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1.	Bookmarks: 22	What To DO When You Don't Know What To Do NEXT? In the course of building your business, there are times where you may not actually be sure of what next steps to take or even what questions to ask. I help entrepreneurs with business development and small business funding support and coaching and these are the very questions I hear from clients during our first meeting.
2.	Bookmarks: 0	Choosing A Life Coaching Program Why do so many self help, positive thinking and motivational seminars, books and audios not work, and what can I do that will work for me?
3.	Bookmarks: 0	Ten Top Tips For Successfully Setting Goals Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. And there's no telling what will happen when you act upon them. ~ Jim Rohn
4.	Bookmarks: 0	Ten Tips For A Happy Life These are some more life coaching tips I learned over the years.
5.	Bookmarks: 0	Complete Well-being Begins With Building Positive Emotions Women come to me often wondering why they are having a hard time finding their own place of well-being or inner calm. So I’m always looking for the hard facts. Specifically, my curiosity has always been around complete well-being: not just physical health, or financial wealth, beauty or balanced weight, and not just a healthy mind, but all of them put together. The real questions have always been how do we create complete well-being for ourselves and how do we teach it to oth...
6.	Bookmarks: 0	Time Management Skills Working with a Life Coach for so many years, I have come to realize that to effectively manage time, we need to first realize that time itself cannot be managed! We all get seven days a week and 168 hours within those seven days. This cannot be increased or changed in any way. However, what we can change, improve and manage is ourselves.
7.	Bookmarks: 0	Effective Time Management - Ten Top Tips Have you ever thought to yourself that there aren’t enough hours in the day, or felt overwhelmed at the tasks facing you? If you have, this article can help you!
8.	Bookmarks: 0	Rock Your World With The Universal Law Of Attraction Ok...so you have seen The Secret. Now, it's time to get rockin' with the Law of Attraction.So many times people get all jazzed up when they learn about the Law of Attraction - but implementing it gets tricky and that jazz fizzles out.So let's talk about the Law, and then I will give you the how on implementing it. Are you game?!What do you think of when you hear the word attract? How would it feel to be able to ATTRACT what ever you would like INTO your life...
9.	Bookmarks: 0	Executive/Leadership Coaching - the why and the reason behind the concept Leadership Coaching is the key, to having the kind of life that you visualize and have in your mind, for your future
10.	Bookmarks: 0	About Extraordinary Lifestyles Extraordinary Lifestyles was created because of the continuing desire for developing a life that brings richness and fulfilling experiences. It is about redefining what is possible. Primary article of coaching
11.	Bookmarks: 0	Visionary Coaching From Extraordinary Lifestyles It has been a good life. You have finally reached the kind of achievements in your work and family that you had hoped when you first began your career. Now your family has a family of their own.
12.	Bookmarks: 0	Collaborative Coaching For Gifted Visionaries From Extraordinary Lifestyles Designing and discovering your personal path, which leads to a more results-oriented, impactful and engaging life, is one thing you can get from Extraordinary Lifestyles!
13.	Bookmarks: 0	Corporate Coaching For Executives From Extraordinary Lifestyles For some business leaders, having a coach may seem like sign of weakness. Men of power don’t want to be seen as anything less than perfect in their leadership. So, having to ask for help and support from someone else sounds alien to most because they are generally the ones who are giving support and advice. CEO coaching a sign of weakness, but strength.
14.	Bookmarks: 0	Coaching Men How To Communicate Suavely With Women A most efficient way a man can perk up his communication skills with a woman is by listening to her feelings. This might be tricky since he is coming from a different standpoint.The earliest thing a man should do is to keep in mind how rapidly disagreeable feelings can surface in a dialogue that he feels is going well. These feelings appear from not listening with an appreciation of the woman’s point of view. In order to have a first-rate gender communication take place, ...
15.	Bookmarks: 0	Solo-professionals! Where's your road map to success? As an accounting manager struggling to build my coaching business online and after many years of struggle, I now focus on 9 FABULOUS concepts that have multiplied my business exponentially:Figure out what you want.Activate your creative juices Brand yourself. Understand basic net and web strategies (HTML) Lead a Championship Support TeamOver deliver, over respond, WOW your clientsUse the Universal Laws Spring into actionSpend wisely: invest in your business and yourself
16.	Bookmarks: 9	Super Affiliate Fuel Companies wishing to attract Super Affiliates must be willing to offer them something extra; higher commissions or conversion rates. This knowledge alone should encourage anyone to seek the fuel needed to become “in demand”.
