tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87751366910179650382024-02-19T02:52:05.378-08:00ClarityThis blog is for anyone who wants more clarity in their life or their business. Clarity Coach Mike Kennedy, shares his insights and thoughts about how we as humans deal with change, stress, success, failure, frustration, love, joy - the whole range of the human condition.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-59057137518892815592014-05-13T23:30:00.002-07:002014-05-14T01:12:30.097-07:00Deal with your problems, but focus on building your dreams.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0OpxkupwNusHDjDci12pVkjADy13VSngYQVcrtO0S6U116RBPi5aXOGZZn3EK7zdZN58H_ZCH6bFz1wYej2sHEtx4B759Gi3WYHJAiMDYsth6lFOEGIobqzLqSdEghUxzUT67uzDdX1d/s1600/will+i+am.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0OpxkupwNusHDjDci12pVkjADy13VSngYQVcrtO0S6U116RBPi5aXOGZZn3EK7zdZN58H_ZCH6bFz1wYej2sHEtx4B759Gi3WYHJAiMDYsth6lFOEGIobqzLqSdEghUxzUT67uzDdX1d/s1600/will+i+am.jpg" height="173" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are all in a state of becoming... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We don’t have to beat ourselves up because we’re not there
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Failure is just another way of saying;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"You’ve learnt how not to do what you are trying to achieve."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cowards need assurance and security, just to get out of bed,
they hiss and spit at risk takers, but dream builders stay up late and get up early, driven and
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In a recent interview with Joanna Lumley, Will i am, <i>(an amazing dream builder) </i>said:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“I’m ignoring my problems and building my dreams”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Perhaps the only reason you are not up and out building your
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Is that your focus in on your day to day problems, </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you want some help creating that vision, email me at
<a href="mailto:themotivationclinic@gmail.com">themotivationclinic@gmail.com</a></span></i></div>
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<a href="http://www.themotivationclinic.wordpress.com/"><i><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Discover your motivation.</span></b></i></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-36200082142744626182014-04-22T16:15:00.002-07:002014-04-22T16:15:38.209-07:00Interview with Mike about his new work<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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great when you have it, it’s hard work when you don’t have it.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Today I’m with Mike E Kennedy, director of a new
business called “The Motivation Clinic”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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take on motivation is and what we can get from being around the Motivation
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">So how do you feel about your new
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It's been a real revelation to me
writing this book – it started out as a question about what it is that I
do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do I really offer?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For many years now people have
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me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I've always believed that no-one can
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I've constantly said: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I'm
not a motivator – you’re motivating yourself!”</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve seen myself more as a catalyst and an
observer of people who discover their own motivation and then head off in hot
pursuit of amazing and meaningful adventures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So I've spent the last 12 years in
a form of retreat - coaching and training coaches to help people find their own
unique courage, creativity and confidence and to encourage them to create great
big inspiring and audacious goals and then go out there and make it
happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I've been witness to hundreds of
people stepping out and doing amazing stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Finally, from seeing my clients
examples and engaging myself in two questions: “What do I really do?” and “What
do I really, really want?”, I've found my own courage, creativity and
confidence to be the amazing writer, speaker and trainer that I am – to be my
own best version of me out there in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When I think of greatness…when I
think of the people who stepped out and became great in everything they did and
said every day in every way; it's like they made a decision at a critical point
of time; to be the person that they became.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They lived into the best possible version of themselves that they could
have imagined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phew! Now that's a source
of motivation!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Anyhow, even though I'm proud of
everything I've done before, this work in the motivation Clinic is the
beginning of my best work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm now
stronger, more confident in who I am and what I deliver and I'm willing to step
out and speak my truth whatever the situation.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">So what is next for you
Mike?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are you going to do?</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I'm going to focus on providing
the possibility of personal motivation to as many people as I can in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm going to be the catalyst for personal
motivation, clarity and courage for the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I'm developing low cost entry
versions of my workshops and seminars and mentoring programs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want this message to be available to
everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I'm going to remind people how
amazing they are, how capable they are and how the answers to their questions
are inside of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm going to show
them ways to access those answers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I'm going to be creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm going to write blogs, books, create
videos and work toward supporting people who want to own their choices and be
the best version of themselves they can imagine.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">What are you currently writing?</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I'm writing a book called
“Release Your Human Hand Brake!”. It's all about an internal conflict I've
observed in most people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This conflict
inside of us, stops us moving toward what we want in a smooth and integrated
manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Its like inside of us, we are
running an internal three-legged race – remember how when you have your leg
tied to someone else's leg, even if you know them really well, how jerky and uncoordinated
you are until you somehow work it out?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When that happens, you can just about sprint as fast as you can on your
own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The two of you had to work out your
differences and commit to a common direction and goal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">That's what this book is all
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sorting out the different agendas
you have within you and committing to a common direction and goal, moving
forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In fact, the process of writing
this book has deepened my own sense of integration and direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's amazing how it works.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">So what is your message to people
about their personal motivation?</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Feeling jaded, unmotivated,
overwhemed, listless, un-enthused, un-inspired by anything or just plain bored
with what you are doing, is really a high state of mind!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It means that you are no longer motivated
