Life and Executive Coaching The Journey BeginsThe Best Getting BetterLife Coaching Tips and Techniques No. 102The right decision? Is there such a thing?There is no such thing as a right or wrong decision. There is only putting effort against whatever decision is made and making that decision work. Having created for yourself a great opportunity which you are now taking advantage of will there be setbacks and disappointments along the way? Without a doubt, perhaps even from the beginning. The key is here is to trust in yourself when you created this opportunity in the first place that it was right for you at the time. Once you have this belief, then even if the start of the wave is a bit bumpy you know this is the right course for you. You will know it is by your firm self-belief and resolve that you will stick this decision out. This is the essence of good decision making, not making excellent decisions but sticking with those we have made (maybe even poor decisions) and making them work perhaps even against many odds. During this time, the work you put in each day to build and support your mental and physical platform for peak performance is key. It is that fitness that supports you through this rough patch. There is no secret to success. It is about sticking it out and applying whatever skills, talent or genius you may have to allow yourself to live with the decision made by you. This is not a question of regret which comes after the fact, this is a question of living through the storm here and now and being ramrod straight and being true to yourself. Regret is for later, for losers. There is no room for weakness or sentiment when you have staked everything on a decision, on a business idea, on a business venture. There is only victory or death. The pain of failure is worse than death. About Gilbert LabourMr Labour is a writer, consultant, adviser, speaker and presenter on the following topics: life coaching, executive coaching, project management, IT infra-structure management, Six Sigma, Lean techniques and people management. He specialises in the following industries: legal and accountancy, telecommunications, transportation, banking and finance, insurance, government, IT and outsourcing but believes that his experience in these verticals is applicable across industries, countries and businesses generally. He has been extensively involved in process improvement initiatives within project organisations and in production and maintenance environments within a number of industries. He has delivered process improvement programs that provide bottom line improvement. He owns and runs one of the world's most comprehensive web resources on the topic of life and executive coaching containing approximately 140 articles on life and executive coaching. He has been quoted in learned papers, newspaper and magazine articles. He has written a book on life coaching, Life Coaching for DODOs, which provides an introduction to life coaching for the general public. He is an IBM accredited Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and provides software and support for coaches and coaching applications. He is also a pioneer in the field of coaching and project management having presented a world's first on this topic in South Africa in May, 04. His paper entitled Sane Project Management, a Life and Executive Coaching Approach has created both a new field in project management and a new area of interest for coaching and coaches and one they may benefit from in the future. For PMISA 2006 he is preparing a paper entitled Project Management and Executive Coaching - A Synergy? which will be continuing an exploration of the connection between coaching and project management that he first developed and presented in PMISA 2004. The purpose of the paper will be to take from project management principles that are applicable in coaching situations and to take from executive coaching, principles that are equally applicable in project management situations especially those that deal with project manager performance. Mr Labour acknowledges that in today's highly competitive and rapidly changing business environment, a busy consultant, life coach or executive coach must evince a compelling value proposition, as much for himself as for his product and/or service. He is able to bring a brilliant mix of both quantitative and qualitative approaches, embracing Six Sigma, Lean, project management, executive coaching, operational and line management, to bear on difficult even intractable business problems in any areas where they may exist. He is an executive coach with 30 years corporate experience and is still a relatively young 47 having commenced his first junior role in government at age 17 but it is only in the last three to five years that he has begun to make large strides in the executive coaching field. He has a refreshing perspective on life and business in the corporate world. He is able to engage with any company in the world, within his industry expertise and beyond, and provide an assessment of the issues and problems that management suspects exists. He can do this on a pro-active basis and confidentially. On a more reactive basis, he can come in to manage any number of previously identified issues and problems that are now running hot within the company. In either case, he is able to conduct an absolutely confidential review and make recommendations based only on selected documentation and telephone interviews with key people, if the highest degree of confidentiality and secrecy is required. He is also able to execute or be involved in the execution of these recommendations should that be required. He has previously managed large programs of work involving major restructuring, outsourcing and retrenchments. He forecasts a greater demand for people with his combined skills in the future especially where established, staid inefficient industries and companies face head-on competition from the full blown tiger economies of China and India with their vast unlimited supply of cheap, educated and trained manpower. Mr Labour will be holding a world's first life coaching retreat in Mauritius in November, 06. This will be a gathering of coaches and their clients from around the world in the first gathering of its type. Its purpose will be for coaches to network with other coaches and for clients to share their general coaching experience with other clients and coaches. All in the world's most beautiful holiday destination. Further details will be made available as they are finalised. This conference as yet untitled will be hosted by the Life Coaching Association of Australia (LCAA). Life Coaching Tips and Techniques No. 10Obesity and the roller coaster ride from nadir to zenith and backThere are five journeys in obesity, which one are you on now?Why are there obese people when there are people starving in the world? Is obesity a medical problem rather than one of lack of self-control or perhaps even one using food for sexual/sensual gratification for masking (?) the real problems? How successful is someone who is 250 kilos at 'masking' or hiding the problem? New Life Coaching Service Model - All Inclusive Platinum ServiceProduct FeaturesCoaching Programs555 ProgramThe 555 Program is complementary to the 333 Program and is part of a family of programs called The Numbered Series, a simplification of a plethora of products, services and programs into a number of specifically targeted set of programs that target a very specific audience with a limited amount of time and resources to devote to a life and executive coaching program. The programs covers a set of goals over a set period for a specific (one time only) fee. The key goals of the 555 Program is to be able to run 5k in 5 months, to solve 5 life coaching issues or problems in 5 months and to investigate and resolve 5 executive coaching problems in 5 months. Life Coaching Portal ProgramsBeyond the existing Diamond program being run on the portal, a series of additional programs are being developed to be run for specific audiences and which have very clear targets and goals. These include the following. The 555 ProgramGilbert Labour, will personally run this program. It will probably take in the region of 10 suitable people and run for 5 months. The program is multi-faceted and covers three main streams a fitness stream, a life coaching stream dealing with personal issues and an executive stream to supercharge your work, business and corporate environment. The cost of the program varies. To take part on a one-on-one basis with Gilbert Labour will cost $5000. To take part in a group setting will cost $2000. Individual programs can start at anytime considered suitable. To provide this program on a company wide basis (more than 10 people), please call Gilbert Labour for a quote. Please call Gilbert Labour on 0409 223 436 if you would like to take part. Further information on the 555 Program is available from the portal. General InformationGenerally speaking, we will set clear goals, we will put in place plans to attain those goals, we will execute the plan effectively. We will monitor and survey the results and ensure our goals are met. In most cases, we will envelope what we are trying to achieve into a coaching programme. I operate flexibly taking into account the needs of the client as we progress with the programme. Please call me on my mobile (0409 223 436) for a confidential discussion to begin the journey of self discovery. You may prefer to email me your situation and your desired goals. Your details will be kept strictly confidential.If you would like to quickly let us know your Life Coaching needs, you can use this form. If you'd like to provide feedback, please use this link. Linking to My Site - send me details of your URL. Please note I will only link to your site if your site appears on the search engines already. When you send details of your site, please advise which search engines the site appears on. If you do not follow this rule, I will delete your request immediately. Please also no "home business" or no content web sites or those that use those robotised link lists. 
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