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What Kind Of People Are You Attracting Into Your Life?
What Kind Of People Are You Attracting Into Your Life? Author and personal development speaker Jim Rohn famously said, “You're the average of the five people you spend the most time with". Just think about those people now. Who are they and what characteristics do these people have in common? Motivated about achieving something in their life or barely moving away from the TV? Positive people who are a delight or whiners who blame everyone else for their problems? People who make you feel wonderful or leave you feeling drained and exhausted? You get the idea.
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Big, Fat FEAR Holding You Down in a Head-Lock?
You know that fear right? You've written an awesome article and want to send it to your favourite website, but instead you stare at your computer screen for hours, watching cat videos and feeling the fear build up. You feel paralysed with terror that you'll put yourself out there - your services, your talent and your creativity and someone will say "this is no good". You want to quit your cubicle corporate job but that little voice inside says "You'll never be able to make money with your passion, it's safer to sit here until the right opportunity comes along".
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It's OK to Get Sick With Jealousy (As Long As You Learn From It)
Do you ever experience jealousy of others? It's okay, you can admit - I do too. All the freaking time - especially when I'm frustrated or too mired in procrastination to do anything worthwhile myself. In fact, I've been jealous many times. A couple of years ago, I was working in a corporate job dreaming about being free to do whatever I wanted. And then... two friends were made redundant from their jobs. When you're made redundant in your twenties from a job you hate, it's FREAKING AWESOME. One friend got a 6 month payout, the other got 18 months tax free salary!
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When People Think You're a Show-Off...
"Nobody likes a show-off!" Have you ever heard that before? Usually it's said to small children who are bragging or trying to get attention but it's drummed into us from a young age to be like everyone else and not think we're special. As an adult, you may have noticed that when great things happen to you, not everyone is so... thrilled about it. In fact, some people go out of their way to actively make you feel bad about sharing your good fortune.
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My Disastrous Day as an Underpaid TV Extra: An Important Lesson in Self-Worth
For many years I went from job to job, trying to find my place in the world. I went in and out of corporate life and started different businesses but nothing stuck so I'd often do temp work to fill the financial gaps. Once I signed up as a film and TV extra. I am a major movie buff, so I thought it would be fun, and earn me some handy cash while I was setting up my business. I got a two day job for a gambling commercial, getting to fly in a harness which sounded like a lot of fun. I knew being an extra wasn't all glamorous but it also sounded like an easy way to earn cash.
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The Gross Stuff That Nobody Talks About
Do you think that everyone else has life figured out but somehow you're different? Perhaps you're valiantly trying to achieve your goals and dreams, but sometimes there's this little voice that says: "No more for you - this is as far as you can get" Or the doubt in your mind that an extraordinary life is too much to ask for. Perhaps you should be happy with what you've got. The flip side to personal development is that when you start to put yourself out there, some incredibly ugly things can start to happen. This is the gross stuff that nobody talks about.
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Who Is Getting Kicked Off Your Success Team (And Who Are You Promoting)?
A personal chef, nutritionist, stylist, personal shopper, butler and housekeeper... Wouldn't it be great to have a team of people catering to your every whim? However, did you know you can build a success team around you right now? It doesn't matter if you don't have a millionaire's budget (yet), you can start pulling that dream towards you. It may not be a team of actual staff, but you need to surround yourself with people who want to see you succeed.
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How To Become A Ridiculously Lucky Person
I have to admit - I've become one of those annoyingly lucky people who always seem to win everything. At least once a week, I'll tell my husband or friends "Guess what?!" and they'll say "What now?". I've won six months free luxury travel, tickets to personal development seminars, weight-loss programmes and even a scholarship to the exact life coaching course I wanted to do. It's not just big things - I regularly win bingo with my mum, people give me things out of the blue and I even find money in unexpected places.
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For All The Crazy, Obsessive Worriers: How To Free Your Creative Imagination To Work For, Not Against You
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere. Glenn Turner The beauty of being a creative person is that you have new ideas all day long - the plot for a new book while you're in the shower, the solution to world peace while you're sitting on the loo or 1001 ways to cook a gourmet meal from the left-over food in your fridge. The downside of being creative is that you can generally open your mind to unnecessary worry because you can imagine more possibilities than anyone else.
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Dream First, The Money Will Follow - 10 Ways the Universe Can Support Your Goals
One of the most common complaints I hear is "but I don't have the money!". People think it's a great excuse for why they don't let themselves dream big goals for their lives. As you all know, I'm passionate about using tools like dream boards to manifest wonderful things without being attached to how the universe will provide for you. Here's my challenge to you: decide to dream big anyway, even if you have NO idea of how you're going to get it.
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DON'T Work With Me If You Hate Your Job... You Might Feel The Urge To Do Something About It
Recently, I met with a group of other coaches and we got to talking about our different businesses. Life coach, business coach, corporate coach, NLP coach etc. My first thought was "I could never be a corporate coach, everyone would end up quitting their jobs". It made me laugh so much! Can you imagine? I'd get hired by the CEO of a company to coach his employees to be more effective in their jobs and then I'd encourage all of my clients to throw away their "safe" corporate careers to do something WAY more exciting and fulfilling, like... Becoming a Feng Shui consultant
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My Manifesting List for 2011
Every month I keep a list of everything that I manifest. Sometimes it's something that I'm consciously working on, other times it's just a nice little surprise from the Universe. Do you believe in the Law of Attraction? I believe we can all manifest our ideal lives. The first step is asking for what you want, then be open and thankful for all the good in your life. Why do I write it all down?
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