http://www.catalyst-coaching.org en-gb catalyst-coaching.org 2012-4-29T00:00:00Z catalyst-coaching.org http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#117359 Do not put your thoughts on a pedestal Put them into ACTION The Power of the CircleUniting in Thought and Action When we are in circle with others the energy stays contained within the group giving back to all. There are many reasons for why a gathering of people in a circle is powerful. A circle is a shape that is found repeatedly throughout the natural world and it is a symbol of perfection. We recreate this perfect shape when we join others to form a circle. Being in a circle allows us experience each other as equals. Each person is the same distance apart from the next participant and no one is seated higher than or stands apart from others in a circle. From tribal circles to the mythical round table of King Arthur the circle has been the shape adopted by gatherings throughout history. The circle is acknowledged as an archetype of wholeness and integration with the center of a circle universally understood to symbolize Spirit the Source. When a group of people come together in a ... 2012-4-29 22:18:02 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#106285 In the 1930s a famous study was done into contributory factors to efficiency in the workplace. A team of social scientists led by a Dr. Hawthorne went in to factories to assess among other things the effect of increased lighting on efficiency in assembly lines. As was the typical procedure of the day three groups were observed. The first were given increased lighting as they went about their repetitive assembly tasks the second were given decreased lighting the third or control group were simply observed going about their work in the usual manner. What happened next confounded the observers.... As expected the group with increased lighting experienced a measurable increase in efficiency and wellbeing on the job. However the increase in efficiency and wellbeing was almost identically matched in both of the other groups being observed. After further experimentation the conclusion reached by Dr. Hawthorne and his colleagues was that the single most important factor in p... 2011-11-6 21:41:01 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#98753 Humans for the most part are not born consciously knowing what their purpose is and it must be found through exploration.Most living things belong to a particular soul group and are born knowing their purpose in life. An animal will spend its day foraging for food taking care of itself and its young and creating a home. No one tells an animal to do this yet it instinctively knows how. Humans for the most part are not born consciously knowing what their purpose is. Purpose gives our life meaning. When you discover your purpose you can live your life with intention and make choices that serve your objective for why you are here on the planet. Finding your purpose is not always easy. You must embrace life wholeheartedly explore many different pathways and allow yourself to grow. Your purpose is as unique as you are and will evolve as you move through life. You dont need anyones permission to fulfill your purpose and no one can tell you what that purpose is. Finding and fulfilling your pur... 2011-7-19 22:34:27 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#98750 There is no clear formula for finding your passion. Some people seem to know it from the time they are born. Others seem to search for it until they die.One thing is clear we all would love to spend our days doing what we love. But if you dont quite know what direction you should head what do you doIn many cases the reason you havent found your true calling yet is because youre focusing on the wrong things. With that in mind here are 7 reasons that you havent found your passion yet and what to do about it.1. All you think about is finding your passion.Once you start looking for what you were meant to do its easy to get caught up in the search. Unfortunately continually asking yourself What am I passionate about usually has very little benefit.You cant find your passion by searching the depths of your mind. Passions come from actions and experiences not idle contemplation.2. Youre searching for feeling before experience.Passions evolve out of experiences. If youre looking to feel pass... 2011-7-19 22:11:25 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#79940 Outside the Comfort ZoneThings We Dont Want to Do Putting off doing what scares us and brings up fear only creates more obstacles in our lives. Most of us have had the experience of tackling some dreaded task only to come out the other side feeling invigorated filled with a new sense of confidence and strength. The funny thing is most of the time when we do them we come out on the other side changed and often wondering what we were so worried about or why it took us so long. We may even begin to look for other tasks weve been avoiding so that we can feel that same heady mix of excitement and completion. Whether we avoid something because it scares us or bores us or because we think it will force a change were not ready for putting it off only creates obstacles for us. On the other hand facing the task at hand no matter how onerous creates flow in our lives and allows us to grow. The relief is palpable when we stand on the other side knowing that we did something even though it was h... 2010-11-9 23:19:15 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#79724 Repeating Patterns of MeaningNumbers Many people are seeing 1111 right now which can be interpreted as an energetic gateway that has opened for you. Glancing at the clock may cause us to look again sometimes especially when we notice that weve caught it at the same time over and over again. Maybe we see the same number pattern echoed everywhere we lookwhether on license plates or appliancesover a period of hours or even days. When we accept that there are no coincidences we know there is a message in the numbers for us and we know to pay attention to the repeating patterns and search for their true meaning. Numerology has its basis in the ancient world and tells us that each number carries its own vibration and symbolic significance. It can mark the stages of our souls evolution as we move from one frequency to the next. Repeating number patterns in our lives may call us to focus on certain aspects of our lives and rise to approach them from the best within us. Once weve recognized ... 2010-11-7 20:46:33 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#79723 Making Time for ReflectionGoing on Events Putting our trust in the process will make space and dedication for the necessary work we have to do. Giving ourselves time to reflect and heal can be a powerful way to process the things that are happening in our lives and one of the best approaches to do this is by going on a retreat. Going on a training means that we have set the intention to heal and learn more about our spirit and doing this is a decision that we make for ourselves. Since everyone sees and experiences the world differently it is important to choose a type of event that works best for us. Even though a friend or loved one may recommend something we have to trust our intuition and select a path that really connects with what our soul needs most at the time. The most essential thing is to be willing to respect our unique stage of development and to be patient with ourselves since any thoughts or issues that arise are simply part of the process of healing. Just remembering ... 2010-11-7 20:45:04 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#79722 Interconnected ExperiencesNoticing Synchronicity Synchronicity may appear random but at closer look you will see that the universe is giving what you asked for. When events appear to fit together perfectly in our lives it may seem at first that they are random occurrences things that are the result of coincidence. These synchronous happenings though are much more than that for if we look at them more closely they can show us that the universe is listening to us and gently communicating with us. Learning to pay attention to and link the things that occur on a daily basis can be a way for us to become more attuned to the fact that most everything happens in our lives for a reason even when that reason is not clear right away. When we realize that things often go more smoothly than we can ever imagine it allows us to take the time to reflect on the patterns in our lives. Even events that might not at first seem to be related to each other are indicators that the universe is working wi... 2010-11-7 20:43:59 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#79721 Tearing Down to RebuildRethinking Complaining When we complain we are tearing down an undesirable structure in order to make room for something new. We all know someone who has elevated the process of complaining to a high art. Sometimes funny sometimes exhausting these people have the ability to find a problem just about anywhere. In its more evolved form complaining is simply the ability to see whats not working in ones own life or in the external world and it can be quite useful if followed to its natural conclusionfinding a solution and applying it. However many of us dont get that far and we find that complaining has become an end in itself. In small doses this is not a big problem but if complaining has become a huge part of our identities it may be time to take a good look at how we are spending our energy. Complaining is a persons way of acknowledging that they are not happy with the way things are. In a metaphorical way when we complain or criticize we are tearing down an u... 2010-11-7 20:41:29 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#74544 Dear Friends Hope this invitation finds you well and abundant I cant believe its September already time seems to be flying past. So my invitation to you is for an amazing event on the 30th of October. How would you like to remove your fears and find a path way to inner peace Well thats exactly what we are going to offer you. Imagine being able to move forward in this economy making decisions and choices without fear know that every decision you make would lead you to inner peace and by the way im not talking about sitting in a yogic position for the rest of your life. I mean really moving forward with your goals and dreams with an experience of emotional intelligence that will attract results and opportunities. So from my last look at the page there was only 68 places left I have had to also change the ticket system. I have had a few people trying to book places as if they were on the retreat. So when you are booking please use the discount code AVATAR This will allow you to book... 2010-9-1 23:51:23 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#64548 Nothing in this world is given as a present everything has to be learned with a great deal of effort. A man who seeks knowledge must have the same behavior as a soldier going to war absolutely attentive afraid respectful and utterly confident. If he follows these recommendations he may lose the odd battle but he will never cry over his fate. The present is unique a warrior knows how to wait because he knows what he is waiting for. And while he waits he wants nothing and in this way anything he receives however small is a blessing. The common man worries too much about loving others or being loved by them. A warrior knows what he wants that is all in his life and that is where he concentrates all his energy. The common man spends the present acting as winner or loser and depending on the results he becomes persecutor or victim. The warrior on the other hand worries only about his acts which will lead him to the objective he has traced for himself.Intention is transparent intention i... 2010-5-4 20:42:07 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#64547 So Guys Have you all signed up to the Yahoo group yet Down load the meditations from the link there The Big Idea Your Attitude Everything can be taken from a man but one thing the last of the human freedomsto choose ones attitude in any given set of circumstances to choose ones own way. Viktor Frankl from Mans Search for Meaning This message is the cornerstone of Frankls philosophy and of course is echoed among the great teachers many have Notes available on their work From Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then in such trains of thoughts as for example Where life is possible at all a right life is possible. And If you are distressed by anything external the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. To another Stoic philosopher and former Roman slave Epictetus in The Enchiridion We canno... 