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Kathy Gates, Professional Life Coach
www.reallifecoach.com

Goals stalled? Always running behind? Stuck in a rut?

Procrastination means “putting it off”. Whether it’s a career
goal, a home project, or something about your daily life, a
sustained plateau on a goal can rattle your motivation, challenge
your thinking. And that can eventually mean that you’re putting
off your LIFE, not just a task.

The key is to push through these plateaus to see the finish line.
Take a good look, reassess your strategy, ask some questions,
make some changes. Not dealing with it, won’t make it go away.
Stop putting off your life!
 

Stan Popovich

Sooner or later, you will have to face your fears and anxieties
regardless of how difficult they may be. As a layman and an
author of a Managing Fear book, there were times that my fears
had the best of me. Through these experiences, there is one
thing that I learned. You can’t hide or runaway from your
fears. Taking drugs, drinking, or other methods will not take
away your problems and fears.
 

Stan Popovich

What do you do when your fears and depression are stronger than
what you can handle? There are times that no matter what you do,
your fears have the best of you. Here is a list of techniques and
suggestions on what to do when this happens.
 

Joel Suarez

Without character, the puzzle of achieving success falls apart.
It is most important of all pieces to life’s puzzle. Without
character, you can make money. But it will be worthless to you
and to those around you. Look out in the world today: drug
dealers and con artists have money—but they lack character.

If you go to all the work of achieving success, you don’t want
to mar it with a lack of character that will make people pity
you as you age and become less than you were intended to be.
 

Patrick Porter

If there was a law against people verbally abusing themselves,
it would be a safe bet that most Americans would now be in
jail. The things we say to ourselves both silently and out loud
are amazing! And we say these things to ourselves almost
constantly. For example, how many times have you found yourself
making derogatory remarks about how you reacted to a situation
you have just experienced? We tend to judge and invalidate our
actions when they are out of sync with our beliefs about what
is right and wrong or good and bad.
 

Rosella Aranda

You Made A Mistake? Way To Go!

Mistakes have gotten a really bad rap. Whether you call it
an error, a blunder, a screw-up, a faux pas, a gaffe or a
boo-boo, no one wants to be guilty of committing one.

The fear of not performing "up to snuff" leads many people
to procrastinate or even worse, never to act at all. For
many, this has become a major debilitating problem.

Besides the obvious lack of productivity and the numerous
aborted projects, this pathological postponement of duties
leads to:
 

Copyright © 2005 Patricia Drain

I don’t have a job.

Miserable place to be isn’t it? I don’t think you have the
privilege to write about a subject this intense unless you have
been there. I’m here to tell you: I’ve been there.

It’s humiliating, discouraging, frustrating, demoralizing,
maddening, embarrassing, and on and on. Well, here’s the bottom
line about losing your job: You were supposed to move on. It’s
time to open yourself to new possibilities. They are everywhere.
Unfortunately, none of us can move on until we go through the
following stages:
 

Dr. Janette Marie Freeman

Add the following practices into your regular daily schedule for remarkable
results!
 

Wendy Betterini

Improving our self-image may seem like a daunting task at
first. How do we overcome years of negative reinforcement that
has convinced us we are not skinny enough, smart enough, or
rich enough? How do we reverse our belief that we don’t possess
the characteristics needed to become successful? We have to
change what we think of ourselves, literally.
 

Copyright 2005 Daniel N Brown

Are you frustrated with a certain area of your life? Want
to make a change? You can change it as soon as you decide
to change it.

You might say, "It can't be that simple." It really is that
simple.
 

Tim Knox

What do the major generals who are leading the war efforts in
Iraq have in common with executives and entrepreneurs who are
conducting business back home? When it comes to leadership, the
answer is probably a lot more than you think.

In a recent study conducted by the Army War College,
subordinates of the major generals who are leading the war
efforts in Iraq were asked to rate the performance of their
superiors.

The survey revealed that the best leaders: 

By: Arina Nikitina

If you have a $100.000.000 in the bank, drive new Lexus, look like
a movie star and have a perfect health save yourself some time
and do not read this article. This article is for people, who don't
have all these things, but are planning on changing that slight
inconvenience.

