Giving it a Go
I have been in aww of Jessica Watson and her achievement of sailing around the world solo at the age of 16. This has got me thinking as to what else are the youth of today up to. I have stumbled upon this video. If you have a few minutes to spare have a listen.
My point from this is that their personal achievements to get up and give it a go, in what they are passionate about are to be highly commended.
- How I apply this to my life is asking myself what is it that I want to do (dream of) that I have not yet done? This could be from fear of failure, fear of offending someone, or one of many things.
What I have chosen to do is acknowledge this fear, come up with a strategy to make my dream a reality and give it a go.
- If these kids can get up and play like that and Jessica Watson can sail around the world at 16, I know I can give it a go. The only thing stopping me is me!
I will leave this with what is it that you dream of and have not yet done? What or who is stopping you?
Lost Generation?
Which way do you want look at life?
It is all a matter of choice.
Motivation
Here is an interesting You Tube video I came accross to day. It speaks for its self!
Taking Control - Where do I begin?
Where do I begin to take control of my life?
Begin by recognising that whenever you take an action there will be a result. It may or may not be what you want but learning to look for what you can learn from the result of your actions is very powerful.
Think about something in your life that doesn’t seem to be working exactly as you’d like it yet and ask - what can I learn from this? And how can I use this learning to do something differently next time?
As you work on taking control of your life, it’s not unusual for a little self-doubt to begin to creep in.
This is completely normal so you can relax, after all if we were sure of every outcome before we took the action where would the fun be? It would be like going to the cinema and knowing the end to every film. So next time you find yourself doubting yourself or your abilities why not just take it as a sign that you are growing.
The fact that you’ve noticed yourself doubting yourself or your abilities is great because means that you can begin to work on turning this around now. As a first step just begin to ask yourself more empowering questions, such as: How could I use this doubt to help me move forward? How could you enjoy taking action today?
How do I control feeling overwhelmed, which leads me to procrastinate?
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Communication Needs - Feedback
Feedback Is Important For Good Communication.
Part of our Communication Needs is feedback. Feedback indicates how well your message is being understood; it helps to sort out communication problems and is vital for developing and maintaining business and personal relationships. In fact, it is one of the most important parts of the communication process
Any reply to a message is ‘feedback’. You ask the time, someone says “5.20pm” (receiver’s feedback) and you say “Thanks” (your feedback). Feedback can be classified in different ways. It can be:
- verbal or non-verbal;
- positive or negative;
- process or action;
- a combination of any of these.
As a coach I suggest you take note of what feedback you give in different situations and consider whether the feedback you give is meeting the communication needs of the person you are talking to.
Warm Regards
Andrew Fleming
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A good thing or bad thing?
What do you think?
Defeat may be a stepping stone or a stumbling block according to the way you accept it.
After an accident left me paraplegic I had a choice to get on with my life despite the challenges or wallow in self pity. I chose to focus on what was good and what I could do. I have gone from strength to strength and my life has got better and better. When I talk to groups in my capacity as an Inspirational Speaker, people regularly feed back to me that I do more than a lot of others. I am truly happy despite challenges most can’t imagine.
I constantly see people who are physically fit and healthy yet I believe more disabled than me due to the way they think and what they believe.
Do you believe in yourself as much as you need to have the best life possible? If you don’t then what will you do about it starting today? If you do then how do you pass that ability on to others and help them improve their lives? Let me know by posting a comment below.
Andy Fleming
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Better Communication
Through Being A Good Active Listener?
Active listing will enhance your communication experiences by allowing each person to feel important and valued. Communication then becomes more effective. Here are a few tips to improve your active listening skills.
- Know why you are listening
If you don’t know why you are listening, you won’t gain as much from communicating as you will if you have a definite purpose in mind.
- Listen with your whole body
Active listening involves you physically and mentally. Read the sender’s body movements, and exchange non-verbal feedback. Look directly at the sender, express interest with your face, eyes and hands.
- Give feedback; respond to the person
The best listening also involves talking, as you respond verbally to what you hear. If you agree, say so; don’t leave the other person guessing. A comment, which confirms that you have heard and understood, is better than just a ‘yes’ or a nod of the head. An ideal response is to rephrase the speaker’s words, indicate support, and then ask a question. “I agree that you’ve had to take care of the children more than me recently. How can I help support you?” Seek further information by asking questions like: “what happened next?” or “what do you think your options are?”
