In less than one months time the majority of us are going to set some New Years Resolutions for 2010. Why do so many people talk of, and even admit to, making New Year's resolutions when almost none of them will be kept?
Statistics show that somewhere in the vicinity of 97% of New Year's resolutions won't be kept.…why? The reasons are simple…
1. Most people expect not to keep a resolution
2. Most don't know how to truly set goals or don't believe it matters
Try instead to set an Intention for your new life – not just your new year. List your top 3 commitments for your personal health and wellness and build them into your everyday life. Look for the bigger need behind the desire, what is really important for you? It may be to have more sleep and rest, get more relaxation and fun, add physical activity into everyday, eat with awareness or just be grateful and reflect on the day.
Structure + willpower = success
Willpower alone will not work; it must be combined with structures. Allow your structures to become habits by using your daily planner, working with a buddy or coach and remember to reward yourself for successes. Focus on the end result.
Through accountability and having support systems in place the seemingly unattainable can become achievable.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
“Whether we realize it or not, all of us are responsible for creating the body we live in.”— Deepak Chopra
This short quote can pack quite a punch. Our dear friend has just experienced a heart attack and we are very grateful he will have a full recovery though he realizes that some life changes are overdue. This scary experience also highlighted to me and my family not to take our bodies for granted. The little” tap on the shoulder” was a wake up call to look after our bodies and treat them with respect.
We choose what we put into it and how we keep it maintained. Most people are very aware of outward appearances by wearing clean and neat clothes and being well groomed. We are also aware of the importance of looking after and maintaining a car, bike, house or boat and know that it will not run efficiently if we do not keep it regularly tuned up and serviced. So why is then that we take our own bodies for granted until something happens? Take some time to give your body an overhaul. Do a self diet and fitness check list, be honest and if needed get some assistance? Ask where you need improving on and what needs to go! Make a visit for a medical and eye check and a dental check and any other check that you have been putting off. Invest in yourself, cause you are not only doing yourself and your loved ones a favour, you are showing respect and gratitude for the wonderful body you where given.
We don’t know what our future holds for us, but we can have some say on what condition it will be in.
This short quote can pack quite a punch. Our dear friend has just experienced a heart attack and we are very grateful he will have a full recovery though he realizes that some life changes are overdue. This scary experience also highlighted to me and my family not to take our bodies for granted. The little” tap on the shoulder” was a wake up call to look after our bodies and treat them with respect.
We choose what we put into it and how we keep it maintained. Most people are very aware of outward appearances by wearing clean and neat clothes and being well groomed. We are also aware of the importance of looking after and maintaining a car, bike, house or boat and know that it will not run efficiently if we do not keep it regularly tuned up and serviced. So why is then that we take our own bodies for granted until something happens? Take some time to give your body an overhaul. Do a self diet and fitness check list, be honest and if needed get some assistance? Ask where you need improving on and what needs to go! Make a visit for a medical and eye check and a dental check and any other check that you have been putting off. Invest in yourself, cause you are not only doing yourself and your loved ones a favour, you are showing respect and gratitude for the wonderful body you where given.
We don’t know what our future holds for us, but we can have some say on what condition it will be in.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Complementary Consultation
Being a business owner, executive or professional has such a knee jerk reaction with the amount of time spent at work; it throws other areas of your life way out off balance.
I have asked my clients to list some of the consequences of this unbalanced life style, and have found a pattern emerging.
Can you say yes to some or all of these:-
- Suffering ill health or often getting colds or injury
- Tired and lack energy
- Limited family time
- Feeling stressed
- Lacking creativity in decision making
- Personal fitness not getting a look in
- Relationship breakdowns
I am offering 50 Complimentary Consultations over the next several weeks, to invite professionals to focus on how their Work/Life balance is looking. I will send you a form with 4 questions to answer regarding your current Work/Life Balance and when you return to me, we will book a free 30 minute phone consultation. Email me at julie@lifefocusplus.com with Complementary Consultation in the heading and make the first step toward bringing that much needed balance back into your life.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Never Enough Time?
Never Enough Time?
Does that sound familiar to you?
Is it really true?
If your work day is not long enough and work commitments are the problem, we can look at just a few changes that could make your day flow easier, such as making lists, prioritising tasks, taking 10 minutes at the end of the work day to plan your next day, block off time where you cannot be disturbed and stick to it. All these things you all ready know, right?
Is it your home and social life suffering without enough hours? Are you being realistic with what you want to achieve with the time you have to achieve it? Or is your time being stolen by activities that do not serve you i.e. watching too much television, sleeping in when you could be out and about, doing things or being with people who are not feeding your soul or are you just straight out procrastinating?
