Are you bored with your current life and feel like you are just accepting the mediocrity of life? Do you know that you can achieve more but just don't know where to start?
Goal setting is key. It comes to this time of year and people start thinking that they will wait until the new year before they start to make any changes in life. In truth, by the time we have all recovered from Christmas and New Year, the reality is that we don't start making any changes until February, by which time you may feel like you have "failed" in some way and don't bother! Not too mention you have missed out on a QUARTER of a year to potentially make steps to achieve your goals NOW!!!
So my challenge for you, is get in early. Evaluate what you have achieved so far this year and what you want to achieve over the next 12 months. Read our newest article on effective goal setting and put it into action. You'll be amazed at how much you achieve in the next 3 months, leaving you SUPER motivated heading into 2010.
http://www.incitecoaching.com.au/articles/Maximise%20your%20success%20with%20effective%20goal%20setting.pdf
Showing posts with label life coaching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life coaching. Show all posts
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Masterful Communication
Do you communicate what you actually want to? Do you get the responses that you desire when communicating with others?
Have you ever been in a situation where you've been so worried about getting the content of your communication just right, that you forget to look at the person that you are speaking to, wait for responses or even listen to what they are saying?
Quite often we get so caught up in what we are going to say to our boss, colleague or friend, that we put more focus on that than how we say it.
Scarily only 7% of our communication comes from the actual words we use....learn how to make the most of the other 93% and become a master communicator.
Read more......
Have you ever been in a situation where you've been so worried about getting the content of your communication just right, that you forget to look at the person that you are speaking to, wait for responses or even listen to what they are saying?
Quite often we get so caught up in what we are going to say to our boss, colleague or friend, that we put more focus on that than how we say it.
Scarily only 7% of our communication comes from the actual words we use....learn how to make the most of the other 93% and become a master communicator.
Read more......
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Define your Direction
I can't emphasize enough the importance of goal setting. Do you know where you are headed?
It has been found that 90% of those people who have achieved great success had a vision or a goal. What is yours?
To maximise the effectiveness of your goal, ensure that is is concise and that you clearly know what the outcome will look like, sound like and how it will make you feel.
Write your goal in positive tense, so that it is as if it has already happened, and put a date on it so that you know when you will achieve it. If you always write "next month I will make enough for an overseas holiday," then guess what? It will always happen next month!
Invest time in creating compelling goals and go about making them happen. Enjoy the process.
It has been found that 90% of those people who have achieved great success had a vision or a goal. What is yours?
To maximise the effectiveness of your goal, ensure that is is concise and that you clearly know what the outcome will look like, sound like and how it will make you feel.
Write your goal in positive tense, so that it is as if it has already happened, and put a date on it so that you know when you will achieve it. If you always write "next month I will make enough for an overseas holiday," then guess what? It will always happen next month!
Invest time in creating compelling goals and go about making them happen. Enjoy the process.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Relax and enjoy the process
Have you ever felt like you really 'must' do something or you 'need' to get a certain outcome?
You are not alone. I don't know about you, I recently found I was putting more and more pressure and deadlines on myself. Think of the tasks that you do on a weekly basis, work tasks, home commitments, social engagements, sporting commitments, child care responsibilities as well as trying to find time to look after yourself.
I soon realised that with all this running around and trying to get to my goal, I was no longer enjoying the process of actually working towards my goal. I was stressing myself out!
You are more likely to reach your goals if you enjoy what you do. This doesn't just apply to your work, it applies to all areas of life. For example, if you enjoy a certain sport, such as hockey, making time to play that sport will go higher up your list of priorities. You are more likely to play and receive the health, well being and cathartic benefits associated with playing the game.
If you enjoy your work, you will be increasingly motivated and focused whilst in the office and therefore achieve more, or reach your goals sooner.
If you are putting undue stress on yourself you are less likely to enjoy the process of completing the actual tasks that will help you reach your goal and this can lead to procrastination, panic, indifference as well as other states.
