One of the highest compliments an individual can receive is to be called a person of character — a class act! Thomas Leonard’s Class Act 100 assessment is designed to help you understand where you are along this path and to give you ideas for areas worth developing. While there are 100 points in total, I will post one section of the assessment: 10 statements under a specific category.

Hot to use this assessment. As you read each statement, circle 1, 2 or 3. A “1″ means the statement is SOMETIMES true. A “2″ means the statement is OFTEN true. A “3″ means the statement is ALWAYS true.

B. PERSONAL STYLE

1 2 3 Excellence. I only buy and deliver quality.
1 2 3 Trusting. I handle my dealings with others on the basis that people are trustworthy.
1 2 3 Polished. I come across as polished.
1 2 3 Clean. I maintain the highest standard of personal hygiene.
1 2 3 Well-dressed. I always look exceptionally good, even if very casual.
1 2 3 Gracious. I am always charming and warm, and offer appropriate courtesies.
1 2 3 Appropriate. I am sensitive to “timing.”
1 2 3 Passionate. It’s clear to all what I feel strongly about and what I most enjoy or believe in.
1 2 3 Consistent. People know what to expect from me. I am predictable when it matters.
1 2 3 Resilient. I bounce back from adversity quickly (2-48 hours) and/or willingly. I recover.

_____ Score (30 max)

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From The Class Act 100 Program developed by Thomas J. Leonard and Coach U, Inc. Modified by LMK.

Virginia Satyr, noted American author and pscyhotherapist, provided this response to a 15-year-old girl’s question, “How can I prepare myself for a fulfilling life?”

I am me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. There are people who have some parts like me but no one adds up exactly like me. Therefore, everything that comes out of me is authentically mine because I alone choose it.

I own everything about me – my body, including everything it does; my mind, including all my thoughts and ideas; my eyes, including the images of all they behold; my feelings, whatever they might be – anger, joy, frustration, love, disappointment, excitement; my mouth and all the words that come out of it – polite, sweet and rough, correct or incorrect; my voice, loud and soft; all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own all my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes.

Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me in all my parts. I can love me and be friendly with me in all my parts; I can then make it possible for all of me to work in my best interests. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know. But as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for the solutions to the puzzles and for ways to find out more about me. However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time, is me. This is authentic and represents where I am at that moment in time.

When I review later how I looked and sounded, what I said and did, and how I thought and felt, some parts may turn out to be unfitting. I can discard that which is unfitting, keep that which proved fitting, and invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me. I own me and therefore I can engineer me.

I am me and I am okay.

[Louise_Kaelin_Radio_Show_ 1_Jan_2010.mp3] Listen to me being interviewed by Barbara Reynolds’ on her blogtalkradio show “Answers to Life’s Questions”.

Barbara is a life coach and spiritual healer with a gentle yet powerful coaching style. We both work with people to help remove the blocks preventing us from being our true best self, the self we want to be.

Please visit Barbara’s divinelyguidedhealing.com website.

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1. Demonstrate strong commitment.
Be totally committed to your resolution. Use self-talk that announces your commitment to reach your objectives. Burn the bridges that are attached to doubt and hesitancy. Consider the words of Ella Wilcox: “There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.”

2. Act on your goal at the first opportunity.
Do not procrastinate progress. Review your goals and determine what the initial or next step should be—then, take that step the first chance you get.

3. Practice daily.
Reaching high levels of productivity is a skill that requires practice like any other developing skill. Let the realization of your goals be a daily activity. Remember that life happens day-by-day, event-by-event. Plan something today that gets you closer to your ideal. the size of the step is unimportant —the direction is all important.

4. Never let an exception occur.
Exceptions are diversions and roadblocks. Don’t allow them unless and until your new habit is firmly rooted and is in your comfort zone. Diversions should be short and planned for—don’t lose sight of your objective.

There is a wonderful feeling that comes from making the shift from the problems in life to “getting” that life is pretty good. This shift may take time, development and a high score on the Personal Foundation program, but you’ll get there! We promise!

When a Person Comes from a Positive Place in Life

• They still live in reality, but choose to live a better way.
• They create more positive things happening to them.

What Happens Until One Makes This Shift

• Nothing is good enough, especially oneself.
• Problems are attracted, like bees to honey.

