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ACED It!

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As July unfolds, I’ve decided the Mid-Year Check-In is so vital that I am devoting the month to this reflective and growth-oriented pursuit.  A recent teleseminar reminded that summer is a perfect period to stop and contemplate – along with relaxing, of course.

Personally, I feel strongly we ought to take stock all 12 months.  At least January Intention-Setting and July Re-Sets are a start.  For today, I offer my emerging acronym, ACED.  Awake, Clear, Energized and Deserving represent how I increasingly choose to spend my precious days.

Awake

How many of you can relate to arriving onto this plane high-spirited and joyful?  Yet, you came to a shut-down family that devalued feeling and self-expression.  I thought so; more than one of you.  I’m here to say, it’s time to re-awaken your exuberant essence.  As African-American civil rights leader, Howard Thurman, famously said: “Don’t ask what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it…the world needs people who have come alive.”  Amen!

Clear

Last time, I mentioned drawing a line in the sand to render a firm “no” to participating with anyone or in any activities that consume or drain my valuable energy stores.  Just this week, I sent a very specific message to a group whose behaviors violate my core values.  I choose not to ‘be with’ their generally-unconscious energy.  Thus, I have removed myself to give them freedom to be themselves while I forge on to affiliate with more closely-aligned connections.

Energized

As a result of making these decisions, I find my energy returning.  For, I have realized anew how dragging-down are uninspiring associations of any sort.  Always remember, we become the average of the five people around whom we spend the most time.  As each week passes, I anticipate regaining the spunk to focus on cherished projects and initiatives for the benefit of audiences I serve via radio, coaching, speaking and writing (this blog being one of them).

Deserving

You’ve likely heard this a million times.  We teach others how to treat us.  Consider this 1,000,001 times.  It is critical.  Indeed, I am taking a stand for the treatment I deserve – as well as what I refuse to any longer tolerate.  Certain people in my circles will be very surprised.  I have accustomed them to a meek and mild Carol-Ann.  They may not recognize the strong version that commands respect.  I did not say unkind.  I said deserving.  Big difference.

I end with this inquiry: What have you ACED so far this year?

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Carol-Ann Hamilton

Carol-Ann Hamilton

Carol-Ann Hamilton has taken her 25 years of corporate experience and turned it into an issue of personal importance. She is a pioneer-activist on the leading-edge of the exploding aging crisis and seeks to save fellow Sandwich Generation caregivers a fraction of her anguish.
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