Rock On To Your Greater Future
Easy Principles for Living in Your GrooveSM
April, 2009
Principle
Thought Is Creative
A Note From Karen
Going Green
It’s tax time. Like the changing seasons here, this tax season is a bit chilling for all of us. Each of knows someone, maybe intimately, who has lost a job or whose book of business is under siege… everywhere we hunker down…as if asleep waiting for the big thaw.
Whether you celebrate Easter or Passover, the teachings of rebirth and the trials of regaining our freedom remind me that this month is nature’s call to spring forward and reinvent again. This is true from how we consume to how we relate to each other to how we source our personal economic futures. More...
FEATURE
Stars Shattered and Dreams Shuttered
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all,
And then some you don't want.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all, yeah.
~Chris Daughtry, "Home" from the
debut album "Daughtry" |
"Oh my Gawd! This is Terrible! Part of me is devastated. Part of me is jumping for joy, saying “Oh good!” But how do I deal with suddenly being out of work after 31 years in one place?"
Reality is forcing many of us to give up our cherished plans. Most of us over 45, 50 or 60+ have to keep on keeping on so we can afford our longer lives in the style we’ve grown accustomed to…or learn how to downshift.
It’s no surprise we never thought it would happen to us. But times are a changin’. We are all being forced to go back to the drawing board, asking all over again: Who am I? Where do I fit in and will anyone hire me? More...
Karen Recommends
A dear client of mine sent me a link to this Utube video with this testimonial: This video gave me just a great burst of inspiration. It’s so awesome to see that you can still do something and change your life around in midlife.
If you aren’t one of the 5 million hits on Susan Boyle’s debut on Britains Have Talent, then you are in for a rare treat and a paradigm cracking wake up call. Love to hear your reaction! Here’s the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
PS What a treat. Susan Boyle has found her way into the NYT!
A film not to miss is Elegy with Ben Kingsley and the boomer man himself, Dennis Hopper.
Tools, Tips & How-To’s
Ameriprise’s boomer-hip spokesman, Dennis Hopper implores us from our T.V. screens, “C’mon, YOU need a plan!”
Before we can make an actionable plan, we need to know what we want as our intended outcome. Plus we have to make an up-to-date assessment of our current reality. Otherwise devising a plan is a wasted effort. What’s the value of a plan if we don’t like where we are headed in the first place. More...
Widening The Circle
When you look forward to the unfolding of 2009, are you able to say that you will use this recession to your advantage? What are you doing to make your future rock?
Please share your responses.
To provide us with an opportunity to really address important issues that we are all facing, your input on what is relevant and timely matters. If you’d like to engage in this dialogue please email me with topics or questions you’d like addressed.
I also invite you to get some “real time” with me and your elite cohorts on one of my complimentary teleseminars and upcoming weekly
Future Works® Network Member Meetings.
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