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Do you find that sometimes you get lost in memories of the past?
Those memories are so rewardingly vivid that you long to have
them back in real time. You can feel the tranquility or the continuity
of a “better” era. And the present seems to pale in comparison to
it. Of course it does. It always will – because you are focused on
comparing your perception of history to today.
Your past experiences are what molds your character and forms
your personality. The challenges and the good fortune that have
come your way both tangibly and intangibly try your patience and
test your values. How you deal with joy and pain is what shapes
who you become.
In my experience having coached a number of people
experiencing life transition, unless someone is grieving the loss of
a loved one, most of the time getting stuck on the past is due to a
skewed vision of what was really going on.
Four Question Reality Check About the Past:
1.) What about this memory do I truly miss? Is it the person? Or
is it the perception of how I saw that person at the time. Is it that I
was living my dream? Or was the vision of my dream what I was
focused on perhaps at the exclusion of reality?
2.) What one thing was I able to contribute to my fulfillment then
that I still have to contribute now? Are you able to laugh at
yourself? Do you have an open heart? Do you have incredible
passion for the things you love? Are you able to motivate yourself
and others to take action?
3.) What is the one pearl of wisdom you would share with others
about what you have learned? Write it down. Post this where you
will see it every day to remind yourself how far you have come and
how you want to live today and tomorrow.
4.) Five years from now, where do you want to be? This is where
your dreams and joy coincide. Not in mourning a loss of the past.
Many things about the past may have been fulfilling. But there is
nothing there but wisdom that will bring you fulfillment for today
and tomorrow.
You can’t create new dreams while you are mourning lost dreams
of the past. Embrace them. Learn from them. And plan how you
will apply what you have learned from them to create your dream
for today. Start now!
Sign up for Mary Lee’s Free Coaching e-newsletter.
Get Mary Lee’s free tip sheets on “Strengths – free Tools to Help
You Define Your Strengths” and “How to Turn Thought Into Habit
for Your Team” at Articles and Tip Sheets.
Mary Lee Gannon is the president of Gannon Group - a full service
coaching and consulting firm that creates productivity solutions for
people and organizations who are "stuck" in transition. Individual
clients are addressing: Life Transition, Divorce, Life Purpose, Five
& Ten Year Plans, Career Change, Relationship Shift, Loss, Empty
Nest, and Work Life Balance. Corporate client services include:
Strategic Planning, Public Relations - Brand Equity, Cultural
Accountability, Meeting Facilitation, Vision Creation, Strategy
Execution, Stress and Time Management, and Negotiations. Mary
Lee’s personal turnaround came as a stay-at-home mother, with
four children under seven-years-old, who endured a divorce that
took she and the children from the country club life to public
assistance from where within a short time she worked to the level
of CEO. Her book "Starting Over - 25 Rules for When You've
Bottomed Out" is available in bookstores and at with online book
sellers. Sign up for Mary Lee’s Free Coaching e-newsletter.
Do you find that sometimes you get lost in memories of the past?
Those memories are so rewardingly vivid that you long to have
them back in real time. You can feel the tranquility or the continuity
of a “better” era. And the present seems to pale in comparison to
it. Of course it does. It always will – because you are focused on
comparing your perception of history to today.
Your past experiences are what molds your character and forms
your personality. The challenges and the good fortune that have
come your way both tangibly and intangibly try your patience and
test your values. How you deal with joy and pain is what shapes
who you become.
In my experience having coached a number of people
experiencing life transition, unless someone is grieving the loss of
a loved one, most of the time getting stuck on the past is due to a
skewed vision of what was really going on.
Four Question Reality Check About the Past:
1.) What about this memory do I truly miss? Is it the person? Or
is it the perception of how I saw that person at the time. Is it that I
was living my dream? Or was the vision of my dream what I was
focused on perhaps at the exclusion of reality?
2.) What one thing was I able to contribute to my fulfillment then
that I still have to contribute now? Are you able to laugh at
yourself? Do you have an open heart? Do you have incredible
passion for the things you love? Are you able to motivate yourself
and others to take action?
3.) What is the one pearl of wisdom you would share with others
about what you have learned? Write it down. Post this where you
will see it every day to remind yourself how far you have come and
how you want to live today and tomorrow.
4.) Five years from now, where do you want to be? This is where
your dreams and joy coincide. Not in mourning a loss of the past.
Many things about the past may have been fulfilling. But there is
nothing there but wisdom that will bring you fulfillment for today
and tomorrow.
You can’t create new dreams while you are mourning lost dreams
of the past. Embrace them. Learn from them. And plan how you
will apply what you have learned from them to create your dream
for today. Start now!
Sign up for Mary Lee’s Free Coaching e-newsletter.
Get Mary Lee’s free tip sheets on “Strengths – free Tools to Help
You Define Your Strengths” and “How to Turn Thought Into Habit
for Your Team” at Articles and Tip Sheets.
Mary Lee Gannon is the president of Gannon Group - a full service
coaching and consulting firm that creates productivity solutions for
people and organizations who are "stuck" in transition. Individual
clients are addressing: Life Transition, Divorce, Life Purpose, Five
& Ten Year Plans, Career Change, Relationship Shift, Loss, Empty
Nest, and Work Life Balance. Corporate client services include:
Strategic Planning, Public Relations - Brand Equity, Cultural
Accountability, Meeting Facilitation, Vision Creation, Strategy
Execution, Stress and Time Management, and Negotiations. Mary
Lee’s personal turnaround came as a stay-at-home mother, with
four children under seven-years-old, who endured a divorce that
took she and the children from the country club life to public
assistance from where within a short time she worked to the level
of CEO. Her book "Starting Over - 25 Rules for When You've
Bottomed Out" is available in bookstores and at with online book
sellers. Sign up for Mary Lee’s Free Coaching e-newsletter.
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