with what you are doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It means you
are ready to discover what uniquely motivates you in your life and are ready to
unleash yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What you are currently feeling is
the calm before the revelation of who you really are, what you really stand for
and where you are really going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
that happens, you’ll take off like a rocket!</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">What do you and The Motivation
Clinic have to offer people who want to find their own motivation?</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You'll find conversations,
processes, concepts and learning experiences that will enable you discover,
clarify and put into action what really motivates you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You'll find a community of
motivated people for you to be part of.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You'll find ideas, inspiration
and information to sustain and grow your motivation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You'll be given permission to go
for what you really, really want and what's important for you.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Thank you Mike</span></i></b></div>
<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-88261451032447484092014-04-02T06:12:00.001-07:002014-04-02T06:12:40.645-07:00What you resist, persists. What you look at dissolves. Sometimes you get to push away that part of you you don't want to effect your life.<br />
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You demonise it, marginalise it and fight it with ferocity.<br />
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You hide it from others, you really are ashamed... <br />
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But in doing so, something strange starts to happen.<br />
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Things don't get better, they get worst.<br />
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It gets harder to put on the mask you show to the world, you start doubting the meaning of it all <br />
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That's because what you resist, persists and what you look at, dissolves away.<br />
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So how do you get to look at what it is you feel threatened by?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGB8YK5C89JuBY3zi68YqHqOXqmoTRXejmvaMOrimyg5eRd_D5y2cbcW2KYhiwZdYfZATJepYPyES033Sh_qHvYqI0ePkwgBvrz_P306nh8FsGjb0FQvOfOfWVvn_tEBSGm0aL_dzCiLf/s1600/Man+in+the+mirror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGB8YK5C89JuBY3zi68YqHqOXqmoTRXejmvaMOrimyg5eRd_D5y2cbcW2KYhiwZdYfZATJepYPyES033Sh_qHvYqI0ePkwgBvrz_P306nh8FsGjb0FQvOfOfWVvn_tEBSGm0aL_dzCiLf/s1600/Man+in+the+mirror.jpg" height="139" width="200" /></a>You go to the mirror and tell that part of you, that you want to ask it some questions,<br />
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That you will let it have your voice to answer these questions with.<br />
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Then you ask them these questions:<br />
<ul>
<li>What are you concerned about?</li>
<li>What are you trying to tell me?</li>
<li>What do you think I should do?</li>
</ul>
After you ask each question, you look straight at them in the mirror,<br />
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You give them your complete attention, watching for emotion and body language too.<br />
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You thank them for each answer they give. If you want to explore more, please do.<br />
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...and when you are finally through with your conversation;<br />
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Thank them for their courage and generosity in looking out for you.<br />
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Tell them that you will take their concerns into consideration.<br />
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<i>Then wait for the peace that comes from you no longer fighting with yourself.</i><br />
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Thanks for visiting us here. <i><b>What would your life be like with some clarity? </b></i> Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy... to find out if this would work well for you<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-66940368995654627182014-03-24T04:26:00.004-07:002014-03-24T04:26:58.288-07:00Skunk Work's Organisational Genius: Kelly Johnson.Collaboration needs strict rules and boundaries to give a structure to the fast turnaround and creative blitz that are the great possibility of collaborative projects. <br />
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Here's an example of Kelly Johnson's <b>"14 rules of Management"</b>; the basis of a legendary collaboration project from 1943: <b>The Skunk Works: </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Johnson's
famed "down-to-brass-tacks" management style was summed up by his
motto, "<b><i>Be quick, be quiet, and be on time." </i></b>He ran <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Works" title="Skunk Works"><span style="color: blue;">Skunk Works</span></a> by <b>"Kelly's 14 Rules"</b>:</span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Skunk Works
manager must be delegated practically complete control of his program in
all aspects. He should report to a division president or higher.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong but small
project offices must be provided both by the military and industry.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The number of
people having any connection with the project must be restricted in an
almost vicious manner. Use a small number of good people (10% to 25%
compared to the so-called normal systems).</span></span></li>
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drawing and drawing release system with great flexibility for making
changes must be provided.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There must be a
minimum number of reports required, but important work must be recorded
thoroughly.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There must be a
monthly cost review covering not only what has been spent and committed
but also projected costs to the conclusion of the program. Don't have the
books 90 days late, and don't surprise the customer with sudden overruns.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The contractor
must be delegated and must assume more than normal responsibility to get
good vendor bids for subcontract on the project. Commercial bid procedures
are very often better than military ones.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The inspection
system as currently used by the Skunk Works, which has been approved by
both the Air Force and Navy, meets the intent of existing military requirements
and should be used on new projects. Push more basic inspection
responsibility back to subcontractors and vendors. Don't duplicate so much
inspection.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The contractor
must be delegated the authority to test his final product in flight. He
can and must test it in the initial stages. If he doesn't, he rapidly
loses his competency to design other vehicles.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
specifications applying to the hardware must be agreed to well in advance
of contracting. The Skunk Works practice of having a specification section
stating clearly which important military specification items will not
knowingly be complied with and reasons therefore is highly recommended.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Funding a
program must be timely so that the contractor doesn't have to keep running
to the bank to support government projects.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There must be
mutual trust between the military project organization and the contractor
with very close cooperation and liaison on a day-to-day basis. This cuts
down misunderstanding and correspondence to an absolute minimum.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Access by outsiders
to the project and its personnel must be strictly controlled by
appropriate security measures.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Because only a
few people will be used in engineering and most other areas, ways must be
provided to reward good performance by pay not based on the number of
personnel supervised.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Note
that Kelly had a 15th rule that he passed on by word of mouth. According to the
