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Making Maximum Impact - Visualization Power

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:01:09 +0100

Making Maximum Impact - Visualization Power

With the release of “The Secret”, there has been a lot of hype around the topic of visualization. Now many people are aware of the power of visualization and how it can positively or negatively impact the results you experience in your life.

Visualization has been a practice used by many people for years. Olympic athletes are trained in the art of visualization as a means of gaining a competitive advantage in their chosen sport. Unfortunately, In my own opinion the way "The Secret" portrayed the idea of visualization gave people a skewed perspective of how visualization actually works. Too many people assumed that the simple act of thinking about something would automatically cause it to become reality. As any logical thinking person would agree, this is usually not always the case.

The true power of visualization comes from the fact that we all have access to creative thoughts.
We can create a new idea in our mind through the simple act of visualization. Using the power of action, we can take an idea that exists in our mind and bring it into reality. The process to do so varies depending on the idea you have conceived. The point is that all creation starts in the mind and it is up to the originator of that idea to see the result through to completion.

The more I have studied the connection between mental and physical reality, the more I have become fascinated by the topic of visualization. A simple example is, you can take a room in your home, visualize an entirely new arrangement and then go to work on bringing your vision into reality. A few hours later, there you have your visualized image into reality. OK so it’s not the most exciting example in the world but that same process can be applied to anything. And to me, that IS exciting.
I have visualized myself doing some amazing things in my lifetime. Some of these things have already come to pass while many of my larger visions still elude me. The fact that our vision of the goal creates the potential for it to really happen is something for every person to get excited about.

Someone visualized humans flying through the sky. People laughed. Now we have been doing it for over a century using the airplane !
Someone visualized sending sound through the air and being able to hear the sound in a remote location. People laughed. Now we have 1000s of radio stations
Someone visualized two people having a conversation across the world with no wires. People laughed. Now we have Skype and whatsapp calls.
I know the power of visualization and I continue to leverage it as a success habit in my life.

Article by Bibi Apampa - A High Performance Coach at http://www.MakeMaximumImpact.com Empowering you to Become Healthy Wealthy and Wise

Make Maximum Impact -10 healthy lifestyle tips

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 08:51:37 +0100

Make Maximum Impact -10 healthy lifestyle tips

Making the transition to success is about more than thinking positively, it’s about taking complete care of yourself and staying fit and healthy. The following tips can help you to take a natural approach to your new lifestyle.

1. Get plenty of sleep. Your body has to replenish itself overnight to heal and to enable you to focus and work hard towards your goals and to combat any stresses and strains, it’s vital that you have at least 6 to 8 hours each night.

2. Remember to keep that positive outlook. It’s a known fact that those people who are positive often have better health and greater success.

3. Daily exercise is important and you should try for at least 30 minutes every day, getting fitter will help you to not only feel better but feel that you can achieve anything that you set your mind too. It provides the foundation for health, well-being and success.

4. Meditate daily even if for just ten minutes. Use meditation to help you to relax and to handle any daily stress. Closing your eyes and picturing a beautiful scene is beneficial, in fact, visualize anything that inspires you or equally, you can picture your ultimate goal and see yourself achieving.

5. Ensure your work/ life balance is even. It’s good to go after your dreams but make sure you get some quality time out too.
6. Surround yourself with positive people. Get rid of energy drainers and welcome in those who are intrinsically good, happy and who have achieved their own personal goals.
7. Ensure you have a good diet. Eating on the run will not help you to stay healthy or to live a balanced life. If you know your diet is lacking, make sure you rectify this and take some supplements if necessary.
8. Remember to laugh. Laughter is so therapeutic and it releases endorphins, increases your blood flow, boosts your immune system and makes you feel good.
9. Sometimes we hold onto bitterness and regrets. These can eat away at us and make us unhealthy and unhappy. Face your inner demons and let them go.
10. Remember that life is too short to not be happy. Follow your dreams and live a fulfilled life

Article by Bibi Apampa - A High Performance Coach at http://www.MakeMaximumImpact.com Empowering you to Become Healthy Wealthy and Wise

Making Maximum Impact - Give yourself a mood boost

Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:32:44 +0100

Making Maximum Impact - Give yourself a mood boost

There are many little changes we can make in our lives that can give our mood a boost, boosting your mood brightens up your day, brings a smile and makes life that little bit easier to deal with. Just by making the smallest changes and taking as little as 5 minutes from your day you could be surprised with the difference it can make. It doesn't have to be anything outlandish, just something you wouldn't normally consider doing.

Here are some tips to help give you that quick mood boost and can be done whenever you are feeling out of sorts with the world or feeling a little down.

If you have 5 minutes to spare you can:

- Take out your daily goal planner and write something down that you already completed today and cross it straight off the list

- Take the weight off your feet and eat one of your 5 daily portions of fruit or vegetables.

- Look at yourself in the mirror and pull as many different funny faces as you can in 5 minutes

- Read the comics in the daily paper

- Take a quick shower or at least splash your face with water

- Use some of that expensive perfume or cologne that you bought for special occasions.

If you have 15 minutes to spare you can:

- De-clutter your desk or an area of your home.

- Treat yourself to a moisturizing mask.

- Change into a favorite piece of clothing and admire yourself.

- Do a few quick and easy exercises or stretches.