There always has been and will be 24 hours in a day ~ what you do with it is up to!
As a coach I work with Time Management and Life / Work Balance, these are important issues that affect everyone. Time is something that once it is gone, you cannot get back. This is reality!
At the beginning of each week is a great time to review and plan the brand new week ahead. Prioritise and plan what you want to achieve during the week and ask yourself how important it is for to accomplish it? If it is something of high importance, either for work or personal, block off time for it in your diary now! If it is a large project, you may need to block out several times during the week, or over a few weeks, to work on this goal. Be realistic and don’t overstretch yourself. If a goal is not of a high importance, you can still give it time during your week, but allow it to be moved if needed. Give yourself permission to replace it with a higher priority task without feeling guilty. It can be re-diarised for a later date – just re-schedule it, at the time of moving so it is not forgotten, know that it is out of your head. It is likely that it will become a high priority at a later date.
If your time management, or lack of it, is causing you stress, it may be time to work with a coach who can help you with your day to day activities. Are your goals in line with your values? Do you know what your true values are? Visit my website and do the Values Worksheet to find out http://www.lifefocusplus.com/
Does that sound familiar to you?
Is it really true?
If your work day is not long enough and work commitments are the problem, we can look at just a few changes that could make your day flow easier, such as making lists, prioritising tasks, taking 10 minutes at the end of the work day to plan your next day, block off time where you cannot be disturbed and stick to it. All these things you all ready know, right?
Is it your home and social life suffering without enough hours? Are you being realistic with what you want to achieve with the time you have to achieve it? Or is your time being stolen by activities that do not serve you i.e. watching too much television, sleeping in when you could be out and about, doing things or being with people who are not feeding your soul or are you just straight out procrastinating?
There always has been and will be 24 hours in a day ~ what you do with it is up to!
As a coach I work with Time Management and Life / Work Balance, these are important issues that affect everyone. Time is something that once it is gone, you cannot get back. This is reality!
At the beginning of each week is a great time to review and plan the brand new week ahead. Prioritise and plan what you want to achieve during the week and ask yourself how important it is for to accomplish it? If it is something of high importance, either for work or personal, block off time for it in your diary now! If it is a large project, you may need to block out several times during the week, or over a few weeks, to work on this goal. Be realistic and don’t overstretch yourself. If a goal is not of a high importance, you can still give it time during your week, but allow it to be moved if needed. Give yourself permission to replace it with a higher priority task without feeling guilty. It can be re-diarised for a later date – just re-schedule it, at the time of moving so it is not forgotten, know that it is out of your head. It is likely that it will become a high priority at a later date.
If your time management, or lack of it, is causing you stress, it may be time to work with a coach who can help you with your day to day activities. Are your goals in line with your values? Do you know what your true values are? Visit my website and do the Values Worksheet to find out http://www.lifefocusplus.com/
Who, exactly seeks out a coach? -” Winners who want even more out of life." -Chicago Tribune
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Crabby Old Woman
When an old lady died in the geriatric ward of a small hospital near Dundee, Scotland, it was believed that she had nothing left of any value.
Later, when the nurses were going through her meagre possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital. One nurse took her copy to Ireland.
The old lady's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas edition of the News Magazine of the North Ireland Association for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on her simple, but eloquent, poem.
Crabby Old Woman
What do you see, nurses................What do you see?
What are you thinking......When you're looking at me?
A crabby old woman..........................Not very wise,
Uncertain of habit,......................With faraway eyes?
Who dribbles her food ............... And makes no reply.
When you say in a loud voice.......'I do wish you'd try!'
Who seems not to notice ..........The things that you do,
And forever is losing .....................A stocking or shoe?
Who, resisting or not, ..............Lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding, ..............The long day to fill?
Is that what you're thinking?......... Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse,.....You're not looking at me.
I'll tell you who I am .......................As I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, ................... As I eat at your will.
I'm a small child of ten..............With a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters.......................Who love one another.
A young girl of sixteen ...................With wings on her feet
Dreaming that soon now ..................... A lover she'll meet.
A bride soon at twenty, ................... My heart gives a leap,
Remembering the vows ............... That I promised to keep.
At twenty-five now,.....................I have young of my own,
Who need me to guide ............... And a secure happy home.
A woman of thirty,.................... My young now grown fast,
Bound to each other.....................With ties that should last.
