Well here we are again, Christmas ! I can't believe it has come around so quickly. ( is that me showing my age :-) )
I have to say that for me Christmas is a very special time of the year, and I think it's true to say that all of us no matter where we come from, no matter what our belief or culture have a similar time of the year. A time that is traditionally spent with family and loved ones, a time where you tend to look in as opposed to looking out.
What I particularly like about Christmas is not anything to do with giving or receiving presents, although that of course is a wonderful thing and it's lovely to be appreciated.
For me the real joy is being able to take time off to spend with those you really care about.
Do you remember the story of the rocks in the bowl?
On my time management course I get a large goldfish bowl and fill it full of small rocks. Then I ask the class can we fit anything more in ? The answer is usually no.
Then I ask can we fit anything more in ?, the answer is usually no.
Then I get a jar of fine sand and shake that into the bowl until it fills every single crack between the pebbles and rocks and overflows at the top.
Then I ask can we fit anything more in ?, the answer is usually no.
Then finally I get a jar of water and poor that into the bowl so it seeps right through the sand and pebbles and rocks.
Then I ask what is the moral of the demonstration. The answer is usually, no matter how busy you are you can always fit more into your life.
However that is not the point. The real answer is that unless you put the rocks in the first you will never find a way of fitting then in. And in life rocks are our core values, the things and people that are most important to us. Our loved ones.
The truth is if we don't make room for them in life first, we will never fit them in!!
For me Christmas is also time to do something that I think is incredibly important, Time to reflect.
Time to look, at the last year at your wins and your losses at your successes and disappointments.
Time also to look forward to next year, to think, to vision, to plan, to imagine exactly how the next year will be and then to put that intention out there into the universe so that it can manifest into reality.
This really is the Season to be Jolly.
Jolly about next year, about the life you can now create for yourself, about the joys you can now manifest for you and your family in 2008.
I wish you all a wonderful end to 2007 and a most incredible and joyous 2008
Love
Gerard
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We thoroughly enjoyed taking part at the shows in 2007 and would like to have just as much enjoyment and fun in 2008!
We had students helping us out on the stand talking to people interested in coaching, sharing their own experiences, building their profiles and meeting new, interesting people. Our coaches were giving free coaching sessions to the public so people could experience what coaching actually is and how it can transform their lives. This went down a storm at the One Life show, I think we had about 50 people queuing at one point just to have a coaching session! Although the sessions were kept to only 20minutes as they proved to be so popular we saw some dramatic changes in many people’s lives and was very rewarding to see them walk away feeling happy with a positive attitude in just 20 minutes, imagine how a full session would have effected them!
Would you like to have the opportunity to build your profile by working with us at a show?
GLOW – 9th-10th February – Belfast Kings Hall Complex – Stand W35
Calling all you wonderful Irish students and coaches!
We are exhibiting for the first time at the GLOW show and have limited spaces if you would like to help us out on the stand. You will of course get free entry into the show. You will have plenty of time to look round the event too as we usually work it hour on/hour off so you'll only be working about 4 hours during the day.
Please visit details on the GLOW show www.gettheglow.co.uk
One Life Show – 29th February - 2nd March 08 – London Olympia – Stand B68
We have two great opportunites to help you build your profile and gain clients
1.Helping on the stand
This is a great opportunity for you to network and meet new, interesting people. Helping out on the stand is always good fun and would involve handing out brochures, speaking to people who are enquiring about coaching and sharing your own coaching experiences and helping us gain new prospects. You will of course get free entry into the show. We will probably have 6 people helping on the stand. We usually have 3 on the stand at once so while you are not helping you can look round the rest of the show.
2.Giving free coaching sessions – (you would need to be a fully qualified coach)
The Psyhcologies Zone has asked us once again to give free coaching sessions after the success of the 2007 show! This would involve giving 20minute taster sessions to the public within the Psycologies Zone. You will of course get free entry into the show. You will have plenty of time to look round the show too as we usually work it hour on/hour off so you'll only be working about 4 hours during the day.
This will greatly increase your profile and is a fantastic way to generate paying clients as anyone who is interested in having a coach rather than training as one becomes your client. It is perfectly ok for you to have your own marketing material with you.
Please visit the One Life Show http://www.onelifelive.co.uk/
If anyone is interested in helping at any of the events above please send an e-mail to me on emmasmith@noble-manhattan.com stating the show and the day/s you'd like to volunteer.
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“If you can tell the world who you are & what you believe without breaking stride or hesitating, you are happy with yourself.”
- Neale Donald Walsche
I attended a meeting a few weeks and one of the organisers was explaining how networking had helped him go from redundancy to having a lucrative business he loved in the course of two years. While he wasn’t a great public speaker, there was something about him that made me want to give him business: he was congruent.
“Congruent” is a description of how you are when what you do, say, & deeply believe are all aligned. Congruence is a sort of ‘deep honesty’ about who we are as individuals, & it is attractive. People are powerfully attracted to congruent individuals.
So how do you go about becoming congruent? Well, here are a few tips:
1) Figure out your values, then honour them.
Values are “what’s important”. Examples include helping others, security, freedom, learning, love, family, contribution etc. You may know some of these right away, while others may take some digging. One way you can find out what you value is to identify something you really want, then ask…
“What will that give me that I wouldn’t otherwise have?”
When you get the answer to that question, ask it again, for example:
Q: What do I want?
A: A profitable landscaping business.
Q: “What will that give me that I wouldn’t otherwise have?”
A: Work I love doing.
Q: “What will that give me that I wouldn’t otherwise have?”
A: Freedom.
When you go as far as you can, you’ll end up with a core value: what it is that’s really important to you.
2) Pay attention to your body.
Your body & neurology have been developed over thousands of years to provide you with unerring feedback about congruence. When you thank someone for a gift you don’t actually like, saying how lovely it is, that uncomfortable feeling in your body is an incongruence signal – a sign that you’re ‘out of tune’. When you have a deep sense of peace & joy, that’s a sign that you’re aligned & going in the right direction. One way to achieve greater congruence is just eliminate all activities that lead to incongruence. The fast track is just to…
3) Do what you love.
When you do what you love & let go of everything else, you get to spend more & more time experiencing a sense of joy. As well as being great fun, this is also highly attractive – people really like to be around someone who’s doing what they love!
One of the things I love doing is NLP Training. NLP is one of the best approaches I’ve found for helping people to live congruently & create the lives they choose. When I’m working with other people to help them become more fully themselves, I experience that sense of deep honesty that comes from being fully myself. This sense of being truly yourself is the most powerful ‘life-compass’ there is.
Business Essentials
The ‘attractive’ power of congruence works just as well for businesses as it does for individuals. We can all think of examples of businesses where ‘The Company Values’ include words like ‘people’, ‘integrity’ & ‘customer loyalty’, but where the business’ actions & behaviours don’t support those values. One the other hand, you may have done business with a company where their behaviours match their values. This company is congruent, & that congruence sends an unconscious message to people that says “You can trust this company to do what they say they will”. So just check…
Are your company’s values clear to you?
Do its actions & attitudes fit with its values?
If not, & you want your business to start being more congruent & attractive, it’s probably time to start making some changes!
Jamie Smart
Warmest Regards
The Noble Manhattan Team
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