- Read a few pages of a book or magazine you enjoy.

- Make yourself a big fresh fruit smoothie, sit down and enjoy it.

- Make a list of all the people you haven't been in touch with in a while and schedule a time to call each of them.

- Write down what you have enjoyed doing so far during the day in your journal.

- Find a comfortable spot, close your eyes and enjoy the silence, sound of rain or chirping birds.

If you have 30 minutes spare you can:

- Call someone you haven't talked with in a while and catch up on all the gossip you missed.

- Use your computer to look for ideas for your summer vacation.

- Take a soak in a tub full of your favorite bubbles or skin softener.

- Listen to your favorite CD.

- Go to your local store and treat yourself.

- Go for a walk and say hello to everyone you meet.

- Turn off the TV, phone and anything else that could disturb you and sit down and enjoy peace and quiet for a half-hour.

- Plan a quiet romantic meal.

- Write a letter to someone special and mail it.

- Discover a new recipe on the Internet and plan to cook it for dinner.

- Replace any old photographs you have in frames with more updated pictures.

Article by Bibi Apampa a High Performance Business Coach at http://www.MakeMaximumImpact.com

Making Maximum Impact - Taking Care of Yourself

Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:32:14 +0100

Making Maximum Impact - Taking Care of Yourself

Taking good care of yourself means eating a healthy diet, getting exercise on a daily basis and learning to relax and take care of your mental health. It is only when our bodies and mind are in union can we feel and be totally healthy and fit, there are many ways that you can ensure you take good care of yourself and which can enable you to live not only a healthier lifestyle, but also a much happier one.

- Learn to let your feelings out, a problem shared is a problem halved, so find someone you can trust and in your times of need lend their shoulder. At the very least get your feelings out by writing them down in a daily journal.

- Never put anyone above yourself, by comparing yourself to others you are frequently putting yourself down and this can lead to low self-esteem or feelings of envy.

- Take time out of your day to just do something which you enjoy doing. By taking a half-hour from the day and just devoting this time entirely to yourself, you are telling yourself that you are worthy.

- When things are getting you down remember to smile, always look for the funny side of any situation no matter how bad it is.

- Use whatever self-help methods work best for you to help you to relax more easily. There are a variety of methods you can use, including audio CDS, books, DVDS, exercise classes, meditation or yoga classes.

In order to be happy and healthy you have to be able to release stress before it builds up.

- Don't allow anyone to put you up on a pedestal; this will lead you to believe you have let someone down when things don't go right.

- If your work is getting you down then ask yourself, are you in the right work? It is also important to remember that there are always some thing’s that every one dislikes about their work. Take the good and bad into account and weigh them up.

- Remember to take short breaks throughout the day, if at work then this could be something as simple as stretching your arms, legs and back by taking a walk to the coffee machine.

- Practices developing a more positive attitude towards everything in your life, if there is something you are not happy about, ask yourself what you need to do to change things.

- Get some form of exercise everyday, exercise helps to ward off diseases, makes us feel better, sleep better and is a great form of stress relief.

- Eat a sensible diet that includes plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables while cutting down on fatty foods, salt and starch.

It is also a good idea to keep a journal; this can benefit you in many ways by allowing you to get your thoughts and feelings out.

And most important of all make goals that you work towards to achieve what it is you want out of life.

Article by Bibi Apampa a High Performance Business Coach at http://www.MakeMaximumImpact.com

Making Maximum Impact as a Great Coach

Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:20:23 +0100

Making Maximum Impact as a Great Coach

When it comes to coaching people, there are a lot of good qualities that many coaches exhibit. In fact, every coach out there has some good qualities that you could list about them, but if you talk to enough coaches and you get to know the people at the top of the industry, you will notice a pattern starting to emerge. You will see that the most successful coaches actually share some of the same attributes. Here are five qualities that the greatest coaches have. See if you can develop these same attributes so that you’ll be in that elite club of successful coaches who are making a difference with their practice.

Self-Awareness: Self-awareness is a big one. You want to know yourself intimately because if you are still struggling with finding out who you are, you are going to have a major problem coaching other people.

Great Communication: The best coaches have great communication. They say the right things at the right times, and even more importantly, they listen. Listening is a skill that you want to develop and you want to understand and empathize with the people that you’re listening to so that you can communicate not only what you want to say, but also exactly what they need.

Perceptiveness: Great coaches are perceptive. They notice things. Coaches can tell when someone is not as motivated as they used to be, or when someone is having a bad day. This perceptiveness comes in handy when getting to the root of a client’s problem, and digging down into the beliefs and thoughts that drive a specific behavior.

Organized and Professional: Great coaches are not only professional, dressing the part, and always having the right attitude, they are also very organized. Even if you aren’t naturally an organized person, you should take a class or just learn to do better because organization is vital to running a good coaching business. You’ll be collecting information about several different clients and helping them each with a different goal, and unless you are organized you are going to get confused and look unprofessional.

Flexible: The best coaches are also very flexible. They can easily bounce back when someone throws them a curve ball. If a particular style of coaching or method isn’t working with a certain client, they are happy to change things up and allow them to learn from a completely different place, even if it isn’t one that they are most comfortable with.

Article by Bibi Apampa a High Performance Business Coach at http://www.MakeMaximumImpact.com