31 March 2008

Effective Coaching for Achieving Positive Results


Article Summary:

Where do you spend your mental time on the field? Focusing on what you don't want to accomplish or manifesting your vision through positive mental thought processes? What we used to call positive mental attitude has been overshadowed by focusing attention (or fear) on what we don't want to have happen. Many coaches mistakenly believe that good coaches spend their energy making small technical corrections or adjustments to improve player or team performance. In fact, those adjustments translate into minimal positive on-field improvement yet have the unintentional side effect of creating player uncertainty and self-doubt. When the needed change can be communicated to the player through positive affirmations done by focusing solely on what the coach wants the player to accomplish, then positive mental imagery or visualization will lead to the desired outcome. And that, after all, is how a coach is judged to be effective or not; by demonstrating positive results with coaching techniques that motivate players.

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30 March 2008

Success Coaching Tip - Growing Forward and Upward is Better Than Failing Forward and Downward


Success comes to those who grow forward. In this process, you will fail, but the end result is forward progression. How you grow forward will determine how quickly you master success.

Human beings by their very nature are always growing from the evolving cells that bring new life, to the new daily experiences. Each and every day we are growing. The goal should be to grow forward, to learn something new, to experience something different.

Of course to grow forward means that you must have an action plan. This way your growth is measured and calculated with purpose through planning. The action plan is the structure from which to build upon much like the stakes used to help young saplings to grow upward and forward.

From your action plan, you can begin to construct goals that are pointed to your vision and current mission. Life is now seen through the eyes of possibilities and opportunities instead of limitations and obstacles.

Of course, sometimes you will not achieve your goal in the designated time frame. That is OK as long as you return to your written goal and make the course corrections necessary that will get you closer to your goal to master success whatever that is.

How you handle your success is also part of your forward growth? to read more visit here

29 March 2008

FACT TELL STORY SELL- It's All About The Why?


Every week I get asked to look at business websites and tell the owners why they're not getting the results they want. Some of these sites are straightforward brochures, others are e-commerce catalogs, and some are those direct-mail-style pitches reminiscent of old mail-order magazine subscription schemes ported-over to the Web. Some have incorporated do-it-yourself audio and video and some even had this media professionally produced; still the results stink. Why?

'The Close' Is Always Found In 'The Why'

Certainly part of the problem stems from a very narrow definition of what a website is: by casting your site in terms of a brochure, catalog, e-commerce-site, blog, or portal, you are falling into the trap of concentrating on 'The What' rather than on 'The Why'.
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This focus on 'The What' is exacerbated by some search engine optimization techniques intended to drive traffic, not to brand product, sell services, or convert traffic into customers. Don't get me wrong, traffic is important, but converting that traffic into paying customers is more important. Even the best and brightest search engine optimizers will tell you that their job is to deliver traffic not orders - closing the deal is your job, and anybody who tells you that closing can be done by means of some automatic never-touched-by-human-hands method is just plain nuts. to read more visit here

24 March 2008

Unsure Where You're Going in Life? Step Through the Fog


Imagine for a moment that you are driving into a dense evening fog on a country road. Surrounded by white, you can barely see past the front of the car, much less the end of the road or your destination.

With the headlights only able to provide visibility on the asphalt directly ahead, you resort to moving forward slowly, as you focus on the part of the road you can see.

Almost magically, each time you reach the end of the headlight beam the fog seems to dissipate and you can see just a little bit further down the road.

Does your life ever feel like this?

We all love the times when we know what we want, exactly what steps to take to get there, and are able to just do it. Case closed. Mission accomplished.

Unfortunately life isn't always that clear. Sometimes it's more like driving on a dark, foggy road: you may not be able to see where you're going or how to get there.

Times like this can be frustrating and overwhelming. Whirring around and around in your head trying to figure it out, you struggle. You get stuck or perhaps you take random action so you're at least doing something. to read more visit here

23 March 2008

Ten More Compelling Reasons To Hire An Executive Coach



All of today's true business leaders have either created change, or proactively adapted to change happening around them and their organizations. In today's fast-paced business world, executives often feel the loneliness at the top of their company. What is most important for those executives to recognize is that he or she doest not have to go it alone. In fact, more executives are turning to coaches for outside advice and help.

