Today I had the dubious pleasure of travelling across London by tube. I say dubious as I’m never sure I’m going to arrive at my destination on time or before the heat and thick tube dust overwhelms me. Not being an avid fan of crowded, dark, enclosed, dank and dusty places it's often more of a challenge than a joy. Being with my hubby Mike today helped considerably as he loves the tube.
A very marked upside to being in town for me is the endless fascination I have with people. Thankfully for my fellow passengers, curiosity often takes over my yearning to run screaming for the exits and fresh air!
People watching is a great pleasure of mine and the tube is greatly suited to it. Where do all these people go? Where do they work? What do they do? What makes them tick and what are they chasing?
There is a definite rush, I’ve noticed, for a great deal of travellers, and it's not only confined to those trying to get to work on time. Even the tourists are chasing the next big London attraction, every second filled with frantic activity.
I've noticed a trait amongst a few clients too who come rushing in to see me at the tail end of a hectic and jam packed day. I realise what a gift it is to be able to provide a sanctuary for them, and me, a place of calm, to regain balance, and take time for renewal.
As I sat with Mike soaking up the sun, having just handed in a research project of his we have been working on for some time I had a wonderful acknowledgement. Amovita, with all its associated to do lists, phone calls, client visits, writing, chatting, NetWalking, networking creativity, pressure, stretch and challenge, is a wonderful extension of myself. I wonder how many people get the pleasure of being able to say that, a fair few I’d guess in this world of entrepreneurship. Amovita being such a passion close to my heart, everything I need to do for the business is a joyous fulfilment of my dreams, my values and my reason for living. I realised that I was at that moment, fulfilled and it was a very different feeling to that of having my days filled full in the pursuit of “I’m not sure what” which characterised my early corporate career.
Being fulfilled doesn’t mean that I don’t have goals and dreams and hopes and wishes, far from it, if anything it drives me more to grow the feeling and achieve potential. What it does mean is that because my days are filled with those things that I have consciously and willingly chosen to do, I get moment by moment satisfaction from them. What a great place to be! ….now how to get back across town without causing mass hysteria on the underground…?
Thursday, 31 May 2007
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Are you feeling lucky?
It's been a few days since my last post and I realised I was procrastinating…DOH! So here I am with today’s offering.
I suspect it will be fairly brief today as the sun is shining gloriously outside. I must admit I find it quite hard to be inside working away on the business when the prospect of a walk in the park is so tempting.
The great news is that could be one of the best ways for me to attract clients and make my business even more successful.
Now don't get me wrong I will be doing some emails this afternoon and I’m not planning on accosting every poor soul who happens to be out with their dog in the park and talking to them about the virtues of Amovita, what I'm talking about is much simpler than that.
I’ve noticed a great buzz building over the last few years about a Secret of sorts, a key to the Universe and a way to get more of what we want.
I'm so excited that more and more people are hearing about this and what I’m referring to is one of the Universal Mental Laws, the Law of Attraction.
Just like we have Physical Laws, like gravity, that govern the way our physical world behaves so we have Mental Laws, that are always operating, which govern the way our thoughts and beliefs affect and create our reality. The Law of Attraction is just one of these powerful laws and it is brilliantly simple.
In fact Karen Skidmore of CanDoCanBe wrote a great blog recently about it that you might like to check out http://candocanbe.typepad.com/adventuresofabusinessmum/
The first step is easy, ask for what you want. Make a clear positive request. Think it, write it, dream it, say it, use whatever way works for you, or better still all of the above.
The next step is usually what we spend most of our time focussing on and that is how to get it.
Well I’ve got news, there's no need, the Universe takes care of that. Now that doesn't mean sit around and don't do anything, after all, if you want opportunities to drop in your lap then it's worth putting your lap where opportunities will drop.
What I mean is, don't spend time and energy worrying about whether your request will be fulfilled and how exactly that will happen. This second step is one of faith and trust. Have faith in yourself and the power of your intention and trust that things will work out exactly as per your request.
The key step is number 3. Receiving what you've asked for.
Now I could ramble on about metaphysics here and raising your vibration, bringing yourself into vibrational alignment and so on, but let’s keep it simple.