17.	Bookmarks: 2	Team Coaching To Business Coaching, It Gets You In The Game Coaching is a process of teaching and directing. The one who directs is known as the ‘coach’. To grow within a society and to learn proper skills to establish and perform, coaching is very necessary. At every stage and in various aspects of your life, you will find a need for coaching. It imparts knowledge, discipline and skill to perform wherever there is a requirement.There is no definite line of coaching as coaches are independent to select the type and structure of co...
18.	Bookmarks: 2	Knowing Tony Robbins In life coaching and motivational speaking very few do not know Tony Robbins. Having been in the business of helping people reach their potential, most can say that he is an intellectual and inspirational giant that has become a voice of influence through the years. His philosophy of the science of achievement and the art of fulfillment has grasped many people far and wide in the corners America and the world. Tony Robbins is indeed a beacon for people wanting to achieve fina...
19.	Bookmarks: 0	What I Know And Remember About Baseball- The Sweet Spot The spot on the baseball bat where you can smack the ball as hard as you like and all you feel is the rush of the swing and the sound through your ears. There has been a lot said about exactly where this spot lies on the bat. But truth be known, it’s a different location on every bat. Variations between wood, metal and composites can shift the spot dramatically. Width of the spot can also change. Manufactured materials seem to have a better consistence in the spot where wood ...
20.	Bookmarks: 0	Pass Them The Crown To Build The Empire Stop for a moment…. and imagine how you would feel as an employee under this situation:You have been working for ACME for ten years now. You do the same thing everyday. You’re tied at the desk pounding a decrepit keyboard; half the keys don’t work. When you’re not nursing carpal tunnel syndrome, you’re sipping stale coffee at the greasy counter. Worse, you don’t really know anyone that you work with. Socializing involves a casual hello… with the doorman&#x...
21.	Bookmarks: 0	Let The Baseball Coach - Coach At the on set of any Baseball season, parents have the high expectation that their child is key to the teams’ success. This to a degree is true. The success of the team depends on each and every player. Problems arise between the perspectives of the Parents, Players and the Coach.We each have our own self image which is likely quite different to how the rest of the world sees us. This also applies to our vision of our children. Crushing the ball for Dad in the back yard i...
22.	Bookmarks: 0	How to Perfect a Practice to make Practice Perfect What if tomorrow you had a very important meeting with people you’ve never met before? Maybe it’s an interview for a job you really want; maybe you’re selling a product you’ve created; it could be any event you’re unprepared for.
23.	Bookmarks: 0	How important is MIND in sports? Athletes may possess 100% physical fitness but if he/she is not mentally fit, the physical fitness is as good as not having it at all. So what is Mental Fitness? Find answers in this article.
24.	Bookmarks: 0	How Can I Teach My Child to Live Life to the Full? I have spent many years trying to develop my inner self. It has not been easy. Overcoming my fears, inhibitions and inertia was difficult, but the effort has been worth it and I believe I live my life to its full potential. But how can I teach my child to live life to the full?
25.	Bookmarks: 0	Emotional Infidelity: A KEY Tactic to Save the Marriage Learn the one important technique to possibly save your marriage if your partner is having an emotional affair.
26.	Bookmarks: 0	Do you need reasons to cheer up a bit? Are you a recent expatriate? Have you just arrived in your new location only to find out that you have by no means escaped certain annoyances that occurred on a daily basis back home? I mean issues such as: paying the bills, standing in lines, car repairs, meeting deadlines, endless meetings at work, and so on. Yes, this is life no matter where you live, where go and where you are right now.
27.	Bookmarks: 0	Coaching Basketball Is Not Always Fun And Games I wound up volunteering to coach basketball, a game I new nearly nothing about. Shortly after I wound up with the job, a parent approached me and asked what sort of coaching style I was going to use. After I managed to clear up the blank look on my face and stammer out some lame answer, I drove quickly to the privacy of my own home to avoid any more questions, and thus, not let my inexperience be known, for I knew after that question that I was in way over my head.At the ...
28.	Bookmarks: 0	Baseball-Coaching the Youth of Tomorrow Coaching our youth is a delicate practice that needs to be taken with the kids self confidence at the heart of the teaching. These days, parents and coaches alike want to win so bad, they put undue stress on the kids that can have a negative effect.