book "Skunk Works" the 15th rule is: "Starve before doing
business with the damned Navy. They don't know what the hell they want and will
drive you up a wall before they break either your heart or a more exposed part
of your anatomy." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Note also that collaboration is probably going to be a big part of your toolkit. <i><b>What are your 14 rules? </b></i></span></span></div>
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<br />
Thanks for visiting us here.<br />
Want to get serious about being great? Call me on 0439 979 577 and tell me about your goals!<br />
Get to know clarity. <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">Email me, Mike Kennedy...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-76509860230365531362014-03-18T16:42:00.002-07:002014-03-18T16:42:32.497-07:00Research only reveals a part of the story... I did what I thought was a thorough research into ebook publishing platforms.<br />
<br />
A consultant from one of them called me.<br />
<br />
After letting them know I wasn't going to choose their platform, they immediately rattled off about three alternatives I'd never came across.<br />
<br />
There are so many choices, so many options out there. I'm amazed at what is out there.<br />
<br />
Thanks for visiting us here. Get to know clarity. <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">Email me, Mike Kennedy...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-6878451523087893822014-03-18T16:38:00.003-07:002014-03-18T16:38:53.700-07:00We are so visual..Tony Robbins did a survey of a group of people who spent their money buying his books.<br />
<br />
He said that 60% of the people surveyed, never read the book they had bought.<br />
<br />
He also said 10% of the group shared that they hadn't even taken the book out of the package.<br />
<br />
What does this mean?<br />
<br />
Does it mean that only 30% of people engaged in their personal and professional development actually read as part of their process?<br />
<br />
I know that what that means for new authors, such as the likes of Tim Ferris and Seth Godin, that lots of their materials are in the form of YouTube riffs and interviews. Not only that, the art of delivering a succinct bite of information in a blog or a tweet appears to be a way we consume new information.<br />
<br />
I live in hope that my little snippets are useful and hit the spot.<br />
<br />
Thanks for visiting us here. Get to know clarity. <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">Email me, Mike Kennedy...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-48803083585848480952014-03-18T04:14:00.000-07:002014-03-18T04:14:26.395-07:00The Coaching Conversation - It's not Normal!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUpUR9ojwqqPRH_MgGSGP0PdTGypovOqq-gIiJfyMojgtXESmB_72IoRXjEwxs4VmNOsF_eBZpsNtvU1u8FgZfnJbOWqF3vwiNyzuNRxrogz8XXxVX03_3esCTW3BACvYxN9T429CZsCq/s1600/Coaching+conversations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUpUR9ojwqqPRH_MgGSGP0PdTGypovOqq-gIiJfyMojgtXESmB_72IoRXjEwxs4VmNOsF_eBZpsNtvU1u8FgZfnJbOWqF3vwiNyzuNRxrogz8XXxVX03_3esCTW3BACvYxN9T429CZsCq/s1600/Coaching+conversations.jpg" height="93" width="200" /></a>When we find ourselves in a coaching conversation, it operates on a totally different context to a normal, everyday conversation.<br />
<br />
<b>It's not polite, it's not comfortable and it's certainly not "<i>nice".</i></b><br />
<br />
But the reason for having a coaching conversation is way bigger than simply being the opposite of those social conventions. <br />
<br />
You need a high level of focus to engage in a coaching conversation, whether you are coaching or being coached. And if you are allowing someone the privilege to coach you, you have to give them permission.<br />
<br />
There are many thin lines in coaching and I confess that I often open my mouth, simply to change feet.<br />
<br />
The reason for having a coaching conversation is <b>to enable you to get out of your own way and operate on a high level of clarity.</b> To clarify your situation, your status quo mode of operation and to innovate and create totally new ways of operating. The reason for having a coaching conversation is to <b>be more effective </b>and<b> to move you toward achieving your goals.</b><br />
<br />
To be coached in a coaching conversation, you need to be <b>coachable</b>, that is, you need to be open to discussing and exploring your situation, how and why you do things the way you do them and what it's going to take to get you to achieve your goals. You also need a high level of trust in the person who is coaching you. <br />
<br />
<b>It's not natural to be coachable. </b><br />
<br />
Coachable is a mixture of enough pain to want to do something about your situation, a strong enough desire to achieve what you want to achieve and an unreasonable willingness to examine yourself with rigor. <br />
<br />
This does not happen often in our human existance.<br />
<br />
<b>Being uncoachable is far more natural. </b><br />
<br />
Uncoachable is where you aren't willing to discuss or explore yourself with any sort of rigor. You manage your pain that your current status quo causes you and you keep your desires for your goals under control. <br />
<br />
That's sometimes called <b><i>"Living a life of quiet desperation", </i></b>which is how most of us humans live, run our businesses and lead our teams.. You take offense easily and are not willing to have dialogue about how best to move forward.<br />
<br />
You are locked into repetative, past based patterns and limitations. Your chances of success are restricted to the quality of your thinking and actions.<br />
<br />
Finding yourself in a "coaching conversation" is a remarkable privilege. It shows you how big you are, by you trusting and being willing enough to let another person in to put the mirror in front of you. It also shows you are up for and ready for something new and bigger than what you are currently playing.<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #073763;">Thanks for visiting us here. </span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">If you are up for and ready for something new and bigger - call me on 0439 979 577 </span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">Get to know clarity. <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">Email me, Mike Kennedy...</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-7796656903209285322014-03-14T21:11:00.000-07:002014-03-14T21:11:11.832-07:00The Phantom Shopper discovers Outstanding Service in a local Cafe<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQKufJAiIRjXQbcAwrcv_DTP5CFkhT9Nub1vXxy8N2Vwzg5-pKBlCTZ4GoFFZA-BLAmiC_xJ0uqZqvuD1kqdXd1IsuJcTwPk25PAkNaG9AXZPZZXJa7OnWrFj4e4nEC7T2stUmzgTyh2J/s1600/The+phantom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQKufJAiIRjXQbcAwrcv_DTP5CFkhT9Nub1vXxy8N2Vwzg5-pKBlCTZ4GoFFZA-BLAmiC_xJ0uqZqvuD1kqdXd1IsuJcTwPk25PAkNaG9AXZPZZXJa7OnWrFj4e4nEC7T2stUmzgTyh2J/s1600/The+phantom.jpg" height="200" width="143" /></a>Great customer service is surprisingly rare and when you get it, it's always good to learn from it.<br />
<br />
At <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Coffee1st-Espresso-Bar/115221901902456">my local cafe</a> that I shared with you about the other day, where the owner trains baristas that <a href="http://addsvalue.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/your-best-is-yet-to-come.html">"Their next coffee made needs to be their best coffee ever!"</a>, the owner went one step further from just delivering a delicious cup of coffee and generously giving us his time and attention.<br />
<br />
When I was at the counter, paying for this experience, he saw I'd cut myself shaving my head - just a little nick.<br />
<br />
He said to me: <i><b>"Sir, you have a small graze on the side of your head" </b></i> He was already in the process of wetting a white, fresh napkin. <i><b>"Would you mind if I wiped it clean for you?"</b></i><br />
<br />
How could I refuse?<br />
<br />
I was in awe of someone serving me to this extent. <i>"Yes, by all means.." </i>I heard myself say...as if in a trance.<br />
<br />
And he walked up to me, wiped my head clean and said: <i><b>"Trust me sir, I'm a registered professional nurse".</b></i><br />
<br />
Now that, my friends; is awesome service. And that has got me telling you about it.<br />
<br />
What can you do today to blow your customers out of the water with something extraordinary like this?<br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Let me know what you do.</i><br />
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Let's start a wave of outstanding customer service - the world needs this.<br />