2010-5-4 20:40:38 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#51528 A New Home When you awaken to the evolutionary impulse behind the entire cosmos as your very own Authentic Self you find yourself living in a new world. Its not the small personal world that your ego or separate selfsense has lived in since the day you were born. You may still exist and function in that world but deeply its no longer your home. Your home is the vast process that began the day the entire cosmos was born. When this kind of shift occurs irrevocably the idea of living for a higher purpose doesnt even make sense any more because at an interior level you and that purpose have merged and become one. You have become the actual manifestation of that higher purpose. Its no longer external to who you are. To a significant degree you and that higher purpose become indistinguishable. Thats what Evolutionary Enlightenment means. Your entire life becomes permeated by that evolutionary impulse because that is who you have become. Andrew Cohen Every single person on t... 2009-10-28 21:52:56 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#48818 The Following is an exert from the Seven Spiritual Laws by Deepak Chopra This exert includes several exercises to help you to practice that particular law my suggestion is to read through them to see which appeals to you the least then practice that one first Just trust me on this if you want to create an amazing way forward from where you are in life right now By the way Deepak Chopra is currently here in the UK and is doing and exclusive end of tour event in Manchester on the 26th of September Click here to find out more details or cut and paste the following into your browser httptinyurl.comlow9pw Please do enjoy this article and I hope to see you at this event The Law of Pure Potentiality The source of all creation is pure consciousness . . . pure potentiality seeking expression from the unmanifest to the manifest. And when we realize that our true Self is one of pure potentiality we align with the power that manifests everything in nature. I will put the Law of Pure P... 2009-9-15 23:06:15 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#47978 SUBJECT LINE The NLP amp Coaching Business Conference For Coaches and other Personal Development experts Hi Guys This is a unique call for action I just wanted to let you know Ive just registered for this and I think you should check it out IMMEDIATELY httpsdanbradbury.infusionsoft.comgocona488 Everything is completely free hes doing it all for charity Anyway Im going and I hope youll join me go to the page quickly though as I think its going to fill up very fast and I wouldnt want you to miss it See you there Deepak Also I have a unique offer for you that will blow your socks off Join Mind Body Spirit and Deepak Chopra for an intimate and inspirational evening of selfexploration. Hosted in The Bridgewater Hall Manchesters stunning 16342 million stateoftheart concert venue this evening promises to be the highlight of Deepaks 2009 UK tour. During the evening Deepak will explore the deeper meaning of our existence including 183 What is our true nat... 2009-9-2 22:46:36 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#46234 The four candles burn slowly. The ambiance was so soft that you could hear them talking.The first one said I am Peace. However no one can keep me lit. I believe i will go out. Its flame rapidly diminishes and goes out completely.The second one says I am Faith. Most of all I am no longer indispensable so it doesnt make any sense that I stay lit any longer. When it finishedtalking a breeze softly blew on it putting it off.Sadly the third candle spoke in its turn I am Love. I havent got strength to stay lit. people put me aside and dont understand my importance. They even forget to love those who are nearest amp dearest to them. And waiting no longer it goes out. Suddenly. . . a child enters the room and sees three candles not burning. why you are not burning You are supposed to stay lit till the end. Saying this the child starts crying.Then the fourth candle says Dont be afraid while I am still burning we can relight the candles I am Hope. With shining eyes the child took the cand... 2009-8-3 22:22:06 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#45411 We Have to Let Go People always ask How can I integrate my spiritual realization into my everyday life But that question doesnt really make sense. Consciousness has no beginning and no end. Spirit is absolute in nature and thats why its so completely liberating. We simply cannot fit that which is infinite and absolute into a relative context that is limited fixed and restricted. We have to be willing to open up our minds and our hearts and our souls and allow ourselves to be carried away. And once weve let go really let go then and only then can we look at our lives and see what makes the most sense. Andrew Cohen What we do naturally is we cling we grasp we hold on to. We are not functioning freely not free because were stuck. Buddha observed this tendency and gave it a name. He said when the mind is stuck youre in dukkha usually translated from the Sanskrit as suffering. Dukkha literally means a wheel whose hub doesnt move. So what kind of a wheel do you have A usele... 2009-7-22 22:13:10 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#45270 Dear Friends I thought I would share this wonderful concept with you from the Zen Master Genpo So we end up with what the Buddha taught in his first teaching which is called the Eightfold Path when he said have Right View. Right View is having no particular fixed view which means seeing that all views are limited that no particular view is the only view. Theyre all restricted theyre all limited theyre all fragmented. Actually the right view is no view. Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel Imagine six blind guys. Theyve never seen an elephant before and are each touching a different part of the big old animal describing what an elephant is. The first blind man grabs the tail and says the elephant is like a rope. The second one grabs the leg and is certain the elephant is like a pillar while the third touches the trunk and thinks the elephant is like a tree branch. The others go for different parts and have different perspectives the back is like a throne the tusk is like a spear the ear... 2009-7-20 21:06:29 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#45005 Dear Friends I hope this newsletter and information finds you well. In this special issue you will find 183 Why i have been so quiet recently 183 One of the keys to the Shadow seminar 183 A free Seminar for you and your friends no i really mean free 183 An exercise on your limiting beliefs around money and even the word free 183 A beautiful explanation of enlightenment And if thats not enough i am going to give you all an opportunity to all the entrepreneurial types an opportunity to be part of something huge. Ok thats enough to wet your appetite its down to business Why i have been quiet So Why have i been so quiet well i have been to two retreats one on yoga and healing and the other one advanced coaching skills as well as a marketing workshop and a professional speaking workshop to find out why people prefer to hire me than other speakers. Which really blow me away Anyway So i have been really busy formulating and preparing new material... 2009-7-15 22:47:13 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#43770 Dear Friends Hope this newsletter finds you well and healthy So I know I have been very quite these past few weeks I have been secretly working on multiple projects not the best way to do things So be prepared for lots of information about whats developing for the future Firstly what are you doing on the 12th of October 09 I know I sounds like a long way away This event is something special The event Ten Secrets of Everyday Enlightenment The question I get asked the most is there has got to be more to life than this I have studied and practiced this question and resolved its answer over the last ten years and I am ready to share the ten secrets of everyday enlightenment with you. If you would like your life to mean more than the usual grind then this workshop is for you by the end of the workshop you will be able to Understand a new concept of life purpose End your misery of motivation with inspiration Understand the true cost of freedom and how to achieve it How t... 2009-6-23 23:07:42 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#40137 No one can be free who refuses to see what actually lives within him. This is why Real selfhealing begins with Truthful selfseeing. There is no other order no other way. Consciousness of any unwanted condition in us must precede its correction just as the rising sun dismisses the fear hiding in the darkness of night. This is why we must learn that anything in us that does not want us to see the truth about our actual unenlightened condition is itself a part of what is punishing us. We can learn to do much better The medicine is bitter but it heals said the late great author Vernon Howard when it comes to seeing the truth of our lives. If we would heal the hidden hurt in us then we must learn that the initial bitterness of selftruthfulness is the frontrunner of our ultimate spiritual betterment. Our work is to concede to the bright prescription of Higher SelfHonesty regardless of how it tastes to us in those moments when we see ourselves as we are. Here now are nine eyeopening facts abo... 2009-4-19 22:55:16 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#38732 Awakening to Evolution by Andrew Cohen For those of us looking toward the future who are spiritually inclined it is often difficult to find a path or practice that makes deep sense. What I mean is its difficult to find a spiritual path that has a truly contemporary orientationone that doesnt compel us to embrace ancient belief structures that may no longer be relevant to our time. That is why I believe we need to create a new context for our individual and collective spiritual development one that is appropriate for our twentyfirstcentury circumstances. The new seeker the postmodern seeker is in a unique predicament. But its a predicament that couldnt be more thrilling because it is so pregnant with creative potential. By seeker I mean the spiritually inspired individual who is awake to what I call the evolutionary impulse but who has abandoned traditional approaches because they just dont seem able to meet our contemporary psychological philosophical and spiritual needs. Im sp... 2009-3-25 22:58:18 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#38676 The Garden of Your Life One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong it creates world history. If it is weak it suffers world history. Albert Schweitzer One of my favourite exercises which I use with many of my clients to both checkin with how things are going in their lives and as a part of their ongoingselfcare routines is based on a Hawaiian system of healing and selfcare. Feel free to adapt it in whatever way works for you. Some people like to read allthe way through the exercise before doing it some have someone read it to themthe first time they go through it while others prefer to simply follow alongtaking a few moments to close their eyes and imagine what is being describedbefore opening their eyes again and reading further. For many people visiting the garden becomes a regular part of their spiritualselfcare routine. For others it is a place to visit in times of great change orupheaval. Once you ... 2009-3-24 22:30:15 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#37642 Dear Friends I know that I have been very quiet the past few weeks and as you read this newsletter and absorb the lessons and put them into practice you will realise why I have an amazing offer that is going to blow you away its worth 163500 and you yes you can have it with no strings attached Read on 12 Steps to Help Find Your Way Back Home Almost everyone feels dissatisfied with his or her life but almost no one understands the real reasons why. And so it goes For most men and women in spite of their best intentions and sincere efforts very little ever changes except that is for the type of the dissatisfaction experienced or whats being blamed for it. Now heres the real reason behind all of this persistent and personal sadness This world which you presently call your own isnt really your home at all. Just as a highflying eagle cant feel content as a captive in a cage neither can who you really are find the fulfillment and freedom you long for in the lower levels of this worl... 2009-3-4 20:18:14 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#36063 Selfpity doesnt help overcoming it does I know this is an amazing long article this month there are many levels of consciousness addressed regardless of where you are in your journey this will be for you Some of you who know me personally know my grandparents died after suffering major strokes and suffering the long and hard. So this year I will personally be supporting the stroke association as my personal challenge. So as this is the year of coming of age Yes I am turning 40 I am celebrating in style there is going to be an amazing event on my birthday details will come later. On the 21st of March my wifes birthday My wife and I will be performing an abseil down the famous Fort Dunlop Building in Birmingham on behalf of the Stroke Association . What I would like to ask is that every reader sponsor us I am not asking for a lot of money 1631 1 or a Euro because when we add it all up it will make an amazing difference Here is the link httpwww.justgiving.comdeepaklodhia Plea... 2009-2-4 20:09:24 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#36061 Accountability Ideation without execution is delusion. The greatest idea in the world is useless without the discipline to make it happen. If you cant create tangible results around your idea then its pointless. Great organizations and individuals make things happen. They do what they will say they will do. Very simply they are meticulous about accountability.Being accountable means that you are committed. That you will achieve the results you promised. Too many people avoid being accountable by blaming circumstances. Blaming others or circumstances is simply excusing yourself. So much so that execution and accountability are a competitive advantage. The Rare Ones are those that get things done and end up defining the marketspace.Here are some tips on increasing the level of accountability in your life and your organizationAction ItemsRecord who will do what and by when in your meetings. Review these action steps at the end of the meeting and include them in the minutes... 