You've sent out a positive signal a clear message that has been received, the request has been answered and the gift is winging it's way to you.
Do you know any lucky people?
You know the ones, they always seem to be in just the right place at the right time, things always seem to work out, they usually get what they want…I’m sure if you don’t have a “lucky” friend or two then you know someone who does.
You’ve probably noticed another trait of these lucky people. They’re happy, well more often than not anyway. They’re always in the thick of it, enjoying themselves, being positive, being friendly and are generally upbeat. Now as you probably know by now I don’t believe in co-incidences, happy and vibrant and positive people are lucky and get more of what they want for a reason.
The quickest, and most enjoyable way to get more of what you want is to ask for it and then to spend your energies feeling good more often than not.
What a great excuse for doing more of what we love, spending time in great company, really laughing and having fun. Whatever floats your boat.
Esther Hicks the author of “Ask and it is given” which is a great book exploring this Universal Law, tells us to "Follow your bliss” and what she’s talking about is exactly that, follow whatever makes you feel blissfully happy, for that’s the way to attract more of what you want into your life…
This wasn't as brief as I thought, which reminds me, I’m off to enjoy the sunshine!
Have a blissful day!
I suspect it will be fairly brief today as the sun is shining gloriously outside. I must admit I find it quite hard to be inside working away on the business when the prospect of a walk in the park is so tempting.
The great news is that could be one of the best ways for me to attract clients and make my business even more successful.
Now don't get me wrong I will be doing some emails this afternoon and I’m not planning on accosting every poor soul who happens to be out with their dog in the park and talking to them about the virtues of Amovita, what I'm talking about is much simpler than that.
I’ve noticed a great buzz building over the last few years about a Secret of sorts, a key to the Universe and a way to get more of what we want.
I'm so excited that more and more people are hearing about this and what I’m referring to is one of the Universal Mental Laws, the Law of Attraction.
Just like we have Physical Laws, like gravity, that govern the way our physical world behaves so we have Mental Laws, that are always operating, which govern the way our thoughts and beliefs affect and create our reality. The Law of Attraction is just one of these powerful laws and it is brilliantly simple.
In fact Karen Skidmore of CanDoCanBe wrote a great blog recently about it that you might like to check out http://candocanbe.typepad.com/adventuresofabusinessmum/
The first step is easy, ask for what you want. Make a clear positive request. Think it, write it, dream it, say it, use whatever way works for you, or better still all of the above.
The next step is usually what we spend most of our time focussing on and that is how to get it.
Well I’ve got news, there's no need, the Universe takes care of that. Now that doesn't mean sit around and don't do anything, after all, if you want opportunities to drop in your lap then it's worth putting your lap where opportunities will drop.
What I mean is, don't spend time and energy worrying about whether your request will be fulfilled and how exactly that will happen. This second step is one of faith and trust. Have faith in yourself and the power of your intention and trust that things will work out exactly as per your request.
The key step is number 3. Receiving what you've asked for.
Now I could ramble on about metaphysics here and raising your vibration, bringing yourself into vibrational alignment and so on, but let’s keep it simple.
You've sent out a positive signal a clear message that has been received, the request has been answered and the gift is winging it's way to you.
Do you know any lucky people?
You know the ones, they always seem to be in just the right place at the right time, things always seem to work out, they usually get what they want…I’m sure if you don’t have a “lucky” friend or two then you know someone who does.
You’ve probably noticed another trait of these lucky people. They’re happy, well more often than not anyway. They’re always in the thick of it, enjoying themselves, being positive, being friendly and are generally upbeat. Now as you probably know by now I don’t believe in co-incidences, happy and vibrant and positive people are lucky and get more of what they want for a reason.
The quickest, and most enjoyable way to get more of what you want is to ask for it and then to spend your energies feeling good more often than not.
What a great excuse for doing more of what we love, spending time in great company, really laughing and having fun. Whatever floats your boat.
Esther Hicks the author of “Ask and it is given” which is a great book exploring this Universal Law, tells us to "Follow your bliss” and what she’s talking about is exactly that, follow whatever makes you feel blissfully happy, for that’s the way to attract more of what you want into your life…
This wasn't as brief as I thought, which reminds me, I’m off to enjoy the sunshine!