At forty, my young sons..............Have grown and are gone,
But my man's beside me.....................To see I don't mourn
At fifty once more,...................Babies play round my knee,
Again we know children,................... My loved one and me.
Dark days are upon me,.......................My husband is dead,
I look at the future,.............................I shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing .................Young of their own,
And I think of the years.......... And the love that I've known.
I'm now an old woman......................... And nature is cruel;
Tis jest to make old age ............................. Look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles,..................... Grace and vigor depart,
There is now a stone.................... Where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass................ A young girl still dwells,
And now and again,...................... My battered heart swells.
I remember the joys,.......................... I remember the pain,
And I'm loving and living.............................. Life over again.
I think of the years..................... All too few, gone too fast,
And accept the stark fact......................That nothing can last.
So open your eyes, people,.............................Open and see,
Not a crabby old woman;..........Look closer......see,.....ME!!
Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within.....we will all, one day, be there, too!
Later, when the nurses were going through her meagre possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital. One nurse took her copy to Ireland.
The old lady's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas edition of the News Magazine of the North Ireland Association for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on her simple, but eloquent, poem.
Crabby Old Woman
What do you see, nurses................What do you see?
What are you thinking......When you're looking at me?
A crabby old woman..........................Not very wise,
Uncertain of habit,......................With faraway eyes?
Who dribbles her food ............... And makes no reply.
When you say in a loud voice.......'I do wish you'd try!'
Who seems not to notice ..........The things that you do,
And forever is losing .....................A stocking or shoe?
Who, resisting or not, ..............Lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding, ..............The long day to fill?
Is that what you're thinking?......... Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse,.....You're not looking at me.
I'll tell you who I am .......................As I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, ................... As I eat at your will.
I'm a small child of ten..............With a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters.......................Who love one another.
A young girl of sixteen ...................With wings on her feet
Dreaming that soon now ..................... A lover she'll meet.
A bride soon at twenty, ................... My heart gives a leap,
Remembering the vows ............... That I promised to keep.
At twenty-five now,.....................I have young of my own,
Who need me to guide ............... And a secure happy home.
A woman of thirty,.................... My young now grown fast,
Bound to each other.....................With ties that should last.
At forty, my young sons..............Have grown and are gone,
But my man's beside me.....................To see I don't mourn
At fifty once more,...................Babies play round my knee,
Again we know children,................... My loved one and me.
Dark days are upon me,.......................My husband is dead,
I look at the future,.............................I shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing .................Young of their own,
And I think of the years.......... And the love that I've known.
I'm now an old woman......................... And nature is cruel;
Tis jest to make old age ............................. Look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles,..................... Grace and vigor depart,
There is now a stone.................... Where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass................ A young girl still dwells,
And now and again,...................... My battered heart swells.
I remember the joys,.......................... I remember the pain,
And I'm loving and living.............................. Life over again.
I think of the years..................... All too few, gone too fast,
And accept the stark fact......................That nothing can last.
So open your eyes, people,.............................Open and see,
Not a crabby old woman;..........Look closer......see,.....ME!!
Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within.....we will all, one day, be there, too!
Monday, June 29, 2009
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
-Abraham Lincoln
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
-Abraham Lincoln
Monday, June 22, 2009
Year Half Over!
As we come to the end of June, it is a great time to reflect on the months we have just visited.
Have your New Year resolutions, dreams and goals for 2009 been put in place? Have all or some been achieved or have they been forgotten about and put into the "too hard" basket or "it was just a dream" basket?
This time of year is a great time to re-visit goals that you have and uncover new ones to accomplish. Did you write a list at the start of the year that you can now read over and excite yourself again about?
Do you need some encouragement or support with putting plans into actions? All goals and dreams need a starting point ~ which is to realise that that is what you want. See, you've started already, you have some of those already. Next step is to break that goal down into baby steps and even work with your coach to turn your dreams and goals into realities.
This year has found me graduating from my coaching coarse, publishing my web site and building my coaching business. It was a goal I set for myself last year and have such satisfaction seeing it complete. The joy I get from working with my clients is more than I could have expected and each day brings new insights, challenges and ways for me to grow.
Over the next half of this year I intend to turn my hand at writing some articles for publication, a dream that I have had for a while and one that I will turn into a reality.
Have a wonderful second half of 2009 and don't loose sight of your dreams ~ make them happen.
Have your New Year resolutions, dreams and goals for 2009 been put in place? Have all or some been achieved or have they been forgotten about and put into the "too hard" basket or "it was just a dream" basket?
