As you may surmise from the title, I've finally gone and done it.
I've decided I need to either put up or shut up.
I've put my money where my mouth is, investing almost 5 grand in a life skills coach. Well, I guess I should qualify it as a year long coaching program, it's not like I'll have a personal coach with me every day for a year, and if I did, I'd expect to be paying at least ten times that amount.
However, I will have weekly conversations with my designated coach and am free to call up the coaching staff anytime (within extended working hours) to my hearts content. Which is really a great feature, because I can continue to bitch/whine/complain about lack of success all I want for a year.
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I laugh, because if that's what I'm doing, I'm sure to fail. I need to be taking decisive action not whining about a lack of results and I'm sure any of the coaches would be quick to point that out. However, it's comforting that a highly trained life skills coach is reachable for me to get feedback from and bounce ideas and concerns off of or even to help cool and constructively shape my occassional over exhuberance.
Okay, let's get to the basics here.
In line with the whole point of this blog, I will blog regularly on my progress, so you, dear readers, can determine if a Life Skills Coach is effective, if Jack Canfield's program in particular is, how I achieved my outstanding success, or at least, learn from my mistakes.
So it's important to let you know where I am, what the program entails, what goals I'll be aiming for and then we can determine, over the course of the near year (2011) is this is an effective tool to make change happen.
Where I am now:
Career: Good but uninspiring government job, have interview for new position early Jan. Have (often neglected) website: http://www.thecuphalffull.com/, currently well into writing two novels - a fiction - Dillon's Dilemma and an resource book (on success) as yet untitled. Own a rental property for added income (at least income in theory).
Wealth: Earning a decent wage but still living pretty much paycheck to paycheck. So income slightly < expenses with little to show for it too.
Romance: Having a relationship with an outstanding woman, but it's been filled with starts and stops thus far.
Health: Pretty good. I'm fit and quite healthy. Exercise regularly, eat rightish. Definite room for improvement though.
Happiness: Generally I'm happy but I do feel like I've hit the perverbial glass ceiling. I know I should be living at a higher level than I am. I have so much great knowledge to give, but you can't really give what you don't have. Who wants to listen to me talk prosperity when I'm flat broke? That annoys even me.
Relationships: This is in flux. I've definitely outgrown some people but havn't found replacements for them. There is a void here and I'm not sure quite how to fill it. I know I want to, but where to meet like-minded people?
Fun: Ahh.... did travel to the Maritimes and New York this year. Otherwise, I mostly play on my Wii (no jokes allowed) and internet forums for fun.
Where I want to be:
Career: Want to have my books finished and published. Want my website to be fully featured (forum, reviews, guest commentators, etc) and revenue generating. Want to be fully self-supporting.
Wealth: Want to be earning 1 million+/yr by end of 2011.
Romance: Want to really develop the relationship to it's full potential and (don't tell her) get married (shhh...)
Health: Add 10-20 pounds of muscle mass. Hit the gym regularly. Be 'fit'. Eat 'right'. Look like my fitness instructor girlfriend did a great job on me. Be inspiring to you.
Happiness: Be at the top of my game, living life fully, but also taking the time to really enjoy it too.
Relationships: Inspire and help my kids to be the best they can be. Have inspiring and engaging friends. Work with some of the best people around. Have a truly fantastic life partner.
Fun: Travel the world, go out regularly, play sports (not Wii Sports), learn to scuba dive and salsa dance.
What Jack Canfield's coaching program brings to the table:
I signed up yesterday, so I'm waiting for some stuff to arrive by courier, for an orientation call (next week) and for the first call from my coach (Jan 5/2011). I have some assignments to complete beforehand. So I'm calling this period the Preseason, as it doesn't actually begin until I talk to my coach.
They break it up into 4 parts. The Discovery where I fill out a bunch of stuff so they have a good idea of who I am, what's 'wrong' with me (my wording), where I want to be, and they can start formulating a plan to get me there. The Learning phase which is about 3 months of active coaching, once a week, with about 5-6 hours of work for me to do every week. And then the 2nd phase where I'm on my own, but can call in (as much as I want) for the remainder of the year, and need to give regular progress reports.
In a nutshell, they need to identify my limiting patterns (lack mentality, fear of irrelevance), break the cycle, help me reprogram my mind, organize myself efficiently, and work productively in an enduring manner.
This is a very exciting time for me. I really see 2011 now as a make-it-or-break-it year. I know all the theory, and now with a coach, I'm going to be sure to implement it. I will ever definitely (I used that word a lot today) changed my life for the better, or have to accept that I either really have issues or all this prosperity stuff is so much malarky. Obviously I don't believe that. I wouldn't have started this blog, what? 2, 3 years ago, if I didn't believe I could and eventually would become inspiringly successful.
So if you're reading this, when welcome aboard and watch how it happens. No one said it'd be easy.
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