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The Coaching With Results Monthly Newsletter
Self Improvement Through Stories June 2003
http://www.CoachingWithResults.com/
"Where We Achieve Success, Your Success"
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1. Inspirational Quote Of The Month
2. Story Of The Month (with a meaningful lesson)
3. The Road To Success Is Paved With Failure
4. Humor
5. How to recommend our newsletter to a friend
6. About CoachingWithResults.com
7. How to subscribe and unsubscribe to this newsletter
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Editors note: This Newsletter has one Goal: To provide quality
self help stories that make a difference. It is built on the
premise that "Content is King". We hope you will enjoy it, and
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The Editor
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THEME OF THE MONTH: THE POWER OF SHIFTING FOCUS
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Section 1. Quote of the month
"Instead of focusing on the past and asking WHY, I will focus
on the future and ask HOW can I get to where I want to be!"
Author: Zev Saftlas
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Section 2. Story Of The Month (with a meaningful lesson)
The Power of Changing Focus
One day Dr Milton Erickson's young son, Robert, fell
on the sidewalk out side their home. He cut his mouth and was
bleeding heavily when his parents arrived on the scene,
alerted by his cries of pain and fear. Erickson immediately
said, "Robert, it hurts. It hurts real bad. Real bad. I wonder
when it's going to stop hurting. Right now it hurts; it just
hurts. When is it going to stop hurting?" This caught Robert's
attention. At first, he was only attending to the pain, but
now he also began wondering when the pain would stop. He
stopped crying as he wondered about that. By that time, his
parents had gotten him to the bathroom, where they were
washing his mouth so Erickson could determine whether or not
stitches would be required. As the blood ran from Robert's
mouth into the sink, Erickson said to his wife. "Look at that
blood, Mother. That's good red healthy blood! That'll clean
that wound out really well. Look at the color of that blood."
Of course, Robert was also looking at the blood. Instead of
being captured by his pain and fear, he was fascinated
attending to his "good red healthy blood." After the wound was
washed out, it became clear that Robert would need stitches.
So Erickson began to tell Robert that he needed stitches and
reminded him that his brother had gotten stitches last year
when he had been hurt. "I wonder whether you are going to win
the stitches contest, Robert, and get more than your brother
got. He had six stitches. All you would need is seven to win
the contest." When they arrived at the emergency room, the
attending physician was amazed at how quietly this young boy
sat while he was being cleaned and stitched up. All Robert
said through his stitched-up mouth at the end of the procedure
was "How many stitches did I get?" "Nine," he was told. And
he gave a lopsided smile through the wound.
That is the power of changing your attention.
Source: Bill O'hanlon, from his wonderful book titled
"Do One Thing Different"
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Section 3. The Road To Success Is Paved With Failure
Orville Wright was expelled from the sixth grade for
"mischievous behavior."
Orville Wright went on to invent the world's first power-
driven airplane with his brother Wilbur in 1903.
This was a Book Excerpt from
The Road to Success is Paved with Failure
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Section 4. Humor
While crossing the US and Mexican border on his
bicycle, a man was stopped by a guard who pointed to two
sacks the man had on his shoulders. "What's in the bags?",
asked the guard. "Sand," said the cyclist. "Get them off -
we'll take a look," said the guard. The Cyclist did as he
was told, emptied the bags, and proving they contained nothing
but sand, reloaded the bags, put them on his shoulders and
continued across the border. Two weeks later, the same thing
happened. Again the guard demanded to see the two bags, which
again contained nothing but sand. This went on every week for
six months, until one day the cyclist with the sand bags failed
to appear. A few days later, the guard happened to meet the
cyclist downtown. "Say friend, you sure had us crazy", said the
guard. "We knew you were smuggling something across the border.
I won't say a word - but what is it you were smuggling?"
"Bicycles!"
(Speaking about shifting focus!)
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Section 5. Show your support by spreading the word!
Please show your support! please recommend our newsletter
to a friend. As a person who sees the the importance of
self growth and improvement, We ask you to forward this
newsletter to anyone who you feel could benefit from these
empowering messages.
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Section 6. About Us
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