That’s all my note said.
They responded
that they didn’t really know.
Life was ok
but
it seemed to be on pause,
and they weren’t sure
how
to turn hope
into action.
They thought maybe they were
ready for coaching.
So they decided
to leap.
Toward life.

Not living the life you anticipated?  Email me to get on the list for a 1:1 session: sarah@sarah-levitt.com
As far as we know, we get one shot at this life.
I help you live yours.

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I’m on
both this week and next
sharing my favorite coaching tips
during the 5am and 6am newscasts.

Tune in and let me know what you think!
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As far as we know, we get one shot at this life.  I help you live yours.
Contact me to learn more about 1:1 executive coaching:  sarah@sarah-levitt.com

As a speaker, I will likely move the podium out of the way and deliver a presentation that will inspire, inform, and shift your audience toward its greatest potential.  For booking information go here or contact me: sarah@sarah-levitt.com

If you have a story that you’re interested in sharing for the Making Magnificence Project, get in touch with me:  sarah@sarah-levitt.com

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Stories
are powerful.
And the stories we tell ourselves
are the most powerful.
Which is why I’ve created
The Making Magnificence Project,
a series
of interviews and conversations I’m having
with executives, professionals, and people
just like you
who have transitioned and transformed.
You’ll be able to read about them
in my upcoming book.
It is my hope
that their narratives
will inspire your own,
and in the moments
when you look toward
your future,
and decide
which story to tell yourself,
you’ll choose one
of possibility.
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As far as we know, we get one shot at this life.  I help you live yours.
Contact me to learn more about 1:1 executive coaching:  sarah@sarah-levitt.com

As a speaker, I will likely move the podium out of the way and deliver a presentation that will inspire, inform, and shift your audience toward its greatest potential.  For booking information go here or contact me: sarah@sarah-levitt.com

If you have a story that you’re interested in sharing for the Making Magnificence Project,
contact me:  sarah@sarah-levitt.com

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Is always unfolding.
At tomorrow’s CWNC Conference,
I’ll be talking about
the how-to’s
of reinvention,
of making space
amidst the noise
to hear what’s calling,
and of finding a person
(coach, friend, mentor)
with whom you can
share
your hopes and dreams,
someone who will
hold
the vision
that you have for yourself
and your life,
even
when the clouds of fear
threaten to obscure it,
and who will assure you
that it burns
brightly,
waiting for your arrival.

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We get good
at what we
practice,
I’ve said.
Recently,
my understanding
of practice has
deepened.
We
are
what we practice,
Richard Strozzi-Heckler writes
in The Leadership Dojo.
More than ever,
I’m asking myself,
What
do you practice?
Who
are
you?
And
whom
do you want
to become?

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Next time: more from the Harvard Coaching Conference on staying centered.

Annual meetings, conferences, and workshops are some of the speaking engagements that I’m booking now for 2013.  If you’re looking for a speaker who delivers one part inspiration and one part information, I’ve got you covered.  Contact me for booking information and go here to learn more about topics and format.

Whether it’s optimum leadership performance or work-life balance and well-being, I’ll likely move the podium out of the way and deliver a presentation that will inspire, inform, and shift your audience members toward their greatest potential.

You+Me = 1:1 Coaching.
Get on the list for a complimentary ‘get to know each other’ session:
sarah@sarah-levitt.com
And then get ready to get your groove on.

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From Jack Welch, keynote speaker at last week’s event:

On how to choose
what sector in business
to pursue:
“In the end,
it’s what turns you on.
You get an idea,
and
have an ‘aha’…
That
will win
over
picking the right game.”

On leadership:
“It’s how you
engage people
and excite them
around the purpose…
You’ve got to know
what people
are feeling…”
“Your job
is to let them
grow
and flourish…
Carry a can
of fertilizer
in one hand
and grow a garden.”

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If your association or company is interested in real tools for real life to create optimum leadership performance or well-being and work-life balance, I’m booking 2013 engagements now.  To learn more about keynotes, workshops, and customized coaching:  sarah@sarah-levitt.com

You+Me = 1:1 Coaching.
To get on the list for a complimentary ‘get to know each other’ session:
sarah@sarah-levitt.com

Coming soon: more from the Harvard Coaching Conference on staying centered.

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Our brains
have only two
states,
said Dan Siegel, M.D.
last weekend
at the Harvard Coaching Conference.

Receptive
and
Reactive.
When in receptive mode,
our physiology is relaxed.
We innovate and create,
collaborate
and problem solve.
In reactive mode,
we are not open
to learning
or empathy
or flexibility.
Instead,
we want to
fight
take flight
or freeze.
We can
train our brains
to
stay centered
and in receptive mode,
Daniel Goleman said,
and life
is the practice.

What are some techniques for staying centered?  Stay tuned for more good stuff from the Harvard Coaching Conference.  If you’ve coached with me or heard me speak, you know that a centering practice doesn’t have to include meditation (although it can).

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­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Coming soon!  You + Me = 1:1 Coaching.
To get your name on the list for a complimentary ‘get to know each other’ session,
email me sarah@sarah-levitt.com

And then get ready to get your groove on.

The Making Magnificence Coaching Program begins Oct. 16^th in Raleigh!
Go here to register.

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Is when
the external world we create
reflects
the internal world
of who we are.

Are you aligned?
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Coming Soon:

The Making Magnificence Coaching Program begins Oct. 16^th
Registration closes Oct. 1^st.  8 weeks.  10 seats.
Go here to register, set up a complimentary session with yours truly,
and then get ready to get your groove on.

You+Me = 1:1 Coaching
Details arriving in your inbox soon!

The Making Magnificence Project: Stories of Transition and Resilience 
I’m talking with people who have transitioned and transformed, and they’re sharing their narratives.
Doesn’t get much better than this.
Stay tuned here.

Join me at one of these Appearances this Fall.
I’m currently booking Speaking and Workshop engagements for 2013
and would love to talk with you about your conference, annual meeting,
or training and development programming.
One part inspiration, one part information, total good time.

My blog on Dan Heath and good decision-making really is coming.

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You are being honed and polished:

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.  These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern.
Beautiful people do not just happen.”

– Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Next time:  Dan Heath’s research on making good decisions.

The Making Magnificence Coaching Program starts October 16^th in Raleigh.
8 weeks. 10 seats. Registration closes October 1^st
Go here to register and set up a complimentary session with yours truly.
And then get ready to get your groove on.

Coming soon!
You + Me = 1:1 Coaching

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