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Mentor Schmentor
I don't think I could count how many times I've read in Personal Achievement-type books that I must find a mentor, and that I simply can't expect to reach great heights in my life without one.It seems to be part of a "formula" that also includes other "necessary" prerequisites that in addition to the mentor spiel, include the importance of setting goals and building a "mastermind" group. Another popular ingredient is for an author to mention in one of the initial chapters, about that particularly amazing mid-1900's Harvard study - or is it Yale - where the 3% people who had written their goals, had actually achieved them.Read more…Constructs of the World Needed for Motivation and Change
Constructs? World is formed of such vastness that it is said in the movie Excalibur by Merlin to Arthur of the Dragon ".....if you would be able to see it and grasp it whole it would burn you alive!Read more…There is No Tomorrow!
Death tells us that we must live life now, in the moment — tomorrow is illusion… ~ Leo Buscaglia“Tomorrow” is a word that does not exist in reality. It is a word that describes a concept that encompasses a future state of time that never arrives. Unfortunately, people have been misunderstanding tomorrow as something real and something that they can use.Read more…How Sales Coaching Can Increase Your Profits
The art of selling is commonly taught as a process involving 6 stages: 1. Before the sale begins 2. Understanding needs 3. Proposition of solution 4.Read more…The Shortcut to Attracting Coaching Clients
If you've been trying to build your coaching practice and attract clients for a while now you've probably clicked onto a common downside. It can sometimes take a lot of time and effort to move people from prospects to clients in your practice can't it? However, there's a neat short cut I'd like to share with you that will speed up the process a little.Read more…Empower Others to be Great
Everyone on a team is important. Everyone has an important role to play – from the star who scores the most points to the last player on the bench who provides moral support and encouragement to his teammates. This is the essence of a team: working together toward a common goal and performing your job to the best of your ability so that your teammates can do their jobs well, too.Read more…Self-Worth: Affirming Personal Value
You may not have A dollar in hand You may not have A residence to call home You may not have Transport to call your own Yet deep within your heart Your inner makeup Is a magnificent work of art Your person A kaleidoscope of many colors Your disposition faithful and true The spirit within glorious too What you possess Is far better and greater Than any earthly commodity It takes a quickened heart An awakened eye To even seeWhat you possess within Enabling you To repeatedly overcome and win Is the essential foundation The ebb and flow Of the new creation Better than net worth A financial portfolio Or a strong balance sheet Better than a bikini clad body On the cover of a magazine More desirous and needful Than the accolades of men Increasingly more satisfying Than your very best friend More dear than Your most loved family member This personal quality is cohesive Never to dismember Never to succumb To manipulation Never to yield With hesitation Never to surrender For monetary gratificationStanding tall and sure In the dark of midnight Inwardly illuminating When all is not right Holding to truth’s anchor Deep within Knowing thyself Your worth withinDignified and honorable Cherished and prized Your self worth You know Never have compromised Of you I am proud Proud to know Regardless of which way Your life will go What your soul contains Kings and magistrates don’t disdain Yet some see it self-righteous And will defame But care not for that Remain true to thyself For your self-worth is more valuable Than all elseThrough your inner security All insecurity disappears The rock of self-worth Will ground you for years Come what may In life you’ll win Overcome, arise and realize Your dreams within Divine destiny don’t despise You’ll find it not with your eyes By the Spirit of grace and truth Guiding you You’ll discover That for which He created youYour soul will feast On a new and living way Christ’s seal of approval His peace deep within The esteem and adoration of heaven You have surely got Though others buy other things Self-worth you have bought You counted the cost You paid the price You have given freely Your very own life Angels are watching Even heavenly hosts For in integrity Your soul makes its boastAnd as you retire At the end of the day Your head on your pillow Cares and distractions away Beneath the blankets Wrapped up so secure Know that you Have found the world’s cureFor this law is written On the tablet of thy heart Your self worth you know And from it never depart Your self worth you have got Nobody can take it With humility and generosity God can surely make it Into a mighty serum To heal the nations An antibiotic For alleviation Many suffer it seems Not knowing their personal value Wanting to be somebody Looking at their net worth Forgetting their self worth Focusing on their DO Rather than their WHO Love is the answer You know it indeed Love for thyself Your greatest need.by Paul DavisPaul Davis is author of Breakthrough for a Broken Heart a book telling us "How to overcome disappointments and blossom into your dreams!" He is a minister, life coach (relational & professional), dating expert, popular worldwide keynote speaker, creative consultant, humor being, adventurer, explorer, mediator, liberator and dream-maker.Read more…The Power To Decide
"Most people are about as happy as they make their minds up to be." Abraham Lincoln Each day I decide to love my family, friends, colleagues, and myself. I have come to appreciate that whenever I am in an upset, I can decide to love the people involved despite the circumstances.Read more…Release Fear for the Good of Your Life!
