IN THE STARS

The most valuable asset to your work right now is a person whose opinion you fear. You don’t even have to elicit a response to get the benefit. Do your work while imagining what this person will say about it. You’ll do far more to help others than you will do to help yourself. Use this. Who else will benefit when you get your needs met? How can you change things so others will win along with you? Two things that separate the masters from the aspirants: The masters have learned the value of time and of health. They can pace themselves and make self-care a priority. There are times when trying feels as good as success; actually, that is more often than not. So, go on and give it your best shot - regardless of your odds. When people come to you with problems, don’t fix the problem; fix the person. Lend the tools and thought process that will enable a person to handle this sort of problem autonomously for the next time. No one likes to plug away at a task they are no good at. That’s why getting a small win up front is so important in fuelling your further efforts. Try to build this concept into your plan. The little demands someone keeps making of you – attention, involvement, reaction – each exchange seems so minor but it’s a distraction that disallows you from becoming immersed in your desired focus. There are those who treat you in a general sort of way, as though you’re not a person but a category. Such dealings make any genuine exchange of regard seem like an explosion of feeling. You’ve been known to work yourself weary. Don’t let it happen now, as it will take too long to bounce back. Instead, take breaks. Have some fun. Relax periodically, whether you think you need to or not. It does seem like the right organisational system, partner, guru or face cream is the answer, but this is just marketing doing what marketing does best. The real remedy will be a deeper commitment from you. As your responsibilities change, so will your social life in a natural and gradual progression that would be silly to fight. Over time, all will gracefully accept that needs change and so will the ways they get met. One person’s forgetting is an opportunity for another’s remembering. You’ll jump in and volley the conversation, provide the missing information or discreetly redirect the focus.