Yes, it’s me. Just me. No guest poster, no link to a YouTube video, no distractions.
My last post- that I wrote, myself,- was June 15. Almost 6 months ago.
I have loved each and every guest post that I’ve run since I’ve been here in person. I have such great, smart, witty, and wise friends (and former clients), who are so gracious to agree to tell their own stories of self-leadership. And yes, I have been writing and working on some stuff on my own while watching from the sidelines a bit.
There will be some changes to The MOXY Project in 2012, and that’s what this post is about. So if you come here every week to read, hopefully be inspired, and then go about your merry way, you may want to peace out right now and come back next week. But if you consider yourself a part of this “tribe;” if you care about what happens and feel connected to others who are on their journeys of self-leadership as we describe here, then please read on.
Numero Uno: First, regarding the blog, instead of running straight guests posts for a few months twice a year, I’m going to introduce a new series, called ‘Once Upon A Time – Self-Leadership Is Not A Fairy Tale.” Once a month, there will be a guest post from someone about a time in their life when they exercised self-leadership, and the point will be that these are case studies that we can look to and be encouraged in our own journeys. I’m totes excited about the people I have lined up for that. Please be sure to let me know what you think when I put them up.
Second: We’re also going to make a few minor changes to the TMP site itself, like collapsing the coaching tabs, adding a “Speaking” tab, some more recent “Stories,” and a Paypal option so people can buy the e-book easily as well as other materials that will be coming out in 2012. So right now (just for review), the e-book is free, after you reply to two e-mails. It gets sent to you via e-mail and you can download it and print it out all pretty and formatted. Starting next year, it will cost you $9.95 to do that.
Three: Also starting in 2012, I won’t be taking on any more long-distance coaching clients. This doesn’t mean that you can only hire me if you live in Santa Barbara. It means that if you want to hire me, you’ll have to drive to Santa Barbara to meet with me- or to someplace close to a Target so I’ll want to come meet you there.
I know. Can you believe we don’t have a Target? For. Reals.
It took me a while to make this decision, but I have no doubt it’s the right one. It takes quite a bit more energy to work with a client over the phone, or even Skype, than it does to sit down face-to-face. And, I’ve realized I’m much more effective, and the client has a much better experience, when the coaching is in person. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, but in general I think this change is better for me and my clients.
And, finally. I’ve missed you. I want you to know I’ve thought of you, often. Especially when I heard a great self-leadership quote or story, or when I read something that I thought you would love. I can hardly wait to share all of those things- and more- with you over the coming months. I also am looking forward to hearing more from you about how things are going and what you’re working on in your own journey. I just plain dig you.
That’s most of the major changes we’re planning at this point. I know change is hard, but these have been “in process” for a while, and most of this stuff is actually coming about due to requests from many of you for things that would help you out even more.
Of course, let me know if you have any questions – or other ideas! – for things that you’d like to see or learn in 2012. My whole goal is to help you help yourselves. I’m happy to be back with you on a regular basis and I’m excited for what’s ahead for us. See you soon!
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