Keep on Going
Welcome to November Connections. This month we are looking at keeping on going – when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Oh dear I have a feeling this month is going to be cliché month Also I wanted to remind you all that this Friday is the last day to get the early bird rate for The Passion Test Workshop we are offering on Nov 20th in London.
I wanted also to let you know about a workshop offered my good friend Lis Allen is offering in Newbury and advanced notice of a powerful group coaching programme being held in Wiltshire in March next year with another friend of mine John Gloster –Smith.
And, as always some great fun stuff below and lovely heart warming story about a Whale. Enjoy!
Ok, so we’ve all heard the phrase “when the going gets tough, the tough get going!” or maybe “when life gives you lemons make lemonade!” Or even “don’t worry when the rug gets pulled for under your feet – learn to dance on a shifting carpet!”
All of these sayings are kind of saying the same thing – keep on moving forward and let the challenges be the fuel for that movement. I recently had a huge disappointment. Something that I thought was going to be a large part of my work for at least the next ten years didn’t work out. For a variety of reasons it wasn’t the ‘fit’ I thought I was. For a few days I had a good old wallow in poor me until I realised that this was one of ‘those’ lemonade moments. The only person who was going to make the lemonade was me. And to use yet another cliché – I could either wallow in the mud and become very unattractive or I could get out of the mud pile and get on with the work I knew I could do and create something new. That something new is beginning to take form, not only in a new focus with my coaching (watch this space) but also in the work that Beatrice and I will be doing together with the Passion Test and The Passion Test For Business next year.
Admittedly I had a wallow for a while until Beatrice said to me - after I sighed very heavily about all the new work that I now had to do – “of course you could be excited about the new direction and see it as just work!” Sometimes those simple statements are gifts. In that moment I decided to get going, use the new space that had opened up as the fuel for movement and so began the shift. How do make that kind of decision? Question the thought or decision you are in right now. Is it serving you, does it take you towards your passions, your wishes, needs and wants? What negative effect is it having in your life? I mentioned The Work by Byron a few months ago – this process of questioning your thoughts is invaluable and you get to see a different side of the story. However you do it, become really clear about what your line of thought and action is creating in your life right now and if you want to talk with me about it drop me line.
Talking about being unattractive, wallowing in the mud, I use that word with meaning. Not only is someone who is covered in mud literally unattractive to look at, they are also unattractive in the sense of attracting what they want towards them in their lives. Since my shift in focus towards the courses and workshops that we will be doing in the future, I have been doing a lot of work letting people know about the one we have coming up this month. So much so that until I took a look at my subscribers list earlier today I had not realised that I had had over 40 new subscribers to the newsletter this month. Without me realising I had begun to attract more people. Action engages attention and what you put your attention on grows stronger in your life. The actions I had been taking had engaged the attention necessary to build results.
So how does this relate to you? Well for some of you reading this you might have already seen where you need to start making lemonade. In that case just get going! Take one step and let it lead you on. For others ask yourself, where I am not fully engaged in my life? What am I sighing about and not feel enthusiastic or excited about when actually I could chose to be so? What do I need to get going with, that I am putting off? My experience in the last month is that even out of disappointment comes new direction and new opportunity. Get out of the mud and dance on the shifting carpet and start making lemonade (how’s that for all three clichés!!!) If you want some help in getting going then please
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November News and Offers
One of the reasons that I did not go for the idea that I mentioned above is that when I got all the details (having made assumptions before hand – more about that in the fun stuff below) I realised that a huge part of it was nowhere on my passion list. This was such a help in making what proved to be a very hard decision.
On November 20th Beatrice and I are offering The Passion Test Workshop in London.
I just wanted to remind you that the early bird discount for The Passion Test workshop ends on Friday.
So if you have been meaning to get around to making a decision about coming now is the time to stop for a moment and book!
Once you know your top five passions these kinds of decisions are so easy – is it in line with my passions or not? So, is knowing what is really important to you a passion too? If so, click here and Book Your Place Now.
If you are still not sure then read on or visit my Facebook page and listen to some testimonials from those who have done it and discover how instrumental it has been in their lives
Read about the impact it had for one person:
»Thank you so much – the passion test was brilliant. I have to say I wasn’t sure how much I’d get out of it – I’ve done these kinds of things before, but it’s really powerful in its simplicity and helped me to get really clear and excited about what I want right now – there were a few surprises that have really had an impact since. What I love too is how it’s not about setting goals that I then feel the pressure to strive for but about creating markers that help focus your choices and when you hit them you can stop and celebrate. Very very cool.« S.B. London
And if you are a coach wondering whether is relevant to your business here’s what a Coach says who has us take her clients through The Passion Test:
»I realised very quickly, having taken the Passion Test with you myself, that this sublime process would be an excellent tool for beginning my coaching with many of my clients. It would mean that we had a head start on their purpose. We could look at their professional goals (my area of coaching expertise) and ensure that they aligned perfectly with what they were working for in the first place. Dynamite!! …. The list of passions dovetails with my own tools and way of working so well and clients refer so readily to it during our work, I wouldn’t dream of not recommending it to new clients now.« T.G. UK
Maybe you could become a Passion Test Facilitator and use it for your clients too?
Everyone who has done the Passion Test has had profound results so
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We both look forward to you discovering your passions with us at
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And once you have come and found Your Unique Passions I highly recommend you join my good friend Lis Allen for her “Big Autumn Spring Clean!” on 27th November in Newbury.
• Learn how to set and achieve the big goals that will power your life forward to new possibilities.
• Learn how to become skilled at recognising and letting go of limiting and damaging beliefs that currently keep you trapped and playing small.
• Learn cutting-edge strategies for becoming an outstanding communicator in order to improve relationships ten fold.
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• Learn the KEY tools and techniques needed to support your rapid growth and expanding life.
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For more information click here
And my friend John Gloster-Smith is giving advance notice of his powerful personal development group-coaching programme "The Point of Awareness" on 3-6 March 2011 in Wiltshire, UK. It's a very powerful seminar that trains you to develop your skills of awareness in observing and managing the ego stuff that can so easily or subtly trip you up, and also to connect more and more with Who you really Are. Click here or call John on +44 (0)1249 813 188
Fun and Inspirational Stuff
You know I mentioned making an assumption early that tripped me up – well here’s a fun lesson about assumptions!
I know it is an advert – but it's very cool!
Talk about Passion – he’s loving it – looks like he’s done this before?
It could almost be true!
The Whale Said, "Thank You"
This story was a recent front-page story of the San Francisco Chronicle, about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighed down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, and a line tugging in her mouth.
A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help.
Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so badly off the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her.
They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.
When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles.
She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around, she was thanking them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.
The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth said her eyes were following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.
May you, and all those you love, be so blessed and fortunate to be surrounded by people who will help you get untangled from the things that are binding you.
And, may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude.
I pass this on to you, my friends, in the same spirit