2009-2-4 20:03:07 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#36060 The Growth of Understanding By Ken Ward A student clutching a pile of books and rushing to a university class might not normally be compared with say a Buddhist monk meditating in a lotus position contemplating existence or a Japanese Zen student studying a koan or even with a high magician performing a Kabbalistic ritual yet it seems all these students are progressing through the same four stages of growth and all are seeking their enlightenment. For those interested in mental development it is no surprise to read about exotic and religious systems that claim to enlighten but they may be surprised or even astonished that students in traditional education follow the same stages seeking the same result. Many systems refer to stages of development and of initiation but here I am using the 4 stages proposed by a conventional psychologist William Perry Professor of Education at Harvard. Perry proposed that students in higher education pass through a number of stages and the 4 stages... 2009-2-4 19:51:46 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#36058 Letting Go A Little Bit at a Time Exclusively for You... Learn more about this topic in Letting Go. For a limited time our Key Lesson members receive a 15 discount when ordering this item. See below for details.From the IntroductionWith consistent attention and persistent effort you can release whatever now stands between you and the freedom for which your heart seeks. You can let go. Never mind whats happened in the past forget whatever your mind tells you cant be done. You dont need strength or even courage to drop those dark thoughts and feelings that have your heart and mind tied down all you need to shatter any unwanted situation is the willingness to see whats true and whats not about you. The truth is once you have the right interior tools and know how to use them nothing in the universe can stop you from breaking out of old patterns and starting life over.This book is filled with hundreds of powerful small hammers special insights on exactly when and wh... 2009-2-4 19:48:57 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#36057 Find the Secret Victory that Lives Just Behind Any Unwanted EventThere is hidden just behind every bitter disappointment the presence of a sweet light whose power can turn any unwanted event into a new kind of victory yet imagined. 2009-2-4 19:47:08 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#36056 Be a Life Champion Like George Foreman Nearly 100 million George Foreman Grills have sold since 1995 and George Foreman is now one of the most highly paid and recognized celebrity endorsers in the world. But his life is not one of just business success. Foreman is also a community leader father husband worldchampion boxer andbest yethis life has meaning. Apply Foremans philosophies for success in your life 1. Belief You have to have something you believe in. It could be someone you believe in too. But at least have something you believe in and you cannot be talked out of by dollars and cents. 2. Integrity You must preserve the quality of your name your integrity. You dont want to lie about anything. And its something that people will be happy about once they get to know you. Because people count on you. 3. Sales Learn to sell and youll never starve. 4. Resilience Youre going to fail if you do enough business. But you can always come back because youve got some in... 2009-2-4 19:43:55 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#32190 Quit Moaning The Demand of Authenticity Over a decade ago the renowned integral philosopher Ken Wilber made his first appearance in the pages of Enlightenment Today with a passionate article titled A Spirituality that Transforms. In its pages he delivered an evolutionary call to action that never ceases to inspire All of those for whom authentic transformation has deeply unseated their souls must I believe wrestle with the profound moral obligation to shout from the heartperhaps quietly and gently with tears of reluctance perhaps with fierce fire and angry wisdom perhaps with slow and careful analysis perhaps by unshakable public examplebut authenticity always and absolutely carries a demand and duty you must speak out to the best of your ability and shake the spiritual tree and shine your headlights into the eyes of the complacent. You must let that radical realization rumble through your veins and rattle those around you. In fact it was this article that... 2008-11-10 21:04:47 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#31403 Most psychologists and biologists look at human behavior in terms of three instincts survival sex and power. I believe however that you cannot understand human behavior without recognizing a fourth onethe instinct for transcendence the instinct to connect to the part of us that goes beyond our materiality and survives our death that connects with our soul. Thats what explains our search for meaning whether it drives us to art or to religion or to altruistic behavior that cannot be explained purely in terms of selfinterest.... You could say that the fourth instinct drives the evolution of consciousnessand the evolution of consciousness is the foundation of everything. The evolution of consciousness starts with Emotional intelligence so what is emotional intelligence There are a lot of arguments about the definition of EI . One attempt toward a definition was made by Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer 1990 who defined EI as the ability to monitor ones own and others feelings and emotio... 2008-10-21 22:44:29 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#31346 Dear FriendsAs led by the work of Prigogine limits and plateaus Plateaus are inevitable. In every journey to the mountain top thereare flat spots. Times when we know we arent progressing. Usuallythey occur after we have made exceptional progress. Sometimes they are a necessary rest point on the way up the trail.However it is easy to get stuck on a plateau. Maybe its in yourcareer where youve mastered your job or easily made your numbersevery month. Perhaps its in your workouts where you are doing thesame treadmill or weights workout and have stopped seeing improvement. Maybe its in a relationship that is simply ok. Yes itscomfortable on the plateau. Yes it is easy. Yes you still look goodto everyone else. Yet if you stay there you are missing theopportunities of your Next Level of Greatness.So here are some strategies and tactics for breaking through any plateau.Whats the MessageAsk yourself what this plateau is telling you. Do you need new goalsDo you need time for rejuvenation A... 2008-10-20 23:24:01 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#31042 Four Leadership Qualities For all the leadership training workshops very few people can confidently explain how they take charge engage others and develop their leadership skills. Why should anyone be led by you Its a great question as well as the title of an excellent SeptemberOctober 2000 Harvard Business Review article coauthored by Robert Goffee and Gareth Jones. Its worth summarizing here. Four Qualities To be inspirational leaders need four essential qualities besides vision and energy They selectively show their weaknesses. By exposing some vulnerability exceptional leaders reveal their approachability and humanity. They rely heavily on intuition to gauge the appropriate timing and course of their actions. Their ability to collect and interpret soft data helps them determine when and how to act. They manage employees with tough empathy. Inspirational leaders empathize passionatelyyet realisticallywith people and they care intensely about the work employees do. The... 2008-10-14 20:53:49 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#31041 Lifes challenges are not supposed to paralyze you theyre supposed to help you discover who you are. Bernice Johnson Reagon In the face of economic concerns rising prices election choices global strife not to mention any personal concerns you may have how do you stay the course and believe that all is well When youre asking for what you want and you see that you are not getting it how do you maintain your sense of optimism and balance If you want to be a conscious creator but due to fear you know that you are no longer an energetic match to what you want to create how do you move from just thinking the Law of Attraction is a nice idea to knowing and trusting that it can transform your life If you are scared about whats happening in the global collective or you feel abandoned and angry at Source for not supplying what you want how can you still trust this very Source to deliver your good The big issue does seem to be Trust truly trusting that the Law of Attr... 2008-10-14 20:52:26 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#29297 Solve the Mystery of Where to Find Self Wholeness As paradoxical as it seems the reason most of us find no lasting peace in life is because our mind is forever trying to find something outside itself in which it can rest. This condition is not unlike the little fish that unhappy with just swimming around went in search of water its hope being that if it could find what it was looking for then it would also find what was missing from its life. This story helps us to see what our present level of mind cannot perceiveWe already live in the deep silent and restful waters of the present moment and yet... we dont know its abiding fulfillment. We cant find the unlimited freedom for which we search because each time the divided mind tells us where to look for it we become in that instant a captive of thought a virtual prisoner of promise.True peace doesnt exist outside of the now from out of which it is always unfolding. Our spiritual challenge the problem before us is that the true pres... 2008-9-5 17:45:36 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#29296 The Secret that Shatters SelfLimitation As life pours itself out in the stream of passing time and we run into challenges seemingly greater than our ability to answer each of these encounters asks this question of usAre you willing to change who you have been in order to realize a higher possibility of yourself And though moments like these trouble us because of their uncertainty heres why we should be very grateful for their continuing appearance in our lives this unwanted experience of realizing our limitations is the only way life can ask us if we wish to go beyond them. So this unknown moment of not understanding what is to be is actually the beautiful seed of a new order of our being providing were willing to see it as such.Unfortunately most of us automatically resist the unknown. Whenever we cant understand the nature of some unwanted situation we fall by default into the hands of a nature whose answer to this ache is always the same get negative and then try to protect ours... 2008-9-5 17:44:32 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#29295 Detect Stop and Drop Inner Voices The best time to practice going quiet to detect and drop dark inner voices is when the world around you is more or less already in a natural state of silence. So early morning upon arising and just before you go to sleep are the most likely times to yield the best results. But as youll no doubt come to discover for yourself any time is the right time to go quiet.Find a place to sit where your back can be more or less supported and held straight. Let your hands rest open or closed in any position that wont cause tension to themselves your arms or shoulders as you remain seated for the duration of your practice. Twenty to thirty minutes twice a day is a suggested minimum time to sit quietly. But do the best you can. There are no laws that govern inner silence. Besides the day may come when youd like to sit for longer durations so you be the judge. Let the length of this time for inner quiet be whatever it wants to be.Allow your legs to assume whatev... 