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MicroAgressions - By Martha Lasley- Powerful Gratitude Exercise – Life Coaching - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2010 from Matthew FerrySo what actions can you take today to immediately take advantage of the power of gratitude? The first thing that I’d recommend is something that I recommend to all of my coaching students when they come to me. That is the 10/10 visualization process. I’ve coached 8,000 people over the years, ...
Views: 1733(1 vote) - Hurt Knee Syndrome - Benefits of Spirituality on Health - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2010 from Matthew FerryI completed my first marathon back in 1999 and I remember calling my mom and saying to her, “Oh my gosh! I completed my first marathon! It’s such a victory! It’s so amazing!” And she’s like, “It is! It’s huge! It’s so amazing, congratulations!” And I said, “Yes, especially since my knee has been ...
Views: 1195 - What makes the difference between success and failure - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from Gina GardinerAny business owner must have asked themselves that question countless times and it has never been more pertinent than now. I read some research earlier this week which focussed the top ten worries for business owners. They included some pretty weighty issues, survival being top of the list. ...
Views: 5301(7 votes) - Taking a Different Kind of Guilt Trip - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from Renee BarnowDo you notice when you carry around negative thoughts? Are your shoulders sore from the burden? Often called stinking thinking, how would you treat these thoughts if you considered them akin to rotten or spoiled food? Would you keep such food around? No. You would throw out the offenders. You ...
Views: 1350(2 votes) - God Helps Those Who Help Themselves - Spiritual Life Coaching - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Matthew FerryGod helps those who help themselves. You ever heard that before? I notice with some of my clients are visioning, visualizing, writing out their goals and affirmations, but they’re not taking any action. They aren’t getting the results that they want. Now, I notice that also there’s another ...
Views: 2322(4 votes) - How to Combat Stress - Stress Management Tips - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Matthew FerryA lot of my clients come to me and they’re just like the rest of us; they have a big life. They’re up to things and they’re taking things on. When you get a lot of projects going, it’s so easy to get stressed. There are physical ways to combat stress. There’s exercise, diet, meditation, ...
Views: 1245(1 vote) - New Search Techniques , Combine your mind with Google ( Google Wonder Wheel ) - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Lahiru WijerathnaThis is a another great tool offered from google. It launched on May 2009. This tool was built to help users better find related and relevant searches. It’s a wheel of wonders, Google Wonder Wheel not only a good SEO tool but also a great search tool. Where can find this great tool ? It’s in ...
Views: 1352(1 vote) - Which Voice Do You Feed? - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Judith RichardsonAs a woman entrepreneur, my vision is for work environments that support and sustain life; that invite health, humor, compassion and truth. We succeed without having to sacrifice our integrity or anyone else's. We take part in creating something greater than ourselves; be part of something ...
Views: 867(3 votes) - Re-Learn the Art of Single Tasking - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Gary ShouldisHow many times a day do you check your email? Have you ever stopped mid conversation while speaking with someone to check and see who just sent you a message on your Blackberry? Not only is this rude, but it may be making you stupid. The average person checks their email 5-6 times a day. Opinion ...
Views: 1011(2 votes) - The 6 Perceptual Styles, What We Value and How We See the World: The Methods Style - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2010 from Lynda-Ross VegaBob’s Perceptual Style is Methods. He perceives the world in a rational, matter-of-fact manner and sees a world that is sensible, logical, and factual. Things are what they are. His great strength is determining objectives and establishing a course of action that systematically leads to the ...
Views: 1641(1 vote) - What are Your Boulders, Pebbles and Sand? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Karen GridleyWhat are your sand, pebbles and boulders? This may sound like a perplexing question yet that very concept had a significant impact on a number of people earlier this month when I presented Excuse Free Success: Winning by Losing! to a group of entrepreneurs. Boulders refer to what is most ...
Views: 3953(1 vote) - Is Your Business Set Up To Win? - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2010 from Heather Dominickby Heather Dominick EnergyRICH® Entrepreneur Success and Master Coach It’s been my experience that most entrepreneurs miss a very important step when it comes to the success of their businesses: they fail to plan. When you are your business it’s extremely easy to get caught up in putting ...