Fear is an amazing feeling! It has significant power over our thoughts, feelings and actions. It takes on a "life of its own" and makes it appear as though we have lost the discerning power of choice in a situation.Read more…Where Employee Training Fails, Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development Can Help Your Company
The Need To Be VersatileAnyone wishing to remain competitive, and relevant at work/in life must become what I like to call a Practical Learner. That is someone who continually seeks/adopts new (and appropriate) knowledge, attitudes and skills, so as to become more useful/valuable to herself and others.Let’s consider an analogy based on a popular sport - Soccer.Read more…Passion is in Fashion
Is your life passion filled? What are you the most passionate about? Are there places and parts of your life where the passion has disappeared?Read more…The Inept Coach Marketing Strategy
Did you know that there is a typical approach that coaches use when they decide that they want to market their coaching practice and begin to attract clients? It's so common that it no longer surprises me when a coach lets me know of their future plans to attract the clients they desire.Unfortunately, this approach is pretty inept and leads to little in the way of results apart from giving the aforementioned coach a lot of frustration.Read more…Coaching Certification: The Low Down
During a conference call of a mastermind group of 30 professional business coaches and consultants, who had all been coaches for over 5 years, the discussion turned to the "coaching certification" process for coaches. What was interesting to note is that this mastermind group was unusual in that everyone had surpassed the industry average of making more than $20,000, exceeded 10 paying clients and 1/3 made more than $100,000. (Source: Stephen Fairley, author of Getting Started in Personal and Executive Coaching) And the real kicker was not one of those on the call had ever been asked for their coaching credentials by their clients.Read more…How To Promote Your Coaching Business Online
Many of my coaching clients are coaches themselves, and quite a few of them have asked me how to promote their coaching business online. Here is some of the information I have shared with them. Use these tips and ideas to promote your own coaching practice online, get more clients and make more money:- Have a Professional Web Site.Read more…Stop Trying and Start Living
What is trying and how does it really differ from doing? Often trying is a function of being in a serious contemplative state. I am trying to quit smoking, really means you want to quit, but are now merely thinking about it and have simply cut back.Read more…The Power of Running through Divorce
My sisters and I didn’t know exactly why our parents spent their Saturday mornings driving around the neighborhood, strategically leaving water bottles along the way. We didn’t know why they were gone most of the morning and then exhausted when they came in. I mean, we knew they were running…but from what, we didn’t know.Read more…Finding Love and Affinity in The Throes of A Change
When potential clients call me to inquire about coaching for their various life changes, I find myself asking them to tell me where they are right then. This helps me get a good sensing of how connected they are with their inner self and emotions.A few who are able to say precisely where they are emotionally tell me they are ready to move on but feel stuck.Read more…How a Life Coach can Help Reduce Stress and Improve Your Life
In today’s busy world, more and more people seem to be experiencing stress. If I got a dollar every time I heard some one say “I do not have enough time to do things”, “Which option do I take?”, or “I am burnt out!Read more…Important Life Coaching Advice For Children
I have just returned from my twelve year old step-daughters parents evening. It was an interesting hour and I believe my daughter has learnt quite a lot from the experience. The teachers gave her some important life coaching advice which I will write about in this article.Read more…Is Generality Killing Your Coaching Practice?
Take a look at your coaching practice and ask yourself - are you being too general? Are you trying to appeal to anyone and everyone only to find that you are attracting no one? If you find yourself in this position - please don't beat yourself up - it's a common and understandable condition.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Coaching category
- Give Up Your Righteousness - By: Matthew Ferry
There are six billion people on this planet. Every single person has a completely different perspective. You know that every single person has had billions of experiences. Experience shapes our opinions, judgments, ideals, preferences, and ultimately our view of life. - Life Coach - Align and Redirect - By: Matthew Ferry
By releasing your need to be in control of the uncontrollable, you move into a state of flow. You start to experience grace, luck, and miracles. - Life Coaching - Give Up All Of Your Ideas About How It's Supposed to Look - By: Matthew Ferry
Dr. David Hawkins wrote in his book The Eye of the I, "The letting go of all pretensions to knowledge or of knowing about anything, is a great relief and is experienced as a tremendous benefit" All suffering is related to your opinion. Give up this crazy notion that you know how it's all supposed to look. The Drunk Monkey uses it's prophecy as a way of beating you up, when it doesn't look the way it thought. - Baby Boomers: Its time to Awaken Your Life Purpose - By: Cynthia Barnett
Baby Boomer who focus on their God-given purpose live longer than those who don't. This is not very surprising. Everyone has seen someone slide into depression and isolation because their purpose in life - the thing that gives his/her life meaning - suddenly vanishes for some reason. - Crystals for Moon Sign in Libra - By: Darlene Siddons
Moon in Libra people are usually well liked and tend to be courteous; you are creative, have diplomacy and known for your co-operation. This can lead to people pleasing, so that is something to be aware of, and Rose Quartz along with Sugilite can balance this out. - What is a Financial Wellness Coach - By: Darlene Siddons
First let us get clear what a financial coach is not. They are not a financial planner or a CPA; basically what they do is give direction and a plan to find financial wellness for your mental, physical and emotional wellbeing. - Get Inspired Now - By: Matthew Ferry
Important and helpful strategies designed to short-circuit the steps to your own success by getting you inspired and in action today. - Why Top Producers Achieve Stellar Results with Life Coaching - By: Matthew Ferry
Top producers who are committed to having a fulfilling experience in life may have gotten some of the wind beneath their wings in a life coach program. - 4 Ways to Transform Your Relationship Now - By: Matthew Ferry
There are four ways of opporating in the world will be of great value in your relationship. Here they are in order: show up, pay attention, tell the truth and don't be attached to the outcome. - Do I Need a Personal Coach - By: Darlene Siddons
A wellness coach is your ally, partner, and, at times, your conscience and accountability on your way to reaching the personal goals you've had for a long time, but have usually done little about. A coach is a partner who can support you to develop your life more intentionally and to assist you to remain in balance.