This time of year is a great time to re-visit goals that you have and uncover new ones to accomplish. Did you write a list at the start of the year that you can now read over and excite yourself again about?
Do you need some encouragement or support with putting plans into actions? All goals and dreams need a starting point ~ which is to realise that that is what you want. See, you've started already, you have some of those already. Next step is to break that goal down into baby steps and even work with your coach to turn your dreams and goals into realities.
This year has found me graduating from my coaching coarse, publishing my web site and building my coaching business. It was a goal I set for myself last year and have such satisfaction seeing it complete. The joy I get from working with my clients is more than I could have expected and each day brings new insights, challenges and ways for me to grow.
Over the next half of this year I intend to turn my hand at writing some articles for publication, a dream that I have had for a while and one that I will turn into a reality.
Have a wonderful second half of 2009 and don't loose sight of your dreams ~ make them happen.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Eat Chocolate
I found this quote in a new magazine I bought myself on the week-end and want to share with you."Put 'eat chocolate' at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done" - anonymous
That just takes all the guilt out of eating chocolate doesn't it!
Being able to tick things off a to-do list is very satisfying, even small tasks can make a huge difference to how you feel at the end of a day. Just knowing that you accomplished something that you set out to do was done. Even if it is to give yourself a treat and eat chocolate!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
"A Road Not Taken"
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I—I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
By ~ Robert Frost
What road will you take when it comes time to make a change in your life. Are you ready to let go of the safety rails and jump?
Monday, March 23, 2009
Habits
Habit dulls your senses.
As comforting as your routines may be, change them sometimes. Leave your comfort zone behind. Sleep on the other side of the bed. Use your other hand to brush your teeth. Go out mid-week or to places you have never been. Learn a new skill or try a new sport.
Invite friends to picnic in the park at sunset or gather at the beach early morning. Do whatever wakes you up.
Let the leader follow and the follower lead.
As comforting as your routines may be, change them sometimes. Leave your comfort zone behind. Sleep on the other side of the bed. Use your other hand to brush your teeth. Go out mid-week or to places you have never been. Learn a new skill or try a new sport.
Invite friends to picnic in the park at sunset or gather at the beach early morning. Do whatever wakes you up.
Let the leader follow and the follower lead.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Your moods
Your moods and emotions affect everyone around you, regardless of how powerless you feel.
Take total responsibility for the emotional atmosphere you are creating.
Behave cheerfully and courteously.
Your feelings will follow.
Take total responsibility for the emotional atmosphere you are creating.
Behave cheerfully and courteously.
Your feelings will follow.
Monday, March 9, 2009
It's March Already!
We are well into March already, and I would love to ask you how you are going with your new years resolutions? Still on track?
Perhaps this week you could take some time out to re assess your plans for 2009. Is what you decided on at the end of 2008 for the New Year still relevant? Is it something that you really wanted or something that you thought you should be doing? Perhaps that is why nothing is happening!
Whilst reassessing your plan, don’t forget to add some time for your self. Block some short 30 minute slots in your day to go for a walk or run, do some drawing, some writing, listen to some music you love or take the time for meditating. Make it the same time each day, when you can just be you and re-energize self. I bet after doing this, you will have more to give to others.
Yes, there are many things that need to get done, but in this moment I have to do nothing.
—Oprah Winfrey
Perhaps this week you could take some time out to re assess your plans for 2009. Is what you decided on at the end of 2008 for the New Year still relevant? Is it something that you really wanted or something that you thought you should be doing? Perhaps that is why nothing is happening!
Whilst reassessing your plan, don’t forget to add some time for your self. Block some short 30 minute slots in your day to go for a walk or run, do some drawing, some writing, listen to some music you love or take the time for meditating. Make it the same time each day, when you can just be you and re-energize self. I bet after doing this, you will have more to give to others.
Yes, there are many things that need to get done, but in this moment I have to do nothing.
—Oprah Winfrey
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
In loving memory of Nick
Thursday 27th saw the passing of a dear soul who felt he could no longer stay on this earth. Nick had struggled and faced many demons since he was around 10 years old and for 10 years he has lived a life that was right for him, and the path he needed to travel.He will be remembered for his cheeky smile, overflowing amount of energy, charisma, can-do attitude, and his great guitar playing, and music writing.
It is with sadness for everyone who had met Nick, that his beautiful bright light has gone out on this earth plane. I feel that he is at peace in a much greater place on the “other side” where he is happy.