Have a blissful day!
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
Tuesday, 15 May 2007
Putting it off...
Ok, so now I know what writers block feels like, actually it's more like writers dribble, a little drip of words that may or may not capture your attention long enough to read on. This blogging malarkey might take a bit of getting used to, but they say practice makes perfect, so I hope you'll bear with me as I find my bloggers voice.
When faced with a task somewhat like this in the past when I didn't know quite what to do, I would often procrastinate to the point of lunacy. When my tax return was due, for example, I’d have a habit of leaving it up right up to the wire. I'd find myself, cleaning windows, skirting boards, doing 6 months of backlogged ironing, clearing out wardrobes, little decorating projects that suddenly became a matter of life and death, all to avoid getting started.
Apparently this is not uncommon behaviour, quite a few of my clients mention similar creative feats of avoidance when the motivation just isn’t there.
Procrastination can be a huge drain on our energy and our time and more significantly can start to impact on our self esteem if it goes on for long enough.
So what can we do about it?
Having finally mastered the art of doing the tax return now on the day it's due and carefully studying my own and my clients putting it off behaviour here's a few suggestions.
The first step for me is to catch myself in the act of putting it off.
Step 1. Recognise when what you're doing is procrastination, even if it's masquerading as a very essential and worthwhile task.
Step 2. Remind yourself of what it is you're putting off. I keep a daily action list, very short with 3 must do things on it, everything thing else is a bonus. These 3 things, I do before anything else.
Step 3. Take a minute to work out exactly how long the task you are avoiding will take you. Quite often it's amazing how we will spend a whole day delaying a task that might not take us more than an hour or two!
Step 4. Explore the consequences. What are all the negative consequences of not completing your task and what are the knock on effects of that and so on. You may start to feel a little squirmy at this stage but keep going. It's stick rather than carrot motivation but for a lot of us it can work.
Step 5. Explore the benefits or completing the task. How great will you feel when it's done? What will that free you up to do? How much more can you achieve if you don't have all these little things hanging over you?
Step 6. Get started. Do something, anything in the direction of achieving your task, you don't have to know exactly how you will get it done but getting started will build useful momentum for completion.
Step 7. When it's done, reward yourself and allow yourself some unrestrained "play time" to do exactly what you want.
Now if reading this blog is an attempt at procrastination maybe it's time to get back to work, but do pop back again tomorrow. :o)
"You don't have to be great to get started, but you do have to get started to be great"
When faced with a task somewhat like this in the past when I didn't know quite what to do, I would often procrastinate to the point of lunacy. When my tax return was due, for example, I’d have a habit of leaving it up right up to the wire. I'd find myself, cleaning windows, skirting boards, doing 6 months of backlogged ironing, clearing out wardrobes, little decorating projects that suddenly became a matter of life and death, all to avoid getting started.
Apparently this is not uncommon behaviour, quite a few of my clients mention similar creative feats of avoidance when the motivation just isn’t there.
Procrastination can be a huge drain on our energy and our time and more significantly can start to impact on our self esteem if it goes on for long enough.
So what can we do about it?
Having finally mastered the art of doing the tax return now on the day it's due and carefully studying my own and my clients putting it off behaviour here's a few suggestions.
The first step for me is to catch myself in the act of putting it off.
Step 1. Recognise when what you're doing is procrastination, even if it's masquerading as a very essential and worthwhile task.
Step 2. Remind yourself of what it is you're putting off. I keep a daily action list, very short with 3 must do things on it, everything thing else is a bonus. These 3 things, I do before anything else.
Step 3. Take a minute to work out exactly how long the task you are avoiding will take you. Quite often it's amazing how we will spend a whole day delaying a task that might not take us more than an hour or two!
Step 4. Explore the consequences. What are all the negative consequences of not completing your task and what are the knock on effects of that and so on. You may start to feel a little squirmy at this stage but keep going. It's stick rather than carrot motivation but for a lot of us it can work.
Step 5. Explore the benefits or completing the task. How great will you feel when it's done? What will that free you up to do? How much more can you achieve if you don't have all these little things hanging over you?
