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This month's theme is courage... Courage to me is:
Action + Fear = Courage
Courage is not needed whilst we do nothing, or contemplate what we want or need to do. It is ONLY needed when we start to act, and the only way we can discover it within ourselves is through the commitment to ourselves to continue to act even when we feel anxious or afraid.
Think about a time when you doubted your ability to do something, but it was important to you and you did it anyway. I'm going to guess that because of that decision you felt pretty good about yourself. You also gave yourself the ultimate gift of a reference point for how you can do something, even if you are feeling doubtful.
Many people deny themselves these opportunities - they deny themselves the creation of reference points for success, for action and for courage that are vital to live a vital life!
Some people even create reference points for failure, pain and disappointment - they deny themselves so many opportunities to have a go and make it happen that they begin to forget it was any other way! They begin to believe that their past equals their future - their biography becomes their destiny. They start to tell themselves that this is as good as it gets!
Whatever your choices today, you are creating reference points - the question is, are they reference points for failure or for possibilities?
I believe that if our lives have any purpose it's to love, to learn, to give and to grow. To experience these feelings then we must risk ourselves; we must take action even when we don't know with certainty that it will work out, and this will lead, inevitably to a courageous act. This will give you the gold - the reference point that you can refer back to, an example of how you can persist, even in the face of challenges. Imagine for a moment how great it would feel... a library of stories of how you had a go, gave it a shot or took a little or giant step.
There is two months left to this year. Another year gone, and another opportunity gone to build the life we want and deserve. The question is, have you taken action, in the face of doubt, to make this year your year? Have you moved in the direction of dreams? Have you taken massive action to get things happening? Have you made a difference?
Courage doesn't come until you start acting.
Courage isn't needed until we turn the TV off and start moving.
Courage isn't needed, most importantly, until there's something worth fighting for! If it was easy, it wouldn't need courage. If it was easy, you wouldn't gain the gold of a reference point. If it's easy, you soon forget it.
Courage gives us feelings of self-esteem, but the catch is, we have to ACT, to feel courage, to build our self-esteem. The rewards come... once we act!!!
Okay, I'm a little fired up, I admit it! I've just spoken with someone who has just had a record coaching month, and they haven't graduated yet. He never dreamt it would be this great, until he started moving in the direction of his dreams, and now he has endless reference points for how he can, and so... he does!
But it has to start with you. With one step. With a deep breath and a reminder to yourself that in the action, you will find the way.
Warmest regards and happy coaching
Sharon Pearson
CEO
Announcements: Position Available!
Are you full of personality?
Do you love a chat?
Are you curious about people?
Are you larger than life?
If so, we want you!!! There are 2 positions available for two people who love having great conversations with great people. This is your opportunity to work in a fun and supportive environment where all you are required to do is help people pursue their dreams!!
The Role:
Involves introducing The Coaching Institute to people who are curious about coaching and are looking for something more. You will spend your days having coffee and chats with the most amazing and inspirational people. Your job will be to discover their passion and offer a solution if it so fits. This is a part time role of 6 hours per day, 5 days a week. This role is located in South Melbourne at our head office. To express interest in this amazing opportunity get on the phone and dial 03 9645 9945 and ask to speak with Lisa Wiking. Be sure to demonstrate your ability to be fun, vibrant and larger than life!
What's going on around here?
The Coaching Institute is delighted to introduce to you the “Alumni” Program. As a student of The Coaching Institute, our intention is to become friends with you for life. Change happens in an instant but the journey goes on forever!!! It is for that reason that we have introduced a membership program whereby you get to remain a part of our family as long as you want to – and we hope that is forever! What you will receive:
- Have your name and business advertised on the NUMBER ONE COACHING Website in Australasia – under ‘Find a Coach’.
- Invitations to ongoing Professional Development short courses and teleclasses
- Continued support from the TCI Team regarding your ongoing coaching career and professional development
- Practice opportunities with fellow coaching buddies
- Quarterly Mentoring Teleclasses
- Access to Graduate Member only Website*
- Online Goal Setting Tools
- Networking Opportunities
*Which includes access to Regular video’s of Sharon Pearson training you on a specific area of coaching.
Congratulations to Sharon Pearson – A finalist in the Telstra Women’s Business Awards
Yet again, Sharon Pearson is leading the way as an inspirational woman in the Business world. She is a business leader who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of others. On behalf of your team and students - “Congratulations on being a Finalist in the Telstra Women’s Business Awards”.
Welcome to the October Intake!