29.	Bookmarks: 0	9 Steps for Coaching Call Center Agents Here's a field-tested and proven model for coaching call center agent phone calls. It's highly effective for improving quality, yet profoundly simple to execute.
30.	Bookmarks: 0	Aligning Corporate Teams My experience in my two plus decades of being in business and in coaching business clients around the world is that the system of meetings, clearly, must change. Most meetings don’t include participant involvement and actually serve to tune people out rather than tune them in, and as a result, the intention of the meeting falls short of its purpose.
31.	Bookmarks: 1	9 Facts About Coaching – You Need to Know In this article we'll look at the two main types of coaching: life (personal) coaching and business (corporate) coaching.
32.	Bookmarks: 0	Why You Should Consider Using An NLP Coach So the concepts behind NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) sound interesting to you and you’re wondering where to get started with implementing such strategies. You will probably face the question as to whether it might be beneficial to your life and business to hire an NLP coach. Each year there are thousands of people who benefit from scientifically based coaching programs, and a coach can help you design a specific plan of action using proven techniques. Sure you might be a...
33.	Bookmarks: 2	Behavioral Activation May Be Effective for Depression Too many times, moving forward in life poses a challenge and requires discomfort. And depression can even make situations appear to be worse than they actually are because of inaction. A new study show that the right kind of coaching, encouragement and education, may be an effective treatment for depression.
34.	Bookmarks: 0	Public Speaking Tips For Kids Public speaking is one skill that kids should enhance. Aside from practice, public speaking for kids requires personal coaching. Personal coaching includes the development of self-confidence and the effort on helping kids to improve their public speaking skills. For beginners it is important that they undergo this kind of learning to have a better public speaking approach.Kids have their own skills and abilities on how to deliver a presentation. It is up to the coach to b...
35.	Bookmarks: 0	Improve Retail Sales Performance With These Sales Coaching Tips Your POS system generates key statistics that tell you about your Retail sales performance.These key statistics are: Average sale, Transactions per hour, Items per sale, Conversion rate, Sales per hour.But did you know that tracking these statistics on an individual Salesperson basis can lead you to focused clues about improving individual performance. Most POS systems don’t enable you to track individual sales performance or generate individual KPIs (key performance in...
36.	Bookmarks: 0	Developing a Marketing Mindset: Part Two In a previous article we discussed the distinction between an Influencing Paradigm, and a Service Paradigm, to marketing your coaching business. We discussed how marketing your business is both ethically valid and commercially crucial, and how marketing is a critical process in achieving your coaching objective of having a positive impact on the lives of others. In this article we’re going to further explore exactly how you can develop a Service Paradigm marketing mindset.
37.	Bookmarks: 0	Building A Financial Services Sales Culture Examples of how banks have built new sales cultures successfully, resulting in significant new customers and business. Underscores with real life examples the importance of sales skills training connected to sales coaching for a period of time.
38.	Bookmarks: 0	Turn Media Interviews Into Sales Many people don't understand what soundbites are. They don't know how to create soundbites that sell. They don't know that it's not enough to be clever, entertaining or quippy. That might make TV and radio hosts happy, but it often won't bring in the kind of results you're looking for: to grow your business, sell more product, get new clients, more customers, or increase your fees. You want to develop soundbites that speak to who you are, what you do and how well you do i...
39.	Bookmarks: 0	Tennis And The Ugly Parent Syndrome Article discussing ugly behaviour of parent(s) towards their tennis playing children.
40.	Bookmarks: 0	3 Ways To Become A Media Bimbo Bimboism is rampant in today's media climate where those who do get their fifteen minutes of fame squander it with empty words and idiotic antics. Think about how much of YOUR time is wasted when you watch TV, listen to the radio or read newspapers or magazines. How long do you stay with a story if it's not pertinent to your interests or if the interviewee is dull? With so much competition for your attention it's easy to move on to the next best thing. If you don't want t...
41.	Bookmarks: 0	How to Get More Referral Business Word of mouth is one of the most effective ways to grow your coaching business. It’s free, or at most costs very little, yet very few coaches use it to anywhere near it’s potential!Consider this: if you got just one referral from each one of your clients, over the next 60 days you’d double your client base! What would that mean to your potential income and how many more people would you be helping in supportive and uplifting ways?
42.	Bookmarks: 0	Why Do You ‘Not Benefit’ From Coaching Golf Tips Most golfers have had dozens of opportunities to receive coaching golf tips from numerous sources. However the most interesting aspect of it all is that many are not able to benefit much from these coaching golf tips.
