Another Idea
I was in the shower, rinsing the shampoo out of my hair when I came up with another idea. Not again! The last time I had a brilliant idea it consumed my entire time and took me back to my goals to rethink and reprioritize them; lessons well worth learning. I did end up learning so much I created a second business from my new knowledge. Fortunately, my new idea is not a business it’s more like… I’m not sure what it’s like yet.
Enjoy the beautiful, sunny, warm weather today.
Bruno LoGreco
Blogging: A Source Of Expression
That was a good decision to return to blogger. I thought I wanted a blog on my website – although technically I still have one. I did not delete the blog link from each page instead I pointed the link to blogger. So nothing really changes – I still have a blog, the blog is still linked to my website, the only difference is I now can express myself again.
Moving to the new blog was like moving to King City after my first year of high school. The beginning of a new school year and I’m all alone in a new school in a suburban town forty-five minutes north of Toronto. Can I say culture shock? I remember walking into my new high school on the first day back after a horrible first summer in the burbs. Everybody wore Birkenstock sandals – flip flop – flip flop – that was all I heard up and down the hallway. Everyone at King City High wore flip-flops. Where I grew up in the city, kids wore Dr. Martins, steel toe I might add. Where do I fit in? That was all I could think about?
Oddly enough until this moment I had not remembered that experience. Moving to the new blog felt the same way, but in a different kind of way. I had lost my voice or the desire to write for the new blog. There was a level of expectation, self-imposed no doubt, hovering over my head. It was like walking through the double steel doors at my new high school on the first day of school, “What will they think about the new kid on the block? I wonder if I’m cool enough, or if I’ll fit in?” Frozen still just inside the double steel doors with eyes wide open clueless of what to say to anyone.
www.brunologreco.com continues to point to a blog when you click on the blog link located on the sidebar of each page. The difference is, here I feel grounded and at peace. I can express myself with no self-imposed expectation of what I think I should write or how it will be received. Here it is about me, my thoughts and my journey through life, but over there it was about them, potential clients and how I could help them, not realizing I severed my one source of expression, who I am and my journey into life.
Welcome Home!
‘Me’ Day – Special Treatment Just For Me
Happy Friday!
In the past “me” day was Friday. This meant I could spoil myself with some of the finer things life has to offer such as a day at the spa. Not that I wouldn’t enjoy a day at the spa, I just haven’t had the resources to enjoy a full day, but rest assured in the very near future I intend to do just that, but in the mean time I will enjoy special treatment and accept a facial from time to time from an amazing individual. I hope I can still get special treatment even if Friday is no longer my ‘me’ day.
My special treatment comes in the form of a facial. Yes, men also take care of their skin. First off let me tell you about the treatment I get when I visit Exel Biocosmetica Canada. A wonderful, beautiful lady who spews the essence of life greets me at the door with hugs – the décor and the scent throughout Exel will put anybody at ease. I’m treated to a DNA peel mask that rids my skin of impurities like pollution. But it is not only the DNA peel that makes this experience worthy of sharing, it’s the product and the process in which it’s applied that made my experience that much more enjoyable, relaxing, and worth sharing.
Now that I have weekends off I can spend a little more time on me and a little less time on everything else.
Happy New Year And May All Your Dreams Come True
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39 stories above the streets of Manhattan, the skies sparkled: starburst blue, red, yellow, white – eruption after eruptions illuminating the skies with mesmerizing brilliance and thunder like “BOOM” roaring rumbles echoing in the distant skies, a sheer genius display of pyrotechnics.
I stood watching, fueled with inspiration by the sheer magnificence of the bright skies and the landscape that stood just in front of me that brought on an overwhelming feeling of JOY and happiness – it left me with a feeling of prosperity in abundance for 2009 and beyond. I felt like I was on the right path to see that all my dreams come true. A subtle reminder that dreams DO come true.