Wow, this group of people were absolutely amazing, they keep blowing us away with their commitment to themselves to become the best they can be. There have been many success stories already and it hasn’t even been a month. I can’t express the gratitude I feel for what I do, when we receive emails like the one below. To be a part of someone’s success story is the most humbling and rewarding feeling. Thank you to each and every one of you – keep living your dream!!!!!
From one of our newest students at the October Intake – an unedited email received this morning!!!
Hi Guys
Yep, count me in for these classes and thank you for the opportunity, I’m looking forward to them! Just to let you guys know too that I had my first session with my first paying client last night. I gave her the session as complimentary. Afterwards she booked for 6 further sessions and asked for my bank details so that she could pay for them all up front! I'm just so thrilled that I chose you guys and that all the wonderful things happening to me both internally and externally are a direct result of signing up with you.
Yours in Gratitude!
Jacqui Lane
Younify – “become your finest ally”
Next Intake Weekend approaches
This weekend sees another fabulous group of people in the pursuit of their dreams. There are only 2 opportunities left this year to begin the next chapter in your life, where you get to truly make a difference in other people’s lives. If you want to find out more, call 1800 094 927 or email us. All it takes, is a little courage!!
INTRODUCING RACHEL ANASTASI!!
 Rachel Anastasi, founder of Free to be Me Life Coaching is an intuitive passionate, vibrant and inspirational person who loves empowering others and making a difference. Rachel displays an unwavering commitment to achieving the goals she sets for herself and is courageous in thinking and acting outside of her comfort zone to achieve results. Rachel brings this passion to her coaching and she prides herself on honoring her clients goals as if they were her own. We are delighted to welcome Rachel on board as our ‘Q & A Queen’. If you have a challenge or a question about an aspect of your life and would like to receive an insight from a true master, then please forward your questions to timetoact@thecoachinginstitute.com.au
If your question is published you will receive a free one on one, one hour life coaching session with Rachel.
Q: I just want to be happy and I am not. The problem is that I don’t even know what would make me happy anymore. What should I do??
- Robert, Mt. Isa
A: Listen to your heart and dare to dream. Think of a child who rattles off endless possibilities when you ask them who they want to be when they grow up. They are unafraid and full of energy and enthusiasm about what great experiences lay ahead. As we move through life we start to establish boundaries around what is possible for us. We gather evidence for our beliefs around what we can and cannot do. Write a list of 100 things you would still like to experience in your lifetime and get committed to yourself and start believing that you can.
Do you find yourself waiting to feel a certain way, not quite knowing how long you will be waiting for? Maybe you aspire to have lots of things or do you do lots of things hoping that it will lead to happiness?
Be- Do- Have. You are a human being not a human doing. Creating happiness in your life is something that you can generate for yourself by embracing it as a way of being. BE at the source of your life by choosing who you would like to be and experiencing happiness in your language and your actions. If you are being happy, what would you DO? If you are being happy how would you hold yourself? What language would you use? If you are doing those things what results would you HAVE.
I used to think that I was predisposed to being stressed and highly strung and wish that I were more laid back. Then I realised that I could reinvent myself as a laid back person by making different choices. I knew that it would be unfamiliar at first and would take something to catch myself before I reacted in the same way that I would have done in the past, however I was up for the challenge! I started to choose to be laid back. I would do the things that a laid back person would do and I would choose to respond to situations in a laid back way.
Now I am one hundred per cent responsible for the results that I am getting and for those that I am not and if I am feeling a certain way then I acknowledge that I am choosing to feel that way. Who are you really? What ways of being would you like to experience?
Feeling purposeful and being a contribution will influence your feeling of happiness. Nothing has meaning but the meaning that we give it. What meaning have you given to your life? Creating a purpose for yourself and your life gives your life meaning, what are you here to experience or what difference are you here to make?
Many people spend their whole lives trying to find themselves; some even travel far and wide, connecting with what is inside is fundamental. Ask yourself, what do I value most in life and check in as to whether or not you are living congruently with those values.
Balance is a contributing factor in a person’s pursuit of happiness. Create a schedule that reflects your priorities and make time for the areas of your life that are most important to you. Choose to allow some time each week, just for you, to honor yourself and get connected with who you really are and what you really want for your life.
The attitude of gratitude is being grateful for what you have and creating a space for those things you would like to experience that you haven’t yet. Focus on abundance and start keeping a gratitude journal. Remember to experience growth, variety and contribute to others, exhibiting small acts of generosity and kindness go a long way to giving you that warm fuzzy feeling inside. You are the creator of your own world, so smile and get happy!
Rachel Anastasi
Empowerment coach, speaker, mentor
www.freetobemecoaching.com.au
Please forward your questions to timetoact@thecoachinginstitute.com.au If your question is published you will receive a free one on one, one hour life coaching session
NEW DATES for NLP and Trainer’s Training – Next Year!