His amazing parents acknowledged that they had Nick for 10 years longer than what they thought they would, and are very grateful for that. Their sobering and beautiful acceptance has allowed us to all cope with this loss a little easier. Their perspective on this tragic loss is one of gratitude and love.
May we all be more aware of our loved ones around us and not take them for granted, and not let them leave the house in the morning without saying goodbye and to make peace with them if needed. Hug your children and tell them you love them, and do it as many times as you can. They are a gift from God and are to be cherished – no matter what. Be grateful for your loved ones every day and image if you dare, what your life would be with them gone! Do you need to change your perspective towards someone you love?
Now send them a message, a blessing and hug them as often.
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
—Winston Churchill
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Giving
The resent bushfires in Victoria and the severe floods effecting Queensland have brought into focus again, the huge generosity of complete strangers throughout Australia and overseas. Huge amounts of money given and donations of food, accommodation, blood, clothing, animal supplies, the services of CFA and other emergency response teams, plus the support from the authorities and the public have been very heart warming.It has highlighted the great Aussie spirit of pulling up your sleeves and just doing what needs to be done and proving that mate ship is still so very much alive. From high profile people, to young children giving coins from their piggy bank, farming families who are suffering great hardships themselves to the average person, have all been touched and so many have given something. Being able to give is a wonderful and important human act for everyone involved and being able to give is as important as it is to receive.
These natural disasters highlight that we are all human and that tragedy can strike at any time, to any one of us and that the life we know is never a 100% guarantee. Take the time to give to others when you can, without expecting anything in return, or even without anyone knowing. Be it a gold coin to a charity, time spent on a community project, support for a fellow worker, kind words to a neighbor or if you see some one who has lost their smile ~ give them one of yours.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Please take a minute’s silence
This week Victoria, Australia has experienced its worst natural disaster in the country’s history. The enormous bush fire which ravaged our land took n
ot only homes and people’s livelihoods, but claimed over 180 lives with many more missing, expected dead.
How insignificant the economic woes of the world become when one considers the tragedy that's unfolding so close to home. You would be hard pressed to find anyone anywhere in the country complaining about their own financial loss or employment security. It is a time when reality hits hard and we realize what is truly important. It is a time to be grateful for what we have and to acknowledge each day and accept it as a blessing. As we look on at this devastation, it is heart warming to see the tireless fire fighters and volunteers who so selfishly avail themselves to help others.
With Valentines Day on Saturday, be grateful for what you have and for the ones around you and your community, people who are there for you in times of crisis, small or large! Start by loving yourself and allow others to love you. Be aware that this tragedy has allowed you to feel your heart chakra open and remember to live your life with kindness, to yourself first and to then everyone and everything that comes into your life.
ot only homes and people’s livelihoods, but claimed over 180 lives with many more missing, expected dead.How insignificant the economic woes of the world become when one considers the tragedy that's unfolding so close to home. You would be hard pressed to find anyone anywhere in the country complaining about their own financial loss or employment security. It is a time when reality hits hard and we realize what is truly important. It is a time to be grateful for what we have and to acknowledge each day and accept it as a blessing. As we look on at this devastation, it is heart warming to see the tireless fire fighters and volunteers who so selfishly avail themselves to help others.
With Valentines Day on Saturday, be grateful for what you have and for the ones around you and your community, people who are there for you in times of crisis, small or large! Start by loving yourself and allow others to love you. Be aware that this tragedy has allowed you to feel your heart chakra open and remember to live your life with kindness, to yourself first and to then everyone and everything that comes into your life.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Believing You Can
"A young man fell asleep during math class. He woke up as the bell rang, looked at the blackboard, and copied down the two problems that were there. He assumed they were the homework for the night. He went home and labored the rest of the afternoon and into the evening knowing if he didn't complete the work he would surely fail the class.
He couldn't figure out either one but he kept trying for the rest of the week. Finally, he got the answer to one and brought it to class. The teacher was absolutely stunned. The boy feared he had done too little, too late. It turned out the problem he solved was supposedly unsolvable. How did he do it? He was able to do what was thought to be impossible because he believed it was possible. He not only believed it was possible, he believed that if he didn't solve it he would fail the class. Had he known the problem was unsolvable he could never have done it.
Beliefs are the commanders of our brain. When we believe something is true, we literally go into the state of its being true. Handled effectively, beliefs can be the most powerful forces for creating good in our lives.
Beliefs control our destiny: The belief we have in ourselves... the belief we have in our clients.. the belief others have in us. The birth of excellence begins with the awareness that our beliefs are a choice.
