The thing that works best for me is to think about the benefit to the other person that they may not be aware of. Calling while focusing totally io on their highest goo can work.

Courage comes easier with practice. let me know how it goes for you.

Like Joe - I’ve screwed up badly doing it the way other people tell me in the past. I was just explaining to Monika how I wasted so much time plucking up the courage to cold call, because I was told it was the best way to get business. But it isn’t if you hate doing it so much that you spend most of the day worrying about doing it.

But still, it’s sometimes difficult to have the courage to follow your own path. I’m going to try it your way and see how I get on. Thank you.

The strange thing is generally I trust my instincts, but when I really want something (eg. to be a novelist) I look at the path the industry says I should follow (magazine publishing and short story competitions) and though this fills me with no interest or joy I think I should do it. Then when I can’t make myself do it and I instead work on my novel and hone my writing and short fiction on my blog, I feel like I’m never going to make it because I’m doing it wrong.

It depresses me that I find it so difficult to hold onto my own convictions here. But I do like your question about the person you admire and what they’d do. I am a huge fan of Johnny Depp as an individual and an actor, and when I ask what would Johnny do in my situation, the answer definitely would be “F*ck the mob. I do what I want.”

So that should be my answer.

Kelly

“Impossible! Impossible! Impossible! Let’s Get to work.”

Tom - have you seen this docu-movie yet?

Great heavens above, what a stunning accomplishment and, as other web reviewers have noted, a love letter to the Twin Towers.

It’s possible - but I learn these 4 ingredients from Philippe Petit’s over 6 years of preparation:

Discipline
Passion
Practice
Belief

regards
mark mcclure

Evelyn you are certainly correct. It’s so much easier to see the opportunities in a client’s life than it is to see them in our own, coach or not. That’s why so many good coaches have coaches. Coaching is simply and accelerator. It gets you there sooner without the needless struggle.

I like the fact that you also advocate making decisons that are in alignment to core values and authentic Self. Most people are geared up to pursuing what they want and do not question enough if these wants are in alignment. The result is lots of struggle, giving up halfway and feeling stuck!

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Funny thing. The state PTA conference was this past weekend. I didn’t even know about it and an opportunity to go and market just fell into my lap. Even though I didn’t have my canyon with me, I was still able to get a lot of attention and interest. I think we’ll get a good many jobs form this. I am so excited.

We’re getting our canyon this weekend (supposedly) . We first ordered it in April and have had several delays. It has been difficult to keep positive with all the delays but I did it and am ready to go. Our first presentation is on Aug 7th. We are doing a local science camp. While the delays were frustrating, I think we’ll have a better canyon. So there is the positive spin on it. I really do think it will be better.

So how does this fit into the posed questions? Let me know what to do next!

You just need to connect to your inner wisdom to see a whole array of expanded possibilities that you don’t now see. Another approach is to think of someone you admire, alive or dead, and ask how would they approach this situation? I often find myself pondering, what would Walt Disney do if he were faced with this?

Give these two a shot and let me know how they work for you.