What and Why?

What the heck is a blog and why write one?

I'm still not sure what the definition of blog is. I looked it up in my Webster's New World Compact School & Office Dictionary and couldn't find the word blog. Then I checked the copyright date of same and realized that blog probably wasn't even a word 13 years ago. Note to self: buy a new dictionary.

I suppose the reason I wanted a blog is because many of my friends have blogs and I want what they have! Don't we all want what others have? It's human nature. We all want more money, more time to do the things we want to do and less stress...much less stress!

In fact, this "wanting" thing is what lead Bob and I into our new career as Life & Business Coaches. We'd both spent years setting goals, managing and motivating sales staffs to achieve the goals we set for them. As a coach, our goal is to help our client's determine their own goals for their life and then challenge and encourage them to achieve those goals.

Few people know exactly what they want in life. In fact, most of us have spent our entire careers working to achieve someone else's goals. The result is that we don't quite know how or where to begin to set the appropriate goals to design the life we want to have. I mean think about it...do you truly know what you want in life? Are you in the right job? Do you spend countless hours at the office? Do you spend enough time with friends and family? Are you the kind of person, spouse, parent, sibling or friend you are proud of? Are you in a rut or procrastinating? Are there changes you think you need to make either long or short term?

As coaches, Bob and I help individuals determine their goals and priorities. Then in a step-by-step fashion we work with them to help them achieve those goals. It's truly a powerful process.

OK, the truth is I have no idea how this blog thing will evolve. It's sort of like having a pet. In order for it to be happy and healthy, it needs food and exercise. I'll appreciate your patience until I'm somewhat comfortable with this stuff and I'll do my level best not to bore you to tears with future posts.

In closing here's what Wikipedia's definition of a blog is: A blog (a contraction of the term "Web log") is a web site, usually maintained by an individual (that would be me), with regular entries of commentary (see, you have to feed the thing!), descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video (don't get too excited...I have no clue how to do that!). Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

That's enough for my first post. I'm exhausted!!

Be the best "you" that you can be,

Jean-Ann Cooper
http://www.cooperworldwidecoaching.com/