- Show empathy
Make it clear that you understand the other person’s point of view, even if you do not agree with it. Active listening requires sensitive judgement about when people want to talk and when they don’t. Use one ear to listen to meaning and the other to listen to feelings (like reading between the lines). Remember, words often mask real feelings.
As a coach I would like you to take the time to consider how putting these things into practice could enhance your communication experiences? I think it is a good skill to invest time into. The time required to learn and practice this skill is very small compared with the big prize of Enhanced Communication.
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Insanity - what is it?
One definition of insanity is to believe that you can keep doing the same thing you have always done and achieve a different result.
So if we want to achieve different results than what we are currently getting we need to do something different. Often the first thing we need to do is to think about it differently because we attract what we think about.
Your subconscious mind thinks in pictures and doesn’t register the “in between” words we all use. For example if you think I don’t want to be broke anymore, your subconscious mind will not register the “I don’t want to be” part and will focus on the “broke” bit and that is what you will attract to yourself.
Instead of thinking about what you don’t want, think about what you do want. For example, money is easy to come by and I am a master at attracting it to me. Your subconscious mind can’t tell what is real and what isn’t and if it believes what you are thinking about is real, then, it will get your conscious mind to take the steps to make it a reality.
The next step is to put yourself in the path of new opportunities or recognize the ones that are already around you and do something about them before they pass you by. There are lots of ways to expose yourself to new opportunities. There are a multitude of wealth creation seminars you could attend. You could join a networking group to meet people looking for similar things or network with people you meet at seminars that have a similar mindset.
If you spend your time with people that don’t believe they can achieve more than they are currently achieving then how likely are they to believe that you can achieve more than you are currently achieving? Are they likely to support you in your beliefs? That is why people say that you are who you associate with.
If someone tells you, that won’t work, make sure that you question what there qualification is to advise you of that. They may be right but they may have very little idea what they are talking about and buying into their story could cost you the opportunity of a lifetime.
Changing what we think, believe and do can have a huge impact on our future and often the required changes are quite minor.
Are you doing what you need to do in order to get different results or will you continue to get the same results because you continue to do the same things?
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Recreation
What is it? It may be elusive at the moment but let’s check it out.
Notice that this word, recreation, has the idea of “re-creating” in it. What does it mean to you to re-create yourself? If you could do anything you wanted and time, money and fear were not factors, what would that be?
Make a list of all the things you love to do. Then place a date beside each as to the last time you did them.
Make a list of all the things you loved doing as a child.
Make a list of all the places you’d visit if time, money and fear were not factors.
What would you do for fun and/or lifestyle if you won lotto?
If you could choose your vocation, what would that be?
Write your answers in a journal. These questions, if you give them the deserved thought, will get you to KNOW what you enjoy doing most.
Have fun!
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Listen and Enhance Communication!
I often wonder whether people are really truly understanding what I am communicating to them because it feels like they are there really only in body and not listening properly, to what I am communicating to them.
Our communication experiences are enhanced when we actively listen to each other. Active listening means putting everything else out of your mind and acknowledging the other person with eye contact, facial gestures, words that confirm you understand, and perhaps even touch so they have feedback that you are listening properly and valuing what they have to say. Here are some of the reasons that active listening improves communication.
- When people notice how well you listen to them, they usually reciprocate and try to understand you better. They feel valued and therefore value you more.
- Communication improves, Relationships improve. Friendships develop and deepen.
- You receive more accurate information because communication is more effective. People explaining problems are more inclined to give you the whole story.
- People encouraged by your active listening often discover solutions to their own problems. The opportunity to talk things over is all many people need to see the issue in its proper perspective.
- You get on better with people. Active listening combined with empathy makes it easier to solve problems or at least reach a compromise.
- You can discover not only what people are saying, but why they are saying it. You learn more about what is really going on ‘between the lines’ through more effective communication
They all seem pretty good reasons to take the time to improve active listening skills and a small investment for our prize of better communication. What could you do to improve your listening and enhance your communication?
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