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Personal Development » Coaching | By Ken Mathie @ Thursday, 15th February 2007 @ 6:49 PM

Know where you are going in life! To achieve that, there's only one place to start that's inside your mind. Creating a vision and a mission of what you want out of life will provide you with some direction and momentum to move forward and manage your career. If you have laid out your goal and a plan with a realistic and worthy vision for your life ahead, you will notice how differently you perceive and react to things. A compelling vision will make you feel good ab... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Ken Mathie @ Thursday, 15th February 2007 @ 6:49 PM

It is extremely important to know where you are going in life. In this article, we will work out exercises that will help you enhance your career choices and explore other options. We aim to help you form a career vision and determine your perception of an ideal day at work! Forming a vision is an engaging and an introspective exercise. However, it can be optimally formed if you rid yourself of any 'life conditioning' that you have had in the past. We want you to unlearn ... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Ken Mathie @ Thursday, 15th February 2007 @ 3:32 PM

Formal Qualifications: This section of your CV is headed as Education sometimes, however we think putting it under qualifications sounds more relevant. List your qualifications in a reverse chronological order, just like you did with your work history. Here you can mention the apprenticeships and traineeships you would have undertaken, also mention if you have undergone any work based training during your career. If you have achieved a high level of formal qualifications you need n... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Ken Mathie @ Thursday, 15th February 2007 @ 3:31 PM

The abbreviation CV stands for Curriculum Vitae, which literally means Life List. The purpose of writing a CV is to sell you and your unique skills to get an interview. It refers to what you have done in your career till date and specifics regarding your qualifications. The purpose of writing a CV is to sell you and your unique skills to get an interview. It refers to what you have done in your career till date and specifics regarding your qualifications. It aims at providing enoug... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Ken Mathie @ Thursday, 15th February 2007 @ 3:31 PM

CV Layout: The following are the sections that should be displayed in your CV, typically in the order suggested although some variations can be incorporated, these are mentioned later in this article series, for now study the following guidelines : CURRICULUM VITAE James Smith 78 James Street, Smithville, JS2 9SJ Tel no: 1111111111, Mobile: 222222222 Email: jamessmith@jamessmith.co.uk Some Criteria before you start - Here are some vital points that you shoul... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Piercarla Garusi @ Thursday, 15th February 2007 @ 2:26 PM

I went recently to see the movie 'The Pursuit of Happiness'; if you haven't seen it, please go, it is great. It could be the story of so many of us and it is about some of the most important qualities we need in order to succeed and be happy. It begins with a dream...well it is a dream we all have...to be happy...a good life...but for some people, maybe someone you know, maybe you, it seems that things do not really work out, and difficulties keep coming up. Maybe y... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Diann Cannon @ Thursday, 1st February 2007 @ 7:44 PM

Have you ever tried to break yourself of a bad habit? More powerful than a bad habit, have you ever tried to free yourself from an addiction? I have. Have you tried to stop many times? I did, too. I would swear to myself that I would quit and the next thing you know, I'd have an emotional moment or a drink and I'd break my promise. That would start the vicious cycle of self-sabotage/self-loathing all over again. I would then find myself worse off (emotionally and spiritually)... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Lael Johnson @ Tuesday, 23rd January 2007 @ 1:49 PM

Percolating over a creative process is not procrastination, though it may look like it from the outside. Percolating over a chosen creative project, happens at any point along the creativity continuum, from choosing an idea, developing plans, creating the product to displaying the project. Sometimes you will need to take a break from your project, life events interrupts. If you have set up a break schedule, then you do not have to worry about taking a permanent break. Taking breaks will ... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By John Nowly @ Tuesday, 23rd January 2007 @ 10:26 AM

Inviting parents into your classroom allows you to build a relationship with them that is very important. Parents are a valuable resource to you as a classroom teacher, and once you develop that partnership, you'll have a much easier year with the child and the parent. This can, and should, be a school-wide event, but if not, plan one for your class early in the year. Make sure to invite your Principal, and or Assistant Principal to participate in some way. As part of planning your ... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By John Nowly @ Tuesday, 23rd January 2007 @ 10:26 AM

Once you have your classroom library set up and ready for check-out of books, you are ready to work on your reading schedule. The main point is that you must establish an independent reading block every day. Ideally it would be at the same time every day, for a minimum of 30 minutes. A 45 minute or even 60 minute block is optimum for achieving the highest gains with your students' comprehension and interest levels. One word of caution here, do not break up the time into 15 minutes h... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By John Nowly @ Friday, 19th January 2007 @ 3:25 PM

