Comments on: Is a new prescription the answer…? http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/time-management/is-a-new-prescription-the-answer%e2%80%a6/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:15:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: valerie http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/time-management/is-a-new-prescription-the-answer%e2%80%a6/#comment-619 valerie Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:48:21 +0000 http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/?p=50#comment-619 _Henriette_ , are you there? I would love to hear if you took Anth's suggestion, and asked for some help. I am also struggling, and this could be good for me too. _Henriette_ , are you there?

I would love to hear if you took Anth’s suggestion, and asked for some help.
I am also struggling, and this could be good for me too.

]]> By: Helen http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/time-management/is-a-new-prescription-the-answer%e2%80%a6/#comment-367 Helen Fri, 30 May 2008 18:37:49 +0000 http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/?p=50#comment-367 Well done Anth, I am passing on your mail as I know so many who really need this advice. However, me the most!! I live in the moment, but yes, there is a tomorrow to look forward to...... for plans to be made in advance - and I thank God that at 60 I still enjoy good health, work full time and have those around me that I love and enjoy - but there is also a "Helen" inside that has her own secret aspirations and ambitions to fulfill; I will jot down those in advance for me! Thank, Helen from Sydney Aust. Well done Anth,
I am passing on your mail as I know so many who really need this advice.
However, me the most!! I live in the moment, but yes, there is a tomorrow to look forward to…… for plans to be made in advance - and I thank God that at 60 I still enjoy good health, work full time and have those around me that I love and enjoy - but there is also a “Helen” inside that has her own secret aspirations and ambitions to fulfill; I will jot down those in advance for me!
Thank,
Helen from Sydney Aust.

]]> By: Abhishek Chadda http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/time-management/is-a-new-prescription-the-answer%e2%80%a6/#comment-193 Abhishek Chadda Fri, 02 May 2008 19:14:12 +0000 http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/?p=50#comment-193 I was just wondering as why i haven't planned my life and there is so much of reorganization required in it. I have started telling myself that I will not dance to other tunes but compose a tune. You gave me a direction today. Thanks! I was just wondering as why i haven’t planned my life and there is so much of reorganization required in it. I have started telling myself that I will not dance to other tunes but compose a tune. You gave me a direction today. Thanks!

]]> By: Anth Quinn http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/time-management/is-a-new-prescription-the-answer%e2%80%a6/#comment-192 Anth Quinn Fri, 02 May 2008 15:02:53 +0000 http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/?p=50#comment-192 Henriette, It sure isn’t always easy when you want to help others and you have things you want to do for yourself too. Personally, if possible I like to make solutions win: win and as easy and fun as possible. I can’t help thinking that there maybe just such a solution you haven’t spotted yet. You have a house that you believe needs tidying, and a group of lonely bored people who have hours to spare and want your help? I guess you wouldn’t be totally comfortable admitting your house was untidy and you’d benefit from their help. Still it’s a funny thing that by admiting our weaknesses we often help other people be more accepting of themselves too, so what if you could ask for some help? Maybe there is a good reason that you can’t just invite them over for a house clearning party, after all you couldn’t just ask them to help you could you? I mean they might love to help and it’s likely that everyone would win. What the hell I think I’d say this probably is the easiest solution and it’s a fantastic win: win. You get to help them and get a tidy house. They get company, possibly meet new people, get something useful to do and are helping out a friend. All because you realised that you can ask for help now. How do you think you’d feel if you’d pulled this off had a tidy house and had helped a load of people do something useful and meet new people too? Have fun, Anth. Henriette,

It sure isn’t always easy when you want to help others and you have things you want to do for yourself too.

Personally, if possible I like to make solutions win: win and as easy and fun as possible. I can’t help thinking that there maybe just such a solution you haven’t spotted yet.

You have a house that you believe needs tidying, and a group of lonely bored people who have hours to spare and want your help?

I guess you wouldn’t be totally comfortable admitting your house was untidy and you’d benefit from their help. Still it’s a funny thing that by admiting our weaknesses we often help other people be more accepting of themselves too, so what if you could ask for some help?

Maybe there is a good reason that you can’t just invite them over for a house clearning party, after all you couldn’t just ask them to help you could you? I mean they might love to help and it’s likely that everyone would win. What the hell I think I’d say this probably is the easiest solution and it’s a fantastic win: win.

You get to help them and get a tidy house. They get company, possibly meet new people, get something useful to do and are helping out a friend. All because you realised that you can ask for help now.

How do you think you’d feel if you’d pulled this off had a tidy house and had helped a load of people do something useful and meet new people too?

Have fun,

Anth.

]]> By: Anth Quinn http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/time-management/is-a-new-prescription-the-answer%e2%80%a6/#comment-191 Anth Quinn Fri, 02 May 2008 14:56:00 +0000 http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/?p=50#comment-191 Great to hear you're actually using the material; as I'm often saying overcoming your challenges and moving forwards relies on your willingness to take action and learn on the way. Also remember the power of association, the fact that you keep sharing your stories challenges and wins will encourage others to step up and take action in their lives too :o) Anth. Great to hear you’re actually using the material; as I’m often saying overcoming your challenges and moving forwards relies on your willingness to take action and learn on the way. Also remember the power of association, the fact that you keep sharing your stories challenges and wins will encourage others to step up and take action in their lives too :o)

Anth.

