How much should you bite off at a time? To really get somewhere in life, you need to bite off more than you can chew. But the key question is how much more? I think you should bit off 50% more than you an chew. It is big but not too big.
You need to pose yourself a challenge, something to work towards that will not break you. You also need to think about how you will meet your challenge if something unforseen happens to you like you lose your job, you get ill or you die and your family is left with your legacy.
The stronger and more capable you are, the bigger the challenge you can pose yourself. So when you take on the challenge, increase your capability (this might include a part-time job) so that the capability eventually dwarfs the commitment.
The idea is not to increase your commitment as your capability increases but to leave it in place, in store. It is your sanity buffer, so to speak, that you're increasing. It provides you with a safety margin, should something go wrong.
The payback from your decision provided it all goes ok (there will be minor setbacks along the way no doubt) will be immeasurable to your self-confidence, to your self-esteem and to your wealth.
You will find that when the going gets tough, provided this is your second time around then you will have the reserve and ability to deal with the problems that you will inevitably encounter.
Gilbert Labour is a Six Sigma consultant, a process improvement expert, a project management practitioner and published author in this field, a Life Coach, an IT professional and an Executive Coach with 30 years experience working in modern organisations in Australia so is brilliantly and uniquely placed to observe the current malaise in modern organisations riven by the demands of the global economy and fuelled by poor, non-existent leadership.
He also owns and runs one of the world's most popular web sites dealing with Life and Executive Coaching. This web site provides comprehensive coverage of life coaching together with a wide array of tips and techniques for life coaches and the clients.
He says never in the last 30 years have Executive Coaches been in so much demand and never have their role been so poorly understood. The best Executive Coaches have 20-30 years experience in corporate environments so this is a given but it is not their role to usurp the decision making capability of the EXEC (though they can and should/do assist), it is to support them so that they are in a position to make the very best decision, make the best recommendation that they are capable of.
For example in an organisation undergoing/requiring radical change (in today's world which aren't) they are not babysitters for the organisation or for the EXEC, their role primarily is to assist, support and coach the chosen EXEC to driven fundamental changes to the footprint of the business. It is to be their friend, their guide, their support in this incredibly difficult and challenging role.
This role can break most EXECs, especially when it involves wholesale head count reductions that may potentially destroy families, lives and lifestyle. It is the role of the Executive Coach to make sure that doesn't happen by providing constructive advice during this phase and support the EXEC emotionally during these difficult times. This is where an Executive Coach with 30 years experience can provide insights into the process and mindset of change.
About Gilbert Labour. Gilbert Labour is an Executive Coach and Life Coach practicing in Sydney Australia but with a world wide interest in coaching with one of the world's leading life and executive coaching web sites. He has 30 years corporate experience in legal, government, telecommunication, banking & finance, insurance, accounting, IT and transportation industries. He is also a process improvement (Six Sigma, Lean) expert and an IT infra-structure and development professional within those industries. During these 30 years he has seen many examples of poor leaders and managers but doesn't recall a time quite like the present when there are so many poor leaders in industry and politics. He is available to consult and support on any aspect of executive coaching as it assists organisations in the midst of radical and fundamental change including process improvement efforts preceding large retrenchment programs. He is also a project management professional able to execute Six Sigma based projects. He believes that organisational change begins with fundamental even radical personal change, for the better, in attitude and approach hence his insistent but balanced emphasis on life coaching in the context of the Executive Coaching Retreat (ECR) in Mauritius in June, 05.
Life Coaching Tips and Techniques No. 10
Obesity and the roller coaster ride from nadir to zenith and back
There 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?
The five journeys is obesity are -
Getting there becoming obese, this is the easiest journey of all and happens almost without you knowing. This journey is on the road to death.
Staying there at a steady weight, this is a hard journey because the tendency is to put on more weight not less. This journey is a slow death.
The next journey is one into hell and that is on the road to putting on more and more weight. This is the last journey these people even embark on.
This journey ends in death.
The penultimate journey and the one with the most difficulty starting is the road back away from obesity. The enormous journey back is not the problem
but the first step back, the first gram lost. This journey is not a journey of weight loss but a journey to lose the fears and problems that the weight gain had
temporarily put on the back burner. This second last journey is the life coaching journey and has much less to do with weight loss, exercise and fitness and more to do with
facing problems in their real intensity and fury perhaps for the first time since the decision taken to embark on the first journey.
The last journey and that is to keep the weight at the target weight after the massive task of weight loss because again the tendency is to put the weight back on
even faster than before and much much faster than it was lost. For every gram lost a kilo is put on.
Work with a life coach who understands your weight problem is not a weight problem but a personal problem posing, impersonating a weight problem. Someone who knows which
journey you are on and can make sure you either move to the next healthy journey or stay at the healthy journey you're on.
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The 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
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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
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The 555 Program
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dealing with personal issues and an executive stream to supercharge your work, business and corporate environment.
The first stream is a fitness element. The goal is to be able to run 5k (non stop) in five months and be able to lose 5 kilos in the process. This is a modest achievement and is considered a healthy approach to fitness generally.
I am a former fitness instructor and dance teacher and can provide guidance in this area. You will need a clearance from your doctor if you're over 45.
The second stream is a life coaching element. The goal of the life coaching is to investigate a number of current personal issues and focus on 5 for resolution in 5 months. One to be resolved or at least worked on each month.
The third stream is an executive coaching element. The goal of this element is to come up with five goals or issues to be dealt with in the 5 months of the program. These could involve working towards a promotion, changing jobs, changing careers,
leaving the corporate environment and developing a small business. For the hard core executives and other corporate thrivers and survivors there will be a number of areas that include executive interview training and executive decision making that can be covered.
There are many others and these can be chosen based on your current goals. The aim of this stream is canvass all the possibilities and focus on only 5 and work through each one.
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.
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I also do a small amount of pro-bono work in the area of life coaching. I belong to the Life Coaching Pro Bono Group (LCPBG), a group of life coaches I am putting together to do this type of work for people in need but who may not be able to afford the services of a full fee life coach. We make allowances for your circumstances and also on the understanding that once you're back on your
feet, your capacity to contribute to your life coaching will also improve.
Generally 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.
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