life’s
ventures.
Stay
in touch with each of them regularly. Share as
much as is appropriate with them your Vision and
Mission in order to benefit maximally from their
expertise, insight and wisdom.
Book
of the Month:
Love
is the Killer App: How to Win Business and
Influence Friends
by Tim
Sanders is a fresh, quirky and provocative look
at a challenge many of us face in our work –
“how to maintain our value as professionals in
the face of rapidly changing times”, as he
writes.
The
book's Big Thought (his terminology) is to use
love as a point of business differentiation and
he makes clear his reasons why. His definition
of “bizlove” is “The act of intelligently
and sensibly sharing your intangibles with your
business partners”. The intangibles are our
knowledge (everything we have learned and
continue to learn), our network (our entire web
of relationships) and our compassion (the human
ability to reach out with warmth).
He
urges us to become Lovecats in our careers, in
order to build an outstanding brand as a person,
create experiences for customers, get people’s
attention, harness the power of positive
presumption, receive exceptional feedback, and
gain personal satisfaction. Wow!!
Have an enjoyable month!
Philippa Kennealy MD MPH
The Vision Realization Process
President, Oya Consulting
Dr. Philippa Kennealy is an Executive and
Personal Coach, dedicated to your professional
and personal success and fulfillment. To
schedule an initial FR*EE consultation, to learn
more, or to inquire about having her speak to
your group or organization, contact her at:
pkennealy@oyaconsulting.com or
click here.
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