"Relax" I told myself "Enjoy the process and the results will surely follow" and they did. Within a week of relaxing and enjoying what I was doing, I realised that I had already moved closer to my goal, had met some amazing people to help me along the way and most importantly, had FUN!
Do you need to relax a little?
You are not alone. I don't know about you, I recently found I was putting more and more pressure and deadlines on myself. Think of the tasks that you do on a weekly basis, work tasks, home commitments, social engagements, sporting commitments, child care responsibilities as well as trying to find time to look after yourself.
I soon realised that with all this running around and trying to get to my goal, I was no longer enjoying the process of actually working towards my goal. I was stressing myself out!
You are more likely to reach your goals if you enjoy what you do. This doesn't just apply to your work, it applies to all areas of life. For example, if you enjoy a certain sport, such as hockey, making time to play that sport will go higher up your list of priorities. You are more likely to play and receive the health, well being and cathartic benefits associated with playing the game.
If you enjoy your work, you will be increasingly motivated and focused whilst in the office and therefore achieve more, or reach your goals sooner.
If you are putting undue stress on yourself you are less likely to enjoy the process of completing the actual tasks that will help you reach your goal and this can lead to procrastination, panic, indifference as well as other states.
"Relax" I told myself "Enjoy the process and the results will surely follow" and they did. Within a week of relaxing and enjoying what I was doing, I realised that I had already moved closer to my goal, had met some amazing people to help me along the way and most importantly, had FUN!
Do you need to relax a little?
Friday, January 23, 2009
The secret to getting what you want - focus!
How many times have you woken up, stubbed your toe, and the day has gone down hill from there? You miss the bus, are late for work, miss out on sales opportunities and then get "plopped" on by a bird?
Other days, you are walking on sunshine. Everything you touch turns to gold, you convert every sales call you make, you open the post to find a cheque you'd forgotten about. Life's Great.
Well how can you always be like the second example? The answer is simple, focus on what you want. As we've talked about before, our brain sorts all the stimulus that is coming to our nervous system. So choose what you want to focus on.
If you want to be happy, start acting happy. If you want to convert sales calls, be professional and act like nothing is going to knock you down.
"That's great Jen, but it's not that easy" I hear you saying. If you need a helping hand, put you favourite song on, do some exercise or just start laughing. The endorphins in your body, will make it impossible for you to be anything but happy. Do all three, and you'll have a spring in your step in seconds!
Try it and see.
Other days, you are walking on sunshine. Everything you touch turns to gold, you convert every sales call you make, you open the post to find a cheque you'd forgotten about. Life's Great.
Well how can you always be like the second example? The answer is simple, focus on what you want. As we've talked about before, our brain sorts all the stimulus that is coming to our nervous system. So choose what you want to focus on.
If you want to be happy, start acting happy. If you want to convert sales calls, be professional and act like nothing is going to knock you down.
"That's great Jen, but it's not that easy" I hear you saying. If you need a helping hand, put you favourite song on, do some exercise or just start laughing. The endorphins in your body, will make it impossible for you to be anything but happy. Do all three, and you'll have a spring in your step in seconds!
Try it and see.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Eat Your Frog!
Do you procrastinate over things you know you really ought to do?
After days of "meaning" to do your task, do you ever say, "today is definitely the day" only to check the clock later that evening and realise you haven't done your task, again?
Eat your frog!
I found out about this concept about a month ago, and now I can't believe I hadn't thought of this sooner. Mark Twain said that suppose tomorrow morning, the first that you do, is catch a live frog, stuff it into your mouth, munch it down and swallow it all up. That is pretty much as bad as the day can get, isn't it? Therefore every morning, find the ugliest most repulsive task that you have on your to-do list (i.e. your frog) and knock that off before getting on to doing anything else. Once you’ve got that done, the rest of the day seems so easy.
Eat your frog before you do anything. If it's exercise, do it in the morning before work. If it's a work task, do it before you even check emails!
For a more in depth read on this, I would highly recommend Brian Tracy's - Eat That Frog.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Look Daddy, I can fly!
