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Welcome to the August issue of the Coaching Culture E-Mag
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Testimonials "Dear Sharon, Joe, Connie & TCI Support Team, A heartfelt “thank you” for a truly transformational 7 days! TCI’s NLP Practitioner training quite literally turned my life around. No doubt about it. I’ve been pain-free since I completed the course. That’s following 18 years of ‘doing’ fibromyalgia. I even cured myself of restless leg syndrome. If faced with a health ‘challenge’, I just ask myself “how am I doing this?” and presto it’s gone. Controlling my ‘state’, I discovered, isn’t limited to health. The weekend following our NLP training, I put in an awesome paddle at the Corporate Games - Outrigger Canoeing held at Docklands. Thanks to the TCI team, I’m living purposefully and with passion, creating the world I really want. My map of the world has changed irrevocably. Now to pass that gift along... In light & love," Catherine P. Rollins
"Coaching is a journey of passion, integrity, inspiration and dedication just to name a few. These values are extremely important to The Coaching Institute, its founder Sharon Pearson and her team who deliver nothing less than the values which they teach. John and I are both students with TCI and would not hesitate in recommending their training programs to anyone who is passionate about inspiring people through coaching to reach their full potential. " Julie & John Sanders
“I have 18 paying clients, my own coaching offices and I’m absolutely delighted with everything I experienced at The Coaching Institute. They have supported me, offered guidance at every step and delivered far more than I expected. Thank you TCI!”
Rachel Anastasi
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<$title$>Hello Reader, This issue is about No Excuses… saying Yes to life sometimes takes extraordinary courage, and to that we MUST get rid of the stories we tell ourselves about why we can’t achieve what we have set our minds and our hearts to. No Excuses… If you think you can’t, then you MUST! What’s a decision you’ve been putting off? How have you been hiding? What is it you know you MUST act on… NOW! Wishing, waiting and hoping… you may know these as the three old men of life. How about DECIDE, COMMIT, ACT instead? Warmest regards,
Sharon Pearson
Special Announcements: Our August Intake – we had an awesome time with 23 of our newest coach students!
NLP and Trainers & Public Speakers Coming Soon! The seven day NLP Practitioner Certification Program is approaching fast. You'll need to study 19 pre-learning CD's as part of your preparation, so if you have been thinking about NLP for 2007, now is the time to act - send your upgrade form in with $700 deposit and we'll send out your CD's and manual. If you're unsure about whether you'll love it, chat to any student who has completed this course with us - they say it better than we can! We trust we see you there - Wed 3rd - Tues 9th October - immediately after that we will run the Trainers and Public Speaking Program - 4 days of how to be an inspiring public speaker and workshop presenter. NLP Training: 3rd – 9th October (5 places left!) These sessions are filling up quick, so be sure to contact the TCI Admin team to upgrade your training and make sure you get into the training of your choice! I’ve also attached an Upgrade Form to make things a bit easier for you. If you would like to speak to someone about your upgrade call (03) 9690 9400 or contact admin@thecoachinginstitute.com.au
Are you Curious? If you’ve graduated and didn’t get a chance to do NLP or Trainers, this is your chance to have a great chat about what it will give your coaching. We would love to have you come along to a new telesession to give you more around NLP. We have put on two sessions on Wednesday, 22 August and Wednesday, 29 August at 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm especially for you. So come along get a sense of what this is all about! Please make your booking by email at Deanne@thecoachinginstitute.com.au or Elizabeth-Tyrrell@thecoachinginstitute.com.au
New Graduates! From all of us at TCI we would like to extend our warmest congratulations to the latest graduates Certificate IV in Life Coaching program! Antonia Romeo
We take our hat off to.. This week the TCI team wants to hold Sue Farrell (August 2007 Intake) up as a shining example of what is possible. This week – a very short time after her Intake Weekend, Sue secured her first paying client signed up for 1 year! Awesome, Sue...