43.	Bookmarks: 0	If The Best Palyers In The World Have A Game Plan Should You? A barrier to be overcome is the willingness to have, or invest in, coaching. According to a recent survey less than 30% of English golfers have had a lesson in the last twelve months. Our PGA training not only equips us in how to coach golfers it also gives us the ability to develop individual education and development programmes and plans. Programmes and plans made up of coaching, practice and real game feedback designed to improve your golf.So why not come and have an i...
44.	Bookmarks: 0	Freelance Golf Professionals Need To Market Their Services A golf professional can be called to perform a wide range of tasks in his position at a large complex, or even more so at a smaller, more private course. Having varied duties suits many people just fine, as the job never becomes boring and there's always something going on. One moment could be working on a human resources issue, followed by an hour or so in the pro shop, after which could be some time out on the green coaching. But many golf professionals turn to freelance wo...
45.	Bookmarks: 0	Addiction to Blame Allen consulted with me because his wife of 18 years had threatened to leave him if he didn’t stop blaming her all the time. He admitted to frequently blaming her in a variety of situations. He blamed her if he thought she made a mistake, if he thought she was wrong about something, if he was feeling alone, or even if he had a bad day at work.
46.	Bookmarks: 0	Should I Offer Free Coaching Sessions? This is one of the most frequently asked questions, particularly by new coaches. Of course, there is no single correct answer. You should do what’s right for you and for your vision of your coaching business. As such it’s critical to stay mindful of your objectives. There are generally 4 reasons why as a coach you would undertake pro bono work...
47.	Bookmarks: 0	Personal Development Programs For Any Change You Want To Make The sphere of personal development has many forms. When someone talks about personal development coaching, they may be speaking about personal development in personal life or in business. There are many different personal development programs available for any need someone may have. Here are some of the main areas of thinking many personal development programs focus on. Public SpeakingOne of the most common problems and areas that need work in the business realm is pu...
48.	Bookmarks: 0	Chiropractors Who Learn Life Skills More Likely To Excel In Business Are you living a life of excellence? Are you everything you aspire to be? Those are the questions life coach and mentor Terri Werner asks her clients, many of whom are chiropractors.Werner, who has a background in marketing, financial planning and business development, recently spoke to a group of chiropractors at the Karl Parker Seminar in Dallas, Texas. Her message, in the words of one attendee was “tremendous.”Werner does one-on-one coaching, public speaking and is...
49.	Bookmarks: 0	Why Would You Want To Use A Coach? Do you ever feel that: * Your life is out of your control? * You are not where you could be or want to be? * You don't really receive the recognition you deserve? * You don't feel safe and secure in your relationships? * You are often overlooked and undermined? * You have strong desire but lack belief in your ability or the future? * You are working harder but can't seem to make any progress? * You are frustrated because you can't see...
50.	Bookmarks: 0	Unsatisfied Basic Needs And Addictive Behavior Throughout our lives we have various requirements that must be met. These are our needs and desires, which range from basic physical needs to selfless desire. When any of these are not met, negative physical, mental, and emotional complications and addictions can result, sometimes with distressful consequences. This discussion is about needs.A need is an explicit requirement, like feeling hungry and demanding to eat or seeking assurance when you feel unloved and insecure....
51.	Bookmarks: 0	Understanding The Supermom Trap What is it in moms’ that makes us feel we have to take on the SuperMom identity? What makes us put on that cape? If you talk to working mothers that you know, or even examine your own experiences, falling into the SuperMom trap is common. We all know SuperMom…faster than the microwave, more powerful than steel wool, able to fold laundry in a single bound. SuperMoms’ scare away the monsters under the bed, creates wonderful family meals, as she works, runs a business, or...
52.	Bookmarks: 0	The Secret of Happiness What does happiness mean to you? There’s a lot of searching going on these days for the elusive emotion of “being happy” --where do you find it, how do you create it, even what it actually is. But I’d like to share a little secret with you -- happiness is not just for a lucky few who were born with it.
53.	Bookmarks: 0	Set Yourself Up For Success This New Year It’s 2008 and just as you did last year, and the year before that, you’ve probably set some New Year’s resolutions. By the time you get to February, these will be long forgotten as you get caught up with the daily grind of life.Why not make a fresh start this year and do things differently by following this simple 5 step process. It’s easy, effective and very practical. It will help you make the changes that you know you need to make to bring new happiness into your life ...