The new dates for NLP and Trainers training have been set for next year. There has already been a great deal of interest expressed for both of these trainings so be sure to secure your spot fast. NLP begins on the 29th April – 5th May 09. Trainers Training is from the 7th – 10th May 09. Seats are limited so get in quick!
Student Reminder:
Come along to our Christmas Party and celebrate all of your successes of the past year. Schedule in your diary the 11th December, and put your party shoes on.
RSVP to studentsupport@thecoachinginstitute.com.au and let Wendy know your favorite Christmas drink!!!
Assessment and Graduation: CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW GRADUATES – A job well done to:
Rebecca Rutherford
Judith Rose
Debbie Herberz
Anne Ellison
Jennie Gardner
Rod Lawn
Liz Dzelmanis
Helen Holan
Susan Farrell
Claire Eaton
Gill Harrison
Michael Harvey
Jacquie Lamb
Tanmaya Bingham
Cath Andison
Stefania Coco
Congratulations to you all, we are celebrating with you – what a great achievement!!!
From one of our Graduates!
Making the choice to become a coach was a natural process for me; after all, I was following my passion. My decision was cemented after great discussions with TCI support staff who really listened and encouraged me to follow my interests and talents. The course, support materials & self and paced element was perfect for me.
I have now successfully completed my studies within 12 months and I have built a very strong full time business – Your Vision Coaching. YVC attracts women, men and couples who enjoy my enthusiasm, knowledge and genuine interest in their personal growth and long-lasting transformation. We really develop a very respectful and supportive relationship.
Referrals are my biggest form of advertising and thanks to TCI and the Cert IV Business course, I have the skills to grow my business and really make it work for me. I know that TCI are there to support me at a moments notice and for that I most grateful.
Through discussions with Sharon and TCI, I made the decision to become a confident and results focussed NLP Practitioner. NLP has given me the gift of opportunity. I am now serving my clients even more and I am privileged to see incredible results from amazing individuals. NLP has taken my business to a whole new level and I am loving it!
I now spend my days working in a dynamic way, which empowers my clients to make huge changes in their thinking, communication skills, strategies and beliefs. I get a huge kick out of seeing clients moving forward, embracing change and create their vision.
I now love what I do and do what I love.. My future looks brilliant!
Thanks TCI
Coach and Connect for coaches
Coach and Connect is a Networking event designed for coaches from within and from without The Coaching Institute. In other words, it’s for all coaches, regardless of where you trained! It is a networking event taylor-made for you – the Coach in mind, to attend, share your ideas, communicate your niche, learn more and play apart in your industry in your town. Coach and Connect is run in all capital cities across Australia.
The team of Coach and Connect Leaders are kicking goals – These guys commit their time and effort to ensuring these events happen, to give a sense of community. Please support them by getting along to your local Coach and Connect Event and get involved with the Coaching Industry in your Capital City. We are delighted to welcome Angela Pollicino as the new Coach and Connect Leader for Sydney. Congratulations Angela, we are delighted to have you on board, and look forward to supporting you as the “Leader of NSW.”
As a result of this change, there will also be some changes happening on the Coach and Connect Website. Stand by for more updates. If you want to get in contact with your local Coach and connect leader, please email us and stay tuned!!
Article contributions
If you have an article you would like to contribute we would love to hear from you – we are committed to providing informative and useful articles on coaching and personal development to our many readers!
Please email your article to lisa@thecoachinginstitute.com.au
ABOUT COURAGE
By Christiane Hille, Inspired Coaching
“With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble.
Courage is the foundation of integrity”.
Keshavan Nair
The word courage comes from the old French word ‘corage’ or Latin word ‘cor’ meaning heart, which remains a common metaphor for inner strength. It is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear. It is bravery.
"A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity
prevented them from making a first effort."
Sydney Smith
We are not forced to show courage in times of political peace. Most of us are not faced with life threats that force us to dig deep inside ourselves to find out what we are truly capable of. We don’t often have the opportunity to show real courage, the kind of courage that surprises us. And yet, I would assume that we have all been in situations where we surprised ourselves with our inner strength. I know I have.
The opportunity to act on true strength and courage does not happen on a weekly basis. So we forget. We forget that we are capable of so much more. And that means that when we do have a choice about giving up or pulling through, we often choose the easy way out. If we accept our challenges and look them in the eye, then we can create evidence of success, of courage and strength instead of the evidence of failure. And that means that next time, we will be propelled to act with courage, because we know we can.
“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I invite you to take a moment and think of the times when you displayed true courage. How did that make you feel? Surprise? Exhilaration? Invincibility? – And I wonder: would you have voluntarily put yourself into that situation?