Q & A (Questions and Answers) By Lauri Blyth-Carter, National Support Manager How do I start networking? (Melbourne) There is a fine art to networking. That is networking successfully. Like anything – you decide what your goal is going to be. What you’d like to achieve and what results you want to see from your networking are all very important when setting out your plan. Be very clear and specific. Identify the market or industry you believe your skills and life experience would be most suited to – if general Life Coaching is where you’re directing yourself then you need to consider ways to meet people from all areas of life within your community. Think hard and make it creative.. Just recently while out to dinner with a friend who just started their Coaching Business – we were having dinner at a local restaurant that she was familiar with and regularly had dinner at. The staff obviously knew her and she popped her head into the kitchen to speak with the Chef. The Chef greeted her and asked her what she was up to these days and she said “I’m a Life Coach”. The Chef replied, “Fantastic, I think I could use one – what exactly do you do”. My friend proceeded to tell her what she does and they made arrangements to meet in a couple of days for the Chef’s first coaching session. My point is this, along with your great networking plans be sure to tell everyone that comes across your path what you do. The next step is to establish what it is you want to say on your first initial introduction to a potential client. In 30 seconds what would you tell this person – what is it you want them to know about you and what you do and always exchange business cards.
500 in 5 days By Joe Pane, TCI Franchise I was on a call to all our franchisees the other day and I shared with them how in the year 2000 my business and personal life changed in 5 days. You see I was set the task to speak with 500 people (ie people I had never met before) in 5 days. To do this I had to knock on about 1500 doors in 5 days. Can you imagine that? Knocking on 1500 doors to speak to 500 people who don’t know you and don’t know what you want! So what has this got to do with you? If you want to build your coaching practice - fast. If you want to excel your ability to think on your feet - fast. If you want to add lots of power and effectiveness in how you communicate – fast. If you want to build your self esteem – fast. If you want to build your confidence – fast. If you want to build the business you are currently in –fast, then this has a lot to do with you. When you develop the ability to speak to total strangers without a change of breathe, heartbeat or rhythym, then you are learning all of the above skills and capabilities – fast. So if you want change in your life fast – then go out and spend a week with the many wonderful (and sometimes weird) people who are right outside your doorstep. It will change your life. Who knows, you just may change someone else’s life all because you knocked on their door. We live in an incredible country. The latest stats show us that on average a female will live to 83 and a male to 78. Global averages are 67 for females and 64 for males. You get an extra 14 years just because you were born here – in this amazing country. What are you doing with it?
Stepping Up By Sharon Pearson, CEO The Coaching Institute There once was a man who wanted to live an extraordinary life. He did many courses to learn what the masters could teach him. He read many books to learn what others had done to live their own extraordinary lives. He wrote his goals down… wonderful goals that included joy and happiness and love and success. One day he was with a friend, telling him about the latest seminar he had attended. “It was amazing,” said the man. “Everything just came together. It was like the speaker was speaking to only me. I wrote tonnes of notes. I spoke to the speaker afterwards and learnt even more. I got so much out of it I’ve redone all my goals. This is fabulous!” The man’s friend looked at him and smiled. “It’s great that you loved it. I can see you got a lot out of it. Can I ask you a question?” “Of course,” said the man, smiling because of his new-found knowledge. “Anything.” “What has changed for you?” The question was asked quietly. The man frowned, momentarily lost for words. “Everything! How can you ask that question? Everything has changed.” The man felt a grumbling inside of him. How could his friend ask such a question? Couldn’t he just see the difference about him? Couldn’t he tell how everything was different, now? “Yes, I can see you’re happy. But what has changed? Specifically, what are you now doing differently?” The man frowned again. What was his friend talking about? “I’ve told you. It changed everything. The speaker just knew what he was talking about.” “Yes, and I’m sure the speaker could talk about how he had applied what he taught you,” said the man. “Yes. He has done some amazing things. Truly inspirational.” “And I bet he had examples of how other