| Achieving Personal Fulfillment Ezine (sm) "Positive Psychology to the Rescue" (sm) April 2007 |
| Published by Maurine D. Patten, Ed.D., CMC Founder & CEO, Patten Coaching & Consulting www.pattencoaching.com |
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| In This Issue 1. Preview 2. Maximize Your Ability to Succeed 3. Getting into Action 4. Looking Ahead |
| 1. Preview Achieving Personal Fulfillment Ezine explores how to progress rapidly from dreams to action. It is a free monthly email newsletter written by Maurine D. Patten, life/business coach and clinical psychologist. Using Positive Psychology, topics are presented from the perspective of Maurine Patten and are provided to help you get the results you want. It will help you manage change, improve your Emotional Intelligence and make better decisions with less effort. One of my favorite stories I enjoy telling my clients is a brief version of a tale written by Tolstoy in 1903 named "Three Questions". In this tale, a king believes he would never fail at anything if he knew the answers to three critical questions about life. Wouldn't you like to maximize your chance of being successful? How you answer these three questions directly relates to your success and well-being. This issue focuses on each of the three questions and the answers that will maximize your success and sense of well-being. Back to Index |
| 2. Maximize Your Ability to Succeed Tolstoy's tale relates how a king searched his kingdom for the right answers to his three key life quesions:
Giving up, the king went looking for a wise hermit who never left the forest. When he found the hermit, he asked his questions. However, the frail hermit was busy preparing his garden for planting seeds and needed help. So, the king decided to help him. Late in the day, a wounded man came running toward them and collapsed. The king and the hermit toook care of his wounds. The king watched the wounded man through the night. In the morning, the man regained consciousness and told the king he had come to kill him to avenge his brother's death. (The king had earlier sentenced his brother to die.) While the man was looking for the king in the forest, one of the king's bodyguards had recognized him as an enemy of the king and had wounded him. The king forgave the stranger and restored his brother's property to him. Meanwhile, the hermit was sowing his seeds in the prepared ground. The king went to the hermit and asked him to answer his questions. The hermit replied that he had already been answered. The king asked him to explain what he meant. The hermit said that the most important time was when the king was helping him prepare the ground, and he was the most important man. To do him good was his most important business. Otherwise, hi might have been killed. When the wounded man arrived, the most important time was when the king was helping him. Otherwise, he would have died without having made peace with the king. He also became the most important man. Helping him was the king's most important business in order to resolve the conflict between them. Back to Index |
| 3. Getting into Action What can you learn from this tale that is as important today as it was over a hundred years ago? Under most circumstances, according to the tale:
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| 4. Looking Ahead In the months ahead:
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| Mission Achieving Personal Fulfillment Ezine is dedicated to inspiring and expanding your perspective in order for you to move forward in your personal and professional life. Achieving Personal Fulfillment Ezine is a publication of Patten Coaching & Consulting; CEO, Maurine D. Patten, Ed.D., CMC, mdpcoach@pattencoaching.com We would like Achieving Personal Fulfillment Ezine to be as interactive as possible. If you have feedback, comments, topics you would like addressed, or can suggest additional resources to benefit us all, please email us at any time. Send your e-mail to ezinefeedback@pattencoaching.com. Please forward this issue to anyone you think would find Achieving Personal Fulfillment Ezine interesting and beneficial. Your recommendations help us keep growing, and ensure an excellent exchange of information and techniques. Archives You can read previous issues of Achieving Personal Fulfillment Ezine in our archives on our archives page. |
| About Maurine D. Patten, Ed.D., CMC Maurine Patten, is a clinical psychologist and certified life/business coach. Her professional career includes: independent business owner (26 years), Assistant Professor at Chicago State University and consultant for education and business. She is a graduate of the MentorCoach program and a member of the International Coach Federation. She is experienced in training and management development for large national and international firms. She has a strong background in working with individuals and couples on clarifying and achieving goals. Dr. Patten has training in coaching, Emotional Intelligence, retirement assessment and planning, cognitive therapy and health psychology. She has published articles, made presentations, and conducted workshops about:
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