Step 6. Get started. Do something, anything in the direction of achieving your task, you don't have to know exactly how you will get it done but getting started will build useful momentum for completion.
Step 7. When it's done, reward yourself and allow yourself some unrestrained "play time" to do exactly what you want.
Now if reading this blog is an attempt at procrastination maybe it's time to get back to work, but do pop back again tomorrow. :o)
"You don't have to be great to get started, but you do have to get started to be great"
Monday, 14 May 2007
Well that was easy....
So this is it, my first blog, that was quite easy not at all the super technical feat of e-engineering that I was expecting, really quite painless.
How exciting a whole new world at my fingertips.
As this is my first posting, i'll keep it short and sweet with a quote of the day:
"if you want opportunities to drop in your lap....place your lap where opportunities will drop."
Have a great day.
How exciting a whole new world at my fingertips.
As this is my first posting, i'll keep it short and sweet with a quote of the day:
"if you want opportunities to drop in your lap....place your lap where opportunities will drop."
Have a great day.
The Mind Body Connection
At Amovita one of our passions is walking in the outdoors. We love it so much in fact that we try to do as much of our work outside as possible.
We host facilitated NetWalks in Richmond and Bushy parks and even some of our workshops and coaching sessions are held outdoors with Walking to Clarity and our Steps to Success programmes.
It's not just because of the natural vitality that can be restored to us by being in nature and green spaces, there is also a scientific and physiological method to our madness and the article blow might help to give some further insight.
Why walk?
The Mind Body Connection.
Walking is one of the best forms of exercise available to us. We can do it anywhere, anytime and it doesn’t cost the earth, far from it. In fact there’s a lot to be said for taking up walking for those keener to go greener. Increasing your personal footfall while reducing the potential carbon footprint created by supporting high powered, high tech, gyms might be something to ponder in these changing times.
We all know the health benefits of getting more regular exercise and more recently it has now been proven that spending time in nature and green spaces is good for you! But you don’t need me to tell you that. Walking in the green dramatically reduces stress levels, can reduce high blood pressure and lower heart rate in a matter of minutes. Within just half an hour it affects our general state of well being and ease.
We can take the simple act of walking a step further, if you’ll excuse the pun.
Your mind and body are inextricably linked. What you do with one affects the other and vice versa. As the old saying goes “healthy body, healthy mind” but what does this really mean, and what are the implications for us?
The area of the Mind and Body connection is not only fascinating but vast, so I will briefly explore one small part here.
Before we learnt to walk there was the arduous task of crawling everywhere, not to mention the discovery that coffee tables with sharp corners happen to be at head height!
If you have ever had the joy of watching a baby crawl, you would have noticed that they move diagonally opposite limbs together, the left leg moves with the right arm and vice versa.
This act of crawling, in addition to moving us around, serves the function of facilitating the cross over of neural pathways between the left and right hemispheres of the brain and is essential for healthy development.
Studies have shown that babies left to crawl for longer develop certain competencies and core intelligences faster, and more fully, than those who don’t. This is due to the integration and balance created between the two sides of the brain and the functions that they facilitate.
The left and right hemispheres of our brain compute information in different ways. In simplistic terms: one side prefers working in a random, creative fashion and the other in a process driven, linear fashion. Each mode of processing lends itself to certain tasks. Mathematical and linguistic endeavours, for example, favour left brain linear processes.
We will naturally have a dominant side and tend to learn and think with the preferences of that side of the brain. As different tasks and skills require different modes of operation, as far as the brain is concerned, it follows that we can be much more effective if we use the resources of our brain in a much more balanced way.
Walking, particularly the Amovita way, when the arms are brought into play to such a great extent, provides for us a similar function to that of crawling.
While walking in this way you are also more able to access the processing capabilities of each side of the brain simultaneously.
You can use the movement of your body to; facilitate creative problem solving; walk through scenarios; step over blockers to success and take life’s challenges in your stride. With the help of an experienced coach this process can revolutionise the way you walk through life. Email walkingtoclarity@amovita.co.uk for more information on walking coaching sessions in Richmond Park.
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