2008-9-5 17:42:44 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#29294 Ten Keys for Gaining Greater Self Liberation It is never the event or the condition that holds us captive but its the way we think toward it that creates our sense of captivity. Help yourself to the keys of self liberation hidden in these next ten insights. Take the time you need to let each concentrated idea sink into your heart and mind. The truths you are about to meet are actually alive. If you embrace their healing presence their life becomes yours. This is a hint of what it means to know the Truth and to then be set free by that Truth. Nothing in this world or any other can stop you from finding and then knowing freedom from the ties that bind. When it comes to changing the unhappy conditions you meet in life remember that nothing about your life can change... until you do. Give yourself permission to long for a freedom so great that it includes the end of all painful longings. Whatever it may be that holds you captive is nothing compared to what wants to set you free... 2008-9-5 17:41:01 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#29293 Snap the Spell of Useless Suffering Truth wants you to know that it is never in your best interest to unconsciously suffer no matter how inwardly convincing it may feel to you that you will be betraying yourself or someone else if you dont. The only way that any suffering feeling can prove to you that you need it is to hypnotize you with a flood of itself. Step back from yourself. Learn instead to listen to the quiet stream of higher insight that runs softly through your true nature. It sees through sorrow. Let it show you that suffering proves nothing. If you want to receive some special help for helping yourself escape yourself always remember this key question If I am doing what I want to do then how come it hurts me to do it The truth guarantees you will stop doing what you dont want to do once you know what you have been doing against yourself.Here are ten powerful ways to snap the spell of suffering. As you read over each one think about how you can use its insight the next ti... 2008-9-5 17:39:31 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#28745 What is Leadership Leadership covers many skills including the vision influencing change confidence motivation strategy integrity personality indicators and more... General Many believe that leaders are born and not made. It may be useful to be born with certain qualities that give you a head start but many traits can be acquired. The first step is to recognise the required traits. The second step is to truly evaluate your own positives and negatives. The final step is to modify your own behaviour and implement what you learn. In this way you will be a better leader than when you started. What are companies looking for What are you looking to achieve in your personal life as well Whether you are in an organisation or just considering daily life you will be trying to achieve something. You will usually be pursuing a list of tasks either on your own or with others to get to your goal. Leadership is thinking about and establishing the goal or vision whilst management is merely sorting... 2008-8-25 22:23:45 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#28559 Developing Leaders at All Levels Leadership isnt just for leaders anymore. Top companies are beginning to understand that sustaining peak performance requires a commitment to developing leaders at all levels. Management experts Drs. Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard have defined leadership as working with and through others to achieve objectives. To meet the demands of todays fastpaced and competitive business environment people at all levels are being asked to step up and assume leadership behaviors. As retired Harvard Business School Professor John P. Kotter explains in the Summer 2004 issue of strategybusiness this means we must create 100 million new leaders throughout society. Companies are investing millions of dollars annually in leadership development training to meet this challenge. Results are positive Studies show companies that excel at developing leaders tend to achieve higher longterm profitability Marc Effron and Robert Gandossy in Leading the Way Three Truths f... 2008-8-20 23:05:39 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#27523 Dear Friends Hope this letter finds you well this amazing sunny hot day I had a great flash back about a book I read many years back when I was young Yes it is true I was young one time. The flash back was to the following book Also check out the websites online store with lots of new products that you can use in the comfort of your own home Online store click here The four agreements by don miguel ruizs code for life agreement 1 Be impeccable with your word Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. agreement 2 Dont take anything personally Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others you wont be the victim of needless suffering. agreement 3 Dont make assumptions Find the courage to ask questions and... 2008-7-27 19:20:05 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25766 2008-6-18 21:53:54 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25765 Let it Go This is one of the most interesting New Years messages Ive received. Subject FW LET IT GO Let it go for 2006. By T. D. Jakes There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you this When people can walk away from you let them walk. I dont want you to try to talk another person into staying with you loving you calling you caring about you coming to see you staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone. When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left. The bible said that they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us. For had they been of us no doubt they would have continued with us. 1 John 219 People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not joined to you you cant make them stay. Let them go. And it doesnt mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over. And youve got to know when people... 2008-6-18 21:51:03 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25764 Got an attitude If not get one The general perception of the concept of an attitude or a person with an attitude has very negative connotations to most people for whatever reasons and evidence we bring into play from our pasts. But consider just for one moment that you are responsible for all your experiences of life. You are not responsible for what happens to you but you are responsible for how you react to them. Life acts on you and then you react to the situation your reaction is under your control. You are always responsible for your attitude to the situation in which you find yourself. Your attitude is your reaction to what life hands you you can either be positive or negative and the choice is yours. So what is attitude Well attitude is considered to be a viewpoint about a situation based upon three fundamental foundations stones to your being What you think about a situation. What you do about a situation. What feelings you experience about a situation. It is ... 2008-6-18 21:46:37 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25763 A long time ago before the world was created and humans set foot on it for the first time Virtues and Vices floated around and were bored not knowing what to do. One day all the vices and virtues were gathered together and were more bored than ever. Suddenly Ingenious came up with an idea Lets play hide and seek All of them liked the idea and immediately Madness shouted I want to count I want to count And since nobody was crazy enough to want to seek Madness all the others agreed. Madness leaned against a tree and started to count One two three... As Madness counted the vices and virtues went hiding. Tenderness hung itself on the horn of the moon... Treason hid in a pile of garbage... Fondness curled up between the clouds...and Passion went to the centre of the earth.... Lie said that it would hide under a stone but hid at the bottom of the lake... whilst Avarice entered a sack that he ended up breaking. And Madness continued to count .... seventy nine... 2008-6-18 21:44:27 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25762 Moment by moment you create exactly how you feel what happens to you and what you attract into your life.. Unfortunately youre probably doing all this on auto pilot.. 1 You are an expert on you. 2 You are not broken you do not need to be fixed. 3 You already have all the resources you need to succeed. 4 You can accomplish anything if you break it down into small enough chunks. 5 If what you are doing isnt working do something else. 6 There is no such thing as failure only feedback. 7 You are creating your future NOW You are the cause of your life not the result of it 2008-6-18 21:41:20 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25761 Why would you want to use a coach Do you ever feel that Your life is out of your control You are not where you could be or want to be You dont really receive the recognition you deserve You dont feel safe and secure in your relationships You are often overlooked and undermined You have strong desire but lack belief in your ability or the future You are working harder but cant seem to make any progress You are frustrated because you cant seem to break through the barriers in your life You are settling for less because it is still better than what other people have Do you ever wish that You could have more confidence to do the things you really want to You had more self esteem to stand up for what you believe in You could command respect from your colleagues You could impress others when they meet you You could communicate your ideas with ease You could stand up and speak in public What if you could do the above and Eliminate ... 2008-6-18 21:38:48 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25760 Pay Attention Awareness changes everything Let me tell you an old Zen story about a monk this monk knew that awareness was key to his existence and enlightenment. So he decided to go out and find a Master called Tao who was renowned for his ability for awareness. He searched high and low and eventually after many years of practicing awareness during his search for Master Tao he comes across some villagers who were talking about Master Toas abilities. He approached them and asked them if they knew where he could be found. They answered why yes his hut is on the hill over there by the stream its easy to find as its the only hut. The monk thanked them anticipating this journey was almost over he ran to the hut. He noticed a sign that said remove shoes before entering and quickly he removed his shoes and ran in falling to the ground in front of the master and told him of his incredible journey. The Master did not flinch or acknowledge the monk he just simply asked Did you remove your s... 2008-6-18 21:37:08 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25759 We all have three eyes. Two for looking out and one for looking in. Why would we want to look in when everything is happening out there Because the treasure we seek is inside not outside. What is treasure Beauty truth peace happiness. You already have what you seek. You already are stunningly beautiful. You are already peaceful and loving. How come you dont know this Simple you never look inwards beyond superficial memories or recent experiences so you never see your own riches. Take a moment to stop look in and see. Dont rush. Dont search. Just look. And be aware.Faith is the surest guide in the darkest days. Only when we find the quietness in our own minds can we begin to hear our inner teacher so that we may receive some intuition. Only when we are ready to recognise and value the wisdom that we carry at the core of our being will we turn our attention inwards and listen in. But its been a long time since we truly listened so a little practice and patience will be needed... 2008-6-18 21:35:06 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25758 The Development of the I By D.Lodhia Last week I noticed my Brother trying to teach my three year old niece to say I I would like an apple I would like some grapes.. But she insisted that it should be said Vaishali wants an apple Vaishali wants some grapes Have you ever tried arguing with a three year old and what is more she was right. Because right now at the age of three she had not started to create her identity. When you are born you were whole complete and perfect. Then what happens The illusions of life begin to shroud our visions of reality as we begin to create our own map of the world. In fact the creation of the identity occurs because of the basic principle the we are meaning making machines. By that I Mean something happens we filter the information about the situation through the filters of deletion distortion and generalization before the information is the represented to the conscious and unconscious mind. We then add a meaning to it without asking if ... 