The energy in the room radiated with peace, love and joy – a room with like-minded individuals on a similar path to prosperity. Dazzled by the pyrotechnics, the host opened her arms and reached out to me. We locked into each other and hugged for a few moments, embracing one another like nothing else mattered. What a beautiful feeling.
I am truly inspired – I am ready to move forward into my journey – a journey of many unknowns, a journey with many challenges and obstacles but always a fearless journey, a journey of my own.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Bruno LoGreco Master Life Coach & Mentor
Goal-Setting
Boxing Day is the day after Christmas, observed by common wealth countries like Canada. Most stores are closed because Boxing Day is statutory holiday observed across Canada but it is also the busiest shopping day for retailers. Retailer’s mark down everything for clearance, some sales are so good, patrons begin forming lines that stretch around the block at some stores. Thankfully I’m not much of a shopper so you won’t catch me out and about shopping for anything in the next couple of days.
But more important than Boxing Day is the New Year, which is four days away. I feel like a broken record for saying this again: 2008 was the year for learning. The biggest lesson for the year, also my anthem – Life is a journey filled with learning lessons. With lessons comes growth and with growth comes life. When you stop learning you are either dead or stuck somewhere on your life path.
Lately I’ve been thinking about where I want to be this time next year. I have no limitations to what I can or cannot do because I love to learn new things. In the past any time I was faced with a challenge or obstacle, I found a solution that kept me moving along often time gaining experience and knowledge – Each challenge prepared me for the next as with each obstacle which provided the skills that I would need to conquer the next obstacle.
So yesterday I measured how successful I was with goals I set at the beginning of 2008. Of the 15 goals I set for myself I successfully achieved 10 out of the 15 goals. 2 goals are still in motion, while 3 will be axed, as they no longer fit into my overall plan.
2009 is the year for success. What that means is I will use everything I learned in 2008 and apply it in 2009 to garner further successes throughout my journey and to successfully achieve 2 of the 3 goals that remain plus 10 new goals.
Goal #1: Finish My Book
Goal #2: Host My Very Own Reality TV Show
Goal #3: Launch my first real company with 10 employees by December 2009.
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Merry Christmas
Four Days To Christmas
Four days to Christmas and I’m all done. The presents are wrapped, biscotti’s are in the oven, and I’m taking a short break to tell you all about it.
If you would have asked me what kind of month December was going to be at the beginning of November, I would have probably answered with, “A bad month” and that was before I learned the depth of the recession the world would be in.
Successful life coaches motivate and support clients with guidance and solid advice, but smart and successful life coaches heed their own advice and lead by example. I knew I had to do something to generate another source of revenue in order to keep the roof over my head, to drive my car and pay for my insurance, among other expenses until January when clients return.
My guesstimate for how many clients I anticipated for December was incorrect. I miss-guessed by a few. I am thankful that I was wrong in my guesstimate because it pushed me to find another talent, a passion that I could use to generate a new source of income to supplement my coaching income. After two weeks of tracking all the tasks I execute everyday and rated each task for success and love, I discovered I have another passion. My new passion compliments my existing passion for helping others.
I guess it’s a good time to share with you that there is no more pet company. Unfortunately hero+destiny will never see a grand opening, or not one I will be involved in. And, the consulting company I started after leaving my professional career from a fortune 500 company – its gone too. So, just like many other people I had to start all over again. I had to start all over, on my own with no money and only with experience, knowledge and passion. Last week as many of you already know I started a new company and posted a challenge – Make Money With No Money.
Only four days to Christmas and Christmas is starting to look jollier than ever. There are gifts under the tree, the aroma of freshly baked biscotti, and tree tips covered in snow. And for one of us, the news received just days before Christmas is a dream come true.
How many spare tires does a car have?
How many spare tires does a car have? One, Right! So, what happens when you have two or three flat tires – or the unlikely event that all four tires are flat, what do you do?