As a young child we believe we can do and be anything we want, we literally believe we can fly. We live in the moment and struggle to differentiate between reality and make believe. This beautiful period is called the Imprint Period and lasts until the age of about 7-8. Throughout this period we are absorbing information around us like a sponge and storing it at an unconscious level where it later influences our beliefs and values. We also develop what is termed a critical faculty. The critical faculty separates the conscious and unconscious minds and acts as a reality checker based on the information we have absorbed during the Imprint Period (explaining why children tend to stop having imaginary friends around age 7 or 8).
Our senses are constantly bombarded with approximately 2 million bits of information, such as sights, noise, tastes and background noise. If we took notice of all this information, we would go insane. Our brain therefore sorts through this information based on our experiences, values, beliefs etc to provide us with our own perception of the world. Have you ever bought a new car and then suddenly seen the same make or colour of car on EVERY street corner after that? Your unconscious is sorting for it!
As the Imprint Period influences our values and beliefs and then our critical faculty uses these as a point of reference for future decisions and beliefs, as adults we can be held back be our beliefs and decisions made as a young child.
For example, a mother tells a young child "you will never be a Doctor as we can't afford the University fees" the child may store this information unconsciously, as "you will never be a doctor." Over time this could develop to be "you will never have what you want in life." and influence future decisions and behaviours. The mother in this example was not meaning to be malicious and made the remark quite flippantly.
Are you making decisions based on long standing beliefs from childhood? Just think of what you can achieve if you blast through these limiting beliefs and decisions, change your focus and open yourself up to new possibilities and opportunities.
Unlock your true potential.
Our senses are constantly bombarded with approximately 2 million bits of information, such as sights, noise, tastes and background noise. If we took notice of all this information, we would go insane. Our brain therefore sorts through this information based on our experiences, values, beliefs etc to provide us with our own perception of the world. Have you ever bought a new car and then suddenly seen the same make or colour of car on EVERY street corner after that? Your unconscious is sorting for it!
As the Imprint Period influences our values and beliefs and then our critical faculty uses these as a point of reference for future decisions and beliefs, as adults we can be held back be our beliefs and decisions made as a young child.
For example, a mother tells a young child "you will never be a Doctor as we can't afford the University fees" the child may store this information unconsciously, as "you will never be a doctor." Over time this could develop to be "you will never have what you want in life." and influence future decisions and behaviours. The mother in this example was not meaning to be malicious and made the remark quite flippantly.
Are you making decisions based on long standing beliefs from childhood? Just think of what you can achieve if you blast through these limiting beliefs and decisions, change your focus and open yourself up to new possibilities and opportunities.
Unlock your true potential.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Spring Clean your life – Unlock your true potential!
I made a decision today to spring clean my flat and as it became tidier, it dawned on me that it had really been bothering me. We'd had family here all over Christmas and everything was out of place, untidy and dusty. Once it was cleaned, I began to look at everything in a new light. Instead of feeling anxious about my home environment, I was able to focus that energy on how we could spend our day in a more positive frame of mind and focus on more important things to do.
This really got me thinking, how often do we get held back by things that we do not even realise are doing it? The vast majority of us are carrying around excess baggage which is stopping us achieve our goals. It could be limiting decisions and beliefs, friends and family which zap our energy, stressful jobs and over commitment.
If you want to achieve your goals and really unlock your true potential then there's no better time to clear out this excess baggage than now. Just see what happens
I made a decision today to spring clean my flat and as it became tidier, it dawned on me that it had really been bothering me. We'd had family here all over Christmas and everything was out of place, untidy and dusty. Once it was cleaned, I began to look at everything in a new light. Instead of feeling anxious about my home environment, I was able to focus that energy on how we could spend our day in a more positive frame of mind and focus on more important things to do.
This really got me thinking, how often do we get held back by things that we do not even realise are doing it? The vast majority of us are carrying around excess baggage which is stopping us achieve our goals. It could be limiting decisions and beliefs, friends and family which zap our energy, stressful jobs and over commitment.
If you want to achieve your goals and really unlock your true potential then there's no better time to clear out this excess baggage than now. Just see what happens
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