54.	Bookmarks: 0	Relationship Visioning - An Exercise In Transformation To grow and evolve, we need relationships for mirroring and feedback. Yet fear, negative assumptions and coping strategies can erode or destroy relationships. When we design relationships together with loving cooperation, they can be both enjoyed and utilized for conscious transformation.This activity is designed to help you transform a current personal or professional relationship into a supportive experience, or imagine the best one for you. Write your responses in comp...
55.	Bookmarks: 0	On Resolutions The New Year is almost here and, for some of us, our thoughts turn to making changes in our lives and the inevitable New Year’s resolution. While it is understandable that we establish resolutions, I don’t recommend them for 2 main reasons:1. Waiting for an event like the New Year means that we lose time and opportunity, and is a form of procrastination. If change is required, we must incorporate the necessary changes immediately.2. The vast majority of those who esta...
56.	Bookmarks: 0	Life Coach, Another Trend? Looking at the effects and results of the new industry of life coaching.
57.	Bookmarks: 0	Life Coaching Faqs What do you mean by coaching?Coaching that is undertaken professionally can be defined as a relationship that is shared between the coach who has certain qualifications and a particular individual or even a group. Coaching is done in order to achieve particular goals that have been set beforehand. Coaching helps people to concentrate on their inner skills and talents. It is these skills that will enhance the personal and professional life of people.Do you need coachin...
58.	Bookmarks: 0	Five Thoughts About Effective Communication Communicating effectively can sometimes be difficult to do. So here are some thoughts, based on borrowed wisdom, on how to communicate clearly – and make a better connection with the other person too. “To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences.” ~ John Henry Patterson Keep it simple and don’t use jargon. Adjust your style according to who you are communicating with. Take responsibility by checking frequently that the other person understan...
59.	Bookmarks: 0	Ditch Your New Year’s Resolutions A New Year is upon us. The stresses of Christmas will soon be over and we’ll be bursting with good intentions to lose weight, pay off debts, get fit, drink less alcohol and be nicer to the mother-in-law. Sound familiar? Then read on!The truth is that most of us set ourselves up for failure when it comes to New Year’s Resolutions because a) our lists are too long, and b) they’re simply not exciting enough!That’s why I recommend you ditch your New Year’s Resolutions alt...
60.	Bookmarks: 0	Dating/relationships & Independence: Women Over 40 Keeping Life In Balance How do you find the balance between your own independent life and being in a relationship? For some women this is about facing your worst fear that you will somehow lose yourself along the way. You can find out how to make sure that you don't give up on yourself whilst being in a relationship. Five surefire ways of keeping you independent and happy whilst dating and finding a relationship that is the right balance for you.Women wanting a relationshipAt least 50% of th...
61.	Bookmarks: 0	Controlling Behavior, Loving Behavior When Zack and Tiffany started counseling with me, they were on the verge of divorce after 16 years of marriage. Neither really wanted to end the marriage, yet both were miserable. Both of them believed that their misery was because of the other person, and both could clearly articulate what the other person was doing wrong.
62.	Bookmarks: 0	Coaching – Where Is Your Focus? Summary: Most people don’t begin the process of developing a business if they have no intent of establishing the business. Most people also believe there are different roads that lead to success. Is this true? Or are there just a variety of perspectives along the way?Sometimes I think there is a common misperception about developing a business. This misperception seems to be that all roads lead to business success. This idea seems to take into account the notion that a bu...
63.	Bookmarks: 0	Coaching – Stop Paying So Much Attention To Your Rival There is a story I’d like to share; perhaps you’ve heard it. Two business owners were situated across the street from each other. The problem was these two men despised each other. Each merchant sold similar merchandise and were consistently at work trying to best the other in everything. When one got a customer he would stick out his tongue at the business owner across the street and laugh wildly.One night as these rivals were sleeping God came to one of them in a dream,...
64.	Bookmarks: 4	Coaching – A Quote A Day “Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.” – Author UnknownBelieve it or not, the use of motivational quotes can have a positive impact on your resolve to move forward in business. We all suffer through moment of self-doubt and find ourselves somewhat incapacitated in our entrepreneurial endeavors.This article draws from a select group of quotes and ideas that may help you jumpstart your willingness to move forward.In th...
65.	Bookmarks: 0	Coaching – Accusations Unacceptable “Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.” – Sophia LorenHindsight is a great accuser. It seems that no matter what decision we make there is always a decision we could have made that was better. Sometimes it can even seem as if the secondary choice would have made the world of difference for us. Sadly we can get bogged down in personal or business failure.Consider a choice that was made by the Portland Trailblazers back in 1984. The Trailblazers were a...
