Articles tagged: Inspiration
Why The Secret Doesn't (Always) Work
The Secret came out in 2006 and has been a global phenomenon, sitting on best-seller lists for much of that time. Its simple message that you can think yourself thin, happy, rich and everything else is seductive. And it appears to work for many. But for many others – it doesn’t.
Law of Attraction
Create your own reality. We draw to ourselves a reality that reflects our innermost thoughts and feelings.
Get Your Story Straight!
Get a handle on your past or the past could scupper you or at least slow you down. And it’s not the past that will do the damage – it’s your version of it.
Get Out of Your Own Way! – 3 steps to take you from sabotage to success.
The world is made up of two types of people – those who are onside and those who aren’t. Where do you stand? You’re either backing yourself or you’re tripping yourself up, holding yourself back while others less good, less deserving, less talented pip you at the post.
Bounce Back – What's Your Biggest Obstacle?
What’s your Number One obstacle in bouncing back? The answer – You. Life is challenging. The best-laid plans can go wrong. There’s not a single one of us who doesn’t feel we could have/should have done some things differently/better.
Five Alives!
1. What do you believe?
It’s brainstorm game; get that A4 paper now and fill it – both sides if necessary!
2. What do you want?
If you could have the life you really want, what would it be? Again, get descriptive.
3. Who would you have to be?
Who would you have to be in order to attract this life to you? Would you need to study, meet a different set of people, be in a different place, look a different way, talk with a different emphasis (i.e.; with commitment rather than lackadaisical) – …
More Power to You!
Abdicating power, letting others have dominion over you, putting up with nonsense, waiting for AN Other to make things better – this is the same wavelength that leads you to give your power over to a council or government. This is the real day-to-day nitty-gritty of personal power – allowing yourself to be insignificant, bullied and weak. Stand up and fight your corner, I say!
How’s Your Mojo?
Coaching is a demanding business. It demands that you embody the qualities others may want for themselves – optimism, self-confidence, positivity, joie de vivre. You have to keep yourself and your batteries continually charged. The better you feel, the better you look to others and the more success you’ll have – the more others will say ‘Yes!’
Self-reliance vs Dependence
Leafing through the papers over lunch yesterday I read that David Cameron wants to give power back to the people. He wants to ‘end this culture of entitlement and build a new culture of responsibility.’ Great idea. It makes me wonder – how does a government foster self-reliance? How can it promote personal responsibility? And is it made more difficult when it pays people not to work, when it takes responsibility for your survival and wellbeing? What does the cradle-to-grave paternalism do to the psyche?
Bounce Back Britain
If your life was a book, and you were the writer, what would the present chapter be about? As a coach and trainer I get to meet many different people from all walks of life all over the UK, and whilst we’ve all seen the news reports explaining the recession from every conceivable angle, what I hear are personal insights, person to person; how it’s been for the individual. Very often in life it’s not so much the events that shape us, but what did in response to that event that counts.
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