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Original reflection?

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Many moons ago in my youth when discos were part of my social repertoire, I was on the receiving end of a wonderful chat up line.

‘Why are you wearing your Granny’s cardigan? ‘ this voice in the noisy dark asked me.

I was wearing a cream Aran cardigan – not very ‘boob tube and mini-skirt’ brigade I agree, but then being in fashion with me has always happened by chance and accident rather than planning.

What a refreshingly wonderful non-cheesy line! We had a good chat and a laugh.

In a world where everyone is writing about everything, originality can be hard.

I have been working for over 27 years and am nearly 50, so the prospect of yet another New Year tips blog does not ignite me with passion! In fact, browsing the web recently, I found a web site dedicated to questions to ask yourself to reflect upon the year with lots of followers!

So this blog, #2 in a series of 3 in the run up to Christmas shares 4 different questions to the average – I hope!

How will you let more of yourself out in 2015?
What inner change needs to happen to enable outer change?
What’s the question you most need to ask yourself?
How will you know when you have found career fulfilment?

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Your 2014 headline

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Older gentleman (2)

My late 95 year old grannie came close to falling off her rocking chair at Christmas. A plate of mince pies nearly became flying saucers. The culprit was a question.

The question I asked was:

“What are the top 10 highlights of your life so far?

Her no 1 life highlight was being proposed to on Waterloo Bridge – sweet!

The question I asked her is a BIG question, isn’t it? I mean there’s incisive questions and there’s incisive questions.

Open incisive questions are useful for purposeful refection, ideal in a full-on world.

The slowing pace after Christmas and before New Year is a good time to reflect, ask yourself big questions and plan.

I start by going through my diary and remembering what I have done and then reflecting to mine useful insights and plan actions.

This is the first of a series of 3 seasonal blogs to help you do this.

#week1 – headlines

Question for you.

What headline best sums up your 2014?

Here’s some examples:

• Fought tooth and nail for fair budgets and recognition
• Drowned in a sea of overwhelm and procrastination
• Lost time mindlessly doing social media
• Clung on by the skin of her teeth
• Quit the rat race
• Built a foundation for future success
• Created a portfolio career
• Became self employed
• Pushed out his comfort zone
• Had a life changing paradigm shift
• Played safe and stayed put

What would your headline for 2014 be?

A final 2 questions:

What would you like your headline to be for 2015?

What steps will you take to create this?

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“The future depends on what you do today” Mahatma Gandhi.