2008-6-18 21:34:01 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25757 Whats Your Aim In Life by Deepak Lodhia Have you ever been asked the question Whats your aim in life Have you ever understood what the person asking the question meant Its quite a powerful question because it is a pretty direct and incisive way to ascertain what your purpose in life is and what you aim to achieve as a goal. For most people it is quite challenging to define ones life with a single answer especially since the first time you hear a question like this you may be only ten or fifteen years old. The first time I heard this question I was twelve years old and was asked this by my mathematics teacher. I replied Sorry sir I dont quite understand the question. At which point he retorted Are you stupid boy What do you want to do when you grow up Clearly to my old maths teacher the question was all about what career path you wish to follow when you get older probably because that was important to him. Recently I heard the same question posed to a colleague of mine.... 2008-6-18 21:31:54 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25756 What is your Motion through emotion This is probably the most controversial and yet simple part of my approach. No human being will do anything unless it is emotionally charged. In other words there is no motion without emotion. Let me clarify this. Imagine any goal you want in life if you achieve it what will that give you And again what will that give you And again what will that give you In fact if you keep asking that last question you will always get to an emotion. Everything that we do or that has us behave in a certain way is to do with emotion. So look at all your intentions imagine having achieved them how will that make you feel So why wait Are you going to put in all that hard work and get to the goal to feel that emotion just for an instant Then what My take on this is different from that of many others. Why not have that emotion all the way from the beginning Why not have it from the point of awareness to the end when you complete your intention Why not use that emoti... 2008-6-18 21:30:48 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25755 WANTS AND INTENTIONSTake a piece of paper and a pen. Divide the piece of paper in to two columns. In the left hand column write Wants and write down everything you want in life. Be as extravagant as you like. Imagine its your birthday and really go for it Now in the right column write Intentions and write down all the things that you intend to do. Once you have finished notice the difference between the two columns. What do you notice You may find that the list on the right is much shorter and a lot more specific. This is because your conscious mind and subconscious mind have to work together to design an intention rather than to just dream up ideas. Your awareness now holds you to account on what you believe to be possible right now Intentions also have to be in line with values and beliefs. This is why intentions are more powerful even in language try it. Say I want fill in the gap now say I intend to get fill in the gap. Just notice the difference in your physiology and subcon... 2008-6-18 21:29:40 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25754 Whats Your Aim In Life by Deepak Lodhia Have you ever been asked the question Whats your aim in life Have you ever understood what the person asking the question meant Its quite a powerful question because it is a pretty direct and incisive way to ascertain what your purpose in life is and what you aim to achieve as a goal. For most people it is quite challenging to define ones life with a single answer especially since the first time you hear a question like this you may be only ten or fifteen years old. The first time I heard this question I was twelve years old and was asked this by my mathematics teacher. I replied Sorry sir I dont quite understand the question. At which point he retorted Are you stupid boy What do you want to do when you grow up Clearly to my old maths teacher the question was all about what career path you wish to follow when you get older probably because that was important to him. Recently I heard the same question posed to a colleague of mine.... 2008-6-18 21:27:25 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25753 The Law of Vibration is perceived by many as something that is beyond simple comprehension and entirely too complicated for the average person to understand and conceive. If you were to read a scientific report containing all the equations and formulas that bring science to the conclusions of their findings then Id have to agree and I would be as in the dark as anyone. The reality is the Law of Vibration like anything in creation is actually a very simple concept and made to appear complicated by man. The intent of this article is to simplify the explanation of this awesome and creative force that is known as the law of vibration in an effort to allow even the novice to understand and validate its existence. We will be examining the workings of the law of vibration from two aspects the scientific and the spiritual each of which as more scientific studies are done and our technology increases appear to be joining together as one understanding. At the conclusion of this a... 2008-6-18 21:25:34 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25752 Universal Laws also referred to as Spiritual Laws are the unwavering and unchanging principles that rule our universe and are the means by which our world continues to thrive and exist. Many people within our world wonder and often ask What Is the Secret to Abundance The answer is really quite simple once you have developed an awareness of how and why these incredible and wondrous principles operate as they do. Sadly the vast majority never takes the time or put forth the effort to develop an awareness of these principles that would literally attract abundance to them. Instead they try to find and acquire Abundance and Happiness through working more hours accumulating more stuff and in so doing becoming so out of balance that they become depleted and develop a scattered consciousness resulting in overwhelm exhaustion depression anxiety fear and a host of other counter productive symptoms. They unknowingly overlook the unlimited supply that is available and easily within t... 2008-6-18 21:24:19 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25424 2008-6-11 22:59:45 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25423 Dr. E. E. Lim Bill Cumming founder of School Solutions Inc. teaches a technique for absorbing ourselves in everyday life that he says was originated by Dr. E. E. Lim. As the story of the technique unfolds however Bills trick is revealed E.E. Lim is actually an acronym for EnergyEnthusiasmLike it matters Havent we all found ourselves dragging our feet through a task or a meeting giving as little as possible cursing every drop of energy we put into the action at hand Now if youve never begrudgingly halfhearted your way through something congratulations no need to read any further... Still with us Okay. Good this is where Dr. E. E. Lim comes to the rescue Todays Experiment 1. Choose a task you know you need to complete but dont feel inspired or enthusiastic about. 2. Try on the first element of the good doctors formula ENERGY If you had all the energy in the world like Popeye after two cans of organic spinach how would you approach this task How would you stand How would you ... 2008-6-11 22:49:34 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25421 Dear Friend Oprah is considering us for her show We need your help. Please send your gains and insights to Oprah and her staff so they can see how important The Release Technique and The Abundance Course is to people. This would help us reach many more people. You can send as many gains as you like and continue to send them to her. We would like to have thousands of our graduates send their insights to Oprah as soon as possible. Have your friends write to Oprah too. It doesnt matter if they have taken the Abundance Course just state that they would like to see The Release Technique and The Abundance Course appear on the show Thank you for your ongoing support of The Release Technique. Your help will help Lester accomplish his goal of allowing millions of people to use The Release Technique and end suffering in the world. Let Oprah know how The Release Technique and The Abundance Course has helped you. Write to Oprah at www.releasetechnique.comoprah WarmlyLarry Crane. ... 2008-6-11 22:32:50 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25378 Dare To Dream Again Chris Widener February 1 2008 Categories Relationships Social Business Leadership Relationships Business Far better it is to dare mighty things to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. Teddy RooseveltDo you remember when you were a child and no dream seemed too big Some of us thought we would walk on the moon some dreamed of riding with Roy Rogers others imagined stepping to the plate in a big league game. Every one of us when we were young had a common traitwe were dreamers. The world hadnt gotten to us yet to show us that we couldnt possibly achieve what our hearts longed for. And we were yet still years from realizing that in some cases we werent built for achieving our dream I realized about my junior year of high school that I was too short and to slow to play professional bas... 2008-6-10 22:59:54 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25377 The Miracle of Teamwork John Maxwell June 6 2008 Categories Relationships Professional Business Leadership Channel Home Relationships Business More than 27 years ago a team of American college hockey players overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to beat the heavily favored Soviet teamand soon thereafterwin the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. It may just be the single most indelible moment in all of U.S. sports history Sports Illustrated wrote of the teams gold medal run. One that sent an entire nation into a frenzy. Another team that sent the countryor at least the part of the country that enjoys professional basketballinto a frenzy was the 199596 Chicago Bulls. Led by the likes of Michael Jordan Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman this team posted the best regular season NBA record of all time 7210 and went on to defeat the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals. The 1980 U.S. hockey team and the 199596 Chicago Bulls were quite dissimilar. One was ma... 2008-6-10 22:58:29 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25376 Going for Gold in Life Denis Waitley May 5 2008 Categories WellBeing Fitness WellBeing Life Balance WellBeing In Beijing this summer well see those five brilliant interlocking Olympic rings on flags TV and billboards. The worlds best athletes will compete for gold and the triumphant will stand listening to their national anthems on the winners platform. They come from different countries diverse cultures and they represent a variety of sports. But the peak performers all have something in commontraits and attitudes that make them champions in sport and in life. The first trait of winners is belief in their dreams. Performance is not a measure of value its a reflection of it. You perform up to the expectation that you and significant others have of you in advance. So the expectation equals motivation. And motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. The most important belief you will ever have is about your potential. Why would you be motivated to learn if... 2008-6-10 22:57:02 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25375 5 Reasons Why You Should Be Rich Kim Kiyosaki June 6 2008 Category Wealth In the world of investing how to invest how to buy a rental property how to choose a stock or how to get a good return on your investmentis the same for women as it is for men. Stocks bonds or real estate investments dont care if its a man or a woman doing the buying selling holding remodeling or renting. So why is there a need for a book on investing just for women The answer is because when it comes to money men and women are different historically psychologically mentally and emotionally. These differences are at the heart of the reason why so many women today are in the dark when it comes to money and investing. These differences are what separate the sexes and why my book Rich Woman A Book on Investing for WomenBecause I Hate Being Told What to Do is dedicated to women. I Hate Being Told What to Do The subtitle for the book comes straight from my heart. My husband Robert and some fri... 2008-6-10 22:54:59 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25374 Professional Tactics for Nailing the Perfect Speech You may have heard that more people fear public speaking than death. Fear not follow these surefire tips and youll be remembered as a stunning orator long after the mic is turned off. Cause for pause Slow down when beginning your speech. People will tune out if they sense youre in a rush. A welltimed pause can pique interest use it wisely. Dont get