66.	Bookmarks: 0	Beat Procrastination This New Year It’s a New Year with probably yet another long list of resolutions. But will you actually do them? Or are you the type of person that has the best of intentions and sets goals but can never seem to get started on them, or you half-start them and never find the time or motivation to finish them?Well don't worry, you're not alone! We all suffer from procrastination at some point in our life. The good news is that there is a cure. Just think “SNOW” and follow these 4 steps:...
67.	Bookmarks: 0	A 3 Point Plan To A Brand New You It’s a New Year and a fantastic time to give your personal brand a jolly-good overhaul. You are like a diamond with many facets. So why not show some of your facets to the world?Here is a 3-point plan for bringing out your best this New Year:1. RETHINK YOUR PERSONAL IDENTITYAre you tired of always being asked to take the minutes because you’re “the organized one?” Or never being taken seriously because you’re “the funny one?” Or always getting stuck with t...
68.	Bookmarks: 8	Are You Addicted to Anger? Michael was raised in a home where anger was used to control. His parents used their anger to attempt to control each other as well as their children. Sometimes the anger erupted into violence and Michael and his siblings would get physically hurt. Michael never knew when one of his parents would suddenly become enraged, so the threat was always there.
69.	Bookmarks: 0	10 Ways To Say No To Fear This New Year It’s a New Year and a new set of resolutions. But how many will you actually see through to the end? And how many will fall by the wayside because of one simple four lettered word . . . FEAR.Fear gets to the best of us, whether it is fear of failure, fear of success or even fear of fear. All of us have experienced fear at some point in our lives and it can be a real stumbling block that holds us back from being truly successful.But don’t panic, there is a way to conqu...
70.	Bookmarks: 2	The Secret of Self-Esteem Have you ever thought about what really creates self-esteem? Having a deep sense of inner worth is important to all of us, but many people have some false beliefs about what creates confidence in our own merit as individuals.
71.	Bookmarks: 0	Discovering Your Passion and Purpose “I can’t seem to discover why I’m on the planet.”“What is my purpose here? I know there’s something I’m supposed to be doing, but I don’t know how to find out what it is.”“I don’t seem to be passionate about anything.”I’ve heard these complaints over and over from my clients.
72.	Bookmarks: 3	When Things Don't Appear To Be Flowing, Take A Second Look On a recent trip to a conference, I sat next to a woman on the plane who had missed her last connecting flight due to some airline delays. As a result, Margaret was going to miss a bike tour of the Napa Wine Valley, which she had already paid for. Needless to say, she wasn't happy about it, as she would not get her payment back, nor have the fun experience she was looking forward to since she had business meetings scheduled the following day. She had fretted about it a great ...
73.	Bookmarks: 4	What In The Heck Can A Personal Coach Do? I just wanted to spread the word about Life Coaching and what it can do to help just about anyone. No, not every coach is suited for every client but the right coach/client combination is such powerful tool. I hear different variations of the following questions and statements a lot: What can a coach do for me?, I can't afford to pay a coach!, What does SHE know that I don't know?, I don't need a stinkin' Coach! Ok, well I tossed the word stinkin' in there (smil...
74.	Bookmarks: 2	Top Five Self-Coaching Tips For Internet Businesses Do new Internet businesses really need the services of a business Coach, even if they can afford it? Being that one of my roles is as an Internet business coach I am somewhat biased and would generally answer yes to my own question!Nonetheless, it is possible to effectively self coach regardless of whether you have a flesh and blood business coach or not.While a student with the International Coach Academy, I also had a demanding full-time IT career with a major inv...
75.	Bookmarks: 2	The Need to Feel Special From the time Jennifer was a little child, she was demanding of attention, especially from her mother, Sarah. With two older brothers, Jennifer had a “special” place in the family as the baby and the only girl. She made sure to establish a “special” relationship with her mother, who relished the connection since she didn’t have much of a relationship with her emotionally distant husband.
76.	Bookmarks: 2	The Meaning Of Life - In 25 Words Or Less What is the meaning of life - and could you sum it up in 25 words? What if someone offered you $10,000 for your best description?The website www.themeaningoflife.com is running such a contest, and while it may be a marketing ploy, it's an astute one. Who isn't intrigued by this question? Who hasn't struggled to figure out his or her true purpose?Like Arthur Dent in A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, we wish the meaning of life could be reduced to one simple solution:...