So what is the definition of an executive coach? An executive coach is someone that actually plays four roles. The first role of the coach is to be a professional development expert in a specific discipline relative to the executive being coached and who provides guidance and insight. The second role is a coach is as someone who challenges the executive's thinking as a leader. The third role is a confidant and trusted advisor, and the fourth role is an objective and independent external resource. to read more visit here

Ten More Compelling Reasons To Hire An Executive Coach



Ten More Compelling Reasons To Hire An Executive
All of today's true business leaders have either created change, or proactively adapted to change happening around them and their organizations. In today's fast-paced business world, executives often feel the loneliness at the top of their company. What is most important for those executives to recognize is that he or she doest not have to go it alone. In fact, more executives are turning to coaches for outside advice and help.

So what is the definition of an executive coach? An executive coach is someone that actually plays four roles. The first role of the coach is to be a professional development expert in a specific discipline relative to the executive being coached and who provides guidance and insight. The second role is a coach is as someone who challenges the executive's thinking as a leader. The third role is a confidant and trusted advisor, and the fourth role is an objective and independent external resource.
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19 March 2008

The Secret To Success? Follow Your Passion!

We have often heard that money cannot buy happiness but it turns out that happiness can lead to more money. In Getting Rich Your Own Way, psychologist and author Srully Blotnick cites a study that examines the connection between wealth and happiness.

The study consisted of 1,500 young people, divided into two groups. The participants in Group A were pursuing a career chosen for money, and Group B participants chose a career because it was what they loved to do. The number of participants in Group A outnumbered those in Group B by a five to one margin.

Researchers followed both groups for 20 years. At the end of 20 years, 101 participants were millionaires. Only one of the millionaires came from Group A (career choice based on money); the remaining 100 were all from Group B! The 1,250 participants in Group A who chose a career with money as their primary objective produced only one wealthy person. By comparison, 100 of the 250 Group B participants became wealthy by pursuing happiness as their primary objective.

In our "do, be, achieve" society, the role of passion is often overlooked. We often believe that following a passion equates to settling for a lower income level. It is clear that the traditional belief system has flaws as it has yielded an overwhelming percentage of stressed-out, average income earners. You can have it all - happiness and wealth. Here are tips that will help you to reconnect your passion and pursuit of wealth.

Follow your passion. There is nothing wrong with pursuing wealth, but it is much easier when doing something you absolutely love. You invest a lot of time and energy into your business and as such it should be something that is worth trading your life to do. Passion drives you from bed each day - eager to engage in doing what you love.

Passion creates energy. Passion is infectious and energizing. Passion has the power to motivate you in the toughest times. Your passion for your business also creates enthusiasm in your employees and customers. Your employees will catch the spark and work hard to achieve goals and customers will be drawn to your positive energy and enthusiasm for your product or service.

Change your perspective. If you are finding it difficult to be passionate about your business, change your perspective. Rather than focusing on the product or service, examine how the product or service is delivered, the details and administration that make the product or service possible or the impact on the end user. In expanding your viewfinder, you are certain to find an aspect of your business for which you have passion.

Take time out. Your success in business depends on the right strategy and tactics, the right thoughts and attitudes, and competence and persistence. Your attitudes and beliefs will drive your actions, so it is important to align them with your objectives. Take time to visualize what you want to achieve. A quiet time of meditation will help you uncover your passion. Passion creates an emotional connection with your vision and can drive your focus.

Have you ever heard a millionaire declare that they attained riches by doing something that made them miserable? To live your best life and achieve unimaginable success, find your passion. You will then wake up every day with a clear vision and the drive to vigorously pursue your goals.

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18 March 2008

Effectively Using Google/Yahoo To Get Website Visitors


Overture or now known as Yahoo because of Yahoo’s takeover, was the original inventor of the use of the P4P or Pay for Performance. Overture saw that the internet was fast becoming the easiest and most convenient way to shop, and advertising was going to hit at an all time high because of the many businesses in the arena.

