Achievement July 2010!

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YOUR FREE MONTHLY JOURNAL OF DISCOVERY INTO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF COACHING

Hello from your top coach - This really is the time

Ponder on this for a moment - A holiday travel thought

What makes us special - In the words of others

Marketing Moments - Aim bright and aim right

Fun Work - Fix your environment

Absolute Beginners - Real time out

Coach of the Month - Curly's choice

Colin's Coffee Break - Go light

Contact Curly - How to get in touch today

HELLO FROM YOUR TOP COACH - CURLY MARTIN

Hello again,

Some coaches may be going into a summer sales dip when, like many other professionals, you may experience a reduction in enquiries and sales. It can happen in summertime (especially if you have not been spending 40% of your time working on your marketing pipeline as I fully explain on our diploma course) and yet many new coaches experience panic if their phone doesn't ring as often as before.

The good news is that, in early September, it will all pick up again. There isn't really a lack of demand; it is just other priorities take precedence at this time of year – like holidays, gardening and picnics. Good life work balance. Summer is a great time to sort your own logistical and psychological objectives and to build on your strengths in readiness for autumn. It is a time to mentally prepare for any new challenges that may come along by filling gaps in your knowledge, which will boost your confidence – and thus improve your future performance by eliminating common fears and doubts as you top-up on training.

Summer is also a great time for gentle introspection; consider what is important, and what is not, in your life, your career and your practice. You can discover answers to any nagging little doubts, concerns or questions that may be bothering you. Achievement Specialists' coaches can visit the Achievers Club for support, ideas, inspiration and friendship.

All coaches can sign up for my Download To Destiny^tm courses which are on Summer Sizzler Special offer at the moment. Click here www.achievementspecialists.co.uk/Browse/Downloads for more information.
You will find oodles of new ideas for your coaching and your life. Choose from:-

Health Harmony
Money Matters
Remarkable Relationships
Career Change

Each day a new idea, activity, inspirational exercise and much more, will arrive in your mailbox allowing you to spend time this summer growing your skills and knowledge for your new autumn clients.

If you thought last New Year was a time for new beginnings … it wasn't. It was just a rehearsal for the significant and exciting new start that is waiting for you beyond your summer break.

Love and life,

Curly

NEW FROM ACHIEVEMENT SPECIALISTS

Master Class Volume 2 Just released - this audio CD mp3 format is now available to our members. If you would like a copy please visit your Achievers Club area on the website. The details and price for volume 2 are the same as volume one and all you need to do is complete a booking form by following the instructions.

Master Class Volume 1 & 2 Just released - this audio CD mp3 format is now available to our members. If you would like a copy please visit your Achievers Club area on the website.

INTRODUCTORY OFFER: Buy both for 20% discount.

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MEMBERS ONLY OFFER

Members can return for free with a referral delegate. When you refer someone to the course you will still be eligible for the referral fee payment of £100 and as an added bonus you can come along with the delegate to the workshop for FREE.

Non-members, you are still eligible for the £100 referral fee payment on issue of an invoice.

All referral payments and offers are subject to our Terms and Conditions as displayed on our website.

PONDER ON THIS FOR A MOMENT

"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk." - Doug Larson

WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL

Received 1st June 2010

I first met Curly Martin when I was researching new career options, I had been a very successful TV and film make up artist for twenty years until early 2009 when I was diagnosed with an eye condition. I had lost 50% of my vision and could no longer see enough to do the job I loved, I could no longer drive my car and financially things had become very difficult. My life had changed so much I could not recognise it anymore. I felt as if I had lost myself completely and when I looked in the mirror the face starring back was not me!
I telephone five Life Coach training schools and explained what had happened and I wanted information about being a Life Coach, not only to see if it was something I would love, but also to see if I would be good as a Coach. Out of the five people I spoke to only one person heard what I had to say and that was Curly Martin, the others just went straight into the sales pitch for their company.
I choose the gold course and when I met Curly face to face I was not disappointed, she is so full of energy, positivity and incredibly motivating.
After the course my mentor telephoned me and whilst we were chatting, my blood ran cold, I could not believe how well Curly had matched me and my mentor, we were going to be working on all of my deepest darkest fears (the ones that I had told no one). I could not believe that Curly had read me and understood what I needed more than anyone including me!
Since doing the course my life has turned around and everyday it is getting better and better. Thank you so much Curly for noticing the real Me was still in there somewhere, when I thought she had gone forever! You have truly saved my life, for which I will be eternally grateful.
Thank you so much again. With love, Debbie Ross. The Life Artisan www.thelifeartisan.co.uk

There are hundreds of testimonials held in the office both hand written and emails and you are welcome to view them.
Please call if you would like to see more testimonials!

MARKETING MOMENTS

If you habitually use a computer for writing, for work or even for shopping, it is all too easy to think that everyone does the same. They don't. That is the reason marketing strategies based exclusively on an electronic medium will miss at least half of your potential targets.

If you are a keen reader, you may think that all your prospective clients read too. Some might and most won't (especially if they are young). If they don't read magazines they won't see your press adverts or bother to open your carefully crafted mailings.

Identify your prime pool of potential clients carefully. Then spread your marketing initiatives attractively where they will have most appeal. Fish only in a pool where you know that there are fishes.