Isn’t it ironic that most of us want more of those feelings, yet we are not prepared to pay the price and do what it takes to get there?
How many times have you given up on a dream because it became too hard? Perhaps you failed or someone else told you that it is ‘unrealistic’?
What would your life look like if you tapped into your courage even more? What kind of decisions would you be making today, tomorrow? And how would it affect your quality of life, your income, and your self-belief?
Christiane Hille
Peak Performance Coach, Author and Public Speaker
Inspired Coaching
web: www.inspiredcoaching.com.au
email: christiane@inspiredcoaching.com.au
From one of our Graduates!
Do you want to hear what has happened for one of our students only 4 months in? Paul Andrew is an inspiration. Click on this link to hear what he has to say about his training and experience with The Coaching Institute.
 Paul Andrew writes:
Amazing TCI Team... I couldn't resist sending you all an email tonight when it dawned on me that I hit a pretty cool milestone today with my coaching business when a client booked another workshop with me for the last few days of August.
The Journey so far...
- I did the Foundation Skills Weekend in May 2008 and upgraded to the Diploma Program...
- Set up my executive coaching business in June...
- Started networking and established my website and business cards in July...
- And best of all...
- In August, my first month of coaching paying clients, I have invoiced $5,000 - the total investment of the Certificate IV in Life Coaching at The Coaching Institute earned back in 1 month... My goal is to be earning the equivalent of my Diploma fees every month by Christmas.
Update September 2008 - I have now earned back my entire Diploma fees within 4 months of joining The Coaching Institute!
Thanks for helping me step up!!!
Paul Andrew, Coach!
Diploma Student, August 2008
Innovation Coaching
0412 658 444
www.innovationcoaching.com.au
Coaching Corner
As I sit here considering the thought of courage, I have had two amazing emails from people that are truly making a difference in their life and the lives of those around them. Noticing this, I remember back to the beginning of my journey as a coach and how I waited for courage before I acted, as I was fearful of making a mistake or not succeeding. Needless to say, there were very few good results in my coaching business for the first 5 months as I waited….and waited…and waited. Funnily enough, courage never arrived in the post, I would check the post box every day, and still no courage. It wasn’t until I was ‘coached’ and realized that it was never going to arrive, that it actually took me to act in order to notice the courage within me. Now, 3 years later, I feel such an amazing level of gratitude that I found that ability to act in the face of fear, as courage always showed up just in the “nick of time” and I was always ‘ok’. Because of my decisions back then to act, I am now lucky enough to be involved in so many people’s success stories and get to share in their excitement. There is nothing better than that.
Have you heard about our Outrageous, Unheard of, Unequalled, Triple Success, Training and Satisfaction Guarantee???
Success Guarantee #1: We guarantee that if after following our step-by-step system – which you’ll want to do anyway - and completing your chosen course, AND in the unlikely event you do not earn back your entire course fee within 12 to 18 months, we’ll pay you double your investment in the course.
We are either crazy, confident or both:
Training Guarantee #2: We guarantee you’ll be trained by the most accredited training company in Australia, proof positive is the fact that we are responsible for the training of in excess of 880 coaches nationally and internationally and growing fast. We challenge any other life coaching training school to match our record.
Satisfaction Guarantee # 3: We guarantee we won’t just train you, and cut you loose. We believe what happens after you become an accredited coach is just as important as what happens before you became an accredited coach. In fact you’ll find our support far exceeds any expectations you have.
Why do we have such an outrageous Triple Guarantee? Simply because we know our training system works if you work with it AND proof positive of what we say is true, is the case studies and testimonials we have from our grateful and satisfied graduates and the 800 plus coaches we have trained nationally and internationally.
Enrolling with The Coaching Institute
Your training is provided in a wide variety of formats to aid your learning experience. As part of your Certificate IV in Life Coaching training with The Coaching Institute, you can now receive –
- Your pre-learning pack
- Intake Weekend face-to-face training
- Teleclasses on advanced skills
- Live Coaching Demonstrations
- Professional Development Classes
- Coaching Ethics
- TCI/ICF Core Competencies
- Your own Mentor Coach
- Group Mentoring
- Access to the Member’s Only Website
- Access to the Coach and Connect monthly meetings
- Practice Sessions with other coaches
- Complete assessment for your accreditation
- Fulltime support from an Accredited TCI Coach
- Four different membership options upon graduation
- Graduate network
To enrol, you can download your enrolment form by clicking here,
or contact your Course Consultant Annie TODAY on 1800 094 927.
The journey all starts with one step… discover your true potential by becoming a member of the leading coaching institute in Australia.
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