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Life Plan – How to write

December 3, 2018 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Musings and Ideas for Discussion, Thought Leadership, Writing.

Life Plan – What is it? A life plan is a detailed description of your decisions, intentions, hopes and dreams for your future. Educational pursuits, career aspirations, recreational interests, marital life, children and end-of-life preferences are common subjects to address in a life plan. A detailed life plan is instructive for creating greater clarity regarding • Read More »

Tags: Career Change Strategies, coaching, Focus, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, Thought Leadership, training, Writing

Get A Mentor #2

November 30, 2018 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Musings and Ideas for Discussion, Thought Leadership.

Get A Mentor #2 What do I need a mentor for? Or if you consider Sir Winston Churchill a mentor: “For what do I need a Mentor? WHY We last talked about who or what a mentor might be, and we found that without knowing why you want/need a mentor, you may not be able • Read More »

Tags: Career Change Strategies, coaching, Focus, Improvement, Living, mentor, Success, Thought Leadership, training

Nothing Changes By Sitting On Your Hands

November 22, 2018 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Musings and Ideas for Discussion, Thought Leadership.

Have you been in a situation where things are not as you would like them to be and yet you DO NOTHING about it? You sit on your hands? Action Unfortunately ACTION is necessary before anything changes. Change is not easy, but it is much harder if you sit on your hands. OK. Read impossible. • Read More »

Tags: Career Change Strategies, coaching, Improvement, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, mentor, Thought Leadership, training

The Pareto Principle And Decision Making

December 13, 2017 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Musings and Ideas for Discussion, Thought Leadership.

The Pareto Principle And Decision Making The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. Management consultant Joseph M. Juran suggested the principle, and named it after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who noted the 80/20 connection while at University • Read More »

Tags: coaching, Focus, Life in Focus, mentor, Thought Leadership, training

Crewing – Tony Robbins Sydney 2015

September 30, 2015 | By Colin | 10 Comments | Filed in: Musings and Ideas for Discussion.

Unleash The Power Within Well. Can’t say too much or I’ll have to kill you. Or they’ll kill me. Or all of the above. Secrecy I signed a secrecy provision so what follows will be of necessity general and not secret. One of the main themes we crew are asked to embrace was flexibility. Seems • Read More »

Tags: coaching, Focus, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, mentor, Success, training, Travel

Ego – A Book Review: A New Earth: Create a Better Life – Eckhart Tolle

August 13, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Book Summaries / Reviews, Musings and Ideas for Discussion, Thought Leadership.

At the time of writing, I have to say it is probably the best book of its kind, I have read for a long time. Ego can be a DIRTY WORD. Why? I have not even finished Chapter 3 and am completely blown away by the content. Mr Tolle has taken me and given me • Read More »

Tags: Behavioural, books, Career Change Strategies, coaching, Focus, Life, Life in Focus, Living, mentor, Success, Thought Leadership, Writing

Jillian 16 – Words

April 18, 2015 | By Colin | 1 Comment | Filed in: Our Jillian.

A while ago Jillian was telling me about a girl in her primary school when she was quite young. They had a reading class; she remembers they were sitting outside so it was a nice day, and this girl, Janice was her name, had trouble reading one particular word. It was very early in Jillian’s • Read More »

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Success Unlimited – Mithra Publishing

April 7, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Thought Leadership, Writing.

Well it has finally happened. I am a published author. The book for which I submitted a chapter has been published. I am one of about 12 writers whose contribution made it into the final cut. The book is now available for purchase. You can find out more about it and purchase a copy from • Read More »

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Jillian 13a – 2nd School Incident (Continued)

March 20, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.

Jillian 13a – 2nd School Incident (Continued) For the start of these episodes go to http://career-change-strategies.com.au/fun-training-offers/meet-my-friend-jillian/ “Where were we?” Jillian asked when we next met. “Think I left you on a bit of cliff, hanging on my every word?” She smiled. Guess our Jillian is beginning to enjoy this. “Sir 2? Is that where we • Read More »

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Jillian 9a – Worst Travel Experience … continued

February 12, 2015 | By Colin | 2 Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.

For the start of these episodes go to http://career-change-strategies.com.au/jillian-1-meet-my-friend/ Wellington Airport. Waiting at the antiquated and squealing, jerking baggage carousel. Finally it stopped. Nothing for Jillian. Okaaaay. What now? It was then that it hit our friend Jillian. SHE HAD NOTHING. Her business clothes, fresh undies, toiletries, make-up, hair-brush the paperwork and stuff for her • Read More »

Tags: Career Change Strategies, coaching, Focus, Jillian, Life, Life in Focus, Lifestyle, Living, mentor, Success, Travel, Wellington, Worst

CCS003: 5 Success Principles

February 5, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Podcasts.

YOUR LIFE IN FOCUS. Drawing on NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) techniques and life affirming fundamentals we are proud to present this CD which will transform you from ‘just getting by’ to living and working at a new level. Success strategies at their finest. “The 5 Success Principles” Know your expected outcome take action evaluate your • Read More »

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Jillian 9 – Worst Travel Experience

February 3, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.

For the start of these episodes go to http://career-change-strategies.com.au/jillian-1-meet-my-friend/ Well Jillian could only think of one worst experience. I’d have bet on more – but I only really wanted one so this is good. Here goes. It was early in a year we won’t mention. Jillian had some business meetings in Wellington in NZ. And • Read More »

Tags: Career Change Strategies, coaching, Jillian, Travel, Wellington, Worst

$50.00. Money for Jam. – Well not quite.

January 23, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Musings and Ideas for Discussion.

$50.00 for you all. That’s each. Not to share. OMG. WTF? However, nothing is for free. I remember once I heard this explained as TANSTAAFL. “There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch”. Great word to chuck into a conversation, isn’t it? Anyway. What is this all about? I am offering, for the month of February • Read More »

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Introduction

January 20, 2015 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Musings and Ideas for Discussion.

Hi, Here you will see interesting (I hope) stuff that I feel the need to publish from time to time. Sometimes it will be for fun, occasionally it will be something I’ve learned that I would like to share, and every now and then an offer I would like you to consider. And some of • Read More »

Tags: Career Change Strategies, coaching, Jillian, mentor, Travel

Jillian 2 – Name

December 20, 2014 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.

I asked Jillian why she still thought about her name and her birthday situations. I know they were a problem for her in the years at high school. She said she didn’t really care about them any-more; they were really not important now. I wondered? “Besides”, she added, “They were small things”. She went on • Read More »

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Jillian 1a – Why

December 20, 2014 | By Colin | No Comments | Filed in: Our Jillian.

Why am I doing this? A recent question about my Jillian posts. Good question. The answer. I fancy myself as a writer to be, and this seemed like a way to practice writing dialogue and following the age old writer’s dictum of ‘Show, Don’t Tell.’ I contacted Jillian and it was agreed that this might • Read More »

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