Views: 1571(1 vote) - Three Steps to Kick the Recession Blues - Life coaching classes - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2010 from Matthew FerryAs a life coach who has had more than 8300 over the last 16 years, I can tell you with certainty that three simple shifts in your point of view will cure your recession blues, lift your spirits and get you back on the road to a personal recession recovery plan. The first shift is towards ...
Views: 2130(6 votes) - How To Follow Your Passion When Your Life Isn't Set Up For That - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2010 from Matthew FerryAs a life coach, I help clients understand what their true passion in life is, and then help them set their life up so that their passion can exist within the structure of their life. Now, this is not easy, because our life is currently designed to perpetuate the commitments that we've ...
Views: 1470 - Create Wealth in a Down Economy - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2010 from Mar DocThe biggest difference between people who create wealth in a down economy and those who don’t is in them owning and applying the right knowledge. It's amazing how so many highly educated people continue to make the same stupid mistakes while others, even less fortunate people, get it so ...
Views: 1197(1 vote) - Protecting Your Treasure - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2010 from Heidi CornelissenI often tell a story about a grandmother who once told me, “I don’t need Life-Coaching as I’ve finally learned to say NO. Especially to my family!” I laughed at this comment, appreciating the inherent wisdom in it. The ability to say no, with suitable assertiveness, compassion and respect is ...
Views: 1403 - Why Don't "They" See Things the Way I Do? How Perceptual Style Theory Helps Us Understand Social Differences - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2010 from Lynda-Ross VegaHave you ever been in a disagreement with someone and felt that you were living on entirely different planets and experiencing an entirely different event? We’ve all been there, attempting to prove our point and convince someone that we are “right,” with no success. The trouble is often times ...
Views: 1016(1 vote) - Take Your Coaching To the Next Level and Get Paid Way More - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2010 from Kathy JanikThis article is for all of you coaches out there who have been experiencing some level of success with your coaching business, but are ready to take that business to the next level. You can only go so far by coaching on a local level. If you have substantial experience in coaching, then you ...
Views: 890 - Perception Creates Reality - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Traci BrosmanIf you believe you can do it, you can. If you believe you can’t, you won’t. How do you see your reflection? Is it distorted in the ripples of a wave? Is it clear as in a quiet body of water? Is it completely opposite as in looking at a mirror? How you see yourself in relation to your world ...
Views: 1860(6 votes) - How Career Coaching Gets It Wrong: Tips For Choosing a Career Coach Who Won’t Waste Your Money - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2010 from Kathy CaprinoWhat are the easiest ways to spot an ineffective career coach who won’t be helpful in moving you forward? This week I heard from a lovely woman in another state who shared with me a story about a career coach she hired this year. This coach, in the end, was of no help at all. I have to ...
Views: 1592(2 votes) - Is There Any Recipe For Success Other Than That? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Max-Marc FossouoI’ve been working in sales for 7 years and embraced the professional coaching industry for 2 years now. In those two fields just like in many other professional fields and in life in general, people try to be successful. I mean, who wouldn’t like to have a successful career, a successful ...
Views: 1322(1 vote) - Assessment for Sales is appropriate for hiring sales person - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2010 from Ruhi BanerjeeWhile you are accepting someone as your employee it is almost impossible to say that which applicant can be your best employee in terms of sales. Better to let them go through a Sales Assessments while you are on the process of interviewing some applicants. It is a fact that Sales Assessments ...
Views: 908 - 5 Basic Tips for Social Media Marketing - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2010 from David SteelInternet marketing has evolved dramatically over the past few years. This is most evident in the world of social media marketing. For many, the process of social media advertising delivers an extremely cost effective and successful methodology for attaining one's goals. Goals, in sales, are ...
Views: 1886(1 vote) - Prepare For Success - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Max-Marc FossouoSuccess doesn’t just happen. It’s envisioned, it’s prepared, it’s measured, and it’s managed. On this post I share two important points you need to be aware of in order to succeed. I was just watching the game 7 of the NBA final 2010 and Kobe Bryant the MVP was saying at the interview on ESPN ...
Views: 1528(1 vote) - Achieve More By Getting More NOs - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Max-Marc FossouoSince the childhood we've come to believe that NO means we have to stop. We tend to believe that NO means failure. We came to believe that No is synonym of limit. how true is that? What is NO was nothing but the real doorway to success? Once he found the magic formula, Thomas Edison said: "I ...
