Comments for Stefanie Zizzo - Career and Life Coach http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com Personal and Professional Growth in Action Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:05:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Review Brings New Awareness by Stefanie Zizzo http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/review-brings-new-awareness/#comment-130 Stefanie Zizzo Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:05:06 +0000 http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-130 Thank you so much Brian!! Thank you so much Brian!!

]]> Comment on Review Brings New Awareness by BRIAN http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/review-brings-new-awareness/#comment-129 BRIAN Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:52:43 +0000 http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-129 Another great post, Stefanie! Thanks for sharing. Just so you know, I added a link to your blog to my dad blog's blogroll under "Dad Resources" in case any of my readers are looking for a career and life coach. I hope it leads to some new referrals for you! My blog's new address is raleighdaddyblog.com/blog. Enjoy the rest of this awesome weekend! :) Another great post, Stefanie! Thanks for sharing. Just so you know, I added a link to your blog to my dad blog’s blogroll under “Dad Resources” in case any of my readers are looking for a career and life coach. I hope it leads to some new referrals for you! My blog’s new address is raleighdaddyblog.com/blog. Enjoy the rest of this awesome weekend! :)

]]> Comment on Season of Change by Stefanie Zizzo http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/season-of-change/#comment-128 Stefanie Zizzo Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:49:55 +0000 http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/?p=317#comment-128 Thanks for sharing this Jackie!! Thanks for sharing this Jackie!!

]]> Comment on Season of Change by Jackie Wall-Mielcarski http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/season-of-change/#comment-127 Jackie Wall-Mielcarski Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:23:18 +0000 http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/?p=317#comment-127 Over 14 years ago my husband I had relocated away from where we grew up (in central NYS) to Coastal North Carolina. We were newlywed, found new jobs, changed jobs and found a house to buy. We settled into our new life with all those BIG changes. We started a new business, and it took off. No problem-- change for the better is a fun rush.....then Hurricanes Bertha, Fran and Floyd devastated our coastal communities FORCING changes to everything imaginable, for months and months on end, because of the effects-- No problem-- changes caused by nature are an adventure and brings communities closer to find a silver lining. BUT-- when my regular grocery store underwent renovations FORGET ABOUT IT!!!!! They re-opened with a new layout-- I couldn't find a blessed thing. I felt lost, disoriented and frankly downright irritated! (they should have sent us a map in the mail with a coupon or something). Ahhh-- Like you I took a breath. As I learned the new arrangement, I found new items, and saw the renovations and upgrades to my grocery were very nice, indeed. I noticed a man in his 70's looking a bit more lost than I. Standing in what used to be the bread aisle only to be seeing dog food. I walked him to the new bread aisle. For which he was very relieved and grateful. Have FUN with IT-Whatver IT is. Jackie Wall-Mielcarski "Happiness Expert" Over 14 years ago my husband I had relocated away from where we grew up (in central NYS) to Coastal North Carolina. We were newlywed, found new jobs, changed jobs and found a house to buy. We settled into our new life with all those BIG changes. We started a new business, and it took off. No problem– change for the better is a fun rush…..then

Hurricanes Bertha, Fran and Floyd devastated our coastal communities FORCING changes to everything imaginable, for months and months on end, because of the effects– No problem– changes caused by nature are an adventure and brings communities closer to find a silver lining.

BUT– when my regular grocery store underwent renovations FORGET ABOUT IT!!!!!
They re-opened with a new layout– I couldn’t find a blessed thing. I felt lost, disoriented and frankly downright irritated! (they should have sent us a map in the mail with a coupon or something).

Ahhh– Like you I took a breath. As I learned the new arrangement, I found new items, and saw the renovations and upgrades to my grocery were very nice, indeed.

I noticed a man in his 70’s looking a bit more lost than I. Standing in what used to be the bread aisle only to be seeing dog food. I walked him to the new bread aisle. For which he was very relieved and grateful.

Have FUN with IT-Whatver IT is.

Jackie Wall-Mielcarski
“Happiness Expert”

]]> Comment on Just The Way You Are by Jackie http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/just-the-way-you-are/#comment-125 Jackie Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:42:23 +0000 http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/?p=302#comment-125 I concur Stefanie. Have FUN with IT- Whatever iT is.... EVEN if "IT" is not our ideal, or our dream, or our vision. Choose to BE OK with where you are, make the best out of what you have to work with. I have found the only way to be happy is to BE-- HAPPY! I concur Stefanie.

Have FUN with IT- Whatever iT is…. EVEN if “IT” is not our ideal, or our dream, or our vision. Choose to BE OK with where you are, make the best out of what you have to work with.

I have found the only way to be happy is to BE– HAPPY!

