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Success Tip –Changing Your Perspective Changes Your Life

By arbutuscoaching | December 31, 2009

While I wouldn’t put myself in the same category as Ebenezer Scrooge, I’m not a big fan of Christmas. I stopped being one when my parents split up many years ago. Recently as a way of coping I went to sunny locations, and stuck my head in the sand to pretend it wasn’t the season.

This year, I had a thought. What if instead of disliking Christmas, I made a determined effort to like it? And so I did. I went down to the Empress and looked at all the beautifully decorated trees. I was touched by the hand written decorations, where people wrote: “My Xmas wish is to have my uncle Gary survive his cancer surgery, or “I want to spend the whole vacation with my older sister Julie.”

I walked down Government Street and admired the decorations. On Xmas day I spent it with friends and really got into the day with their children, who were just a delight. While I won’t bore you with everything else I did to love the holidays, I have to say it was one of my best Christmases yet.

Which raises the question: where in your life can you change your perspective about something, so that you too can turn lemons into lemonade? Perspective as coaches know is everything. It opens up a world of opportunities, new options and experiences.

As for me, I can’t wait for next year’s Christmas season. As my nephew used to say when he was younger, only 258 more sleeps.

Happy New Year!

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