Hello , 

Happy Valentine's Day!  I hope you're having a great February.  I am sending this email in place of our normal monthly newsletter, The Ripple Effect.  As you may recall, last month I mentioned that C3 is in the middle of a rebranding (you can access last month's newsletter here). Our new brand is very very close to being ready to be released but not quite yet...

Instead of sending out the normal "old" newsletter that we've been doing for the past few years, I wanted to get started with a preview of the type of content that will be in our future newsletters.  As I mentioned last month, these will be coming to your inbox every other week. They will be shorter quicker reads that contain inspirational quotes and resources to keep you motivated to continue to grow professionally and personally, and make positive changes in all areas of your life. 

We are planning to have our newly formatted Ripple Effect ready to go for the next edition but in the meantime, below is an inspirational quote for you to think about in the coming weeks.  This is one of my favorites, and, one that many of you have heard before:

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old but on building the new" ~ Jim Rohn.

I love this quote because it reminds me that when we are looking to make a change in our lives, if we focus on fighting the old, we remain mired in the old.  What we focus our energy on contributes to the experiences we have in our lives.  When we think about the old habit or behavior we want to change, we keep ourselves stuck there.  Instead we must focus on and build upon the change we are trying to create.   

For example, if you are trying to improve a relationship with someone who hurt you, you must remove your focus from the hurtful past behavior and instead, focus on building a new relationship with new behaviors. If you keep remembering the past hurt, you are expending your energy there and won't have energy left to build the new.  Shift your focus towards the new change you're creating and eventually, the old will be completely out of your view. 

Best,