]]> Comment on Accepting Yourself by Just The Way You Are « Stefanie Zizzo – Career and Life Coach http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/accepting-yourself/#comment-124 Just The Way You Are « Stefanie Zizzo – Career and Life Coach Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:15:34 +0000 http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-124 [...] came from one of my earlier posts, Accepting Yourself.  Some of the comments I received show how challenging this truly is so I thought it deserved [...] [...] came from one of my earlier posts, Accepting Yourself.  Some of the comments I received show how challenging this truly is so I thought it deserved [...]

]]> Comment on Moment of Clarity by Stefanie Zizzo http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/moment-of-clarity/#comment-122 Stefanie Zizzo Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:56:57 +0000 http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/?p=296#comment-122 Thanks Marin! It sounds like you have great Trust - that the asnwers are there and will come. Thanks Marin! It sounds like you have great Trust – that the asnwers are there and will come.

]]> Comment on Moment of Clarity by Marin Shanley http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/moment-of-clarity/#comment-121 Marin Shanley Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:12:50 +0000 http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/?p=296#comment-121 Stephanie...I LOVED this entry of yours! I have learned that when I'm stuck and feeling inertia around an issue, it usually means that I'm blocking the answer somewhere inside, whether it's due to laziness, fear or just plain stubborness. So leaving it to percolate for awhile often gives me time to settle down and, once my mind & heart are more open, I can "hear" the answer. At other times, when I really just can't sense a proper direction, I have to do as it sounds like you did- send the question out to the Universe and trust that the answer will come back to me. This has happened for me on both small issues (such as whether I should go to the gym or to the movies, a decision I was conflicted over only hours ago) and large ones (like my career path!)! ~Marin Stephanie…I LOVED this entry of yours! I have learned that when I’m stuck and feeling inertia around an issue, it usually means that I’m blocking the answer somewhere inside, whether it’s due to laziness, fear or just plain stubborness. So leaving it to percolate for awhile often gives me time to settle down and, once my mind & heart are more open, I can “hear” the answer. At other times, when I really just can’t sense a proper direction, I have to do as it sounds like you did- send the question out to the Universe and trust that the answer will come back to me. This has happened for me on both small issues (such as whether I should go to the gym or to the movies, a decision I was conflicted over only hours ago) and large ones (like my career path!)!

~Marin

]]> Comment on Moment of Clarity by Stefanie Zizzo http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/moment-of-clarity/#comment-120 Stefanie Zizzo Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:06:04 +0000 http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/?p=296#comment-120 Very well said Thomas, thank you so much for sharing this!! Very well said Thomas, thank you so much for sharing this!!

]]> Comment on Moment of Clarity by Thomas Moss http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/moment-of-clarity/#comment-119 Thomas Moss Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:18:50 +0000 http://stefaniezizzo.wordpress.com/?p=296#comment-119 Moments of clarity are necessary for sound decision-making. When I get stuck on a project I often find that the best thing to do is just walk away and do something else for a while. Sometimes the answer comes while I'm doing that "something else", sometimes when I return to the project with a fresh perspective or, sometimes it comes when I wake up early in the morning, when my mind is still and able to float free. Yesterday, for example, I was frustrated because I couldn't match two paint colours perfectly. So I stopped working and pursued other projects. And this morning, when I looked again I realized I'd been much too focused on perfection and that no one else would ever notice the slight difference between the two shades. As a writer who edits his own material, I have a cardinal rule: Before editing, set the writing aside to let it cool down for a while. Then read it as a READER, not as a writer. That's the only approach I've found, after 30 years of writing, that allows me to readily identify the issues in what I've just written. We live in a too-busy world, where we allow too little time to just "being" without "doing". It's in those moments of "being" that clarity comes. Moments of clarity are necessary for sound decision-making. When I get stuck on a project I often find that the best thing to do is just walk away and do something else for a while. Sometimes the answer comes while I’m doing that “something else”, sometimes when I return to the project with a fresh perspective or, sometimes it comes when I wake up early in the morning, when my mind is still and able to float free.

Yesterday, for example, I was frustrated because I couldn’t match two paint colours perfectly. So I stopped working and pursued other projects. And this morning, when I looked again I realized I’d been much too focused on perfection and that no one else would ever notice the slight difference between the two shades.

As a writer who edits his own material, I have a cardinal rule: Before editing, set the writing aside to let it cool down for a while. Then read it as a READER, not as a writer. That’s the only approach I’ve found, after 30 years of writing, that allows me to readily identify the issues in what I’ve just written.

We live in a too-busy world, where we allow too little time to just “being” without “doing”. It’s in those moments of “being” that clarity comes.

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