Last week I was sent a very interesting story about a film maker and I thought I would share it with you.

The films she created were documentary styled interviews of people who were coming to the end of their lives.

One of the interesting things she discovered through conducting these interviews was the fact that most people died with regrets. But oddly enough, these regrets were very rarely about wealth or status.

Their regrets she said, centered around not pursuing a life path that they were truly inspired about. Whether it meant taking better care of their health, devoting more time to their relationships or choosing a more fulfilling career path, most wished that they had trusted their inner urges to live life on their own terms.

In today's fast paced and often stressed-out society it is very easy to lose sight of what's really important. We spend too much of our time striving for greater material gain or status and forget to take time out to reflect on what is really important to us and what makes us happy and fulfilled - very often it's the simple things that bring us the most joy and contentment.

What we often forget is that we do have a choice - we can choose how we spend our leisure time and who we spend it with and we can choose to trust and listen to that small inner voice that guides us so wisely.

What small steps will you take today to move you towards happiness and fulfilment?

Enjoy this moment

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In Robert Anton Wilson's book - Prometheus Rising, he talks about the concept of the human mind behaving as if it were divided into two parts - the Thinker and the Prover. He states that 'What the Thinker thinks the Prover will prove. For example if someone thinks that all homeless people are lazy, then the Prover will prove it. It will seek out all the evidence that it can find to show that every single homeless person is lazy. Even scientists who are still believed to be objective will prove this rule. Studies of the lives of the great scientists prove that they are as passionate and hence as 'prejudiced' as any great painter or musician.

Hence, if your Thinker thinks that it is impossible for you to make money from doing the work you love then your Prover will go out of its way to confirm this. If you think that not having a degree makes you stupid or inferior then again your Prover will go out of its way to find evidence of this.

Are your thoughts helping you to achieve what you want?!

Are you looking for a career change and unsure which direction to take?

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Isn't it great to be appreciated? Not just when we do some major task or work extra hard (although this is great too), but for the everyday things like letting someone into the traffic queue in front of you, or when you take the time to solve a problem for someone or even if you just send a few inspiring or thought-provoking words to friends or colleagues. A simple 'thank-you' or 'I really appreciated that' can really make me feel great and can sometimes make my day. Often when we're stressed or under pressure we can forget the power of a few simple appreciative words and the pleasure it can bring to both giver and receiver. However confident we are in our abilities or secure in our love, I'm sure we all need to feel appreciated for acts of kindness, thoughtfulness or any achievement - big or small.

So, thank you for taking the time to read my blog - I hope you're inspired to make someone else feel appreciated.

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One of the main things I have learnt as a coach is the power of belief and that we do actually get what we believe is true for us. If you've spent most of your life believing you can't draw or can't write well, then guess what ...................... that's exactly what you will get! Reading Maximum Achievement by Brian Tracy recently, illustrated this point very powerfully. He tells the story of an American student who graduated from high school with straight A's and on applying for state university he was asked to take the standard scholastic aptitude test.

A few weeks later he received a letter informing him that he had scored in the 99th percentile on the test and was accepted for the next term. He was happy to be accepted, but didn't understand about percentiles and thought that 99th percentile was his IQ score. He concluded that the average IQ was 100, therefore could never do university level work with his "limited" intelligence. For the entire term he failed or nearly failed every course and finally his counsellor called him in and asked him why he was doing so poorly. He replied "you can't blame me, I've only got a 99 IQ". The counsellor asked why he thought that and the student replied "that's what it said in my letter of admission to the university".

The counsellor explained that a 99th percentile meant he scored equal or higher than 99 % of all students in America who took the test and that he was in fact one of the brightest students on campus. When he realised his mistake, the student went back to his studies with a new sense of competence and confidence and eventually graduated in the top 10 of his class.

This is a valuable lesson for us all in how our thoughts and beliefs drive our actions and results and that we are often too ready to believe that we are limited in some way. How are you limiting yourself by your thoughts?!

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I have recently started to re-read The Inner Game of Tennis, reading it now as a coach, I realise just how much of Gallwey's philosophy applies to everything we do in life. He talks a lot about the idea of having 2 'selfs' - self1 being the teller and self2 the doer and that if we would just trust self2 to know and do what what is right with out constant interference and instruction from self1, then we would more often be in a state of flow, rather than one of contast tension and resistance.

Thinking about a particular work situation - maybe you have a report to write and self2 knows exactly what to do, in fact it has all the resources it needs to do it perfectly well, but self1 keeps interfering with messages like 'you haven't got a clue where to start with this' or there's no point in trying as it'll be total rubbish and noone will want to read it' or maybe 'you know you're useless at writing reports, how can you put it off ...............' If you find anything similar happening to you, then close your ears to self1 and 'just do'!

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