Comments on: How to Be a Great Cheerleader http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/20/how-to-be-a-great-cheerleader/ Helping you find your purpose and navigate your quarter-life crisis in style Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:30:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Aleta http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/20/how-to-be-a-great-cheerleader/#comment-903 Aleta Wed, 21 May 2008 21:17:32 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/20/how-to-be-a-great-cheerleader/#comment-903 Hi Cynthia! I just sent you an email, looking forward to hearing from you and setting goals and being there for each other! I like what you wrote, Jen, about listening and being the booster club. I think listing the goals and how you want to obtain them are good for starting off the cheerleading. Also, to understand that it's OK to have different goals - such as - one wants to lose a specific amount of weight, but the other wants to exercise and not havea specific weight goal, if this makes sense. I also like the idea of a schedule and when you can expect to send an email or update to your cheerleader. Hi Cynthia! I just sent you an email, looking forward to hearing from you and setting goals and being there for each other!

I like what you wrote, Jen, about listening and being the booster club. I think listing the goals and how you want to obtain them are good for starting off the cheerleading. Also, to understand that it’s OK to have different goals - such as - one wants to lose a specific amount of weight, but the other wants to exercise and not havea specific weight goal, if this makes sense.

I also like the idea of a schedule and when you can expect to send an email or update to your cheerleader.

]]> By: Leah http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/20/how-to-be-a-great-cheerleader/#comment-889 Leah Tue, 20 May 2008 14:41:08 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/20/how-to-be-a-great-cheerleader/#comment-889 Be prepared to ask questions/ask for more. A biggie I have learned through coaching (and hopefully MizFit can back this up) is that we typically have all the answers within already, but since we are living inside the box, we don't always see them. A person who is truly listening without their own agenda can really help us open the doors inside our own head to the ideas that have been there all along, but that we were ignoring or just hadn't seen yet. Using questions formed out of genuine curiosity, we can really move our partners forward. As for asking for more, again, we all live and breath within our own perceived limitations. That outsider does not see those limitations; only possibilities. Continually ask for more, and your partner will continue to rise to the challenge, breaking down limiting beliefs every step of the way. I love this challenge! I can't wait to get started, and I really hope to finally remove so much of the clutter that has been holding me back. Maybe even get a schedule and stick to it! Be prepared to ask questions/ask for more. A biggie I have learned through coaching (and hopefully MizFit can back this up) is that we typically have all the answers within already, but since we are living inside the box, we don’t always see them. A person who is truly listening without their own agenda can really help us open the doors inside our own head to the ideas that have been there all along, but that we were ignoring or just hadn’t seen yet. Using questions formed out of genuine curiosity, we can really move our partners forward. As for asking for more, again, we all live and breath within our own perceived limitations. That outsider does not see those limitations; only possibilities. Continually ask for more, and your partner will continue to rise to the challenge, breaking down limiting beliefs every step of the way.

I love this challenge! I can’t wait to get started, and I really hope to finally remove so much of the clutter that has been holding me back. Maybe even get a schedule and stick to it!

]]> By: Cynthia http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/20/how-to-be-a-great-cheerleader/#comment-887 Cynthia Tue, 20 May 2008 13:23:03 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/20/how-to-be-a-great-cheerleader/#comment-887 Listening is HUGE. I need to get in contact with my cheerleader. I feel like a headless chicken today! I will have to come back and read this, just to make sure I'm covering all my bases. :) Listening is HUGE.

I need to get in contact with my cheerleader. I feel like a headless chicken today!

I will have to come back and read this, just to make sure I’m covering all my bases. :)

]]> By: MizFit http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/20/how-to-be-a-great-cheerleader/#comment-885 MizFit Tue, 20 May 2008 09:44:57 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/05/20/how-to-be-a-great-cheerleader/#comment-885 I have nothing to add at all as youve nailed it. mainly, for me, the being a good listeners (emailreader?) as you may see what you think SHOULD be their goals----and it mightcould be something in which they arent interested at all! when I was a lifecoach I asked myself that all the time...if I was HEARING THEM and was I sure to keep my stuff (thoughts/ideas/values) OUT OF THE MIX. thanks again for doing this! M. I have nothing to add at all as youve nailed it.

mainly, for me, the being a good listeners (emailreader?) as you may see what you think SHOULD be their goals—-and it mightcould be something in which they arent interested at all!

when I was a lifecoach I asked myself that all the time…if I was HEARING THEM and was I sure to keep my stuff (thoughts/ideas/values) OUT OF THE MIX.

thanks again for doing this!

M.

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