Being Thankful for Self-Accountability Life Skill

Thanksgiving is right around the corner so it would be appropriate to choose a topic related to being grateful and thankful. What’s one life skill you are particularly thankful to have cultivated over the years? The life skill I appreciate having is self-accountability. 

 What is a life skill of self-accountability? In my formative years, it was drilled into my character such that the value of this life skill is clear to me.To grasp a societal definition I went to Webster’s dictionary. The word accountability means the quality or state of being accountable, liable, responsible. It means explainable. Though self-accountability wasn’t in the dictionary, the following usage of accountable was stated:  every sane man is accountable to his conscience for his behavior.  This phrase describes why I am particularly thankful for the life skill of self-accountability. Practicing self-accountability brings me peace and an ability to be totally present with the reality before me. When one practices self-accountability, there is alertness about the degree of match between

1.) a well developed thought one has, and

2.) the behavior one exhibits about that thought.

For example, if I think that the federal government should guarantee health care for all citizens but my behavior shows that I don’t have an opinion, there is no match between my thought and my behavior.  If I tell people about this thought then there is a match between thought and behavior.

 It is true that sanity, or peace of mind, or a clear conscience flows from this self-accountability life skill. I encourage clients to practice structured methods of self-accountability my voicing aloud the “mental house cleaning” process to someone else. This method makes the internal self talk more tangible or conscious. When two people practice self accountability in a structured time together, I call this co-coaching.

 I encourage you to heighten a practice of self-accountability because in time you will experience greater peace. I predict that you too will be grateful for this well cultivated life skill.

 Peace be within you this Thanksgiving season,

Beth Abel, Life Coach with Life Maps ~ a well lit path has life direction

$10 Tele-class   Using Personality Type Insight To Better Manage Holiday Stress   Wednesday, December 10^th, 6:30 to 7:30pm. The Myers-Briggs Personality Type course is a prerequisite for this tele-class. Class size limited to ten pre-registered individuals.  Using specific personality type handouts, Beth leads the class through stress management skills helpful to each individual. Pre-register before December 8th using the website credit card payment method or a mailed check.

Myers-Briggs Personality Type class    Thursday, December 11^th, 5 to 8:30pm.   $90   Class size limited to eight pre-registered individuals. Learn invaluable insight into your personality characteristics and how it differs from other personality types. Through personality type questionnaire input, and professionally guided self-exploration, participants will identify the personality type that is the “Best Fit”. Pre-register before December 8^th using the website credit card payment method or a mailed check.

Thinking Decider Women tele-class forming   Mondays, February 9^th, 23^rd, March 9^th and 23^rd, 7 to 8pm. $100. Seeking women who have the Myers-Briggs Personality type decision making preference of objective thinking versus the decision making preference of subjective feeling. Handouts will accompany Beth’s guided participant interaction on the difficulties Thinking Decider women face in meeting their relationship communication needs, whether business or personal. Course size – six to eight women.    Pre-register by January 12^th  using the website credit card payment or a check in the mail.

Personal Goal Setting Course for Women   Are you interested in starting 2009 with goals that you will actually achieve?  This fifteen hour course will assure you a successful journey with the support of like-minded women to make the journey enjoyable. The course begins Saturday, January 24^th, 9am to 2pm and then meets on a group consensus schedule over a four month period. $425 fee includes the newly published workbook. Free consultation appointment by January 1st required to register.  Course limited to ten women.

Parenting Skills tele-class forming  Seeking couples or single parents wanting the convenience of a tele-class to access professional guidance in developing parenting skills with their children from preschool through elementary school years.  Participants will use a workbook to accompany the course content. Tele-class schedule is 8 to 9pm, Mondays, January 19^th, February 2^nd, 16^th, and March 2^nd. Tele-class fee is $150 which includes one personal coaching session and the workbook.  Pre-register by January 1^st using the website credit card payment or a check in the mail.

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