legal sanity

Thanks to Curt Rosengren for directing me to Kirsten Johnson’s blog, dream big. Kirsten’s a life coach, a profession and process I’ve discussed here and here. She has a very easygoing, approachable writing style. Check out her most recent post on doing “what you love.” Kirsten makes a good point about the company we choose to keep on “our quest to go after our dreams.” We need to learn how to deal with discouragers and surround ourselves with people ready, willing and able to be “cheerleaders” for us as we go along. As Kirsten states: These are the people “who are hopeful about following their dreams and will relentlessly encourage [us] to follow [ours].” I decided a while back to closely associate with people who genuinely support my efforts to create a new training and development business. This has meant disconnecting from a number of well-meaning, but negative sorts who tend to focus soley on the hurdles and struggles I may encounter. Keeping this good company has been invaluable to me. Kirsten reminds us, and I’ve experienced first hand, that we need to constantly ask ourselves: “Who are [my] cheerleaders? Do [I] need to recruit more?”