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ACHIEVEMENT! |
Dec 2008 |
YOUR FREE MONTHLY JOURNAL OF DISCOVERY INTO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF COACHING WISHES YOU A FANTASTIC FESTIVE SEASON
The December course
is FULL - January has spaces @ Early Bird Prices
Hello from your top
coach - Curly on the Experts Panel
Ponder on this for a
moment - Frank’s thoughts on achievement
What makes us
special - In the words of others
New from Achievement
Specialists - New programmes coming soon
Marketing
Moments - National media exposure for coaches
Fun Work - Read again and act this time
Absolute Beginners - Double costs and halve benefit forecasts
Colin's
Coffee Break - Statistics should be believed with caution
Event Calendar
- December is Full - book now for Jan (limited spaces!).
Coaches Corner
- Supervision
Contact Curly
- How to get in touch today
| HELLO FROM YOUR TOP
COACH - CURLY MARTIN |
Top |
Greetings
I have news of an exciting marketing opportunity for all you working coaches and it came to me in the form of an invitation. I was asked by Britain’s Next Top Coach team to become an expert on their panel and after attending a meeting where all the details of this ambitious project were explained, I was happy to accept the position of expert.
I’m not sure what you might have heard about the Britain’s Next Top Coach competition but in a nutshell, against the backdrop of the 2012 Olympics, the organisers are looking to engage and inspire the people of Great Britain to believe in themselves, the power of their dreams and to step up and take action instead of feeling victims of their life circumstances. Does this sound familiar to you?
The competition has been designed to find, promote and connect the most talented and inspirational coaches, speakers and trainers emerging from within the self help and personal development industry to that ever growing number of people fed up, discouraged and frustrated with life and looking for answers to the challenges they are facing.
I was recently approached by Terry Malloy, one of the organisers, to become one of the competitions Experts. Having met him I can tell you that I believed so much in both his personal integrity and what he and his partner Ian Banyard are seeking to do that I agreed to take part. You can see my testimonial here - www.britainsnexttopcoach.tv/experts.html#martin .
This is a huge, ambitious and exciting project to be a part of, and one that has the potential to really bring coaching to the attention of millions of people and I would encourage you to not only check it out but actually step up and take part. (Read our marketing section with the benefits to you of getting involved) You can find more details about the competition by visiting www.britainsnexttopcoach.tv. You will need to act now as the deadline is 31st December and entry is free! What are you waiting for?
The £200 referral fee special is still running. This referral fee is only paid to you on bookings taken for the life coaching diploma which are made between 1st October and 31st December 2008 and subject to the our terms and conditions. Any bookings outside of these dates will not apply for this WHOOPING £200 referral fee. Bookings for courses include diploma dates in 2009 paid for before end of 2008.
From the entire Achievement Specialists team, our very best Festive Season greetings.
Love and life
Curly
| PONDER ON THIS FOR A
MOMENT |
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Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money, it lies in the joy of achievement and in the thrill of creative effort.
[Franklin D. Roosevelt]
As a reader of this newsletter it is almost certain that you will have several – or more – books, audio programmes, downloaded reports, press cuttings or DVDs about personal development and coaching. You will hopefully have read or listened to them all at least once. How many of their suggestions did you implement?
Set yourself a realistic target to review each item again, this time with a pen and paper to hand. Note at least five actions to take as a result of your review of each publication. Then act.
| WHAT MAKES US
SPECIAL |
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All the testimonials we receive from our coaches are given to us
spontaneously, freely, joyously and without any prompting.
‘Hi Curly, Please accept my thanks for an amazing weekend. I learnt so much from it. When I was researching the best way to become a Life Coach I looked into many options including pure distance learning, as well as other course attendance companies. I’m so glad I chose Achievement Specialists. This investment in my future is a huge one for me, representing some 20% of my current income, so I had to be sure I got it right. The decision I made turned out to be spot on. The combination of pre-workshop study, followed by the fast paced, results oriented weekend and then total ongoing support is perfect. You have created a package which, with commitment from the trainee, cannot fail, it has to succeed.’
L.M. (initials only – because income mentioned)
‘If I was able to lay my thank you messages to Curly end to end I would be able to walk across the back of them and deliver them in person. If this sounds OTT and flowery let me explain further.
‘I have always been someone who wanted to know what was round the corner, where would I be this time next year – 2 years – 5 years and so on. I reached a crossroads in my life this time last year when I had to make a decision about my future. I had an offer of redundancy on the table or the safer bet of staying with my employer and having the certainty of a secure future and salary.
At this time I was deeply unhappy, my job was not working out, as I had hoped, changes I found difficult to accept were happening constantly and I had no control over them. In addition to my employment crisis my personal life was not going well. At six stone overweight everything in my life was suffering, my health, relationships and my well being.
One year on – I have a new home, a new career and have lost nearly six stone in weight. This is a direct result of the Life coach training I received from Curly.
It has not always been an easy journey and at times I wondered whether my decision had been the right one. Curly remained the one constant throughout. Our coaching sessions helped me to see the way forward and celebrate the unexpected.
Thank you Curly for your Inspiration, thank you for your Motivation, thank you for supporting me on my journey to become an Achiever and thank you for your wonderful sense of Humour that kept me smiling when I struggled. Today I live for the now, I still have Dreams for the Future and accept that the way is mapped out and all I have to do is enjoy the ride.’