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Thanks for visiting us here. Think about how extraordinary you could be, but you currently never get around to it. Shake yourself up. Call me. 0439 979 577 Get to know clarity. <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">Email me, Mike Kennedy...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-26357152531266505702014-03-13T18:26:00.001-07:002014-03-13T18:26:40.304-07:00Your Best is yet to come...<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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This morning we tried <a href="http://www.coffee1st.com.au/">a new local café</a> that that a barista
training centre attached.</div>
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The coffee was <b>remarkable. </b>The service was <b>extraordinary.</b></div>
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The owner told us that he taught baristas that their next
cup of coffee they made always has to be the <b><u>best</u></b> cup of coffee they had ever made.</div>
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Imagine that, making coffee every time <b>like your life depended upon it.</b></div>
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Imagine that whatever you do in your daily life, is about to
be the best you have ever done…</div>
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Working and interacting with the people around you, raising
the bar every day.</div>
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What would that life be like for you?</div>
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<i> Want to raise the bar in your life? Call me and lets find your best.</i> 0439 979 577<br />
<br />
Thanks for visiting us here. Get to know clarity. <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">Email me, Mike Kennedy...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-5236234202784677242014-03-12T02:23:00.001-07:002014-03-12T02:23:14.251-07:00Taking a swig of your own true essence...Thanks to Chris Voisin, resident philosopher and entrepreneur at the <a href="http://www.kiwibasecamp.co.nz/">Kiwi Basecamp Backpackers</a> for this amazing quote: <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAZLPmKtBdyQeLxX1erm_mNslggTvJr902brGRmhcxqrLjRYGDD8JTuD1LY-SOKbnEragx7fUHyXKSDmlMtiM-lLLvdxABo5YhlYa7qrhA24JbTtJum0bA_gSFBJwVZa7CTfe5IuwBzvS/s1600/Swig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAZLPmKtBdyQeLxX1erm_mNslggTvJr902brGRmhcxqrLjRYGDD8JTuD1LY-SOKbnEragx7fUHyXKSDmlMtiM-lLLvdxABo5YhlYa7qrhA24JbTtJum0bA_gSFBJwVZa7CTfe5IuwBzvS/s1600/Swig.jpg" height="200" width="143" /></a><span class="share-body"><span class="commentary" id="control_gen_14">"If
only we could only harness (or bottle!) </span><span class="commentary" id="control_gen_14"></span><span class="commentary" id="control_gen_14">that which is our true essence </span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="share-body"><span class="commentary" id="control_gen_14">and reach for the bottle and take a swig when we need to. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="share-body"><span class="commentary" id="control_gen_14">...well I guess
we can... </span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="share-body"><span class="commentary" id="control_gen_14">We just need to remember the essential oil (us), </span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="share-body"><span class="commentary" id="control_gen_14">and remind
ourselves who we are and what we're here for. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="share-body"><span class="commentary" id="control_gen_14">Keep the metaphorical
bottle on the shelf, </span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="share-body"><span class="commentary" id="control_gen_14">it's always there :) "</span></span><br />
<br />
<i>Thanks for visiting us here. If you want to have a swig of that metaphorical bottle,</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Have a chat with me. I'll help you remember who you are and what you are here for.</i><br />
<br />
Get to know clarity. <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">Email me, Mike Kennedy...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-49373461524324524742014-03-10T05:16:00.002-07:002014-03-10T05:16:52.340-07:00People Hate Change.Helping people work their way through change has been a big part of my career.<br />
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And people just <b>hate change </b>- there's a whole process to go through before you can even think clearly when change hits you unprepared.<br />
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One workshop I did on change had a thirty men in roles from management to operational from the same unit in a training room. I started my workshop with a question: <i>What is stress?</i><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimODlQtcYgfJI7ttS25Y-2JoWDAD34D8grlkGJKDLr6bp4yZi9j1koH7uZj9w5bZjB9EASMsxyLLXkfbk9IdPAaofURdVCtrsz39dRY3ak_6FO5VFYRKuYgEPnN3UT9CF_vezfH4nln2RX/s1600/fight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimODlQtcYgfJI7ttS25Y-2JoWDAD34D8grlkGJKDLr6bp4yZi9j1koH7uZj9w5bZjB9EASMsxyLLXkfbk9IdPAaofURdVCtrsz39dRY3ak_6FO5VFYRKuYgEPnN3UT9CF_vezfH4nln2RX/s1600/fight.jpg" height="135" width="200" /></a>A man got up and said: "I'll tell you what stress is - stress is having a heart attack and nearly dying, Stress is coming to work every day and having to deal with a B....d like you..." and he threw himself at<br />
his manager and started throwing punches. The whole room erupted and men were either throwing punches or trying to break it up.<br />
<br />
Somehow I got the room to quieten down and everyone back in their seats. Thankfully there was nothing broken in the room...just some blood splatters on the carpet.<br />
<br />
We then had a conversation...the like of which you couldn't have with all that withheld anger in the room - the riot opened a door which we all went through that day. Authentic, direct, honest. Extraordinary men having an extraordinary conversation.<br />
<br />
Nobody got hurt, no charges were made, the air was cleared and everyone moved forward in the change process. <br />
<br />
Sometimes the training process is like that. You have to skid along the edge of what is considered acceptable in order to cut through the polite silent suffering that we endure. I'm pretty comfortable with a certain amount of chaos in the room. I have met many trainers who don't allow chaos to show her face in the room. They have a name for boring workshops that don't make a difference.<br />
<br />
There's a popular coaching story about a business coach who was coaching an owner of a fish farm who was having difficulty getting his fish to the right weight and muscle mass. The coach said: "Put a predator in there with them." The owner reluctantly complied and within a week, the fish's stats started to improve. They were wary and moved around a lot more. They got fitter, happier and well toned. They might have been a bit more nervous around the predator, but that little bit of risk made all the difference to their quality of their lives.<br />
<br />
Sometimes you just gotta go outside your comfort zone!<br />
<br />
Sometimes argy-bargy, even though it's scarey, is the price to resolution, enlightenment and freedom...and that enables you to think your way through change.<br />
<br />
Thanks for visiting us here. Want to know clarity in your life?<br />
Want to live on the edge of your comfort zone? <br />
<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">Email me, Mike Kennedy...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-59224080084381565582014-03-10T04:44:00.001-07:002014-03-10T04:44:32.924-07:00I met a man from my past the other day...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUoGTN-YBUSJbjqBxiz0pFOFwgjB58qe_NkB5BFzypI7RorwW0nlKFtCyqRMUxANB9kKwWH2tgJJFB7NWvAuTAtON8VyxfFDHskDuW6q8EAZjXqedKsgYmI7NviTLMcAZt8GF05CTrzHtI/s1600/Arthur+Janov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUoGTN-YBUSJbjqBxiz0pFOFwgjB58qe_NkB5BFzypI7RorwW0nlKFtCyqRMUxANB9kKwWH2tgJJFB7NWvAuTAtON8VyxfFDHskDuW6q8EAZjXqedKsgYmI7NviTLMcAZt8GF05CTrzHtI/s1600/Arthur+Janov.jpg" height="200" width="132" /></a>His name was Peter...and he was still with his wife Jenny, some thirty odd years later. Both of them living quiet, reflective and aware lives.<br />
<br />
We were ardently exploring Primal Therapy together in a group called the <b>"Organismic Growth Centre"</b>. Our work was based on the work of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Janov">Arthur Janov Phd.</a> and his book called <b>"The Primal Scream" </b> <i>(Brilliant choice of the pubisher to put that Munch painting on the cover!)</i><br />
<br />
I always admired Peter as a deep and resonant thinker and a committed student of primal. At the time, with only his example, he inspired me to take on training to guide people through this process as a therapist.<br />