77.	Bookmarks: 0	Personal Power All of us would love to have personal power – the power to manifest our dreams, the power to remain calm and loving in the face of fear, the power to stay centered in ourselves in the face of attack.Our society often confuses personal power - “power within” - with “power over,” which is about controlling others. There is a vast difference between personal power and control.
78.	Bookmarks: 3	I Want It Now! Do you ever hear yourself thinking I want it NOW? When we decide that we really want something, the desire is so strong that often we want it NOW. We don't want to have to wait for it. So we tell ourselves and we tell the universe, Okay, I am ready. I want this now. And then if it doesn't happen immediately, we might say something like, Where is it? I am ready. Why isn't it here yet?The problem is that when we want something badly and we want it NOW, it is a good si...
79.	Bookmarks: 2	How To Make Your Personal Brand “Sizzle” Many entrepreneurs hate selling. The trouble is you can’t have a business if there are no sales! So what would it be like if you didn’t have to sell yourself at all? There’s an old marketing mantra that says, “It’s not the sausage that sells, it’s the sizzle.” What would it be like if you and your personal brand had so much “sizzle” that people searched you out?Here are five ways to shift from “selling” to “sizzling”:1. STAY C...
80.	Bookmarks: 2	How to Give a Great Speech As a former owner of a National Speakers Bureau, I have learned from several thousand professional speakers How to Give a Great Speech. Here are some techniques that I share with my coaching clients who want to become paid professional speakers or business professionals who want todeliver masterful presentations.
81.	Bookmarks: 2	Happy New Year - Dare To Live Your Life To The Fullest When New Year comes around, you swear to yourselves and others that you going to go out on a limb that year and live the life you know was meant for you, but then you find yourselves caught up in the motions again. “There must be more to life.” I hear people say. Well there is and what better time than now to make some changes. What better way to start off this New Year than by paying attention to your inner voice? That voice tends to stick around reminding you that you were meant...
82.	Bookmarks: 2	Happiness Versus Pleasure We are a pleasure seeking society. Most of us spend our energy seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. We hope that by doing this, we will feel happy. Yet deep, abiding happiness and joy elude so many people.
83.	Bookmarks: 3	Dating Advice: Indecisive To Focused In 5 Steps You are a single woman who is frustrated because your life and relationships are humdrum and mundane. Time to make some changes. What are you really passionate about? What makes your heart sing? Are you waiting for a relationship to make your life begin? It's time to step out of your comfort zone and begin to live a life that has energy and momentum.Step 1 - Move out of IndecisiveAs a single coach many of the women I speak to are indecisive about their lives and parti...
84.	Bookmarks: 1	Coaching – Recognizing The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell has a long history as a news reporter, but in his book, “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” Gladwell helps readers understand something most of us have only felt was true – life has a tipping point.In virtually every aspect of our lives there is a point when something either very good or very bad happens. The choices we make will ultimately lead us to that tipping point. A long series of bad choices will lead to a tipping poin...
85.	Bookmarks: 1	Can We Have It All? Must we give something up in order to get what we want?Are you reconciled to hitting the invisible ceiling at work? Are you settling for just anyones affection? Or putting your passions away to pursue a 'normal life’? Do you allow authorities, statistics, desperation, and old voices from the past to cloud your vision of the future?The universe wants to give us everything, yet! We limit ourselves.While we can experience unlimited success, our success must be limite...
86.	Bookmarks: 5	Being an Emotional Victim None of us like to think of ourselves as victims. The term victim brings to mind a pathetic image of a person who is powerless. Therefore, It comes as a shock to most of us to realize how often we allow ourselves to be emotional victims. Having counseled individuals, couples, families and business partners for 35 years, I know that many of us are victims much of the time without realizing it.
87.	Bookmarks: 4	An Expatriate's Journey Of Self-Discovery Expatriate years offer a wonderful time and opportunity to reinvent oneself. As an expatriate you want to hold onto those parts of you that you love and that work for you, no matter where you are. But while you trail around the world, you have the very good fortune to pick up new skills and/or explore hidden ones to add to the tapestry of your life.
88.	Bookmarks: 0	Anger: To Control or To Learn The feeling anger can come from two different places within us. Anger that comes from an adult, rational place can be called outrage. Outrage is the feeling we have when confronted with injustice. Outrage mobilizes us to take appropriate action when harm is being done to ourselves, others, and the planet. Outrage is a positive emotion in that it moves us to action – to stop crime and violence, clean up the environment, and so on.