Setting goals is an important aspect of a successful independent reading program. Students must have something to strive for - a goal to reach, a purpose. Setting goals also gives more autonomy to the students as they reed, for they know that they alone are responsible for reaching their reading goals. Before setting goals, you must first target each individual students reading level. Check your schools adopted reading series for a reading comprehension test, and use it to determine a targeted r... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Piercarla Garusi @ Thursday, 18th January 2007 @ 4:18 AM

As the number of life coaches increases daily, the need to be specialised, to be different, becomes more and more a necessity. Someone once told me that 'niching' describes how you would like other people to remember you, to talk about you, so 'niching' is closely linked to branding. When I started coaching I did not even know what a niche was. I remember asking myself: 'Is it the topic or the people one chooses to work with?' And 'Won't I lose pote... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Amirah Hall @ Thursday, 4th January 2007 @ 9:09 AM

Depending on where or how you celebrated the New Year, Auld Lang Syne is a song engrained in everyone's mind. And even though people aren't sure what it means and don't know all the words, it sounds both sad and soothing. It's a song about loss, but also about love -- a hope that you'll see the same people you love next year. The song recalls the days gone by and says we will always remember them. 'Should auld acquaintance be forgot?' it asks. No, the ch... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Amirah Hall @ Wednesday, 3rd January 2007 @ 12:25 PM

How do you cope with the emotional numbing shock wave or pain of divorce or the loss of a loved one? Is it possible to heal from this devastating, life altering experience? When someone doesn't like you or approve of you, how do you react? How do you handle being rejected? Or betrayed? When someone you loved doesn't want you around, how do you cope? Everything is Energy Consider for a moment that everything is energy. Your thoughts are energy. Your emotions are energy. W... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Amirah Hall @ Wednesday, 3rd January 2007 @ 12:24 PM

Do you feel that you are unappreciated? Do you feel as though your eager and selfless contributions of time and energy are resented, disrespected and undervalued? Sadly, often people who are 'compulsively' helpful are usually worse than unappreciated. Here are some telltale signs you are 'compulsively helpful'. Are you proud that you have the strength to keep giving and giving? Would you ever describe yourself as compulsively giving? Do you some... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Rosemary Lichtman @ Friday, 29th December 2006 @ 12:38 AM

Have you ever noticed how, at this time of year, there are lists and lists circulating? You can find a list of the 20 best films of 2006, the 10 worst dressed people, the 50 most interesting books. In addition to spending some of your spare time reading through these lists, how about taking some personal time to create your own list - of your 10 most important assets? It may seem unusual for you, a member of the Sandwich Generation, to concentrate on yourself instead of on the needs of the fa... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Andrew Cocks @ Thursday, 21st December 2006 @ 5:08 PM

How do you go about building a healthy, positive self-image? One way is to model the beliefs, habits and behaviors of winners. Winners have a healthy form of tunnel vision. They make a habit of focusing on their infinite potential. Their present circumstances serve to motivate, or else are ignored. Your beliefs about your potential point directly toward your self-image. Your self-image is simply your picture of yourself, of your abilities, of your worthiness to succeed, of your limits. S... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Andrew Cocks @ Friday, 8th December 2006 @ 5:45 PM

Say you want to make a change in your life. What do you do? Will simply wanting to change your life someday make it happen? Probably not. Will putting that wish in writing make it happen? Maybe, but probably not. To make a significant change in your life, you've got to go about it the right way, or else it will fall by the wayside like a wish to start your own business, stop smoking, or learn another language. There's a world of difference between wish m... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Andrew Cocks @ Friday, 8th December 2006 @ 4:00 PM

Just as there are physical laws that govern how the physical world works, gravity, for example, there are also laws that govern how the universe works. Understanding these laws is critical to achieving success, learn them and work with them, not against them. 1. The Law of Perpetual Transmutation Basically, this law states that what starts as energy changes into what is physical. Everything around you, everything you see, hear, smell, touch, or taste began as energy. The... more...

Personal Development » Coaching | By Andrew Cocks @ Friday, 8th December 2006 @ 1:58 PM

Coaching is, by far, one of the most effective and efficient ways to move ahead to success. Winners choose to hire a coach because they're ready, ready to succeed, ready to make their dreams a reality. They know that professional coaches can help them see their goals become reality more quickly, with a lot less stress and strife, and with results that are even better than they ever imagined. What do you really want, anyway? Seems like a simple, innocent question, right? Yet lots of ... more...