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In this issue:
 

	1.	Hot News!
	2.	Coach's Column - Coping with Emergencies
	3.	Featured Resource - On-line Holiday Shopping for Less!
	4.	A Note from Rayona - Living the Life You Love

1) Hot News!
Article - We're featured the December 2000 issue of Fast Company magazine!

Event - 'Move beyond Success to Significance' presented by Neuberger/Berman and Fast Company
Chicago - Nov. 29

San Francisco - Nov. 30 -- Rayona is participating on this panel.

Program - WLC for Women of Color open to the public and sponsored by Schwab Nov. 29, 30, Dec. 1 -- SF, CA

Program Description

Registration

2) Coaches Column
Tips for Coping with Emergencies

Courtesy of June Anderson, Breakthrough Coaching, Inc.

3) Featured Resource - On-line Holiday Shopping for Less!
Bottom Dollar A comparison shopping search engine

Book Close Outs The best seller in new bargain books

4) A Note from Rayona

Dear Friends,
Well the holidays are upon us and I take this opportunity to give our deepest thanks to you, the alums, for the success of IWL. Together, we have been building this global community of generous and committed partners for nine years now.

There is such joy and security in knowing that any one of us can pick up a phone or zip off email and receive a response, with generosity, from someone who has the resources to advance our projects and commitments. We are all very blessed!

With the season of gratitude comes the opportunity for reflecting on a fundamental question, 'Am I loving my life?' When you are experiencing 'loving my life' are you happy, healthy, spiritually nourished, productive, integrated, and experiencing the satisfaction of making a difference?

If not, then what is missing? Do you have sufficient registers to display these areas? Have you allocated time? Do you have a support system? Are you engaged in practices that keep each area alive and thriving?

These may be difficult questions to answer or they may be just what are needed to wake up or validate your accomplishments. Please use this opportunity to be grateful for the privileged lives that we live and take stock of the next steps in designing a great life. You deserve to be nourished and contributed to just as much as all of those people you serve.

Thank you for the honor of our relationship with you as we all 'go forth and multiply.'

With warm regards,
Rayona

Rayona Sharpnack
President
Institute for Women's Leadership
http://www.womensleadership.com