Time for calm......

In our frenetic world, how often do you deliberately make space for calm?

Imagine - a few moments set aside, EVERY day, a deliberate gift to yourself to allow some stillness and quiet into your life.  Allow the continuous stream of thoughts, worries, concerns, ideas, challenges, tasks, projects, world and personal affairs, to subside for a few moments.

Breathe in the space.  Dive into the stillness.  Think nothing.  Just breathe.

You'll be amazed when you realise how refreshed, revitalised and re-energised you become, even after a few minutes. 

Give yourself, your business and your family this gift of the present moment - there's no better time than now.

And when you're refreshed, if you'd like more information on how to improve your results, please see our website.

Lift your pitch!

We've all heard so much about the 'elevator pitch' - the story you tell in the space of time it takes to travel between 2-3 floors in a lift, in response to the question 'so what do you do?'.

To make life interesting, consider the idea of changing your pitch on a regular basis, and 'lifting' it!  What do I mean by 'lifting' it?  Have some fun with it - you'll be more memorable, and stand a far better chance of connecting with the others in the lift with you if you can make them laugh!  The key ingredients of an 'elevator' pitch are to state:

• who your target market/audience is
• what problem they have that you solve
• how you do this

For example:  'I work with mature women who struggle to balance the demands of career and motherhood by helping them find creative ways to operate more efficiently'.

It follows the requirements, but doesn't exactly inspire, does it?

How about: 'I add zest, vitality and passion to the lives of professional women by helping them explore their true identities!'  It has more energy, more excitement and more intrigue - all helping you be more memorable and encouraging your listener to want to know more!

If you fancy adding a bit of zest, vitality and passion to lift your pitch, see the zing on our website!

3 drivers of business

Three key drivers of business are:

1. Get clients
2. Keep clients
3. Get paid by your clients

What are you doing to get clients?  Where are you focusing?  Who are you building relationships with?  What systems do you have in place for capturing new enquiries?  How do you record new enquiries, and how do you follow them up?  What are your targets - how many new clients are your aiming for, and for what size of order?  Having clearly defined targets will help you to stay focused. 

How do you keep your clients?  What do you offer them to increase customer loyalty?  How do you add value for your clients?  How do you reward them?  What are your targets for retention and referral?  How well have you communicated these to your team?

What systems do you have in place for ensuring that you're paid for work you've done?  Are your records up to date?  What systems do you have for following up on late payments?  Is this system automatically updated?  What are your targets for debtor management?

When was the last time you stood back and reviewed your business - worked on it instead of in it? 

For more information and for assistance with making your business less 'busy' and more healthy, please contact us via our website.

Blast beyond your boundaries!

Our boundary conditions are the conscious limits of our thinking - the edge of our known world.  Another way to look at it is the edge of our comfort zone, or the edge of what's familiar to us.

This is why it's difficult for any of us to get beyond these boundaries by ourselves - if we could, we would already have done so, right?  It is only by going beyond what we know that we discover what we don't know!  Think about it.  Every result we've achieved so far is based on what we know.  We know how to make $50,000 a year.  If we knew how to make $150,000 we'd do it, wouldn't we!

We don't because it's outside what we know - it's outside our boundary conditions.

To create transformation in any area of our life involved us finding ways to go beyond what we know, to what is unknown. 

Ways to do this are:

1. Being self-aware of when we're using old thinking to deal with new situations
2. Asking different questions that focus on less on the problem and more on what we need to learn to be able to manage it
3. Remembering that courage only comes through action!
4. Recognising that fear is normal, and will always be there - but so is courage, and when we act we will feel courage.

If you'd like help in expanding your boundaries even further, and exploring the possibilities that you know are out there and you haven't yet accessed, please contact us through our website - we'll be delighted to give you a complimentary consultation!

What language do you use?

Each time you hear yourself using 'disempowering' language like 'I can't....' get excited!  You have uncovered a hidden roadblock to your success - which means you can now change it and therefore improve your results!

To be aware of how you communicate, take note of the words you use over the next few days in the following situations:

Language I use when:

• I'm stressed
• I feel certain
• I'm feeling disconnected from someone
• I'm judging someone
• I'm feeling frustrated
• I'm feeling empowered

Make a decision to only use language that focuses on the positive - that says:
1. What you want, rather than what you don't want;
2. Who you are, rather than who you're not
3. What you can do, rather than what you can't.

This will motivate you to move forwards rather than remain stuck in the hole you were heading down.  Very quickly you will notice that you become more focused, more decisive and more effective.

Sounds simple? - it is!  And surprisingly powerful.  Make it a habit - you'll like it.


If you'd like to discover more ways to rediscover your energy and effectiveness, your vision and vitality, your certainty and success - please see our website.

Does your environment work for you?

If you ever have trouble getting started in your day, or working through the daily 'to do' list, consider whether your environment is helping or hindering.

It's a very individual thing - what works for you may not work for someone else - the key is whether or not it works for you! 

Physical environment can play a bit part in working effectively.  Personally, I need a window and ideally lots of desk space - because I have a bad habit of covering the desk space very quickly with various piles, one for each job that I'm working on. 

I also need green vegetation - either in the office or visible from the window - and the availability of fresh air if at all possible!

However physical environment isn't everything.  Is your team environment effective, are the relationships at work productive and enjoyable, is the communication environment conducive to healthy debate and challenge whilst maintaining a positive outlook and acknowledging each person's contribution?

What part do you play in all of this?  How much is within your control?  What changes can you make to improve the environment in which you work - for your own benefit and for the benefit of others?

If you work on the basis of CANI - Continuous and Never-Ending Improvement - there will be something you can do to make your environment a healthier, happier and more fulfilling place to work and live.

For more on this and other ideas on how you can transform aspects of your life, please visit our website.

Embrace your obstacles!

How important are your goals to you?  Do you crumble at the first obstacle, or the second?  Is this because you see the obstacles as insurmountable, or evidence that you're not intended to achieve the results you wanted?

What if you looked at the obstacles as evidence that the goal is really worth having, and focus on how much more amazing you will feel when you've blasted them out of your way!  Chances are, you'll find that the obstacle wasn't even worthy of blasting - more of a sparkler required than a stick of dynamite - in which case, congratulate yourself and move even closer towards your goal!

And if you do discover that the obstacle is a mighty one, embrace it as something to really motivate you to achieve, because the goal will be so much more worth having, and your sense of achievement will be even greater.

The more successful we are, the bigger the obstacles (usually) - so if we see these as evidence of our success, both past and future, we can embrace them and overcome them!

For more information on this and ways to transform your life, check out our website!