Your Changing Direction

“Ideas are the mightiest influence on Earth. One great thought breathed into a man may regenerate him.”

(William Ellery Channing)

January 1^st of this year did not only see the start of 2010 but also the regeneration in the BBC’s family drama “Doctor Who” as the tenth doctor transformed into a new eleventh doctor. 

(For those not familiar with the show, the lead character is part of a race who can “regenerate” and change every cell in their body when the death of one body is inevitable.)

Part of the dictionary definition of regeneration is:

“give new life or vigour to. “

 The new year is one of the times when people resolve that they will do something different. It’s also not at all unusual for a new years resolution to have a familiar ring to it as it is the same thing you decided upon last year, the year before or even the year before that! 

This week, I thought I’d share a few thoughts to regenerate how you may want to play with resolutions and goals in general. If the way that you are currently playing/working with a goal/new years resolution is working for you than of course keep using them. This is just here to give a boost and some more vigour if needed :) 

* Get clear on what the end result is that you want, it will really help if this end result is something that when you think of it, it’s really something you actually genuinely want. Notice as you think of it, how you are imagining that – often being able to give a multi-sensory description can really make the outcome come to life for you.. For example, imagining what you will, see, hear, feel etc.

You’ll probably find that the motivation to take the next step is much easier if the outcome is something that you genuinely want. Perhaps reminding yourself at regular intervals of why you are doing something will make completing that easier.

* One of the easiest way I know to give something new life or vigour is to find ways to make the task or exercise fun. Perhaps that will mean filing paper work while singing along to your favourite music tracks. Maybe if your goal is to start doing exercise then you’d find a dance class more fun than going to the gym.

* Making a decision to make an actual commitment about your goal or resolution can also regenerate the action that you are taking towards a goal. That commitment can be specific to your goal ie if your goal is to complete a book, making a commitment to writing for 30 minutes a day (even if complete nonsense) will move you much closer to your goal. Perhaps it is a more general commitment such as committing to finding fun ways to keep moving forward that will make the difference for you.

 * Another form of commitment is to share your goal and new years resolution with others. Absolute radio’s breakfast DJ Christian O’Connell was inviting his listeners to share their goal for this year earlier this week. He was also offering to follow up with the callers throughout the year to see how they were progressing – if you haven’t already shared your goal, what would you do different if you knew someone would possibly ask you about your progress?

* Accountability can make a huge difference. I may be biased, as coaching is part of the service I offer, but one of my favourite ways to do that is to work with someone like a coach – somebody who I choose to be accountable towards. It’s amazing the amount of progress I can make leading up to my next coaching session.

* Another form of accountability is action buddies – by agreeing with someone to be in regular contact and to just report what you have done and what you are going to do can make a big difference to your productivity. The time period that you choose is up to you. Personally, on the action calls I offer in certain packages I find that chunks of 1 hour is perfect as it allows progress to be made, yet is small enough to be easily do-able. NB: If you are doing this with a friend than you may find that you have to be strict about just discussing what you have done and what you are going to do, otherwise you can end up with several long chats and no progress forward!

There are many different ways of giving new life and vigour to a goal or new years resolution, often it’s just doing something differently. If what you were doing wasn’t working find a new way of getting to where you want to be. While I know that some people favour beating themselves up if what they try first doesn’t work, personally I suggest that you congratulate yourself on noticing and doing something different instead.

The above are just a few ideas to get you started. This week I invite you to play with the following designed to give any goals or new years resolutions a boost. 

What could you do to give a new lease of life to a goal or new years resolution?

Grab a pen and paper and spend a couple of minutes writing down any and all ideas that come into your head for that question.

When you have finished re-read your list and decide if you want to choose to do any of them.

Have a wonderful week full of new life and vigour where needed.

Love

Jen

2 common New Year’s resolution involves doing more for others and learning. FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program that covers both of these aspects. Free Rice aims to:

The concept is simple, you pick a catergory to answer questions from:

• Art
• Chemestry
• English
• Geography
• French
• German
• Italian
• Spanish
• Maths

For every question you get right 10 grains of rice gets donate to help end world hunger.