So how do you change it?
 

By: Owen Brown

Tom Brady - The Quarterback of the 3-time Super Bowl
Champion New England Patriots. Many people are
calling Tom Brady a future Hall of Famer (and he's only
played 4 seasons)

Tom Brady was no special player in high school or college. He
was drafted in the 6th round of the football draft. No one
expected anything great from him.

Read this excerpt from a newspaper story:
 

John Halderman

Do you know all the things you want to have, do and be in life?
Have your listed them? Not too many people do, but it's
interesting, of the people who accomplish a lot in their life,
most all have a list.
 

Copyright 2005 Melissa Quiter

Everyone needs support in life. No matter who you are, what
you do, how much money you have or don’t have. No one does
this thing called life alone.

In developing a coaching business, one thing became very
evident. If you wanted to make the “big bucks,” you had to
go after target markets that could pay the price. You
needed to attract clients who understood the value of
having their own personal tool (yes, a coach is a resource
and tool) for making more money, creating amazing
relationships and achieving more than is possible than
going it alone. And, these people needed to have the money
now to invest in that belief.
 

Copyright © 2005 Rick Miller, All Rights Reserved

What secret dreams do you have for your Internet marketing
business? Would you like to quickly expand your list to giant
proportions? Would you love to have a list of thousands or even
millions of people bringing in money every day as they buy the
products you offer? 

I used to be frighteningly under confident in social situations. And although people who know me now would never believe I used to doubt myself so much I literally had to learn confidence until it became a natural part of me. I can tell you relaxed optimistic confidence is just, well so much more fun.

Here I'll tell you about the things that made the most difference to my confidence levels...

Some people have naturally high levels of confidence but everybody can learn to be more confident

Firstly, it's important to get a clear idea of what self confidence really means, otherwise you won't know when you've got it! So, self confidence means:

1) Being calm. For every situation in life you need to run on the appropriate level of emotion. Too much emotional 'leakage' into a experience can spoil the experience. You make great strides towards confidence when you begin to relax in a greater range of situations.

2) Being cool. The second part of self confidence is about being able to relax with uncertainty. To be 'cool' in a situation really means relaxing with not knowing how things will pan out. If you truly tolerate uncertainty, you can do pretty much anything.

Shy people instinctively know that they are missing out. Shyness equals lost opportunities, less pleasure and fewer social connections. Shyness can be crippling but there are tried and tested ways to make it a thing of the past.

When I was fifteen I was shy. I recall an attractive girl attempting to engage me in conversation. My shyness made me focus on me instead of her. I heard my own voice but not hers and I thought about what I was trying to say instead of what she was trying to say.

The formula for shyness is "too much focus on the self" plus anxiety. To make it even more unpleasant, sometimes when you are feeling shy you experience physical sensations which 'hijack' your calm logical self.

I used to be terrified of public speaking - now it's natural and fun.

Dry mouth, fast heart, sweaty palms, blank mind - yeah I've been there! It's easy to fear public speaking. But I was never just content with overcoming fear. I wanted to be a great speaker. What I needed was a way of calming down and applying simple techniques and strategies to talk like a pro.

When I'd learned to relax (more of that later) I learned and applied the following four steps.

1. Reassure your audience - they need to know you know your stuff and you are human!
2. Hook them by being interesting and relevant. Tell them why what you are saying is relevant to them.
3. Inspire them by giving them information and ways of seeing that are new and applicable.
4. Leave them on a high by telling a story them encapsulates your central message.

Believe the hype or think for yourself

For too long hypnosis has had a bad or 'difficult' press. If a person doesn't understand something they have 3 options open to them.

1) They might be sceptical and therefore save the trouble of looking further and possibly benefiting.
2) They may conclude it is dangerous and to be avoided at all costs.
3) They may spend time discovering the truth behind the hype.

If you don't know much about a topic it's easy to be suspicious. Some people assume hypnosis is akin to a carnival side show, others consider it mystic mumbo jumbo or 'mind control.' For those who look beyond the hype the truth is far more illuminating.