<br />
"Emotion travellers, hitching a ride back on our feelings to experience<br />
our Critical Incidents in our past with the aim of freedom, authenticity and creativity.<br />
<br />
...and sometimes even experiencing our births again."<br />
<br />
It was a great thing to do, and Peter noted that it was probably out of reach for most people today,<br />
<br />
There being such a time poverty and a focus on merely surviving these days.<br />
<br />
Back then, we had the time, and the inclination to explore and experience where our feelings came from,<br />
<br />
Bringing back gems of understanding and personal resolution.<br />
<br />
So good to meet old buddys and to tap into a key formative philosophy and methodology.<br />
<br />
What did I learn from Primal Therapy?<br />
<br />
Not to be scared of intense feelings or to resist following them from whence they came from. <br />
It gives me great courage and confidence working with others, that our organism has an intelligence we know nothing about and that it naturally heals itself, in the process of life itself.<br />
<br />
Great to see you again Pete and Jenny - you both still inspire me!<br />
<br />
Thanks for visiting us here. Would you like more clarity in your life?<br />
Would you like to be more aware in your decisions and actions?<br />
<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">Email me, Mike Kennedy...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-48968213109857195592014-03-10T04:22:00.001-07:002014-03-10T04:22:27.481-07:00"There is strength in softness. Remember, It's all backwards," Stuart Wilde RIPIn a coaching session with my coach, I took on an action to write an email to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Wilde">Stuart Wilde</a>, a man who I've been reading avidly over the last six months. <br />
<br />
This was a challenge, but really it was low hanging fruit...and I knew it.<br />
<br />
I got off the session and started searching for a website with some contact details for Stuart.<br />
<br />
I found his website and found a post saying <a href="http://www.stuartwilde.com/2013/05/in-loving-memory-of-stuart-wilde/">In Loving Memory of Stuart Wilde RIP.</a><br />
<br />
Shock.<br />
<br />
It was last May, he was on a scenic drive in Ireland and suffered a fatal heart attack, dying at age 66.<br />
<br />
Someone once said that people who read books are having a conversation with the author.<br />
<br />
I've been having a great time with Stuart. <br />
<br />
However, after reading his exploits, lifestyle and writing style in his later years, I was talking to middle aged Stuart, in his light and positive phase. And that's just how I want to remember him.<br />
<br />
There's nasty stuff on the internet about Stuart. There always has been. Stuart had a way of polarising people - you either loved him...or you hated him.<br />
<br />
But thank you Stuart for your Taoist inspired Wilde rants and raves. You have helped me trust and make sense of things previously I was scared and mystified about.<br />
<br />
You probably drank too much, chased all the wrong women and partook in way too many cigarettes...you brought the way of Tao to the man on the street - simple and easy to relate to. <br />
<br />
You may have explored some pessimistic and dark places, but I will always remember you as being the light bearer of light...in more ways than one.<br />
<br />
I was lucky enough to attend one of your seminars in the 80's and as well to listen to the many stories of your adventures with Glynn in the mystery school that Glynn Braddy had to tell in his Four Seasons seminars. <br />
<br />
Thank you Stuart for inspiring us all.<br />
<br />
Thanks for visiting us here. <br />
<i><b> If you want to dance the light fantastic in your life and business: Call me.</b></i>
<br />
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<b>Think about what your life be like with some clarity... </b><br />
Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy </div>
<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-75085416845380313672014-03-07T22:16:00.001-08:002014-03-07T22:16:36.777-08:00What's your Excuse?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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It’s easy to make excuses for not chasing what’s important
to you.</div>
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“I’m too fat, too thin, too poor, too rich, not qualified
enough, too qualified…” – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">what ever!</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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You can make anything into an excuse.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Too Jewish, not Jewish enough, special needs, not special
needs enough...</div>
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<br /></div>
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The best speaker I ever met in New Zealand, <a href="http://www.tonychristiansen.com/">Peter Christiansen</a> has no legs…<i><b>and
no excuses. </b></i></div>
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So many people hide behind political correctness – you can’t
even talk to them about it. </div>
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<br /></div>
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You can blame your parents, your education, your mental
health or your medical diagnosis…</div>
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<br /></div>
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The amazing <a href="http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/">Stephen
Fry</a> has full blown depression…and don’t even ask about the challenges <a href="http://www.hawking.org.uk/">Stephen Hawking</a> has to face every day.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Too young?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think <a href="http://time100.time.com/2013/11/12/the-16-most-influential-teens-of-2013/">Lorde,</a>
<a href="http://time100.time.com/2013/11/12/the-16-most-influential-teens-of-2013/slide/nick-daloisio/">Nick
D’Aloisio,</a> <a href="http://time100.time.com/2013/11/12/the-16-most-influential-teens-of-2013/slide/malala-yousafzai/">Malala
Yousafzai,</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/time100.time.com/2013/11/12/the-16-most-influential-teens-of-2013/slide/in=ionnnn-shipka/">Ionut
Budisteanu,</a> <a href="http://time100.time.com/2013/11/12/the-16-most-influential-teens-of-2013/slide/malia-obama/">Malia
Obama,</a> <a href="http://time100.time.com/2013/11/12/the-16-most-influential-teens-of-2013/slide/justin-bieber/">Justin
Bieber</a> – these guys don’t try and get you to buy that excuse. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Too old?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think Mick Jagger, Sir David Attenbourough,
Leonard Cohen <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(and add depression for him
here too!)</i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Attention Deficit
Disorder?</b> No excuse!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sir Richard
Branson, Bill Gates, Ted Turner, Will Smith, Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Stephen Spielberg,
John Lennon, Beethoven, Mozart, President John F Kennedy, Winston Churchill,
Joan Rivers, Socrates – <b>they all had it </b>- <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>boy there’s a bunch of my heroes in
there!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…but wait, Stephen Hawking also
has ADD.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Truth is, the sky’s
the limit.</b></div>
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What’s mainly limiting you is your excuses.</div>
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What’s your excuse now for not chasing what’s important to
you?</div>
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Thanks for visiting us here. <i><b>If you are sick of using your excuses and want to launch yourself in hot pursuit of what you really, really want: Call me.</b></i></div>
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<b>What would your life be like with some clarity? </b><br />
Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy </div>
<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-10135362251700640732014-03-04T18:37:00.001-08:002014-03-04T18:37:10.361-08:00Long Term Relationships of Trust.It's something that I learnt in New Zealand.<br />
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In a small country, you are simply more accountable.<br />
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The anonymity of big cities, gives people the means to behave badly and move on from relationship to relationship.<br />