bogged down by thousands of facts. Focus on the essence of your message and present supporting data in a clear relevant manner. Never wing it. But dont overplan either. Know your message by heart and bring note cards to mentally guide you in a coherent way. Dont focus on the whole audience focus on individual audience members. In a room of 300 theres no way to connect with everyone. Key into a few people and present to them. Youll feel more at ease and your delivery will be more conversational. Developing a planned approach to public speaking is only one part of the puzzle. For mo... 2008-6-10 22:53:14 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25276 Rising to the Top Shattering the Glass Ceiling Ariadne Moisiades CPCC ACC Very few people rise to the top of the corporate world. Of those who do proportionally even fewer of them are women. So whats special about the women who do make it to the top As they say in ballroom dance Both partners make the routine look effortless but the women do it backwards and in heels. Its no secret many female executives will tell you theyve had an uphill climb in their career. Most of them will tell you that at some point theyve confronted gender bias discrimination and open resentment from both their male and their female colleagues. Despite these challenges each has blazed her own path to success. And many of them got there by taking advantage of what women naturally do best empowering others. Running an effective organization requires that leaders not only turn in a firstrate performance themselves but that they inspire their employees to superior performance as wel... 2008-6-8 23:17:23 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25131 What is a Life Coach Tammy Elliott 9059511217 A powerful alliance designed to forward and enhance the lifelong process of human learning effectiveness and fulfillment. I was turning forty and had spent the last 18 years working for a large well known corporation. I had collected nearly two decades worth the excuses of why I should staythe pension the benefits job security and of course the big fat paycheck. What was wrong with me I mean anyone else would have killed to have this job Right There were many things I knew for sure. I knew that I got a natural high from helping others grow and realize their true potential. I knew that I got my energy from people so naturally spending 90 of my time in front of a computer was making me crazy. I knew it took every ounce of my being to get up and go to work every day. Was this how I was going to spend the rest of my working days The answer was simpleNo. After trying very hard to match my passion with a role in the ... 2008-6-4 22:51:33 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25130 How to make friends with fear So first of all let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself nameless unreasoning unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. Franklin D Roosevelt. Rather than viewing fear as an emotion to be avoided at all costs get to know it better so you can be better prepared to deal with the many disguises it can appear in. By applying one or all of the tips given below you can start to see how you can become more empowered when you make friends with fear. Resisting fear is futile I am always amazed at how seldom we admit to being scared. Resisting fear may seem like a natural response but it takes up an enormous amount of energy which could be spent on dreaming and designing your new career. Name it so it loses its power Fear rather than inspiration will continue to have a lot of power over your career decisions unless you start to get specific about your fears. Ask y... 2008-6-4 22:49:37 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25129 Identifying Opportunities an extract from Dare to Blossom Coaching and Creativity by Mary Lunnen You may have some ideas about what you would like to change in your life to get it in balance and about how you would like to be spending your days in your ideal world how do you set about creating some of those things in your life Try this exercise to help focus your thoughts. Take a piece of paper and draw a line down the centre. On the left hand side write What and on the right hand side How. To encourage a flow of writing it can be helpful to fold the paper in half down the line so you are looking at only the What column to start with. Write a list of all the things you want to achieve. It might look a bit like one of those lists of 100 things to do before you get old that is fine but it need not be like that. Keep going dont allow that internal editor or censor to pipe up saying thats silly youre too old too fat too thin too scared too poor etc. When you have written ... 2008-6-4 22:40:14 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25123 The Two Choices We FaceJim Rohn March 27 2008 Categories Relationships Social Relationships Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices that once made lead to a life of constant apprehension instead of a life of wondrous anticipation. And the second choice To do it all To become all that we can possibly be. To read every book that we possibly can. To earn as much as we possibly can. To give and share as much as we possibly can. To strive and produce and accomplish as much as we possibly can. All of us have the choice. To do or not to do. To be or not to be. To be all or to be less or to be nothing at all. Like the tree it would be a worthy challenge for us all to stretch upward and outward... 2008-6-4 17:46:33 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25084 A Person of InfluenceJohn Maxwell February 1 2008 Categories Business Leadership Business We all have dreams and ambitions. Undoubtedly youve accomplished some of yours. But no matter how successful you are now you still have dreams and goals that are waiting to be fulfilled. So whats the key To be a person of influence. You dont have to be in a highprofile occupation to be a person of influence. In fact if your life in any way connects with other people you are an influencer. Everything you do at home at church in your job or in the field has an impact on the lives of other people. If your desire is to be successful or to make a positive impact on your world you need to become a person of influence. Without influence there is no success. Four Levels of Influence Influence is a curious thing. Even though we have an impact on nearly everyone around us our level of influence is not the same with everyone. 1 Modeling. People are first influenced by wh... 2008-6-3 22:46:39 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25069 Guidelines for Best Practice By Cary Cherniss Daniel Goleman Robert Emmerling Kim Cowan amp Michel Adler Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology GSAPPRutgers University Email chernissrci.rutgers.edu Publication date 1998 These guidelines are based on an exhaustive review of the research literature in training and development counseling and psychotherapy and behavior change. The guidelines are additive and synergistic to be effective social and emotional learning experiences need not adhere to all of these guidelines but the chances for success increase with each one that is followed. The guidelines are divided into four phases that correspond to the four phases of the development process preparation training transfer and maintenance and evaluation. Each phase is important. These guidelines were developed for the Consortium by Cary Cherniss and Daniel Goleman with the assistance of Kim Cowan Robert Emmerling and Mitche... 2008-6-3 21:15:48 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#25068 Guidelines for Best Practice by Cherniss C. Goleman D. Emmerling R. Cowan K. amp Adler M. CREIO. These guidelines are based on an exhaustive review of the research literature in training and development counseling and psychotherapy and behavior change. The guidelines are additive and synergistic to be effective social and emotional learning experiences need not adhere to all of these guidelines but the chances for success increase with each one that is followed. Doing the Work of Change continued from the May newsletter Use models Use live or videotaped models that clearly show how the competency can be used in realistic situations. Encourage learners to study analyze and emulate the models.Enhance insight Selfawareness is the cornerstone of emotional and social competence. Help learners acquire greater understanding about how their thoughts feelings and behavior affect themselves and others.Prevent relapse Use ... 2008-6-3 21:13:59 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24831 The EQ concept argues that IQ or conventional intelligence is too narrow that there are wider areas of emotional intelligence that dictate and enable how successful we are. Success requires more than IQ Intelligence Quotient which has tended to be the traditional measure of intelligence ignoring eseential behavioural and character elements. Weve all met people who are academically brilliant and yet are socially and interpersonally inept. And we know that despite possessing a high IQ rating success does not automatically follow. emotional intelligence two aspects This is the essential premise of EQ to be successful requires the effective awareness control and management of ones own emotions and those of other people. EQ embraces two aspects of intelligence Understanding yourself your goals intentions responses behaviour and all. Understanding others and their feelings. emotional intelligence the five domains Goleman identified the five domains of EQ as Knowing your e... 2008-5-29 14:08:54 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24747 Origins of the concept The most distant roots of Emotional intelligence can be traced back to Darwins early work on the importance of emotional expression for survival and adaptation.1 In the 1900s even though traditional definitions of intelligence emphasized cognitive aspects such as memory and problemsolving several influential researchers in the intelligence field of study had begun to recognize the importance of the noncognitive aspects. For instance as early as 1920 E. L. Thorndike at Columbia University used the term social intelligence to describe the skill of understanding and managing other people. 2 Similarly in 1940 David Wechsler described the influence of nonintellective factors on intelligent behavior and further argued that our models of intelligence would not be complete until we can adequately describe these factors.1 In 1983 Howard Gardners Frames of Mind The Theory of Multiple Intelligences 3 introduced the idea of Multiple Intelligences which included both Interp... 2008-5-26 20:56:39 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24746 Emotions in Decision Making One of the most common theories in the field of decision making is the expected utility theory EU. According to this theory people usually make their decisions by weighing the severity and likelihood of the possible outcomes of different alternatives. The integration of this information is made through some type of expectation based calculus cognitive activity which enables us to make a decision. In this theory psychological processes and the decision makers emotional state were ignored and not taken into account as inputs to the expectation based calculus. Emotions as an information source In Risk as Feelings Loewenstein Weber and Hsee 1 argue that these processes of decision making include anticipatory emotions and anticipated emotions anticipatory emotions are immediate visceral reactions fear anxiety dread to risk and uncertainties anticipated emotions are typically not experienced in the immediate present but are expected to be exp... 2008-5-26 20:54:31 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24744 Thank you Thank you Thank you We help Stevens book get to No1 on Amazon business section and a best seller overall. That means a big fat cheque from the publishers to the charity As promised a bonus from myself. The ebook Universal Laws of Abundance download here httpwww.catalystcoaching.orgpage50.htm The Mediation download here httpwww.catalystcoaching.orgpage20.htm The Goals report is available here httpwww.catalystcoaching.orgpage27.htm All are free to you as a major thank you. If you like my work please do sign up to my newsletter found httpwww.catalystcoaching.org 2008-5-26 20:35:14 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24743 Developing Still and Alert Attention Adapted from The Seekers Guide by Elizabeth Lesser Set aside a certain amount of time when you can be alone and undisturbed. Five to 10 minutes is a good amount of time for those who are just beginning meditation practice eventually you may settle on 20 or 30 minutes. Sit on a chair or crosslegged on the floor and feel a sense of balance and alertness in your posture. Rest your hands on your thighs or knees and close your eyes. Now bring your attention to your breath. Take a deep inhalation and release it with a sigh. Relax your shoulders your jaw and your belly. Release anything you are holding on to and give yourself permission to take these few minutes for yourself.Staying alert yet relaxed bring your attention to your breathing. Observe your natural inhalations and exhalations. Witness each inbreath as it enters your body and fills it with energy. Witness each outbreath as it leaves your body and dissipates into space. Then start agai... 2008-5-26 20:33:28 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24742 Instruction on the Breath From Full Catastrophe Living by Jon KabatZinn 1. Assume a comfortable posture lying on your back or sitting. If you are sitting keep the spine straight and let your shoulders drop.2. Close your eyes if it feels comfortable.3. Bring your attention to your belly feeling it rise or expand gently on the inbreath and fall or recede on the outbreath.4. Keep the focus on your breathing being with each inbreath for its full duration and with each outbreath for its full duration as if you were riding the waves of your own breathing.5. Every time you notice that your mind has wandered off the breath notice what it was that took you away and then gently bring your attention back to your belly and the feeling of the breath coming in and out.6. If your mind wanders away from the breath a thousand times then your job is simply to bring it back to the breath every time no matter what it becomes preoccupied with.7. Practice this exercise for 15 minutes at a convenient... 