‘If voting could change anything, they’d make it illegal.’ Emma Goldman

I’ll vote (Green, of course!) and I’ll join a good march – I did all the Stop the War ones – and put up the posters, but you have to come back to real, everyday life when the marching’s over. You have to remind yourself that the direction and outcomes of your life are down to you. You mustn’t wait for a change of council or government before you commit to your life, (unlike me in the eighties).  Do you agree or disagree?

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. 

Think about your own power base:

1. Is there a situation you currently tolerate but actually loathe?

2.  Is there someone you allow to intimidate or terrify you?

3.  How often do you say, ‘yes but, no but’? (I’m serious!), making endless excuses rather than endless solutions?

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!

I have put together our brand Bounce Back workshop to help you do exactly that.  I’ll announce details shortly.  Send us an email to bounceback@fionaharrold.com to register your interest and you’ll be the first to know.

More Power to You!

Our most popular online course, Indestructible Self-belief will give you the oomph you’ll need to stop tolerating the intolerable and demand more – from yourself and life. Goal Setting will get you focused on the bigger picture – and how to get there while Purpose, Passion & Destiny will get you building your most authentic life built on a foundation of values and meaning. It’s the only way to live!

The Coaching Hour

Our brand new, entirely-free-to-members Live Coaching Hour is a roaring success! This Thursday at 8, and every Thursday at 8 there’ll be a panel of my brilliant coaches waiting to take your questions. Simply post your challenges and conundrums any time and we’ll kick off at 8 on the dot. This is what Charlie said after last week’s Hour:

‘I have been inspired by last night’s Coaching Hour, and I want to thank you for giving me a supportive kick up the ass! I know that I am operating at 20% of my potential at the moment and that I need to open my mind. Thank you!’

Do spread the word – it’s entirely free for members. Post your question now.

Have a terrific week. Let me know what other ways we can help you embrace your personal power.

Onwards!

Fiona xx

The world could be said to divide into two sets of people – those with personal power and those without it.

In shops and businesses up and down the country, those making the sales and making progress are those with personal power. In every walk of life, whether you’re an Artist, a Teacher, an Opera singer, a Landscape gardener, an MP or a Coach, what sets you apart and makes you more successful than the next person is – your level of personal power.

And, you’ll have an easier time attracting customers, influencing others and getting the results you want because people will be drawn to you.

Quite simply, it takes a lot of the struggle out of life.

What is personal power…

…and, more importantly, how do you get it?

I began thinking about this in preparation for a talk I’m giving at a charity event in London this Saturday.

The theme of the seminar is Client Attraction and while aimed primarily at coaches, the theme is relevant to all, whatever your profession.

It got me thinking about what makes for a successful coach – one who attracts clients, has a thriving practice and is well-paid for their expertise. I concluded that what distinguishes a great coach is their level of personal power.

Obviously, as a member of my site, you already have a comfortable level of personal power! However, if you’d like a little extra, read on.

Five Steps to Greater Personal Power & Success

1. Establish Your Credentials

It’s not enough to have the paper credentials. To feel supremely qualified and equipped to coach or excel in any role, you must know that you are perfectly placed to do that job. Without a hint of arrogance, you must fervently believe yourself to be in a place tailor-made for you; that your life to date has been preparing you for.

You might go further – go on – and see what you do as your calling, the way in which you have been asked to contribute to the world. Take a look and see if you can find the thread that has been running through in your life to lead you to this current place.

You’ll find more on this in Chapter One of my book, The 7 Rules of Success.

2. Become Incredibly Useful to your Clients

Become well-informed in order to recommend the best nutritionists, personal trainers, cleaners, builders, accountants, wedding planners, et al, so you can help clients streamline and improve their life in every which way. Put them in touch with each other if appropriate.

Extend your largesse beyond the official coaching session into a generous and comprehensive service. Add another string to your bow, so you can enhance your coaching –I’ve been using Flower Remedies of every type with clients for over twenty years.

3. Live an Interesting Life

Your spirit and joie be vivre will attract clients.

This is true for all professions, but particularly so for Coaching. Your clients want a little bit of what you have. They want to feel lighter in spirit, more hopeful, more optimistic, less worried and overall – better about themselves.

You have to embody all of this in order to be able to ignite it in them. You must take care of yourself and ensure you’re loving life and keeping yourself fresh and inspired.

4. Choose Your Clients Carefully

You need to love your work. To do so, you need to work with clients you feel genuinely caring and enthusiastic about.

It’s not fair on the client or you to work with individuals you don’t feel an empathy and bond with. A person deserves to be with a coach who is instinctively routing for them and backing them all their way.

If you dread the thought of a session with a client, let them go – there’s a better coach out there for them. Otherwise, you’ll dampen your own enthusiasm for the work.

5. Find a mentor

Keep upping your game. Keep challenging yourself. Use a mentor to keep you clear on your work.

You need to have a place where you can look at your work, discuss any difficulties with clients and ensure you’re being the best possible coach for them. No-one can see their own blind spots.

Commit to excellence, get your support in place and you’ll keep yourself in tip-top professional shape.