]]> By: olivia http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/time-management/is-a-new-prescription-the-answer%e2%80%a6/#comment-190 olivia Fri, 02 May 2008 05:27:30 +0000 http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/?p=50#comment-190 Thank you!... I am deriving ongoing pleasure from my achievements through following your regime! The 'booking it in my diary' idea is fantastic! I went right out and bought 'daytimers'! olivia Thank you!… I am deriving ongoing pleasure from my achievements through following your regime!

The ‘booking it in my diary’ idea is fantastic! I went right out and bought ‘daytimers’!

olivia

]]> By: Henriette http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/time-management/is-a-new-prescription-the-answer%e2%80%a6/#comment-189 Henriette Thu, 01 May 2008 23:04:04 +0000 http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/?p=50#comment-189 Dear Sir, Forever i have been telling myself the same as you do, BUT coming from you it seems more convincing ! My house has become a mess - not dirty, but unbelievably untidy. I start one activity, leave it for another one, or to catch the bus, leave the "mess" behind, promise myself that i will tidy-up when i come home, get home exhausted. and the following day the same happens again. Living in an excessively untidy house is depressing, and being depressed i can't concentrate to decide what to do with that "stuff", so i get out in the garden to dig and weed, and the house gets worse each day. PLEASE help me .. it feels like "tidying up" is "doing something for myself", and that i "have to" be accessible to people who phone me because they are bored, or lonely, i do feel for them, but i end up spending hours on the telephone, or visiting people out of imagined "duty". H E L P .... Dear Sir, Forever i have been telling myself the same as you do, BUT coming from you it seems more convincing !
My house has become a mess - not dirty, but unbelievably untidy. I start one activity, leave it for another one, or to catch the bus, leave the “mess” behind, promise myself that i will tidy-up when i come home, get home exhausted. and the following day the same happens again. Living in an excessively untidy house is depressing, and being depressed i can’t concentrate to decide what to do with that “stuff”, so i get out in the garden to dig and weed, and the house gets worse each day.

PLEASE help me .. it feels like “tidying up” is “doing something for myself”, and that i “have to” be accessible to people who phone me because they are bored, or lonely, i do feel for them, but i end up spending hours on the telephone, or visiting people out of imagined “duty”.
H E L P ….

]]> By: Rose Ulch http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/time-management/is-a-new-prescription-the-answer%e2%80%a6/#comment-188 Rose Ulch Thu, 01 May 2008 16:40:56 +0000 http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/?p=50#comment-188 Thank you Anth. Almost all of my life I have been dancing to the tune others have been playing... parents, husband, kids, friends and those well wishing neighbors that always drop in for coffee that want you to get involved in some charity, drive or whatever. I think this is the most (best) sight for letting me turn into the person that I always wanted to be. I am probably the biggest procrasting, never say no, queen of pack rats ever, and since I have been reading your emails...wow, major transformation. Stuff is disappearing, and I am actually getting to all that little stuff that I have always wanted to do. Procrastination is now a thing of the past, and saying no just got a whole lot easier. I had never thought of booking in my calendar with stuff that I wanted to do, but now that is happening too. Thank you for all your hard work to give people (and myself) this empowering knowledge. Rose from Canada Thank you Anth.

Almost all of my life I have been dancing to the tune others have been playing… parents, husband, kids, friends and those well wishing neighbors that always drop in for coffee that want you to get involved in some charity, drive or whatever. I think this is the most (best) sight for letting me turn into the person that I always wanted to be. I am probably the biggest procrasting, never say no, queen of pack rats ever, and since I have been reading your emails…wow, major transformation. Stuff is disappearing, and I am actually getting to all that little stuff that I have always wanted to do. Procrastination is now a thing of the past, and saying no just got a whole lot easier. I had never thought of booking in my calendar with stuff that I wanted to do, but now that is happening too.
Thank you for all your hard work to give people (and myself) this empowering knowledge.
Rose from Canada

]]> By: Kevin http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/time-management/is-a-new-prescription-the-answer%e2%80%a6/#comment-182 Kevin Thu, 01 May 2008 13:30:28 +0000 http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/?p=50#comment-182 Anth: thanks for this..I too have been shortsighting myself and subconsciously dancing to others tunes as well. Thanks for this email as well as the others in the past. I anticipate reading more. Cheers, Kevin Anth: thanks for this..I too have been shortsighting myself and subconsciously dancing to others tunes as well. Thanks for this email as well as the others in the past. I anticipate reading more.

Cheers,

Kevin

]]> By: Nancy http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/time-management/is-a-new-prescription-the-answer%e2%80%a6/#comment-181 Nancy Thu, 01 May 2008 13:26:42 +0000 http://empiricalcoaching.com/blog/?p=50#comment-181 Hi Anth Thanks for the latest message and yes I do need new glasses, good one! Regards Nancy Hi Anth

Thanks for the latest message and yes I do need new glasses, good one!

Regards
Nancy

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