2008-5-26 20:32:07 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24741 Instructions on Labeling the Thoughts From Shambhala by Ch246gyam Trungpa As you sit with a good posture you pay attention to your breath. When you breathe you are utterly there properly there. You go out with the outbreath your breath dissolves and then the inbreath happens naturally. Then you go out again. So there is a constant going out with the outbreath. As you breathe out you dissolve you diffuse. Then your inbreath occurs naturally you dont have to follow it in. You simply come back to your posture and you are ready for another outbreath. Go out and dissolve tshoo then come back to your posture then tshoo and come back to your posture.Then there will be an inevitable bingthought. At that point you say thinking. You dont say it out loud you say it mentally thinking. Labeling your thoughts gives you tremendous leverage to come back to your breath. When one thought takes you away completely from what you are actually doingwhen you do not even realize that you are on the cu... 2008-5-26 20:31:07 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24740 Instructions on Working with Pain From A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield Sit comfortably and quietly. Let your body rest easily. Breathe gently. Let go of your thoughts past and future memories and plans. Just be present. Begin to let your own precious body reveal the places that most need healing.Allow the physical pains tension disease or wounds to show themselves. Bring a careful and kind attention to these painful places. Slowly and carefully feel their physical energy. Notice what is deep inside them the pulsations throbbing tension needles fear contraction aching that make up what we call pain. Allow these all to be felt fully to be held in a receptive and kind attention. Then be aware of the surrounding area of your body. If there is contraction and holding notice this gently. Breathe softly and let it open.In the same way be aware of any aversion or resistance in your mind. Notice the thoughts and fears that accompany the pain you are exploringIt will never go away... 2008-5-26 20:30:10 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24739 Instructions on Letting Thoughts and Feelings Be From The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh When a feeling or thought arises your intention should not be to chase it away hate it worry about it or be frightened by it. So what exactly should you be doing concerning such thoughts and feelings Simply acknowledge their presence.For example when a feeling of sadness arises immediately recognize it A feeling of sadness has just arisen in me. If the feeling of sadness continues continue to recognize A feeling of sadness is still in me. If there is a thought like Its late but the neighbors are surely making a lot of noise recognize that the thought has arisen. If the thought continues to exist continue to recognize it. If a different feeling or thought arises recognize it in the same manner.The essential thing is not to let any feeling or thought arise without recognizing it in mindfulness like a palace guard who is aware of every face that passes through the front corridor. If... 2008-5-26 20:27:13 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24738 Your 52nd Problem The secret of my success is that every morning I ask the Lord to provide me with some new obstacles and difficulties and every night I thank him because he always answers my morning prayer Dr.Lillian Gilbreth There is a story whose origins seem lost in the mists of time that a seeker journeyed through the furthest regions of the earth to find a teacher rumoured to know the secrets to happiness success and wellbeing. When the seeker arrived at the teachers mountaintop retreat he eagerly awaited his audience with the reclusive teacher. Finally his moment came. Why have you come the teacher asked. The seeker proceeded to list problem after problem he was facing in his life. After listening patiently the teacher sighed. I am afraid I cannot help you with your problems. Why not asked the puzzled and disappointed seeker. Because the gods have decreed that we all carry fiftyone problems with us at all time. Even if I could help you solve the problems you tel... 2008-5-26 20:22:10 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24737 Today Is Yesterdays Tomorrow The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives it is called today. Today is yesterdays tomorrow. The question is what did we do with its opportunity All too often we will waste tomorrow as we wasted yesterday and as we are wasting today. All that could have been accomplished can easily elude us despite our intentions until we inevitably discover that the things that might have been have slipped from our embrace a single unused day at a time. Each of us must pause frequently to remind ourselves that the clock is ticking. The same clock that began to tick from the moment we drew our first breath will also someday cease. Time is the great equalizer of all mankind. It has taken away the best and the worst of us without regard for either. Time offers opportunity but demands a sense of urgency. When the game of life is finally over there is no second chance to correct our errors. The clock that is ticking away the moments of our li... 2008-5-26 20:20:31 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24735 Bring Light There is some darkness in most human minds today so there is a darkness component in most scenes and situations. Why else is there so much unhappiness and sorrow in the world So how much value can be given to someone who is able to bring light and lightness to a place or a moment where others have brought their dark Like a crown of sparkling jewels their presence and their words are priceless. It may only be a gentle smile of comfort an attitude of genuine interest some words which diffuse an awkward moment. Those who stay light in spirit while others weave their dark are both illuminated and illuminators. Watch out for such a moment today where you may illuminate. Make that moment momentous 2008-5-26 20:19:28 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24734 A Calm MindDont give your mind permission to get disturbed. A disturbed mind is easily influenced. This will cost you your peace. Learn to maintain your peace by freeing yourself from attachments. Competing or comparing yourself with others will not allow you to focus inwards. An inner focus allows you to keep your eye on your higher self. Remember your original nature. It allows you to forge a link with the Divine. Then it becomes easy to recognise useless thoughts and replace them with a spiritual perspective. A calm mind is not just peaceful it is focused selfdirecting and Divine. 2008-5-26 20:18:07 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24733 Talking to the Self When you talk to yourself in your mind which self do you address And how Usually people do not talk to their divinity but to the most superficial aspects of their everyday personality. And often its a stream of fears complaints and mindless repetition of old things. If we talked that way to another human being we would have to apologise. Learning to talk properly to the self is a spiritual endeavour. Thoughts from the past and worries about the future do not create good conversation. Instead learn to talk to your mind as if it were a child. Talk to it with love. If you just force a child to sit down he wont. A good mother knows how to prompt her child into doing what she wants. Be a good mother to your mind teach it good positive thoughts so that when you tell it to sit quietly it will. Love your mind. Stay happy. Dadi Janki 2008-5-26 20:16:58 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24732 Make Today a Breeze Not a Battle Never fight. Nothing is worth fighting for. Wisdom never fights it waits patiently speaks positively releases easily sees benefit in everything and envisions a future of abundance...knowing that all needs will be met at the right moment in the right way. If you think life is a struggle you will always be struggling If you think life is a breeze your attitudes and actions will convey lightness and easiness. And thats what attracts everything you need and much more. Make today a breeze not a battle. 2008-5-26 20:14:24 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24731 Oasis of Peace Deep inside our consciousness is an oasis of peace. This is the molten core of the soul but it is not hot it is cool. Not passive but a source of inner power to fuel our mind and intellect so that we can create powerful thoughts and make accurate decisions. If you can learn to go to this centre peace will be your companion positivity your partner and you will be able to chill out in one second anywhere anytime. Returning to the centre of your self is the journey of one second. It is the regular destination of clever souls. And it is the source of your power and peace. 2008-5-26 20:13:30 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24730 Eye Of The Storm A wise sea captain caught in a tropical storm knows that if he holds his vessel on the periphery it will get hurled from one side to the other. If he can reach the eye of the storm he will enter a place of stillness. The storm will then subside and the ship can continue its journey. Similarly when everything around me is changing in a very intense way the best place for me to seek shelter and refuge is not on the outside but deep within the self where I can get in touch with my own inner being find strength and stability then come out and do whatever it is I need to. 2008-5-26 20:12:32 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24729 Live Purposefully If you dont live life on purpose you live life by accident. Why do some days feel like a motorway pile up Its because you havent sorted out your purpose yet. The highest purpose is always giving or serving others without wanting anything in return. This is why relaxation is always impossible if we are always on the take. There is an overall purpose for your life and each of the many scenes which fill your day are opportunities to serve your purpose. Take time to think deeply listen to your intuition and with patience the reason why you are here and what you uniquely have to give will occur to you. Then you can live your life on purpose. 2008-5-26 20:10:35 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24728 Ego and Story The owner of a major US baseball team and about fifty other companies was recently asked what he thought were the keys to successfully acquiring companies. His answer was two words Ego and Story. When asked to explain he said that in order to successfully acquire a company you needed the full involvement of the person running that company. In short you need to engage their Ego and the way you do that is with a damn good Story. Let me expand on this in a different context. What if instead of acquiring a company from someone you want to involve them in your company or a personal project How would you use Ego and Story to do that Todays Experiment 1. Think of a person who you want to get involved in one of your projects whether its personal or at work. Example Someone at work you want to help you complete a project a prospective employee a prospective client 2. Find out either through what you already know of them or ideally by asking either their frien... 