FUN WORK

Make a point of noticing offices and workplaces featured in TV programmes. Clip and save any work place pictures that you see in magazines, especially the ones that show environments that appeal to you.

Use your phone or digital camera to grab pictures of where you normally work. Look at the results carefully. Spot the difference between what you've got and what you desire. Taking a photo puts a frame around an environment that allows you to spot details that you ignore through familiarity. (How long have you been meaning to sort out that spaghetti mess of cables under your desk?) You cannot lighten up the world from a darkened room.

ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS

When people seem stressed in their own practice or business instead of living their dream, it may be because they have failed to build in or plan for sufficient personal time out. Regular periods of relaxation are as essential as any other tasks on your 'to do' plans.

Personal time out means just what it says. It means that your computers, phones and all other electronic communication devices will be 'off' for the hours, days or weeks when you are chilling out at home. They must be left behind when you are on the move.

Guess what? The sky will not fall in. Your business will not collapse. Your family and friends will not abandon you. You will feel better because you will be better. You will be revitalised, energised and refreshed. You will achieve more with less effort. Call it a siesta or a sabbatical if it makes you feel good – just avoid feeling guilty. The name doesn't matter. It does matter that you take time out regularly.

CURLY'S COACH OF THE MONTH

Ric Hayman LCH Dip. Mentor
Ric called Achievement Specialists back in July 2003, just two weeks before the July weekend workshop. The workshop luckily had one space on it and that space became his. Today, Ric has a thriving practice in Ipswich and is one of the senior members of our coaching community. Ric is a Mentor coach and is also the Course Director. As a Life Coach, Hypnotherapist and Energy Therapy practitioner, Ric specialises in rapid change, using his own powerful toolset that he developed himself over the last seven years.

Thank you Ric.
www.haymancoaching.com

How will your journey unfold? There are currently 5 spaces remaining on the September weekend.

COACHES CORNER

ALL COACHES - PLEASE NOTE when you change email or physical addresses please make sure you send us by email your new address. Please also make sure that if you decide to send your work in via the Royal Mail please note we have moved from Bournemouth to Devon and the correct address to post your diploma work is available under the contact us page – administration address. Thank you.

COLIN'S COFFEE BREAK

Some timely travel tips to smooth your journeys. Our columnist went many years without taking a holiday abroad and was delighted to find that his ideas on stress avoidance still work.

My wife and I long ago realised that luggage is a severe impediment to enjoyable travel and, since terrorism became a real threat, hand luggage is even more so. That is why we don't carry any … although we can accept that a little may be justified for long haul flights. We are expert at fitting all we need into a small suitcase on wheels. Be warned; a couple with no hand luggage and just one case between them often raises eyebrows and disbelief, if not actual suspicion of nefarious tendencies. Despite this we generally travel faster and easier through terminals.

Who on earth had the bright idea of calling an airport building a 'terminal'? Was it the same person who wrote the script for pilots to announce that 'we are making our final approach …' as neither expression is likely to instil confidence in nervous passengers?

Security checks are now an inevitable feature of air travel so we wear shoes that can be slipped on and off without bending to deal with laces, zips or buckles. It is why we never pack aerosol containers or any sharp objects. It is the reason the cheapest plastic wristwatch from a market stall beats a metal timepiece for the journey. It is the reason we always leave home with very few coins and spend them all on newspapers or coffee breaks at the airport before they can trigger metal detectors or fall out when we have to pass a jacket on a tray through a scanner.

It is also the reason we are even seen performing the strange security two-step dance. This is instigated when the people in uniforms invite us to remove our belts. If your figure requires a belt to keep your trousers where your waist used to be and you have to remove it for security purposes, you will discover massive feelings of insecurity. The key is to find trousers, skirts and kilts that fit well and stay up without a belt. There is a potential fortune to be made for someone who can design a fashionable range of non-ferrous belt buckles that are scanner safe.

Avoid standing directly in line behind someone who finds that this whole operation is an unexpected novelty and a bit of a surprise. They can delay the queue as they struggle to undress at the last minute, try to make sense of the instructions and then knock out a few fellow passengers by waving their arms into the sleeves of their inappropriate garments. Avoid waiting behind passengers with lots of pre-school children for the same reasons.

To travel bright, travel light and, if in doubt – leave it out as you probably won't need it anyway. Have a great holiday if you haven't set off yet. Otherwise plan your next one. If neither option applies, then at least grab a travel book or two and enjoy the adventures of others while you relax at home.

EVENT CALENDAR

Our course availability is listed below. An easy-to-pay instalment scheme is available.

Course Date		Availability		Easy Payment Available
Jul 2010	3rd - 4th	CLOSED	Life Coaching Diploma London Heathrow	Book Online
Aug 2010	14th - 15th	CLOSED	Life Coaching Diploma London Heathrow	Book Online
Sep 2010	18th - 19th	5 Spaces	Life Coaching Diploma London Heathrow	Book Online
Oct 2010	9th - 10th	Filling fast	Life Coaching Diploma London Heathrow	Book Online
Nov 2010	6th - 7th	FULL	Life Coaching Diploma London Heathrow	Book Online
Dec 2010	11th - 12th	Spaces	Life Coaching Diploma London Heathrow	Book Online

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