Views: 2117(1 vote) - What Kind of Business are you in? - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Cheri Alguireby Cheri Alguire PSST. We are in the People Business, not the Houses Business. Do you believe that? Now it is true that you do have to have a working knowledge of home basics. If you don't know what a water heater looks, like or the difference between a Rambler and a Split, you may have ...
Views: 1108 - Becoming a Change Agent - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Michael WashAn Image of a Change Agent - by Michael Wash The questions that this paper begin to address are the following: - What are the appropriate development experiences for me as a change agent? - Where do the experiences that are available now fit? How do they link together? - Is there an ...
Views: 3422(5 votes) - How to Minimize Time in Phone Tag Hell - Coaching for Lawyers - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2010 from Bill JawitzLike so many technologies, voicemail is both a blessing and a curse. We rely on it, but we’re often frustrated by it. So how can you use it more effectively? How can you minimize the amount of time you spend playing phone tag? First, become more aware of when you can use voicemail to move a ...
Views: 1548(1 vote) - Master Spiritual Wealth Creation and Finally Earn What You're Worth - by Submitted on May 26, 2010 from Marcia BenchWhat is the purpose of your business? If you said "to help people" or "to change the world" or "to express my life's purpose," you're partly right! But in fact, the purpose of your work overall is those things; the purpose of your business is to make a profit. Otherwise, what you have is a ...
Views: 1334(6 votes) - The Myth of Your "Calling" in Life: How to Know What You REALLY Showed Up to Do - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Dr. Steve McSwain,The Myth of Your “Calling” in Life Our culture has confused people, and continues to do so, in this regard. For example, what young person does not grow up expecting that there is something special they are here to do and that their greatest life challenge, or test, is to figure out what that ...
Views: 2163(1 vote) - graphology - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from vinit bansodeHOW DOES IT WORK? One of the main keys to interpreting handwriting is the fact that we always write differently from the model taught to us at school. How we form and combine characters and position them on the page creates a unique writing pattern. From the graphologist's viewpoint, ...
Views: 1947(4 votes) - Has This Disaster Ever Happened To You (Part 2)? - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Terri TaylorDo you remember Mary, (not her real name of course) our Designer who went out on an initial call to a new client and gave her lots of great design ideas for her house? Mary thought she had the job and was devastated when she found out that the client and her friend who is a “designer” were ...
Views: 813(1 vote) - Mentorship As An Investment Paying Dividend - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from William G Jr CovingtonAs a professor, it is rewarding when a former student seeks my advice long after they have graduated. True respect is earned, not demanded. Leaders that rely on formal authoritative structures for compliance do not connect with the hearts of their subordinates. They may temporarily have the ...
Views: 1149 - Awareness of the Physical Essential for Intervening in Business - by Submitted on May 17, 2010 from Renee BarnowOur bodies contain a wealth of information from which we can learn. I explored expanding my awareness of body data in a setting that was highly conducive to the flow of learning with the Pacific Ocean as part of the scenery and sounds outside our window walled classroom. I spent 26 class hours ...
Views: 1813(1 vote) - Intention-Based Marketing: 7 Principles to Successfully Marketing from Higher Consciousness - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Kathy Jo Slusher-HaasMarketing takes place in the mind. The state of your business is a direct reflection of the thoughts and feelings you have around marketing. Intention-Based Marketing is an innovative marketing model based on 7 principles that guide your intentions, knowing your desired results already ...
Views: 1334 - You Don't "Have" To - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2010 from Bambi CorsoWe are all faced with things we have to do all the time; it’s just part of life. But sometimes, it can feel a bit overwhelming and when it does, adding one more thing can be the straw that broke the camels back. Plus, it lowers your emotions and your energy. You might hear yourself saying ...
Views: 1875(3 votes) - HOW CONFIDENCE IN HIRING PRACTICES IMPACTS EARLY TURNOVER - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from William MillerHOW CONFIDENCE IN HIRING PRACTICES IMPACTS EARLY TURNOVER William E. Miller Hiring and developing new people are the first steps in building a winning organization and avoiding expensive employee turnover. To develop new people, especially during their initial training, managers must have ...