Beliefs are the compass and map that guide us to our goals. Believe you can do something -OR- believe you can't and you'll be right every time. "
He couldn't figure out either one but he kept trying for the rest of the week. Finally, he got the answer to one and brought it to class. The teacher was absolutely stunned. The boy feared he had done too little, too late. It turned out the problem he solved was supposedly unsolvable. How did he do it? He was able to do what was thought to be impossible because he believed it was possible. He not only believed it was possible, he believed that if he didn't solve it he would fail the class. Had he known the problem was unsolvable he could never have done it.
Beliefs are the commanders of our brain. When we believe something is true, we literally go into the state of its being true. Handled effectively, beliefs can be the most powerful forces for creating good in our lives.
Beliefs control our destiny: The belief we have in ourselves... the belief we have in our clients.. the belief others have in us. The birth of excellence begins with the awareness that our beliefs are a choice.
Beliefs are the compass and map that guide us to our goals. Believe you can do something -OR- believe you can't and you'll be right every time. "
If you are a tennis fan, you will know the famous words Come On!!. We have been enjoying a wonderful 2 weeks of the Australian Open tennis tournament. One thing that has stood out in so many of the top games that we witnessed, is the amazing stamina of the players during the heat wave Melbourne has been through, and also how crowd support can lift a player to go on to win a match.
In our own day to day life, praise, support and ongoing motivation from family and friends can also have amazing effects. Perhaps it is something that we accept for granted, or something that we do not easily give to others.
If we can see tennis matches turn around by the uplifting support of a crowd of strangers, imagine what can happen with encouraging support from someone close. Go on, give someone a lift this week and notice how you feel and how the recipient reacts. Believe in yourself and share that with others.
Monday, January 12, 2009
December 31st, 2009
Here is a request for you to try. As it is the start of a fresh new year and there are many challenges and goals ahead of you, some may seem achievable and others not quite so easy. I ask you to take a sheet or two of paper and date it December 31, 2009. Now list all of the achievements that you have done throughout 2009. Now add another list of everything that you are grateful for having in your year. Dream a little and don’t make your outcomes too safe, leave some room for miracles to happen. By doing this exercise, you have started your vision to become your reality. Seeing this list written down makes your goals feel very much more achievable.
This also will make you take time to reflect on who you are. Quiet time alone can be the most important time for you to create. Stillness of the mind creates space for ideas to come into your reality and inspiration comes with stillness. Relaxation time allows new thoughts and calm energy to enter your life. If you cannot do this daily, perhaps a few times a week will be more manageable.
Allow 2009 to be a good year with many positive changes and challengers. You only need to believe it, be positive and trust it to happen.
This also will make you take time to reflect on who you are. Quiet time alone can be the most important time for you to create. Stillness of the mind creates space for ideas to come into your reality and inspiration comes with stillness. Relaxation time allows new thoughts and calm energy to enter your life. If you cannot do this daily, perhaps a few times a week will be more manageable.
Allow 2009 to be a good year with many positive changes and challengers. You only need to believe it, be positive and trust it to happen.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Transitions
With the beginning of a new year, one can find oneself in transition mode, or at least become much more aware of it. As another year has ended and with it go events and memories both good and bad. New years are often the beginning of job changes, location moves, reminder of deep sorrow from the lose of loved ones, new schools for children, finishing school for teenagers and perhaps them even moving away from home. Ending of cycles can be a sad and often uncomfortable time for many people. New cycles, such as the start of a new year, can bring positive changes if we allow it to. While there is life there is change and it is up to us to make the most of each new change, cause change happens whether we like it or not.Making sense of life’s changes can be a soul searching process. Being able to understand and find positives from each new occurrence can be a rewarding adventure. Finding oneself on their own due to any number of circumstances can be an overwhelming challenge. But as with many things, it is one small step at a time. To be able to work through the discomfort of mapping out a new and different path is well worth the angst. Picture the end result and keep that in mind as you put new changes into your daily routine.
If you are in transition mode try to relax and enjoy any new experiences that come your way. Look for something new to try, perhaps something that you have secretly wanted to try out. Don’t worry about failing; it is not as bad as not giving it a go at all! Rather than writing a list of New Year resolutions, write down what you do not want to be or have or be doing in 10 years from now. From this list you can slowly make the steps you need to prevent the “don’t wants” from happening. Being aware is a powerful tool to have on your side as you focus energy away from “done that mode”, to wow “look what the future I can make for myself mode”.
May you shine in 2009 and allow it to be a year of ending old patterns that no longer serve you and the beginning of self finding and inner happiness.
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