Impact

“If you think you are too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.”                                                                                                                                Anita Koddick

Are You Going to Take the Shot?

“You miss 100% of the shots you never take”  Wayne Gretzky   Take the Shot NOW. If you’d like some help with the shot, give me a call 802.373.35478 or an email robkeith@sover.net.  Life Coaching has helped thousands to “take the shot” or even figure out what the shot might be.  You never know till [...]

Top Ten Reasons to Engage in Personal Life Coaching

I am often asked, “why would someone contact a coach?”.  Here are my Top Ten Reasons: 10.  You want a relationship with someone who holds you accountable for creating the life that you want – Your friends can “listen” to you just fine, but your coach will listen deeply and the relationship you have with a [...]

“Because I Know Who I Am!”

One of my all-time favorite movies is “Moonstruck” with Cher, Olympia Dukakis, Nicholas Cage, et al.   Each character is so deeply developed that it’s as if I know them from another time in my life.  Cher is outstanding in her role as Loretta.  It’s hard to imagine a more versatile actor.  That scene at the Met [...]

Decluttering Can Be More Than Cleaning Out Drawers and Closets

As a Life Coach, I often notice that when people want to make substantial changes in their lives that they benefit from something called decluttering.  Most of us can relate to the experience of having too much stuff; stuff that is basically not used and worse, is taking up space that could be occupied by [...]

Pleasures

One of my current “reads” is Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman, Ph.D.  This book has been around since 2002 but I am finding what I believe to be a lot of wisdom in it — and to top it off, his ideas are evidence-based which means that his thoughts are based not on conjecture.  A particularly [...]

What do you REALLY, REALLY, REALLY want?

Isn’t this is the ultimate life question?  The answer will be determined to a large extent by what one values.  Although ones values and priorities can be powerful motivators, it isn’t always easy to get what one wants.  Sometimes sacrifice of some other desired thing is required in order to attain what is REALLY desired.  [...]

Discouragement about Past Failures or Taking “…a Leap of Faith”

I have known and worked with many people over the years who have taken a leap of faith and landed in very shallow water.  We often hear, “go for it…nothing ventured nothing gained…”.  While I believe that this is true, what is often not said is that it is necessary to do one’s homework.  A leap of [...]

Start planning your Life as you design it Today!

You’ve heard the old saying, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life”.  Well, that happens to be true.  The most important question is, are you living your life as you want to live it or are you moving from day to day without any clear sense of purpose or direction?  Do [...]