EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY, DON'T IT?

 The women I've known I wouldn't let tie my shoe

They wouldn't give you the time of day
But the slit-eyed lady knocked me off my feet
God, I was glad I found her
And if they had the words I could tell to you
To help you on the way down the road
I couldn't quote you no Dickens, Shelley or Keats
'Cause it's all been said before
Make the best out of the bad, just laugh it off, ha
You didn't have to come here anyway

So remember, every picture tells a story, don't it
Every picture tells a story, don't it
Every picture tells a story, don't it, whoo
Every picture tells a story, don't it

Ronald David Wood/ Rod Stewart 

These are the rambling thoughts and stories about my nearly 70 decades of life. I've had this idea for sometime now and, like so many ideas, this posting is my first concrete sign that I will follow through and tell my story, as it happened to me.In the end, it's not a good or bad story. It is my story.

#InTheBeginning 

Van Morrison - Wild Night (1971)

Pacific Dub - Million Pieces (Official Music Video)

Potholes, Ruts and Craters

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As a Results Coach , I am in partnership with my clients as they work toward realizing their compelling vision for life.  At some point question usually arises: "Why do I need a coach?  I know all I need to know to create a fulfilled and abundant life. I have a detailed plan for the future. I just need to make time to do what I need to do.” To which I may reply: That is so awesome! "I’m so stoked for you!" It’s true that we have the tools for self-care at our disposal at any time. Yet I meet  many people  who  a rationale for why things are the way they are. Coaching  identifies the potholes, ruts and craters that often side-track or totally shutdown your forward progress.   Inevitably the question comes up: "Who am I? What thoughts am I having and why?" Science tells us that ..."Particularly vulnerable within these broad continents [of the mind] is a dispersed set of regions known as the salience network, which sifts through a barrage of sensations, memories, and emotions to focus a person's attention on what matters most in that moment.” These sensations, memories and emotions are based on our past experiences. Past experience can be a great teacher, in the right circumstances and frame of mind. Often we sub-consciously allow the past experience “junk” in our heads to block the road to our compelling future. You can improve your focus and results with a few simple practices:

1. Write, with words and emotions, the compelling vision that you have for your life. Be detailed.  Keep your compelling vision with/near you so you can build on your description. You may want to keep a journal or notebook that is exclusively for your vision. Whatever works for you, just do it. The important steps are:
2. WRITE IT DOWN provide as much DETAIL as you can about your vision.
3. Make your vision the way that you live your life by.  I recommend “working on” your vision daily, weekly or whatever works for you.   Identify specific plans, steps, goals, objectives or resources you can use on your journey. Resources may come and go with time. Always be vigilant for opportunity. 
4. What we think about, we become. Take time during your morning or evening rituals to read, absorb and feel your vision.   
5. I recommend “working on” your vision daily, weekly or at a regular interval that works for you.   Identify specific plans, steps, goals, objectives or resources you can use on your journey. Resources may come and go with time. Always be vigilant for opportunity. 
   
6. Identify and remove obstacles that are denying you the life you want and deserve.  A skilled (Results, Performance, Life) coach is trained and proficient in the use of strategies that enables the client to locate and change the thought-chain where our thoughts  drive our emotions and our emotions drive our actions and inactions. sub-conscious 

Have a blessed day

Walt

walt@SummitResultsCoaching.com

650.491.9800

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R.I.P. Max

My friend and constant companion of 15 1/2 human years passed on today following a long and valient battle with artheritis in his hind quarters.

Born in Wichita, Kansas in August 1998, Max was a well traveled K9 that loved long walks and car rides. At 10 months old Max embarked on his first road trip riding with Derek and I riding in the cab of a Ryder truck through Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada to his new home in California.

Max lived in San Francisco from June 1999 until June 2005 when he relocated with Kelly and I to Ponce Inlet, Florida.  During his time in Florida

Max traveled to Ft. Lauderdale for a ride on a boat while Kelly and I went SCUBA diving. Later Max journeyed through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina to Virginia to support Kelly at a national dance competition. The number of trips that Max made between Ponce Inlet and Orlando is just too many to be counted.
In March 2010 Nikki joined Max as a member of the family with the idea that they would become best buddies. Unfortunately, they didn't become best buddies and they did manage to build a peaceful co-coexistence. In June 2010 Max set off on his journey across the southern US traveling with Nikki in the back of a Nissan Pathfinder all the way from Ponce Inlet, Fl through southern Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana  Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and finally back to the Bay Area in California. Through it all, Max was just your typical, lovable Lab.
Above all, Max is the consummate example of "man's best friend". No matter what my troubles were, he always listened. No matter what his troubles were, he seldom complained. He was fiercely loyal to me and suffered separation anxiety when I would leave him. He was gentle with all other living creatures though sometimes he was clumsy and a bit "socially awkward"
Max, I miss you already and can only take comfort in that you didn't suffer in pain for any longer than necessary. You put up a great fight and showed real determination. I have learned how to be a better human because of what you have taught me.

Rest in Peace, my friend.