Highway 401 runs east to west just north of the City and is one of Toronto’s major highways with a total of 12 lanes – express and collector, and in some parts of the highway it expand to 14 lanes. Highway 404 runs north and south from downtown Toronto to north of Newmarket, and is also known as the Don Valley Parkway – or Parking Lot, that turns into the 404 at the 401 junction.
I was driving north towards Richmond Hill on Bathurst Street, Thursday when I decided to take the 401 eastbound towards the 404. I proceeded to take the exit towards the 404 north, when my steering wheel wobbled under my hands. I didn’t give it much thought until I made a lane change when the steering wheel wobbled again. I thought to myself, “Maybe I should take the car in for an alignment, after all I did just have new tires installed.“
The 407 ETR is toll highway that runs east to west, north of Toronto, and directly through the town of Richmond Hill – I live in Richmond Hill, making the 407 a convenient highway. As I approached the 404 and 407 junction the entire steering column in the car wobbled rending the steering wheel useless. I took a chance and drove to the second exit where a Sonoco Gas Bar is stationed. When the car came to a complete stop I opened the driver door, looked to the rear of the vehicle and noticed a flat tire. I then looked towards the front of the vehicle only to witness another flat tire.
I filled the tires with air and drove to the Honda dealer where I purchased brand new tires just one day prior. This morning I learned my tires were not sealed properly and the end result was flat tires. All four tires – FLAT, improperly sealed.
What’s Up, Doc?
It’s another gray and dismal day in Toronto. I didn’t do much today. I cleaned my apartment, read a few pages of Anna Karenina and finally I went to Loblaws to pickup a few items for dinner. Loblaws is a Canadian grocery retail chain.
I went to the store to buy basil and cilantro and I came home with cake, chips, and whole bunch of other stuff. Between you and me, grocery stores love me because I never go with a shopping list. I just walk into the store and start throwing items into my shopping cart, when I feel I have everything I need I proceed to the checkout counter. My short exertion to the grocery store to buy basil and cilantro wasn’t costly today – under forty bucks. Not bad.
On the menu this evening:
Rigatoni pasta, basil tomato sauce with Italian meatballs. Mixed greens with slivered almonds, sweet onion with an olive oil and balsamic dressing. And for desert: Crunchy Almond Biscotti and Panettone. I’m entertaining a few guests this evening.
Happy Saturday!
Spoiled Life Coach With ‘Me’ Time…
Maybe I am spoiled maybe I’m not but these are luxuries I get to enjoy because of the choices I made. I work for myself as Life Coach. I have the flexibility to schedule clients according to my schedule and availability. When I first decided to become a Life Coach I made a promise to myself that I would not work on Fridays. For most of my adult life I wished that the workweek would be reduced to four days per week. My wish came true but only for a short time when I became a coach. I work Sundays – Sunday is family and teen coaching day – I’m okay with this choice for now.
Yesterday was ‘Me’ day. The weather was gray and rainy, not conducive for a walk in the park or much of anything in nature. I typically meander to High Park. I stayed home all day yesterday instead. The only time I left the house was to go to the gym first thing in the morning and the rest of the day I worked on my new idea, and wrote a few articles.
Can I ask you a question? Do you consider “work” work if you are passionate about what you do?
I don’t think it is work. I enjoy writing. A few people in my life believe that when I write I am working because I write about a specific subject matter, LIFE. I learned the art of journal writing a few years ago and I recommend it to all my clients. I also learned through journaling that my writing skills were horrible, and my grammar was worse. I don’t remember learning grammar in elementary school. I remember learning how to spell, how to add and subtract, but I have no recollection of ever learning proper grammar. So I use Morning Java With Life Coach Bruno LoGreco to share my thoughts and views on life, but also to improve my writing skills.
So, YES… I am writing about what I am passionate about – LIFE, but I’m also improving my writing skills along the way. And, because journal writing is a form of meditation, a method for you become one with self, I chose to spend my “Me” day writing and becoming one with my own thoughts. Even though I was writing about a specific subject matter, writing is very relaxing and soothing.
Do you have ‘Me’ time?
