"A place for everything and everything in it's place" is a phrase I first heard in the late 90s, I had been contracted to help an organisation design and develop a staff development programme for their workforce. The phrase was one they had adopted as a way of encouraging people to keep their workplace clean and tidy.
Continue reading...Thursday, March 4, 2010
Are you sick of the G word yet? I know I am. And I did not have any specific New Year's Resolutions for 2010 either, because I already had many goals even before 2009 ended. Can't do no more...
Continue reading...Sunday, January 10, 2010
Goals are a much talked about subject; in particular at this time of year, whether on a personal level or otherwise your discussions will be concentrated on wrestling with your New Year resolutions. In your work situation; they'll more than likely be discussed at your company appraisal. Where ever you are discussing them; there is still the age old problem of why they are not being accomplished.
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Whether at home or in the workplace we are continually being pressurised to become high performers and improve our results. In the home these pressures come from the changing face of family life and the demands being made on parents. In the workplace they come in the form of targets and reports from the boss.
Continue reading...Friday, November 13, 2009
When you consider the amount of time, effort and hard work you apply to your personal growth, all in the cause of self improvement, is it any wonder that you become frustrated and somewhat despondent when you fail to accomplish your goals.
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 11, 2009
One of the ultimate goals you seek to achieve with any project you undertake is to be successful; it is no different for a life coach who is setting up a coaching practice. Achieving their ultimate goal of success, success and success; this is what a coach is seeking with their practice.
Continue reading...Monday, October 19, 2009
Do we really need to set goals or are we continually setting ourselves up to fail? I've long been an advocate of goal setting even if it only helps us to focus our attention on something to achieve rather than wandering aimlessly through our lives. However during one of my moments reflection I had the thought of whether or not we really need goals.
Continue reading...Monday, October 5, 2009
Why do we set goals? That's easy, to help us achieve a fixed outcome. OK, so why do we set goals and not achieve them? Wow, that's more difficult; I would say probably because we don't follow through with our promises and commitments. That's exactly right. So why do we not follow through with our promises and commitments?
Continue reading...Sunday, October 4, 2009
Why do we set ourselves goals? Why it's to ensure we achieve a particular outcome. So how do you know how well you are performing and whether or not you're on course to achieve your goals. A sure way to increase your chances of reaching the outcome you want is to measure your performance and set realistic and achievable targets.
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 22, 2009
The use of life coaches is becoming more relevant in our busy lives as we wrestle with the many challenges life gives us. Many of life's celebrities, such as athletes, film stars, politicians, company executives and professionals use Personal Life Coaches. If you decide to use a Personal Life Coach you'll be among good company.
Continue reading...Monday, September 21, 2009
The simple and short answer to this question is that goal setting provides clarity to your life, enabling you to establish a clear focus and achieve the things you really want. Goal setting is not a particularly new topic; people in all walks of life have been setting personal and business goal for many years. It has risen to prominence in recent years in light of the demand for Life Coaches, Self Management and Personal Development.
Continue reading...Monday, September 21, 2009
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) has a number of very useful tools that are simple and straight forward to apply to your own personal development. One of those tools is the logical levels; they also come under a number of other names such as the logical levels of change, the logical levels of thinking and the neurological levels.
Continue reading...Sunday, September 13, 2009
How can your past life affect what’s going to happen in years ahead? It is really quite important to understand that your past experiences affect you strongly in all you do.
Continue reading...Sunday, September 13, 2009
Make space for those goals in your life. That seems an obvious statement doesn’t it. But what if you want to study a course that will help you to further your career. Take a look at your life and see how much time do you actually have available.
Continue reading...Saturday, September 12, 2009
Achieving your goals will depend on celebrating the successes you have on your journey. Nobody likes to continue working on something when there are only defeats. It’s the successes that spur us on to achieve greater heights.
Continue reading...Friday, September 11, 2009
You’ve written your goals down for the year. You’ve identified the little steps you want to take to achieve the goals and you feel positive that this time you will be able to attain your goals. It’s time that you finally lost those extra pounds of weight.
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Monday, March 8, 2010
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