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 Issue 97
07 February 2013
Greetings!

In safety training we are told that accidents don't just happen. They begin as unsafe behaviour. Driving with unsuitable tyre pressure, for example, could lead to a tyre burst that causes people to die. The unsafe behaviour is 'not checking tyre pressure regularly'.

In the same way, a small voice works within us to alert us when we go astray, and if we don't listen to it, we can easily cross to 'the other side', committing acts against society and the universe. Deluding ourselves that it's okay because it has become second nature. But, if it is indeed second nature, why the need to hide? Why the shame? 

You don't have to get there. Listen to the voice

In This Issue
It's a matter of Conscience
Step Beyond Your Barriers Program
About the Coach
It's a matter of Conscience 
 

You're planning or doing something that isn't really within the rules, but it won't kill anyone. You are telling yourself "it's a small thing", but you are nervous and irritated.  You check the details over and over again. A voice tells you "you could get caught". You review your plan to make it more fool proof. You tell yourself things like "he has a lot of money, he won't notice". You tell few people a few details of your plan. You cannot reveal all. You are ashamed to.

 

Your conscience is speaking. You are working against your values. Drop it. Ghandhi conscience

 

If you don't, it will become a 'small' distraction that just doesn't go away. And because it works against the grain, however much you convince yourself that "it's a small thing",  it will become a 'small' distraction that grinds you to a halt, eventually.

 

Of course, you can ignore it. You can use people of little conscience as your sounding board, because they will encourage you to go ahead. You can avoid all those people you respect because you know they will question and challenge. You avoid people who know you well because they will see that something is amiss. You develop an addiction to obscure your conscience. You hang out more and more with like-minded people, the ones who have successfully drowned out the sound of their own conscience. And because you are better at it than them, you become a star among them.

 

The 'small' distractions multiply. In fact the 'small' distractions become big 'heists'   and you get better at convincing yourself that it is for the good, because you 'share' with others. You tell yourself that others do it anyway, that you will stop as soon as you complete that project, or pay off that loan, it will eat at you. You ignore the little voice that asks "what would your mother say?"

 

When that little voice starts talking, you could listen to it and challenge the system that drives you to take the path of destruction. Sure, this is a longer, less certain path.  But if you take this path, it will build you. Eventually it will free you.

 

It's a matter of conscience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  
  
Step Beyond Your Barriers 
 

This is a program for men and women who are generally successful, but who are not fulfilled. It is for people who wake up in the morning and wonder if there is more to life than 'this'. It is for people who want to find more meaning in their lives.

 

These men and women know they are stuck, yet they feel powerless to make the change they need. They need help to take the first step to living the life they really want.

 

'Step Beyond Your Barriers' will show you how to 

  • Identify where you are in your life now 
  • Articulate where you want to be 
  • Acknowledge barriers that hold you back 
  • Plan to overcome those barriers 

At the end of this program you will have developed your vision of success with fulfilment, and you will have the confidence to pursue that vision.

 

The program is delivered in 3 ways.  Read more

 

STEP BEYOND YOUR BARRIERS
Workshop Module Dates
March2nd
June8th
Sept7th
Dec7th

 

 

 

  To register send  email here.

 

 

 

 

  
Sincerely,
 
Jaki Wasike-Sihanya
Idea to Action Coach
     

  
About the Coach 
 
Jaki Life coach   
Jaki partners with individuals to design the lives  they want through individual coaching, group coaching and motivational speaking.

After  surviving a life threatening condition, Jaki began to reflect on the meaning of life, and sought to live more purposefully. This experience has helped shape her approach to coaching, where she brings her passion for helping people  pursue their vision for the life they really want.

Jaki also works with  Sihanya Mentoring, a program whose main aim is to provide inspiration, career guidance, counseling and role modeling to pupils, students and other mentees in the country through a community of mentors. The vision is to help disadvanteged students develop the necessary skills, knowledge, attitudes and values (SKAVs) to excel.
 

Jaki is an internationally  certified Life Coach as well as a member of the hartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). 

Contact Jaki here

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