89.	Bookmarks: 0	So, what is culture shock? The term culture shock originated in the 1950s. Basically it describes the physical and emotional discomforts that occur when someone moves from one cultural environment to another. There are several stages to culture shock which start when you first enter the new environment right through the acculturation process and back to re-adjustment when returning home. Culture shock has no steady line of progression. Each stage you go through can vary in length of time, or occur at clearly defined tim
90.	Bookmarks: 0	Make 2006 a great success wherever you are The definition of success may be different for every person, but when getting to grips with the term, essentially it is about who you are, and who you are becoming. It is about living up to your potential and achieving your dreams. Your success is what will bring you a life of contentment, pride and enthusiasm in your accomplishments.
91.	Bookmarks: 0	Life Purpose Vision Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issue from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner...
92.	Bookmarks: 0	Development Of The I Last week I noticed my brother trying to teach my three year old niece to say I - I would like an apple..., I would like some grapes... But she insisted that it should be said, Vaishali wants an apple, Vaishali wants some grapes...! Have you ever tried arguing with a three year old?And what is more, she was right. Because right now at the age of three, she has not started to create her identity.When you are born, you are whole, complete and perfect. Then what ha...
93.	Bookmarks: 0	Create Win/win Outcomes And Relationships Q. What happens when we go through life looking only at what’s in it for us? We get selfish, we get greedy, and we get dependent on getting more of the same. The result? Our lives become attached to this way of being, often to the degree that we manifest a blatant disregard for others and our relationships. In turn, we become blinkered to the destructive nature of our actions and give rise to provocation and resentment. The solution? To create an outcome that ensures a wi...
94.	Bookmarks: 0	Gulp! & Get Off Your Butt This New Year Every year we face challenges, ones that require us to step outside our comfort zone and brave the unknown. We feel the fear in the pit of our stomachs, yet deep down we know it’s time to meet the challenges head on. Perhaps you’re stuck in a rut and you want to change something in your career: learn a new skill, change roles, go part-time or put yourself up for promotion. Or you’ve had a life-changing event thrust upon you—an illness, divorce or a real knock to your con...
95.	Bookmarks: 0	Ditch Your New Year’s Resolutions! The New Year is here and millions of us will be sitting down and writing out our New Year’s Resolutions. And, you know the drill, within two weeks they will be forgotten as we get caught up in the daily grind of life. Our fresh enthusiasm for the New Year will be gone and long forgotten.Don’t let this happen to you!Instead, why not ditch your New Year’s Resolutions altogether and focus on just one big goal (or Gulp!)? Maybe it’s time to switch careers, or travel the w...
96.	Bookmarks: 0	Fear of Intimacy Emotional intimacy is one of the most wonderful experiences we ever have. Nothing else really comes close to the experience of sharing our deepest thoughts and feelings with another, of being deeply seen and known, of sharing love, passion, laughter, joy, and/or creativity. The experience of intimacy fills our souls and takes away our loneliness.
97.	Bookmarks: 0	Are You Addicted To Your Activities? Activities - such as sports, creative projects, reading, work, TV, meditation - can be a wonderful way to relax, express yourself, or connect to yourself. Or they can be an addiction. How can you know the difference?
98.	Bookmarks: 0	Stress! What Causes It? What Is It? What is stress?Although we tend to think of stress as caused by external issues, issue in themselves are not stressful. It is the way in which we interpret and react to them that makes them stressful. People differ enormously in the type of events they interpret as stressful and the way in which they respond to such stress.Stress is generally created when the demands made on a person start to exceed that person's ability, or perceived ability to cope. Essentially a ga...
99.	Bookmarks: 0	Tips About Life Coaching For Free Are you looking to arrange an appointment with a life coach. There are many people who feel they need a boost of self-confidence or self-esteem. In this article I write about some of the advice you may receive at these sessions.
100.	Bookmarks: 0	Seek Opportunities In Everything That Comes Your Way Q. What happens when we focus on the negative side of life instead of the positive? We miss out on seeing the breadth of opportunities that would otherwise enable us to develop and strengthen our lives. The result? We end up journeying on a downward spiral, feeling that no matter what we do, we simply won’t win. The solution? To start seeing everything in our life as an opportunity for growth; every encounter, every incident, and even every challenge.Q. Are You?- ...