people had gone on to do amazing things with what they learnt, too?” “Yes…” The man was feeling a little less sure of himself. “Yes, there were many stories.” “And I’m sure the speaker said that this would be true for you, too…” “Yes!” The man’s eyes lit up. “He did! That’s what I love.” “Yes, I can see that,” said the man’s friend. The man looked at his friend. “I’m glad you see,” he smiled, his equanimity restored. “But,” his friend persisted, “What is different for you now?” The man felt himself getting annoyed. “I’ve told you.” “You’ve told me what is possible. You haven’t told me what you have acted on.” “I’ve written my goals.” “Yes. The same as you did after the last seminar.” “I learnt how to manage my emotions,” said the man. “Yes, the same as you did when you read that book a year ago.” “I know how to feel totally motivated whenever I want to,” said the man. “Yes, like you did five years ago at that NLP seminar.” The man thought for a moment. “But it’s important to repeat these lessons. We’re not perfect. Repetition helps.” “Yes, it does. Repetition through action is great. My question is…” He paused, knowing that if his friend got this, everything would change. “…what action have you taken?” “Well,” said the man, smiling, “I need to learn all of this before I can act. I don’t want to make a mistake.” “Hmmm. What would happen if you did… make a mistake?” “I’d get it wrong.” “And what would that mean?” The man frowned. Confusion clouded his eyes. His friend smiled gently. Confusion meant his friend was about to learn something, if he was ready. “Imagine a circle around you, and it’s your comfort zone. Imagine within it is everything that you’ve learnt. All the wonderful things you’ve discovered on these courses and in these books.” The man nodded, visualising the circle full of knowledge. “Now imagine everything outside of the circle is what you don’t know.” “Yes,” said the man. “I can see it. So much to learn…” “Now imagine for a moment,” said the man’s friend, “That to learn what is outside this circle you must go outside the circle…” The man nodded, picturing that step. He felt something in him stir as he saw it happening. Something like fear, perhaps? Or was it anticipation? “And imagine,” his friend continued, “That when you step outside the circle you will discover what you are capable of…” “But I already know that,” the man protested. “You know knowledge. You know what others are capable of.” The man thought about that for a moment. “I’m confused.” “That’s okay, this is where you need to be.” His friend leant forward. “As long as we seek simply to gather knowledge within our circle of comfort, we think we have certainty. Certainty over our environment, over our lives.” “Yes, I feel that.” “But what we don’t get to feel is everything else.” “Like?” The man frowned. He was getting a glimmer of what his friend meant. Hadn’t he been seeking that one thing all these years that would give him certainty? That would give him control? That would let him feel less fear? What haven’t I been experiencing? he wondered. “We can’t feel courage within our circle of comfort because we don’t risk anything. We can’t feel compassion for ourselves, because we don’t allow ourselves to stumble. We can’t feel true joy because we have cocooned ourselves away in safety.” The friend stopped, wondering how this, final lesson was being received. “But I’ve learnt so much…” The man thought about it, and shook his head, seeing the truth. “No, I have only gained knowledge.” “So how can we learn?” “By action.” He felt his body react as he said those words. “But what if I fail? Shouldn’t I wait until I’m sure I’ll be able to do it?” “You have waited. Certainty doesn’t turn up in with the mail. We have to act, to test ourselves, to experience the knocks and bumps of life. When we experience this and cope and learn how to do it differently next time… only then does certainty turn up.” “But what if I’m afraid?” And he was. “Fear plus action is where you discover courage.” The man thought about it. “So I must act…” “You cannot discover courage in what you are certain of. You can only discover it when you are tested. You have spent a lifetime gathering knowledge like nuts for the winter. Start eating them.” The man’s friend laughed at his own joke. “Eat them? How?” Realisation dawned. “I must apply what I have learnt.” “Yes.” “But what if I don’t know what to do?” “Then you will discover how you learn.” “What if I make a mistake?” “Then you will discover how not to do something.” “What if I get scared?” “Then you will discover your courage.” “What if it doesn’t work?” “Then you will find another way that does.” The man nodded. “I have to go,” he said. “I have to go and eat some nuts.” “Have fun,” said his friend. “What if it’s not fun?” His friend smiled. The man smiled too. “Then I’ll choose to think differently about it. And if it’s not ideal, I’ll change what I do. And if I get lost, I’ll discover how to find myself.”
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