Valerie Hale www.weightlosscoach4u.co.uk
‘Hi Curly, I just wanted to thank you for refusing me entry to the diploma course the first time I applied, even though I was affronted at the time. You were right, I was not passionate or committed enough to my future as a life coach and I was only looking around at coaching courses to attend. I now understand that training with you is not just a course, it is a way of life. Also, it is not just my reputation I have to take into consideration because when I trained with you I realised it is also your reputation. Thank you for the time you take on all of your applicants not just during the interviews but also on the workshop and afterwards and for giving me a second chance – I will not let you down!’
Annie Townley
| NEW FROM ACHIEVEMENT
SPECIALISTS |
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NEW - EXCITING - NEW -
EXCITING - NEW - EXCITING - NEW
We are finalising an exciting new set of programmes for you and your clients. These programs are downloadable and are designed for individuals to work with one specific area of their life during a 30 day period. Each day a new email will arrive with small easily digestible information to support the actionable activities for the day. Each day moving the participant closer to the end goal; which they will have set for themselves at the beginning. Some of the programmes will be more detailed than others and may be more challenging, this is where our coaches come into the equation. Although the programmes are designed for the individual to work on their own during the programme because of the intensity of the programmes and the diversity of our participants, some of them will assuredly want to hire a coach to support the continued growth and achievements.
So regularly visit the website this month to be one of the first to benefit from this exciting new project.
National marketing for free – you cannot beat this anywhere. Britain’s Next Top Coach competition is a great showcase for all coaches and because there is a long term plan, coaches will be able to get great exposure. The entry is free and the competition will be televised with full National launch and media exposure.
The competition has been designed to find, promote and connect the most talented and inspirational coaches, speakers and trainers emerging from within the self help and personal development industry to that ever growing number of people fed up, discouraged and frustrated with life and looking for answers to the challenges they are facing.
Even if you do not make the final, you will still have entered the competition and can use this in your marketing. So all you have to do is enter and submit a video of your work (easy to do these days with digital camcorders) and you are in the running for national media exposure. If you are hesitating about entering, I would not be surprised if you do not have as many customers as you would want. Marketing requires action. Go ahead and enjoy yourself. www.britainsnexttopcoach.tv
There is a common error made by most entrepreneurs. Whether or not they have a formal business plan, a surprising number of people are too optimistic when projecting customer numbers, turnover and profits. As if this is not bad enough, they compound their errors by then under-estimating their costs, overheads and time needed to drive things forward.
You can avoid these mistakes by working out your plans by whatever methods you favour. Then halve your projected benefits and double your anticipated costs or double your time frame. It can be a shock to face these facts. It will be an even bigger and expensive shock to trust to luck and to kid yourself. The price of disappointment can be that you give up all together and that for me, is too high of price for you to pay. Please temper your enthusiasm and passion so that it supports you for the long term and join coaching groups and networks to keep up your momentum. If you have trained with us, make sure you regularly visit the Achievers' Club to keep on the cutting edge of the coaching world and share ideas and questions with the other outstanding coaches in our community.
Super-vision services
Would you like to enhance your coaching skills and take your coaching to a deeper level?
Super-vision sessions enable you to discuss your work and any issues arising, celebrate your successes, learn new techniques, reflect on your coaching practice and increase your self-awareness – benefiting both you and your clients.
Having a supervisor shows commitment to your professionalism as a coach and the insights gained will contribute to your personal development.
If you’d like to talk with me about super-vision and find out how it could support you, contact me on 01425 472354, email Jackie@transitionslifecoaching.co.uk, or visit my website at www.transitionslifecoaching.co.uk
Our coaching columnist at large examines the value of statistical data and then ignores much of it.
Most of the coaches that I have known, like other self employed professionals in private practice, considered themselves to be running a small business.
That word ‘small’ can be defined in many ways depending on who you ask and the circumstances of the firm. For instance, if you are wondering about the legal necessity to register for VAT, the law requires this once your business has annual sales £67,000+. In a recent newspaper article it was stated that the rules for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme define a ‘small business’ as having no more than 50 employees, a turnover below £6.5 million or a balance sheet below £2.5 million.
By this reckoning I probably don’t have a small business or even a tiny business. It might not even be a mini-business or perhaps, a micro-business. You may even think it isn’t a business at all and that all I have done is to create a job for myself. How about you and your venture?
Just as size means different things to different people, so does age. I read about a ‘young businessman of the year’ who was 34 which I would have figured was approaching middle age. At the other end of the spectrum there are increasing numbers of ‘olderpreneurs’, a name for the entrepreneurs who have already celebrated their 50th birthdays. That would include Richard Branson [58] and, according to Warwick Business School, 15% of all self employed individuals.
As someone once said, ‘there are lies, damned lies and statistics’. The answer may be to take a wide angle view of statistics that are offered to us as facts, then apply our own common sense and experience before reaching any conclusions and, especially, before taking any actions based on them. Take the above age example which may provide fodder for headline writers but is otherwise pretty useless because age doesn’t necessarily influence the success levels of any business or individual. Some achieve success whilst they are still at school and others don’t even get within sniffing distance of it at any age.
The conclusion is that age is immaterial and should never be used as an excuse for doing – or failing to do – anything that is within our physical and mental capabilities.
Despite a pragmatic attitude to statistical data, I have certainly used it to business advantage. As a serial entrepreneur I have had a couple of enterprises that needed VAT registration and found that this duty added significantly to my workload with no commensurate increase is wealth. As a result I maintain a keen awareness of changes to personal tax allowances, national insurance limitations or advantageous grants, benefits and initiatives.
In your own business, professional practice or career, stay alert just in case you find yourself inadvertently in a trap where you could actually be better off by earning less. As for ageism, I wish you a happy birthday whenever it occurs and suggest that you celebrate in the knowledge that you are neither too old nor too young, you are the ideal age to do whatever you plan to do in the year ahead.
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