THE 10 SHIFTS TO MAKE TO COME-FROM THIS PLACE

❑ From not-enough to being enormously grateful, always.
❑ From having problems to being a PFZ (problem-free zone)
❑ From just getting by to having a healthy reserve of time, love, money and space.
❑ From fighting, resisting, denying the circumstances, problems and disturbances in life to realizing that you had a lot to do with whatever is happening.
❑ From doubting yourself to trusting your inklings/intuition.
❑ From being complacent to making the choice to be fully alive.
❑ From being passive, waiting, to always initiating, being at cause and creating your life.
❑ From putting others first to becoming healthfully Selfish.
❑ From talking or being “about” life, to being actively “for” life.
❑ From thinking you’re alone to developing a relationship with God, Self, Spirit, Soul (or the term you wish).

_____ Number of checked boxes (10 max)

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From The Personal Foundation 100-Point Assessment developed by Thomas J. Leonard and Coach U, Inc. Modified by LMK.

A client of mine forward this video to me (Thanks again, Michael!). I dare you to watch this and come out still believing that the reasons you have for achieving your dreams are appropriate!

In his book The Power of Intention, Dr. Wayne Dyer defines intention as a force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place. The book explores intention, not as something you do, but as an energy you’re a part of. In addition, Dr. Dyer provides an intention guide with specific ways to apply the co-creating principles into your daily life.

Some important points about this intention:

• A universal characteristic of genius is humility. The genius has always attributed his insights to some higher influence. Genius is an expression of the divine.
• The process of appreciating your genius involves trusting those inner flashes of creative insight that are worthy of expression.
• Every person you interact with should feel the inner glow that comes for being appreciated, particularly for the ways in which they express their creativity.

A few ways Dr. Dyer suggests for appreciating and expressing the genius that you are..

• Declare your intention to be a genius!
• Remove resistance to actualizing your genius.
• Simplify your life. Genius thrives in a contemplative environment.

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In his book The Power of Intention, Dr. Wayne Dyer defines intention as a force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place. The book explores intention, not as something you do, but as an energy you’re a part of. In addition, Dr. Dyer provides an intention guide with specific ways to apply the co-creating principles into your daily life.

Some important points about this intention:

• Stress is familiar and tranquility is not, so our egos desire stress as it and its impacts are known
• Here are some stress-inducing thoughts to be wary of:
  • It is more important to be right than to be happy.
  • Winning is the only thing. When you lose, you should be stressed.
  • Your reputation is more important than your relationship with your Source.
  • Success is measured in dollars and accumulations rather than in feeling happy and content.
  • Being superior to others is more important than being kind to others.
• Stay tuned in to this intention: I want to feel good and I intend to feel good.

A few ways Dr. Dyer suggests to create a stress-free tranquil life.

• Remember that your natural state is joy.
• Remember that your thoughts, not the world, cause your stress. Pay attention to the following thoughts, which lead to stress: I can’t, I’m too overworked, I worry, I’m afraid, I’m unworthy, It will never happen, I’m not smart enough, I’m too old (or too young!), etc. Stop these thoughts as soon as you become aware of them.
• Keep “Rule Number 6″ in mind. What is Rule Number 6? It’s easy, Don’t take yourself so goddam seriously. What are the other rules? There aren’t any. But remembering Rule #6 keeps your life in perspective!

In his book The Power of Intention, Dr. Wayne Dyer defines intention as a force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place. The book explores intention, not as something you do, but as an energy you’re a part of. In addition, Dr. Dyer provides an intention guide with specific ways to apply the co-creating principles into your daily life.

Some important points about this intention:

• A lack of self-respect creates a sense of unworthiness. A sense of unworthiness blocks any and all manifestations that might otherwise occur in your life.
• If you can remember that you are a part of the Source, of God, then you will always remember that you are worthy. It would be insulting God to diminish yourself.
• How you feel about the world in general (a glass half full or a glass half empty?) is a good indicator of how you feel about yourself. If you expect the worst of everyone and everything, you can bet your last dollar that you feel unworthy of the good things in life.

A few ways Dr. Dyer suggests to practice nourishing your intention to respect yourself at all times.

• Look into a mirror, make eye contact with yourself and say “I love me” as many times as possible throughout your day.
• Self-respect is just that, how YOU feel about yourself. Others opinions of you are their opinions, not your reality>,/li>
• Being in a state of gratitude is exactly the same as being in a state of respect, respect for yourself, which you give away freely. and which will return to you tenfold.