To play your part click Here

Get Everything Done and Still Have Time to Play [Amazon.co.uk link]
Get Everything Done: And Still Have Time to Play [Amazon.com link]

If you feeling pressured with having too much to do in too little time you’ll be relieved to find that this book is not only easy to read and is full of down to earth and common sense.

This is also NOT a time management book that is the size of a phone book! It is a short read so that you can start applying the content to your life to make a difference to your time crisis.

With the media full of items about the economy it seemed a perfect time to include a resource about money.

Michael Neill and Michelle Lisenbury Christendon have produced an 111 page ebook, containing ideas themes and experiments designed to create financial peace at any income. Using their years of experiences of working with thousands of people both as individual clients and in groups, Michael and Michelle share ways to making money fun. The electronic format means you can get the information within its page immediately without having to wait for any postal deliveries so that you can get started now and work at your own pace.

Click here for Money Made Fun: Creating Financial Peace on Any Income

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If you have ever looked at podcasts on I-tunes you may already have come across The Get it Done Guy’s quick and dirty tips to work less and do more podcast in the top 20.

Written and recorded by Stever Robbins the podcast is about helping you to do things better, to work less and do more! Click here to read and hear for yourself some of his practical thoughts and tips on productivity.

Click here for Amazon.co.uk link

This book is accompanied by it’s own CD both designed to help you to retain your mind and body to not need cigarettes, so that you can quit smoking and feel better. It also covers common concerns with stopping smoking such as gaining weight, how to deal with cravings and what it means if you have tried before to quit smoking.

Today’s New Year resource recommendation is for those who are want to get a new job in 2010 but are concerned that nerves could trip you up.

“Dealing with Interview Nerves: The interactive coaching program” combines the content from my recent MP3 release and introduces some of the interactivity and accountability that previously only my one to one packages offered.

What you get:

• 11 audio tracks all designed to tackle the various causes of interview nerves and give you methods that work to use before and during an interview.
• 11 worksheets to accompany each track. Each worksheet includes a transcript of the track and space to fill in your own personal answers to questions from and about the content of the track.
• 1 months email coaching/support based upon your answers on the worksheets.

I’ve taken the common things that get in peoples way and collected practical methods, questions and techniques that will make a difference to your interview nerves.

The email coaching/support then allows us to play with the content, to tailor it specifically so you get maximum benefit. I want this to be a program that you not only use but also one that makes a positive impact upon your interviews and your life.

By the end of the program you will have:

• Identified any limiting beliefs about nerves and interviews so you can do something about them
• Challenged the 3 most common assumptions about nerves and interviews, so that they don’t get in the way of any of the other techniques
• Used spinning to feel something different instead of nerves
• Looked at possible outcomes and taken necessary steps
• Be able to use your breath to control how you feel
• Be able to use body posture for a quick burst of confidence
• Used your own knowledge about what will make a difference for you
• Reduced stress by being prepared
• Identified the message you want to communicate to your potential future employer
• Checked how you were imagining the interviewers and the situation and played with that image so that you feel different
• Rehearsed and practiced the interview in advance (and I don’t mean with role-plays)
• Identified and committed to take action that will make a difference for you

One of the reasons many books and programs that fall into the self-help category do not have a higher success rate is because people buy them and then don’t use them. The book will stay sat on the shelf gathering dust or the program will sit on the computer or in a box ignored.

I specifically designed this course to build in elements of accountability to make it easy for you to get started and use the material. So I have set the price to encourage you to use this immediately – £79 for 1 month.

After that you will still have access to all the audio and worksheets (plus the emailed coaching/support we have already done.) However if, for whatever reason you have not yet completed all the sheets, then to carry on with the email support the cost is £50 per month.

I guarantee that I will respond to every worksheet within 1 week of receiving it. In reality this will probably be a lot quicker depending upon my travelling and one to one clients schedule for that week.

By offering it in this format I hope that this will ensure that this will make a difference for you in dealing with your interview nerves.

As this does have the individual email support I want to make sure that everyone on this program gets the support offered in a timely manner. This means that there only a limited number of places available on the program at any one time.

To book your place now and get started right away click

I look forward to working with you

Love