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53.
Walk in the Woods
You will never go wrong by spending time enjoying nature. There is something
particularly special about walking in the woods. Your steps will feel lighter, a
deep sense of inner quiet will flood your entire body and your creativity will
flourish. As the famed Italian architect and painter Leonardo da Vinci said,
“Through the window of the eye, the soul regards the world’s beauty…Who
would believe that a small scene of nature could contain the images of the
universe?”
My favorite time of year is autumn. The leaves on the trees reflect the
brilliant colors of the season and it’s the perfect time for long walks in the
woods. Away from the noise of the city, the values I hold dearest grow clearer
and I can contemplate some of life’s larger questions, questions that never seem
to get answered in the normal crush of the daily routine. I can stop by a small
stream and relax on a moss-covered rock or inhale the fragrances that only those
who walk in the woods truly experience.
When I leave this oasis of nature, I am a new man. I’m more alert, more
energized and more alive. Many of the great wisdom traditions have emphasized
the restorative power of regular walks in the woods. This life-giving discipline
never fails to yield a bounty of welcome results.

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54.
Get a Coach
One of the most effective ways to improve your personal and professional
effectiveness and to rise to a new level of excellence is to find a mentor to coach
you. Success in business and in life is a “connect the dots” process. All you need
to do is find out the habits, disciplines and strategies that others have used to
obtain their results and connect the dots by duplicating their actions. Once you
follow the steps they have taken, in the order they have taken them in, you are
bound to get the same results. A personal coach can illuminate your path,
encourage you when times get tough and shave years off your learning curve.
In my own life, I have been blessed with many mentors, people who have
shown me the fundamentals of effective living and guided me in the right
direction when I reached a crossroad. I found most of these special advisers by
asking people whom I admired one of the most powerful questions in all of the
English language, “Would you please help me?” Not one of the people I
approached refused to offer me the gift of their knowledge and the benefit of
their experience. Many of my mentors have since become valued friends and my
life would not be what it now is without them.
Coaching has become one of the most important elements to a complete
program of personal and professional excellence. People from all walks of life
have recognized this as one of the best ways to create positive changes and
lasting results in their lives. As an executive in one of the monthly life-coaching
programs I offer in cities across the country recently said, “Inspirational books
helped me to define my dreams. Being in your personal coaching program
showed me precisely how to achieve them, while bringing back the balance in
my life.”

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