Self Improvement For All
January 26, 2010 by gfrancis · Leave a Comment
Normally when people want to make a significant improvement in their life they tend to start with the steps that attack the problem for example; signing up for a gym membership, quit smoking, eating a healthier diet or spending time with family and friends. But when is it the right time for us to make better improvements in our daily lives? The signs are all too common.
Feeling sluggish, poor diet, unhappy with your usual habits, concern about your future goals, life direction all are sure signs that there needs to be some sort of steadiness in your daily life. Adjusting for a better self is not a simple task, the most important step is to prepare yourself psychologically for the task. Self improvement can be achieved by doing alternative areas of self help such as life coaching where you take a course in life coach certification.
Changing your lifestyle doesn’t mean you are insufficient enough to carry on life’s goals, it mean that there’s just a slight imbalance between who you are, what you want and where you want to go in life. Trying to assess your life’s frustrations, where and how to being self improvement can be a frightening task but with proper preparation and management; achieving your life’s goals will be a more painless process.
Sit down and make a list of the major frustrations you find yourself feeling consistently, as well as the major ways you feel satisfied. Looking at both lists try to look for ways how the positive side can be a possible cure or fix for the frustrations in your livelihood.
Simplifying these factors can greatly increase your chances of discovering the true nature of your frustrations and how to improve on them. Just by even concentrating on the roots of your happiness through analyzing your list on what makes you happy can have astounding results on your outlook towards successful life improvement.
A good rule of thumb is to whether or not to start your regimen with mind then body or body then mind, this is a crucial step in that we are all different on what will motivate and drive us to our ultimate goal. Come up with a plan that will slowly take you from A to Z . Do not try to or expect results overnight, this will surely create a bigger disappointment than anything else. If you focus on small short term goals that will eventually lead to your ultimate goal you are well on your way to successful self improvement.
How To Become More Assertive
December 29, 2009 by gfrancis · Leave a Comment
I am a person who at many times in my life have felt down and depressed about various issues that I have had in my life such as the fact that I had a speech impediment, stuttering. I was desperate to find a way to stop stammering/stuttering and was more than happy to work hard to achieve fluency.
From reading life coaching and positive thinking books, I realised I had to become a far stronger person, more care-free and to have more respect for myself. I decided that if I did not want to go somewhere I wouldn’t, whatever anyone said. I was well aware that it would be tough to ensure that I kept up this new found attitude but I knew I had to give it my best shot.
Then came the first challenge to this new found attitude; it happened at my friend Ian’s house. He is a very successful business man; he sells front doors for a living and can be quite an assertive person, he also works with a group of cost reduction experts. He and some of the other “boys” had organised an evening out for the following weekend. I was not at all interested in going out on that particular night for various reasons. Ian soon asked if I was interested in going out to which I answered in the negative.
That answer was not enough for him and he proceeded to question my reasons for not wanting to go. I felt all of the eyes of the people present descend on me and I felt quite awkward. Normally in this situation I would give some excuse but instead I asked him why I needed to give a reason and why my answer of no was not enough for him. He seemed quite shocked at my strong response and moved on to question and nag someone else.
Things are now far much brighter in my life; I have achieved fluency with the help of a chap called Steve from The How To Stop Stuttering Centre in the UK and I am generally a far more confident person.