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The amazing thing however about long term relationships of trust is the extraordinary power and possibility that it bestows upon you when you have those kind of relationships.<br />
<br />
In fact, once you have experienced the efficacy and quality of a long term relationship of trust, then you don't want to waste your time dealing with anything less.<br />
<br />
A smart young man told me today his grandfather and father both told him to always give people respect. But, if they ever disrespected you, simply withdraw yourself from their influence. You simply don't waste any time fighting for their respect or being disappointed by not getting it - life's too short and you move along.<br />
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<i>Good advice for anyone in business.</i><br />
<br />
<b>Long term relationships of trust.</b><br />
<br />
Who can you start something with now who you have a long term relationship of trust with?<br />
<br />
Thanks for visiting us here. <i><b>What would your life be like with some clarity? </b></i><br />
Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy... to find out if this would work well for you
<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-42270547364485396502014-03-04T18:20:00.001-08:002014-03-04T18:20:23.456-08:00What is your Rumplestiltskin trapping you into?I had a client ring me this morning, with the upbeat tone of freedom in their voice.<br />
<br />
They had been working their way through a business negotiation process in which they had been stressing out and not thinking clearly. Mistakes were being made and emotions were high. <br />
<br />
We had been questioning them to find their clarity and as it happens sometimes they had to sleep on it and it arrived in the morning.<br />
<br />
They could suddenly see it clearly - they had been linking a series of past failures, disappointments and not very good decisions with their current negotiation. Every step of the way was linked into the emotions from these very different situations from the past. <br />
<br />
The past was hobbling their current performance.<br />
<br />
Rumplestiltskin was going to take away the Queen's newborn baby if she couldn't tell him his name. He had her just where he wanted her. Helpless. My client's past feelings had them. <br />
<br />
The Queen's faithful Knight followed Rumplestiltskin into the dark forest. Rumplestiltskin foolishly built a fire and started dancing around it singing: "My name is Rumplestiltskin, she'll never guess my name..." Sometimes you have to follow your challenges and stresses into your own dark forest to hear and understand how to name them.<br />
<br />
The Knight returned and told the Queen the creature's name. Rumplestiltskin later appeared that morning to pick up the baby. He was shocked and powerless when the Queen said:<br />
<br />
<b>"I know your name. Your name is Rumpelstiltskin. Now Begone!"</b><br />
<br />
He disappeared, stage left, gnashing his teeth with frustration.<br />
<br />
It's amazing when you look behind your challenges, limitations and frustrations and find the past incidents, emotions and behaviors that are having control over you in the present.<br />
<br />
<b>Who is your Rumplestiltskin that is stopping you from dancing in the moment, present, effective and free?</b><br />
<br />
Thanks for visiting us here. <i><b>What would your life be like with some clarity? </b></i><br />
Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy... to find out if this would work well for you
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-63680771425143720522014-02-27T17:46:00.001-08:002014-02-27T17:46:27.209-08:00Bullying - another way to ruin your business Tolerating a culture of bullying in the workplace always comes from the top down.<br />
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It demoralises and disempowers staff, it's a turn-off for clients to see and experience this.<br />
<br />
It's not fair...and it's not good business. <br />
<br />
Allowing this to be part of your business is not only a great way to ruin your business,<br />
<br />
...but it's <a href="http://www.fairwork.gov.au/media-centre/enewsletter/fwo-enewsletter-issue-12/pages/fair-work-act-1-january-2014-changes.aspx">illegal as well.</a><br />
<br />
Thanks for visiting us here. <i><b>What would your life be like with some clarity? </b></i><br />
Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy... to find out if this would work well for you<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-24399636649589793682014-02-25T16:19:00.000-08:002014-02-25T16:19:01.927-08:00HOW TO QUICKLY RUIN YOUR BUSINESS<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Why long suffer when you can short, sharp suffer?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Arguably
Australia’s leading personal business coach, Mike Kennedy says quickly ruining
your business takes an extraordinary commitment and focus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Most
business owners who are rapidly going out the back door in the midst of massive
market change need discipline and single minded focus to ignore the
overwhelming evidence of the need for change”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“It takes
a special person to be able to quickly ruin their business” he says.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“There are five key things that contribute to
their success”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hold
fast to your old business model.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is essential if you want to ruin your
business quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make sure you are
focusing your marketing efforts and resources on dying market demand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes determination and courage, but the
rewards are there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ignore
industry trends.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Disregard
the latest information about what your consumers are doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, you will achieve greater success in
ruining your business quickly if you ignore what other news agents are doing
that works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t want to be
distracted from fast-tracking your business ruin.</span></div>
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</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Work
harder, longer and give up holiday breaks.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s better for you to navigate the demise of
your business while in an exhausted state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That way you won’t feel the frustration and the pain while your cash
flow slows to a trickle, your creditors lose faith in you and your shop becomes
a graveyard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This also helps your demise
by enabling you to think foggily and have totally flawed judgment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will look like you are fighting going out
backwards, getting the sympathy vote when it all falls apart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Get
involved in pet projects for outdated concepts that nobody wants.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a brilliant strategy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You spend hours tinkering with a project that
will never get off the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
waste your time and resources and who cares if it never gets off the ground,
especially if it expedites your journey out the back door!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Be
“Uncoachable”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Don’t
listen to any feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shut any
conversation down about how you can improve or save your business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretend to listen to those well-meaning
people who are trying to help you, while being demeaning and insulting about
their strategies and ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t
want to be distracted from your noble cause of running your business down and
leaving by the back door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s not
easy to ruin your business quickly – it takes commitment, discipline and
focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But there are rewards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will look like a prophet by saying that
no-one could make a profit in such dark and gloomy times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will be admired, quoted and lauded by the