Views: 1907(1 vote) - Career Coaching As A Profession - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraIt is no exaggeration to say that a lot of unemployed people are having a hard time to find a good and interesting job. Did you ever think of choosing career coaching as a profession? In the present time, many people are interested to know more about it. A job instructor is a person who is going ...
Views: 890 - In the Fog About Your Ideal Job? 3 Strategies to Get Clear - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2010 from Hallie CrawfordDo feel like you’re in the dryer on spin cycle - confused about your ideal job? Here are three strategies to get clear: Dream First and Dream Big - You need to Dream BIG in order to identify your ideal career. Brainstorm some ideas and think outside of the box. What is something you'd love to ...
Views: 1302(1 vote) - 10 Tips For A Stressless Day - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2010 from Margo BastosDo you know how to cope with stress in your life? Since stress will be with you for the rest of your life, it is important to have effective ways to diffuse the negative effects of stress. These need not be expensive or complicated and need to suit your way of life... One very important ...
Views: 2155 - Do You Use Words That Motivate, Persuade & Convince? - by Submitted on May 05, 2010 from Hal WechslerDo You Use Words That Motivate, Persuade And Convince? You know the expression – All-Talk, No Action. Recent neuroscientific research proves that when you use Direct-Action verbs the listener feels and visualizes the meaning in the Supplemental Motor Region of their brain. They tend to ...
Views: 2587 - 10 Reasons Moms Make Great Coaches - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Mackenzie PearceWork from home mothers are some of the top coaches around. Yes, I said “the top coaches” around. Below are just 10 reasons why: 1. You have great motivation to change the world (and gain an extra income stream while you are at it). 2. You have amazing life experience. Until you have raised ...
Views: 1624(1 vote) - Life Coach Courses - What You Should Know Before You Go - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2010 from Nicole BezchiIf you have an interest in becoming a life coach and in the process of selecting life coaching courses, here are some things you have to know before you pay for any life coaching training program. 1. What type of life coach are you striving to become? Life coaches have many specialties ...
Views: 1187(4 votes) - Increasing Your Success Isn't As Hard As You Think It Is - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2010 from Kathy CaprinoAs a career coach and researcher of working women's work-life issues, I've embarked on a national research study on Women Succeeding Abundantly, in order to learn first-hand the essential ingredients in thinking, beliefs, choices, and behaviors that create and maintain "knock-your-socks-off ...
Views: 1565(5 votes) - What Are You Waiting For? The Time is Now: Claim Your Talent Advantage - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from Gary JordanWhen I speak to groups about Talent Advantage I always begin by clearly defining everything the concept encompasses. Simply put, Your Talent Advantage is the idea that each of us is born with a unique set of natural skills. When we recognize and develop these skills into their full potential we ...
Views: 1026(1 vote) - Living Powerfully - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2010 from Kaushal ArasThere comes a time in our lives when things start taking an upward spiral as we get into a rhythm after having created our own winning formula to deal with the ebb and flow of life. There are many ways to play the game of life. However, the article below highlights the traits of the successful ...
Views: 2206(3 votes) - "Internet Marketing For Beginners" - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2010 from GEORGE EIGHMIEInternet marketing is to be in control of your own business. That means you don't want to get involved with any program that promises you a ready built marketing website. Don't be misled by the phrase "turn key business"; you won't be in control of the website. The membership fee for these ...
Views: 1001(4 votes) - Should a coach have prior experience of the subject in which they are coaching? - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2010 from Paul YatesSo, you want to become a coach? One thing you may be thinking about is what area you specialise in. There is definitely a case for becoming a specialist coach – you are likely to be perceived as an expert and therefore people will come to you and consequently you should be able to command ...
Views: 1133(3 votes) - How to Think Like a Million Dollar Business Owner - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2010 from Yvonne McIntoshWhenever I go to events run by people who have the level of success I aspire to have, I make a point of modeling their mindset, because I know that’s where it all starts. Have you ever wondered how a Million Dollar passion-inspired Solopreneur thinks? What beliefs they hold that have ...
Views: 789 - “How can I have the Responsibility without the Authority?” - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2010 from Mark ReedBy far, the question I am most often asked during "Project Management . . . by the Numbers" has always been, "How can I get my project team to actually accomplish their tasks on time, if even at all?" After a short discussion, the question translates to, "I don't have the authority to ...
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