Choose your Attitude
How to remain cheerful
 We may have an individual influence on the world and our environment. Changing what is around us may take a while as a result. As sure as the sun rises every day though, we can do something very quickly about our attitude and how we take the pressures of the day and the world around us. The way we think affects us and we can fall in to bad mental habits as easily as we fall into bad physical habits like biting fingernails and other even less savoury habits!
Mental bad habits mean we get stuck with one way of thinking. Do you say negative things to yourself inside like, 'I'm never going to be able to do........!' or 'I can't do......' or 'I'm always a worrier.....' or 'I'm not technically minded...' or 'bad things always happen to me.....' and so on and so on?
Time to take stock of this! You think these thoughts in absolute terms. STOP! Ask yourself, is this ALWAYS the case. I can tell you now it is not so! You think negatively and you get used to reacting negatively and after a short while you find negativity in everything!
Change now!
Tell that inner voice to 'shut up!' Deliberately find the positive. In the shower each morning find the things in your mind to be thankful for and smile physically and mentally to yourself.
Do this for the next two weeks and you will have changed your attitude. When things don't work so well think about the positives you have learned.
This is the first day of the rest of your life. Choose to enjoy it and be positive.
Oh! And by the way, yawning is infectious - so is laughter - have a laugh to day - share a joke or a funny story........
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Quotes
Setting goals
If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time. Author unknown
Remember, what you get by reaching your destination isn't nearly as important as what you become by reaching your goals -- what you will become is the winner you were born to be! Zig Ziglar
Write it down. Written goals have a way of transforming wishes into wants; cant's into cans; dreams into plans; and plans into reality. Don't just think it - ink it! Author Unknown
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Anthony Robbins
A goal properly set is halfway reached. Abraham Lincoln
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Book Review
The Mind Gym
 No specific authors for this book but nonetheless a little gem. It is crammed full of information, advice, quick self-analysis tools. All of which are designed to keep you alert and alive to possibility. Items such as taking Control, Influence, Impact. Stress busters, creativity and so on. One of my ex-bosses gave it to me and I've enjoyed it ever since - and Ian if you are reading this after all the years in between, you were always one of the best bosses I've ever had!
As usual, you can buy this via my website at Amazon prices by clicking on the picture of the book. If you find nothing in it worth knowing, I'll buy the book off you!
Buy the book and you also get a password to the Mind Gym website!
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Businesses to Work with
Promoting local businesses
Specialist Chartered Accountant - expert working with new 'Start-ups'and small businesses. Quality, dedicated, efficent service.
Outstanding Wedding Photographs and promotional pictures.
Your Vision - Our Passion
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Turning Dreams into Reality
Setting goals you'll achieve
 In numerous coaching sessions I have with clients, a common theme for support is that of achieving goals. We often have dreams and desires and equally often have difficulty turning our dreams into reality. Here are some useful tips about how to turn dreams to reality.
- Start 10 years from now and write down in detail specific targets from home life, work life and personal life. Be specific! Take your dreams and write them down.
- Work out targets which make common sense but are not too easy - something to really stretch for.
- Work backwards so that you know what you need to achieve each year to bring about your dreams.
- Then know what you need to do for the end of this year! Write it down in detail - (see the third quote below left). Create a thought in your mind in which you can see vivid success, hear it clearly and feel all the pleasure associated with succeeding your goal.
- You must write this down and pin it on the wall where you can see it everyday.
- Then you can work backward to now and notice the gaps you need to fill to achieve your goals! (By the way, you now have, as long as you include work goals, the basis of a business plan!).
- Find a picture or an object that, when you post it on the wall or put it on your desk, will remind you constantly of what your goals are.
Go 0n! Do it now! We'll work on filling the gaps later. Do this and you are already halfway to achieving your goals (see Abraham Lincoln's quote). Believe me - it works!
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Marketing-Low Cost & High Return
Quick tips
- Ulterior motive here but valid and good value nonetheless. This tipsletter is, of course, a marketing tool. You don't need to do something as full as this but you can do very quick inexpensive 'media bites' to promote yourself with IntegritUs & Constant Contact or other similar systems. I can do it for you or you can do it yourself - 60 days free to start. Conduct a survey with the same system.
- Networking - many networking clubs are open to you locally and are very good value for money check in with Gone Fishing 4 Business as an excellent example of a local networking organisation.
- Employ a copywriter to develop your materials and help you market your words successfully for example The Write Solution they will help you gain access to the media, write editorials which will be published and create a voice for you out in your markets.
- Whenever you are in a business setting, you will be talking at some stage about your field of expertise. Two things to do:
- Talk about the benefits of employing you, not just features.
- Always ask for referrals. the worst that can happen is you'll get a refusal. the best is widening your access to the market throuhg word of mouth. Very powerful!
Use networking sites to build your online presence for free and make new contacts.
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Coaching Case study
Benefits of coaching
Client. A lady running her own business - successful, building client list steadily.
Problems. Considered herself poor at public speaking and generally thought negatively about herself and her abilities.
Coaching. Three sessions. Worked on thinking habits, changed her view of herself to prevent her being overly self-critical. Provided some practical tips and advice on public speaking.
Outcome. Rapid development of personal confidence. Public speaking skills develped significantly and fear of doing so almost non-existent. Business referrals and growh opportunities increased significantly.
Also lady cured of her Spider Phobia in 15 minutes!
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