5% of naysayers, gloom merchants and pessimists in your industry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">...isn’t that what we call a <a href="http://addsvalue.blogspot.com.au/2008/06/its-important-for-you-to-know-what.html">Pyrrhic victory</a>?</span></div>
<br /><br />
Thanks for visiting us here. <i><b>What would your life be like with some clarity? </b></i><br />
Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy... to find out if this would work well for youUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-63513155602605089232014-02-18T14:45:00.001-08:002014-02-18T15:13:23.153-08:00You may not be able to see it, but everyone else can...You are always progressing, moving forward,<br />
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Facing challenges, learning, learning, learning. <br />
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But do you really understand your own capacity?<br />
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Do you see the level you are playing on?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eUU8Hj8k5Npd59ckgzWPNnoWvyj7sS3Ld9W231DZZZdsAoLfWT20UsWQnehclPZ2gEjJWh2oLnpIK0Y84Ks6HGI3H57O7LPxWs9ZQXHqubnoySmlfBTZqOaKD7CKb4t_aepaT6tjVwlG/s1600/Man+in+the+mirror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eUU8Hj8k5Npd59ckgzWPNnoWvyj7sS3Ld9W231DZZZdsAoLfWT20UsWQnehclPZ2gEjJWh2oLnpIK0Y84Ks6HGI3H57O7LPxWs9ZQXHqubnoySmlfBTZqOaKD7CKb4t_aepaT6tjVwlG/s1600/Man+in+the+mirror.jpg" height="139" width="200" /></a>If you don't, chances are, you will be wasting time on people who aren't your market,<br />
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Who don't understand what you do or the quality you bring,<br />
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Who quibble at every invoice they get from you.<br />
<br />
Funny thing is, everybody else seems to know your capacity before you do,<br />
<br />
When you finally sack your troublesome client, it's no surprise to them at all,<br />
<br />
They just weren't going to tell you, what they saw,<br />
<br />
Someone who'd grown to the next level, who simply didn't know.<br />
<br />
Someone who'd outgrown them long ago, someone who didn't know their own value.<br />
<br />
...that's why punching above your weight saves a lot of time...and money.<br />
<br />
And it also keeps you in perpetual forward motion.<br />
<br />
If you are comfortable, you probably are stagnating.<br />
<br />
You may not be able to see it, but everyone else can...<br />
<br />
Thanks for visiting us here. <i><b>What would your life be like with some clarity? </b></i><br />
Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy... to find out if this would work well for you<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-59579071897176576162014-02-18T04:45:00.002-08:002014-02-18T04:57:58.282-08:00Orange lights give you time to stop...Red light - it's too late!Take heed of the orange light.<br />
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It may come in the form of a glimpse of a low level game, the stench of betrayal or simply a <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st">Laissez - faire</span></span> attitude...<br />
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It might seem like an early warning, but it simply means you have time to stop.<br />
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When
the red light flashes, it's too late - no matter how strong you are,
your brakes simply won't stop you. In some cases, you won't even want
to stop.<br />
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You cross the line, it's all too late, the consequences are now for you to pay.<br />
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Life and business are like that in so many ways.<br />
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It's always good to look out for the orange light. <br />
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It helps you stay true to the things you hold dear.<br />
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It helps you stay on the road to your dreams.<br />
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Keep your eyes out for those orange lights. <br />
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Thanks for visiting us here. <i><b>What would your life be like with some clarity? </b></i><br />
Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy<br />
addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com<br />
... to find out if this would work well for you<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-31441159276544508622014-02-18T04:37:00.001-08:002014-02-18T04:37:34.544-08:00The Surprising difference between Emotions and Feelings Emotions are things we have been brought up to express. They are accepted by our social order and in some ways even encouraged in order to enable hidden social agendas.<br />
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Emotions like fear, frustration, anger are generally acceptable and common for us as humans. Generally these three have some low notes, and don't generally reach a higher scale.<br />
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However, emotions like love, once again, generally acceptable and common for us as humans, have a lower range of expression in the emotions of jealousy, possessiveness, domination, but have a very high range that takes us into areas of our being.<br />
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Feelings are different. They come not from our human, but from our being. They are expressions of intangible values, in many occasions every bit as passionate as emotion, but their origins are subtle, refined and full of purpose.<br />
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Generally feelings are experienced during meditation or through intuition. <br />
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Feelings are the language of the being.<br />
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Emotions are the language of the human.<br />
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Thanks for visiting us here. <i><b>What would your life be like with some clarity? </b></i><br />
Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy<br />
addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com<br />
... to find out if this would work well for you<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-5431130877996168772014-02-18T04:08:00.000-08:002014-02-18T04:08:24.029-08:00How certainty, faith and intuition as Strategy beats perfect tactics every day!I checked out a client's LinkedIn page and sent them a message about how they are presenting their self and is it possible they could do it better?<br />
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I get a text message straight back.<br />
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They told me they got what I was saying and that maybe they were trying not to jinx themselves.<br />
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They told me they were crystal clear about what they want and where they want to go.<br />
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They told me that things had been falling into place uncannily and that right now they have been given the best opportunity that they could have prayed for. That is is the culmination of all that they were, all that they had learned and all of the opportunities that they could possibly want to transpire their dreams into reality.<br />
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They then told me they were blessed and grateful for me, the universe and the gods for where they stand.<br />
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<i><b>Phew!</b></i><br />
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When you see certainty, faith and intuition on that level, it's time to get out of their way and forget any tweaking of tactics. Just encourage them to keep doing what they are doing!<br />
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Thanks for visiting us here. <i><b>What would your life be like with some clarity? </b></i><br />
Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy<br />
addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com<br />
... to find out if this would work well for you<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-71895788121970222272014-01-28T16:00:00.003-08:002014-01-28T16:00:55.113-08:00The Motivation Clinic<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0jcLQjXWa6gfoOdmFAgl9NWG9Wtq67ukaWp1CDn8waFyTBKXYdi3ycZvjJmlLtQwfBhO_tvBFKW2pLwNrJBOKAeqS-uAZBzS2dHOuA388QbVS-Znqzlf_vRD_tRqFZb0n5G8eYhDxWNN/s1600/womensfit_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0jcLQjXWa6gfoOdmFAgl9NWG9Wtq67ukaWp1CDn8waFyTBKXYdi3ycZvjJmlLtQwfBhO_tvBFKW2pLwNrJBOKAeqS-uAZBzS2dHOuA388QbVS-Znqzlf_vRD_tRqFZb0n5G8eYhDxWNN/s1600/womensfit_cover.jpg" /></a>It's nearly the end of January, you are probably back in the cut and thrust after your holiday time and wondering where to find your motivation.<br />