2008-5-26 20:08:33 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24727 I Remeber when i first learnt about my Behaviour Dynamics Pattern it was a relief and burden at the same time. The inital experience was veryvery uncomfortable and the more i exposed the pattern by my awareness the easier it became to accept myself for who i am and who i am in the world. When you slip up it is easy to go back and just beat yourself up about your slip up My greatest gains have come from the slip ups and staying open to what comes up from that. Knowing others is wisdom knowing yourself is enlightenment. LaoTzu One accepted definition of learning is that learning is a relatively persistent change in an individuals possible behavior due to experience. Beliefs are the conclusions we draw over a lifetime about our experiences. Our belief systems either limit our thinking and action or empower them. What you believe determines how you behave towards others and towards tasks. Cognitivebehavioral research has shown that it is our beliefs that influence how we feel and ... 2008-5-26 20:04:16 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24726 1 What is behavior dynamics BD is the study of how the interaction of 9 core principlesbeliefsprograms changes human behavior. It describes how the interaction of these 9 core programs results in the whole range of human behavior and how behavior can be modified by changing the level of interaction of these 9 core programs. BD also describes the effect of Emotional Intelligence on these 9 core programs and so ultimately on human behavior. The BD model describes the whole range of behavior from Optimum Average to Debilitating. It shows how a person with Debilitating behavior patterns can move from there to Average and then on to Optimum behavior patterns. It provides a clear pathway for people to follow in order to improve their behavior patterns and hence the results that they get in their personal and business lives. 2008-5-26 20:02:57 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24725 Eight Steps to Reaching Ones Dreams. 1. What is it that I dont like am troubled about or am unsatisfied about now Does that sound like negative thinking Well it is not the question but the INTENT of the question that determines whether it is negative or positive. Heres what I mean. If the intent of my question was to find something to complain about then its negative. But if my intent is to find areas in my life that I can improve thats positive. Because some of our forefathers were dissatisfied with the amount of time it took to travel over long distances they invented cars trains steam ships planes and space craft. So you see we can use whatever were unhappy about in a positive way. 2. What do I plan to do about it Now that I know what I am unhappy about I ask myself what I plan to do about it. That forces me to look for solutions find opportunities and become a better person. Dont you want to be better today than you were yesterday and better tomorrow than you are t... 2008-5-26 20:00:56 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#24339 the following principles can accelerate our learning Being accepting of what is It is vital that we simply accept what is our current reality without judgement. There is no right and wrong here. Just an acknowledgement of what is present now. This is a powerful place to start on any path of growth individually as a team or as an organisation. Being reflective AND active Selfenquiry and reflection can be very insightful even more so when it is utilised in the material world through real action. Our programmes ensure that deep personal insight translates into meaningful activity. Being enquiring AND assertive Whilst the options solutions and answers to our own personal challenges in life often do reside within us sometimes it can be extremely useful for another to offer their perspective for consideration. Our programmes and leadership coaching style reflects this approach. Being realistic Being realistic is important. When we let our ego run away with us and set stretch targ... 2008-5-16 23:09:06 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#23303 Why have some very smart executives failed in recent years bringing down whole companies costing billions of dollars and causing incredible losses to shareholders customers and employees What can be learned to avoid such huge failures Recent corporate scandals and bankruptcies reveal that some CEOs fail on such a scale that they bring the company down with them. Enron Iridiuim Webvan WorldCom and Tyco are examples. CEOs at GM Motorola Rite Aid Mattel Quaker and Saatchi amp Saatchi have led their companies to the brink of collapse at one time. These companies were led by executives with stellar track records of previous success. CEOs are now lasting just 7.6 years in office on a global average down from 9.5 years in 1995 according to consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. Two out of every five new CEOs fail in the first 18 months HBR January 2005. We live and work in a world where organizational failure is endemicbut where frank comprehensive dissections of those fa... 2008-4-24 17:20:17 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#23302 an article by TECF Board memberSusan Ennis Members of The Executive Coaching Forum have found this resource helpful but we have not formally reviewed it for complete accuracy or endorsing the claims made by the creators. Executive learning is critical. Preparation for more senior roles effectiveness in current positions and success in meeting the increasing challenge and pace of the business world are dependent upon senior executives ability to learn and to use that learning in problemsolving decisionmaking and leading others. Executive learning is a worthy goalbut it is often tough to achieve. THE CHALLENGESSix key factors make learning especially tough for executives. The Demands of the Position. Being an executive has always been a timeconsuming demanding position. This is true even more today than ever before. The accelerated pace of business the 247 schedule the explosion of information and penetration of telecommunication into personal time have creat... 2008-4-24 17:19:13 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#23301 If you are introducing or expanding executive coaching initiatives in your company consider the following guidelines 1 Align executive coaching with your executive development and business strategies. Coaching initiatives not only influence individual performance. They can greatly affect your organizations capacity to execute. Therefore it is critical that you take a strategic approach to executive coaching. Ask yourself why are we doing this What is the business objective Is it to build bench strength Retain top performers who are at risk of leaving Prepare key executives to take on new strategic roles Or is it to manage stars with serious shortcomings Answering such questions will help you develop a coaching program that supports individual organizational and business needs. 2 Carefully assess each coaching inquiry. Requests for coaching can mask other issues. Determine if executive coaching is the best solution for both the individual and organization. Ask questions like is the in... 2008-4-24 17:18:09 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#23300 Conditions Skills of HR Skills of Outside Coach Skills of ExecutiveAbility to 1 Stating the business case for coaching and getting clear sponsorship. Strategic influence and environmental positioning Best in class Set leadership outcomes and solicit or attract sponsors 2 Developing a partnership with coaches. Recruitment and selection Partnership skills Partnership skills Define what you are looking for in a coach 3 Bringing credibility to the work through you own example as coaches in the organization. Credibility Image Credibility Image 4 Knowing when coaching is the right intervention and assessing readiness amp capability. Assessment Diagnostic skillsindividual Assess self as a candidate for coaching 5 Setting realistic objectives timeframes and outcomes. Project oversight Project planning Client relations Prioritize coaching objectives 6 Aligning coaching outcomes with business objectives.... 2008-4-24 17:15:58 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#23299 Operating so close to power can be intoxicating.. says David Nadler in his September 2005 Harvard Business Review article Confessions of a Trusted Counselor. Though Nadler writes from the perspective of a trusted counselor the lessons apply directly to executive coaches. He articulates the complex nature of this role. David Nadler takes a cleareyed and candid look at the privileges and perils of advising CEOs. Working side by side with the highestcaliber leaders on issues affecting tens of thousands of people you have an unparalleled opportunity to make a real and lasting difference. Operating so close to power can be intoxicating. But you will also face dilemmas that could derail you your client or in extreme circumstances your clients company. Using case examples he draws on his 25 years experience to outline 6 themes of dilemmas that every consultant must encounter with the magnification that working at the top level carries with it. He follows each with suggestions about how to r... 2008-4-24 17:14:54 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#23260 Coaching could be the catalyst ... Cornia Pretorius Johannesburg South Africa 10 April 2008 0600 Executive coach Bryan Hattingh Top professionals who feel trapped in their positions middle managers who are ready to ascend to the top and fatigued gogetters who are in search of a change of pace could make things happen by finding themselves executive coaches.Nowadays coaching appears to be the hottest tool to tackle personal growth and develop challenges in the workplace across the globe.Coaching is the fastest growing industry in the world says Bryan Hattingh CEO of Cyan a strategic talent management company based in Sandton.Executive coaching is different from therapy mentoring or counselling in that it is not remedial. It is about creating a selfawareness that would enhance performance in a persons personal and work life.Hattingh explains Coaching is about helping people to catch a glimpse of what they can be. It is not ... 2008-4-23 21:10:39 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#23250 Imagine the general benefits of retaining a professional Executive Coach who is solely focused on your personal success in whatever way you define it such as Managing your career Becoming an inspirational leader and champion of change Developing your teambuilding skills Regaining your work life balance Leadership Coaching Contact us now to arrange an exploratory leadership coaching session so that you can decide how you can use a professional leadership coach to your best advantage. We charge no fee until you know it is the right way to develop your leadership style Are you Leading teams or organizations Working in Human Resources Responsible for management development As one of our clients put it at this point in my career its not about attending another leadership course its about me actually being a leader and developing my style of leadership with my people here and now. We coach clients to develop their leadership attitudes capabilities and beha... 2008-4-23 17:18:27 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#23249 The time frame for the coaching relationship is dependent on the issues to be addressed. There are situations when objectives can be achieved within a couple of sessions and in other cases the relationship can go on for longer. Single sessions where executive coaching is required on a specific skill are also available. A typical example of where this may apply includes presentation or media skills in the run up to a big meeting or a press interview. This works very well when some intensive coaching is required and a course is either not immediately available or would not be appropriate because of time pressures or the need for confidentiality. Executive Coaching and Mentoring Frequently the relationship between executive coach and client becomes ongoing on an as and when required basis giving the client an opportunity to share new ideas or problem solve with an outside party who understands them and their business. This can be a valuable and insightful process wit... 2008-4-23 17:16:27 http://www.catalyst-coaching.org/page28.htm#23211 Bosses let coach take the strain The move from sport to industry advising is now big business in Britain Amanda Blinkhorn WOULD you spend several million pounds on a Manchester United footballer and then not bother to give him a coach said Jez Cartwright an executive coach. Of course not so why pay a chief executive 163350000 a year and then do nothing to protect your investment It makes no sense. According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development CIPD more than threequarters of organisations now invest in coaching including performance and personal coaching for their employees. At Lloyds TSB the corporatebanking division in Scotland was one of the first of the banks departments to embrace performance coaching. Many people wrongly assume coaching is about addressing underperformance said Manus Fullerton at Lloyds TSB Scotland. In fact it is of greatest benefit when coaching your best performers. All the top sportsmen and women have coaches to help them impro... 2008-4-22 17:47:59