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Welcome to the January 14, 2002 issue of
LocateACoach.com's Focused Lives Update
"Experts & info to bring your life, career, family, home, health & spirituality into focus"

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

- Coach in the Spotlight
- Upcoming Teleclasses & Chats
- Challenge of the Month from Kathy Paauw - Get Organized in 2002!

Self-Marketing 101:
How to Effectively Market Your Skills
With Your Resume, Cover Letter, and Interview
In order to survive in today’s competitive job market, you have to take a proactive, smart approach to your career development. Developing a smart job search campaign includes marketing tools such as a tailored resume and cover letter. But your marketing doesn’t stop there, you also have to sell yourself during the interview. Click here to learn more.

Coach in the Spotlight

Janine Moon
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2015 Arlington Avenue
Columbus, OH 43212 United States
Phone: 614.488-6876

Fax: 614.488-1458

CompassPoint Coaching provides coaching and training services that help clients to recognize and embrace change...achieving both personal career success and corporate/business goals.

For individuals, we offer: confidential, one-on-one coaching for professionals caught in transition or uncertain about career direction; intense, objective listening; individual focused attention on YOUR agenda; use of the Authentic Vocation(SM) Tool Kit to guide career work; personal assessment tools; guided strategy development; assistance in alighning "What You Do" with "Who You Are"; assistance with skills development direction; guidance in career management and career transition; support in realigning work and life priorities.

For businesses, we assist with workplace challenges such as changing workplace values; generational gaps that create dissension; rapid assimilation; and marketplace shifts. We offer seminars addressing workplace change and transiton; group training for identifying and developing marketable skills; employee development programs; organizational communications and readiness for change assessments; values and strategic direction development; team building and partnering exercises; group, team and staff coaching.

Want to ask a question? Click here!

Take Control of Your Life Build Personal Wealth
Our FREE newsletter, The Business of Life, shows you how to return to your spiritual center, put joy and family togetherness back into your life, and build personal wealth. Chock full of expert resources and practical how-to's. Additional support also available. Click here!

Upcoming Teleclasses & Chats

Attracting Your Life Mate: Class with Michelle Casto

Brand Your Business For Fast Business Results: Class with Carole Nicolaides

Brand Yourself For Career Success: Class with Carole Nicolaides

Build Relationships That Power Your Career- FREE: Class with Carole Nicolaides

Career Development Teleclasses: Class with Terrie OConnell

Certified TeleClass Leader Program with TeleClass: Class with Michael Losier

Creating Great Content!: Class with Annette Richmond

Intro to the Myers-Brigg Type Indicator: Course with Annette Richmond
Introductory Law of Attraction 1-hour TeleSeminar: Class with Michael Losier
Job Search Strategies Teleclasses: Class with Terrie OConnell
Learn How to Create Captivating Teleclass Titles: Class with Michael Losier

Making Sense of Life; Balance Family & Career: Class with Carole Nicolaides

Market the Brand that is YOU- FREE Teleclass: Class with Carole Nicolaides

TradeShow Exhibitors:Tips & Strategies for Success: Class with Michael Losier

What's Your Type?: Class with Annette Richmond

WOW! What a Great Business Card: Class with Michael Losier

For a complete list of teleclasses, visit
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10 Steps to Fulfilling Your Divine Destiny
A Christian Woman's Guide to Learning & Living God's Plan for Her
Have you ever said, "I'd love to do great things with my life, but I'm just too busy, too untalented, too ordinary, too afraid, too anything but extraordinary"? Inside this book you'll learn who you are and what your life is about. You'll learn to identify and remove roadblocks that stand in your way and how to draw close enough to God for Him to reveal His plan for your life. Click here to read an excerpt and learn how you can order your copy today! Now Available in both paperback & eBook!

January 2002 Challenge of the Month
L E T T E R F R O M K A T H Y P A A U W

I offer two challenges for the month of January: The first is for those who are challenged with managing the paper in your life. The second is for those who feel overwhelmed with too many things on your plate. Take your pick!

Challenge #1 (overwhelmed with paper):

National Clear Off Your Desk Day is January 10, 2002. Unless you are the unusual one who goes to work and says, "I don't have anything else to do today…I think I'll clear off my desk and clean out the files!", you may need to designate a day to do this at least once a year.

If you cannot devote time on January 10th for National Clear Off Your Desk Day, consider scheduling a desk and file clean-out day in the next few weeks. The time investment will pay for itself many times over in the coming months! For helpful tips, read my article Trim the F.A.T. -- How to Conquer the Paper Pile-Up. For assistance with this process, give me a call today at 425-881-6627 or contact me at orgcoach@gte.net.

Executives, CEOs, and Managers: read about the Paper Tiger Productivity Quick Start program and calculate what your time is worth.

Challenge #2 (too much on your plate):

As the New Year wears on, people get lost in the urgencies of day-to-day life and find their New Year's Resolutions falling by the wayside...only to reappear on next year's list! According to a Women's Day magazine, almost 25% of all New Years Resolutions lose their momentum after one week.

If you feel overwhelmed with too much on your plate, I encourage you to begin this year with a big-picture view of what you want for 2002 by writing down your response to these questions:

What are my most important goals or dreams for the coming year?
What would it look and feel like if I were already there?
How can I accomplish this with the greatest ease?

Once you've sketched out the bigger picture, try the SMART process to keep the momentum going. Make goals or choices that are:

Specific - Have a crystal clear picture of the desired outcome.
Measurable - How will you know you have achieved your desired outcome? How will you measure it?
Achievable - Create a step-by-step plan to accomplish what you want.
Relevant - Does this goal fit within the bigger picture of what is most important to you?
Time-bound - What is the timeline for accomplishing what you want?

To assist you in setting this SMART process into motion, take out your calendar and schedule one hour each week to do weekly planning. Block out a weekly appointment time with yourself NOW for the entire year. (If you need to reschedule your weekly planning session, you can do that on a weekly basis.) Follow this six-step planning process. When you do this weekly, I guarantee that you will achieve more of your goals and feel more balanced and fulfilled in the process. If you'd like to schedule a complimentary coaching call for assistance getting started with this process, please send me some possible times (Monday-Friday between 8 AM and 3 PM Pacific Time) and we can schedule a time to talk.

Best wishes for 2002, Kathy Paauw
Decluttering schedules, spaces, minds
Organizing/Productivity Consultant & Certified Professional Coach
Click here to learn more about Kathy