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I've been interviewed as an expert on motivation and you'll find a great article on finding your motivation, with my contribution, in February's <a href="http://www.womenshealthandfitness.com.au/health-beauty/popular-topics"><b>Women's Health and Fitness</b></a> magazine.<br />
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I've been paid for the last 20 years to help people find their "MOJO", their internal locus of control, their hot button, their passion. I'm really good at this and could very well be your own secret weapon in this area. Call me if you have mislaid your mojo!<br />
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And this is what you need to quickly find and engage as you make your mark on the 2014 you want to live.<br />
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That's why I'm running <b>The Motivation Clinic.</b> It's my new workshop that helps you re-animate your inner drive. I'll let you know more about this later...<br />
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However, in the last days of January 2014 and the early weeks of February 2014, you'll be seeing regular articles about how to find your motivation, how to leverage your motivation and how to unleash your motivation. You, dear reader, will be getting sneak previews of the Motivation Clinic's inner workings.<br />
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And pick yourself up a copy of February Woman's Health and Fitness magazine - it's a substantial publication and this is only one of many incredible and detailed articles on all manner of subjects, useful even if you are a man!<br />
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Thanks for visiting us here. <i><b>What would your life be like with some clarity? </b></i><br />
Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy... to find out if this would work well for you<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-79137405886415577312014-01-28T14:30:00.000-08:002014-01-28T14:30:43.158-08:00Operating your business with the end in view – For Sale…and open for BusinessIn my late Twenties I had started a little service company contracting to clients in an upmarket area.<br />
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I was busy educating myself while I was running that business and was going to seminars, engaged in courses and was working with a mentor. I knew I wanted to be a trainer and I was preparing for that career shift.<br />
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The more I engaged with the thought and work of being a trainer, the less energy I put into my little business. It supported me though, even though it became a bit stagnant and stopped growing.<br />
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After a while, I found an opportunity to break out into training and I took it.<br />
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The training work started to grow and I started to think about selling my business.<br />
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<i><b>This is where I learnt an amazing lesson about business.</b></i><br />
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I started to put more energy into my business. I sharpened up my processes, I upped my standards, I put attention into my front end and my back end of my business. I was getting ready to sell and I wanted to get top dollar for my work.<br />
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I even got myself a uniform, I upgraded my tools and my attitude toward my business started to improve. I started to enjoy my little business again, my mojo returned and I would leap out of bed to meet my day every day.<br />
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I found a buyer. I took him through the two week training I'd structured and he decided to buy my business. On the day we exchanged business for money, my business had doubled.<br />
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I was gutted. I had another business to sell.<br />
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At the time, I found this to be a real problem. I wanted to concentrate on my training, not continue my business. So I searched for a new buyer.<br />
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Which I soon found.<br />
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For the second time, I took my new punter through the two week training I'd structured and he decided
to buy my business. Once again, on the day we exchanged business for money, my
business had doubled. I had yet another business to sell.<br />
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This was really frustrating! Even though the cash injection had helped me through my slim pickings as a trainer and the weekly cash flow gave me financial security, I was impatient to prove myself as a trainer.<br />
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So when I sold the same business a third time, it had expanded by a half again and I simply included that in the sale price. I was now free to pursue my passion!<br />
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The amazing point here is, that if you put your energy, your heart, your soul, your passion into your business ~ it thrives.<br />
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If you get stale, if you get distracted, your energy, focus and passion levels decrease...and so do does the profitability of your business.<br />
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So, if you want to have a thriving profitable business that people love to come in and buy from you, I suggest that you put it up for sale and have it running with so much focus and efficiency that someone would come in, look at it and give you a lovely lump of money for your efforts. Even if you don't want to sell it and you don't sell it, it's a great discipline to maintain.<br />
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<b>Besides, you really do need to have something to be inspired about and work on don't you?</b><br />
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Thanks for visiting us here. <i><b>What would your life be like with some clarity? </b></i><br />
Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy... to find out if this would work well for you<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775136691017965038.post-14578673002704645472014-01-28T04:55:00.001-08:002014-01-28T04:55:40.664-08:00Face your resistance and do your best workWhenever you set an inspiring goal,<br />
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Whenever you hit a gold vein of your best work,<br />
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Your own resistance is waiting in the shadows,<br />
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ready to put the knife in to your best efforts,<br />
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To distract you, to put you off, to fill you full of self doubt.<br />
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It's good to get to know your resistance,<br />
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They do their best work in the dark, under your radar,<br />
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When you expose them to yourself, in the act of their dirty work,<br />
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When you pull back the curtain and you see the levers and the strings,<br />
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You earn yourself some freedom, to move forward and with your mojo intact.<br />
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There's a book called <a href="http://addsvalue.blogspot.com.au/search?q=BOOKs">Do the Work by Stephen Pressfield. </a><br />
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Read this book's "Look Inside" section - it's a good book for you to know about<br />
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God knows we all need as much help with dealing with our resistance. <br />
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Thanks for visiting us here. <i><b>What would your life be like with some clarity? </b></i><br />
Call me on (+61) 439 979 577 or <a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com">email me,</a> Mike Kennedy<br />
addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com<br />
... to find out if this would work well for you<a href="mailto:addsvaluecoachmike@gmail.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0