To get a person to go to a site than others, it needs to be very visible. Providing ads that could direct potential consumers and costumers to their site would allow them to have an increase in traffic as well as sales. Yahoo provides a service that can put a site or company’s ad in their sites that can be shown when certain keywords are inputted. to read more visit here

15 March 2008

Small Business Marketing - Timeliness Pays Off


Looking for fresh marketing ideas that will draw customers' attention like the aroma of homemade cinnamon rolls? Check the news. Current event pairings can make for unique and creative marketing campaigns.

Oregon Urology Institute leveraged timeliness to an impressive turn when it made an appeal to men who settle in front of the TV for two days straight for each round of the NCAA's March Madness basketball tournament: use the time you spend planted in front of your big screen to recover from a vasectomy.

According to a report on FOXNews.com, the institute reserved 12 slots each for March 19 and 26, the days before two rounds of the tournament. It had filled fifteen slots by March 10, and an institute administrator said he anticipated filling all 24 slots. A sports radio ad promoted a "patient recovery kit" comprising a bundle of sports magazines, a free pizza delivery coupon and a therapeutic bag of frozen peas. Genius.

Consider the time you spend reading the Sunday paper, watching the 11 o'clock news or surfing Internet news sites to be market research, and twist interesting stories into marketing angles. You don't have to wait for major national events or professional sports tournaments for the chance to promote your business. To read more visit here

10 March 2008

Peak Performance - The Top of Your Game






Peak Performance. It means being at the top of your game, feeling supremely confident, feeling like everything you do is effortless and acheives its goal, feeling resilient and detached from the outcome, being in the flow, being in the zone, feeling relaxed, feeling happy and joyful, having a sense of clarity and certainty about everything that you do, feeling a sense of fullness in your life, indeed feeling fulfilled.

How much of your time do you spend in this state? Probably not as much as you would like. In informal surveys I have conducted over the last several years I have found that only 10 percent of people I interviewed experienced this state about 30 percent of the time. The rest, on average could only claim to having had this experience less than 10 percent of the time on average. With these figures it becomes clear that most of us are missing out on tapping into our full potential.

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04 March 2008

Mentors and Coaches: How to Be A Great Mentor

Though out your career you may be asked to become someone’s mentor. Mentoring is a rewarding activity for both you and the mentee – it is a great way to give back while sharing your experiences and wisdom. And it’s very flattering to be asked and can appeal to our ego. Too often people agree, feeling very honoured by the request, before giving the role much thought. There is a significant investment of time and effort required to be a good mentor. If you do agree to become someone’s mentor you must realize that you have the ability to make a dramatic positive or negative impact on that person…these guidelines will help to ensure you fulfill your role well.

Make a deal. Set up an agreement from the very first meeting that outlines your expectations of each other and how you will work together. Agree on what is acceptable to discuss and what is not, agree on appropriate behaviours, boundaries and confidentiality. Let them know when it is ok to contact you and when it is not and how they should contact you -is phoning ok or do you prefer email? Can they contact you during business hours only or after hours too? Agree on a length of time for the mentoring relationship – perhaps six to 12-months at the beginning. And, make a commitment to always be completely honest and expect them to do the same. Mentoring is not about making friends; it is about sharing your wisdom and experience.

Focus. If you commit to spending time with them, don’t be distracted by your surroundings or mobile phone. Give your mentee your undivided attention when meeting with them.

Set homework. Set tasks or actions for your mentee to complete between meetings. Give them activities, challenges and questions to think about and complete between your mentoring sessions.

Provide examples. Your mentee will get most out of the relationship by learning from your experiences – commit to share both your good and bad experiences. Share your templates, tools and processes with them too and help them to develop their own.

Point them in the right direction. Recommend resources, books, websites or networks that your mentee might benefit from. This will help guide them in how to spend their time and money.

Make introductions. Introduce your mentee to others in your network or business – fast track their career with introductions to influential and valuable people you believe they can learn from or be exposed to for future opportunities.

Promote your mentee. Don’t forget if you are in a situation where it is appropriate for you to recommend your mentee’s talents or services to do so and help their career to flourish.

Keep it to yourself. Your mentee may discuss issues, challenges and concerns with you. It is important that they feel they can do this in an atmosphere of confidentiality – keep all discussions between yourself and your mentee private.

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