cant see the wood for the trees

before i forget if you havent read the book The Secret - put it on your christmas list infact treat yourself you know you are worth it. you can purchase a new or used copy on the link below

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1847370292?tag=smartcoaching-21&linkCode=sb1&camp=2378&creative=8434

well i have delivered 2 training sessions for a firm of accountants on providing an amazing service experience for their callers. I am so excited as i have also been asked to deliver the same course to a hotel in the northwest and will be working with the same hotel next year on a suite of training on customer services. the latter news came only 24hrs after reading the secret !!

my business partner recently appeared on a local radio station and has been asked back in January and we may end up with a regular slot for the image consultancy business.

a coaching client that i have is getting divorced and she is bringing her ex to be to see me about his mortgage requirements and wants help with her own mortgage - so chuffed that the 3 very different businesses are cross fertilising.

a local lady is launching a new range of clothes with a celeb in jan called Flaunt it - clothes for ladies who are rather large up top shall we say and we have been asked to provide the jewellery for the photo shoots.

we have been approached by another training company who run courses for women - they too are keen to add in our image consultancy service.

we have been approached by 3 ladies who want to work with us in the image business !! and we only said about 2 months ago that in the new year we would start to look for ideal people and they have come to us - someone somewhere is really looking after me.

my life hasnt been the same since dublin !! my dream of providing coaching services to solicitors as opposed to just their clients is looking more real as a firm i tendered work with over 2 years ago have said if i can get the course accredited with the law society they will book my services - i am delighted to say that Beverley kindly provided me with the information i needed from the law society and i am meeting with her in the very near future to discuss this project - as i cant think of anyone better to help me map out the marketing and sort out the accreditation process !!

andy my fella has had confirmation that he can leave the army in march 09 on full pension and he will be only 42 ! its nice for him to have this option he has given himself a 4 year plan to start a part time job now that he can pick up when he leaves Her Majestys Services - its given him a real boost and something to focus on - he has even started reading my personal development books .

my biggest advise to you all is believe in what you want to do - and when you really start to feel it within your gut and your heart - the world is ready to help you. there are so many people out there just waiting to support you - as you too support them. if they dont know what your plans are how can they help you- make it your task to tell as many people as you can - what it is you want to achieve in the next 3 to 6 months - be ready to be amazed!!

from a young age i have always believed i was a lucky person as my father said after my birth which was 2 months premature he got promotion after promotion - i say its because he had 3 kids to feed but does it really matter what ever it was it helped him and its helped me. sadly for my dad when my mum went into labour he was told that only one of us my mum or me would survive as she had fallen down stairs ! well we are still both here and i have said since i knew this story and that i was my fathers lucky charm that i was put on this earth to make people happy - well doing what i do really makes me happy too. at 7 i learnt to swim and entered a swimming competition having only just learnt to swim - max lengths was 20 for sponsorship - my father told everyone she has only just learnt it will be unlikely that she will do more than 4 - you guessed it i swam 20 and got an award from my school for raising the most money

when ever i went on holiday with my parents i woudl come back from hols with more money than i took ! the penny arcades - i always saved my winnings in my left pocket and when the money in my right pocket ran out i stopped ! my brother to this day still complains about it.

i applied for my first managerial job at the co-operative bank in 1997, after i joined them i found out the following statistics, 2000 + people had applied, 150 were called to first interview and only 50 to second interview and one of these people was me , another my now business partner !!

call it luck call it whatever you like - the world is a wonderful place if you want it to be. i have made a conscious effort to let go of some demons that have been hounding me for years, i feel like a great big weight has been lifted - what is the point of wasting time and effort on the past and on things that were out of your control - there is no point !!

i hope i have inspired you to do what ever you want to do - come on folks we are coaches surely we have to lead by example - dont we ??

did i ever tell you one of my ambitions was to be able to spend all my time writing !!
take care and speak to you all again soon
debs xxxx