Gifts That Last a Lifetime

Yesterday is history ~ tomorrow a mystery ~ today is a gift ~ that's why we call it the present. ~ Babatunde Olatunji

My client and I were discussing gifts...the kind that you can't buy, you can't re-gift and you can't return. They're the kind of gifts that are found in your DNA, gifts that you're built with from birth, gifts you discover as life takes you upstream and downstream, gifts that your best buddy recognizes in you and you can't see in yourself...gifts that last a lifetime. In this season of gift-giving, perhaps there's no better time than now to consider your own distinct, unique and priceless gifts of:

G iving freely of what you've been given.

~ genius that lies within, waiting for you to notice

~ growing and constantly learning

~ gratitude for the abundance in your life

~ genuineness in your interactions with others.

I ntegrity in both action and word.

~ ideas and innovations in imagining a new and different future

~ investing in initiatives to improve the product, you

~ intellect, recognized and capitalized upon to serve an important purpose

~ intuition to guide you, gird you and guard you along the way.

F iguring out what you want to do.

~ finding a way to do it

~ facing fear in making career changes and choices

~ focusing until you cross the finish line

~ favoring courage and determination over fault and failure.

T rusting that you are on the right path, even though you have no clue where you're going, you just know you're en route.

~ tracking your performance and making course corrections as needed

~ taking time to complete each career step with commitment and care

~ teaching others what you know to make things easier or better for them

~ telling yourself that you can and showing tenacity as you do

S haring whatever it is you have to share because someone, somewhere may benefit.

~ seeking solutions and solving problems

~ shifting your perspective from what you don't have to what you do have

~ showcasing your successes instead of singling out your shortcomings.

~ supporting the success of others without sabotaging your own.

Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons ~ Ruth Ann Schabacker

Comments

[Melissa]

Your posts are always so upbeat, Billie! Thanks for providing the gift that is you :)

[Sital]

Great post Billie

thanks for sharing your 'gifts' in the form of expert knowledge, wisdom and enthusiasm during '09.
Happy holidays

[billiesucher]

Melissa, Sital, and executive search philippines ~ happy holidays to all and thanks for your wonderful thoughts!

[philippines gift]

Good post! for me giving gift is like a fulfillment in life especially when you saw the happiness for the one you given. Thanks for this entry.

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