Although we are still early on in this process I really need to send a big THANK YOU out to Patti. It is a truly amazing feeling when someone puts the effort into you so that you can work at being as successful and happy as you can be. I am a true believer in positive thinking and that happiness is a very important part of life. I had strayed from my views and others were starting to notice a negative change in me. With the work we have done thus far I have been reminded of what is important to me and getting myself back on track. As I said before, it is an amazing feeling and I am really looking forward to what exciting things and challenges are ahead.

Thank you!

The end of 2008 proved to be a very busy one for me with a lot of changes. I broke up with the boyfriend who wasn’t meant to be, I got a promotion I didn’t expect to happen for at least a year, then we moved into 2009. I bought a my first condo and being a senior at work was presenting me with more challenges and I was starting to feel overwhelmed by it all. I wanted to talk to someone I trusted and I knew would give me honest, straight forward advice. I really just felt like I needed to talk. The first person who came to mind was Patti. I remember when she was leaving the company that she told me, I am leaving the company but that doesn’t mean I am leaving Angela and to call her if I needed anything. That is what I did, well maybe I emailed her, I am not sure right now.

We met for a lunch the got fairly emotional for me because we were touching on what we call the “tough stuff”. These are things I generally don’t address in my day to day life because it seems easier to ignore them, although we all know that isn’t true. At first I felt selfish and felt like the relationship was one sided because I was talking about myself. After a few meetings she has assured me that she is also gaining from this experience.

Patti suggested that I read Steve Farber’s book Greater Than Yourself. I immediately loved the concept and was so excited when Patti asked if I would be her GTY project. It is a great feeling to know that someone sees you being able to go far and achieve great things in your life. Now I need to figure what those will be, lol.

We are still working through what our GTY project will look like and with business trips for both of us our meetings have been a bit stretched out. Thanks to our work thus far I have decided I need to prioritize some things in my life and will be changing the focus of some of my commitments in 2010. This will allow me more time for our GTY project. YAHOO!!!