We’ve heard it before, a million times: “The rich are getting richer; the poor are getting poorer.” The implication: the rich are exploiting the poor and if only we could persuade the rich to be less well off, we’d get rid of poverty. How true is that?

Well, let’s look at another widening gap and the causes of that. When I was a boy, the only people who ran marathons were Olympic athletes. If anyone had suggested that ordinary folk like you and me should be running 26 miles, they’d have been told they were crazy. 26 miles was at the very limit of human endurance. The famous footage of British Olympic runner, Jim Peters, on the verge of collapse at the end of his marathon run, would have convinced every one of that. Yet, today, everyone from late teenagers to 8o year old grannies is take part in marathons. There are more really fit people around today than at any time in living memory. Yet we have a national obesity problem. The fit are getting fitter, the fat are getting fatter. Why? Those who are fit and healthy repeat the behaviours that got them fit and healthy in the first place, while obese people also repeat the behavious that got them fat in the first place. Does that mean that the answer to the obesity problem is to persuade fit people to stop being so healthy? The suggestion is mad! We have to get away from this “politically correct” assertion that poverty can be cured by persuading financially successful people to change their behavior. It is all about behavior and until we recognize that fact, the gap will continue to get wider and wider.

The assertion that people from “deprived backgrounds” are being exploited, not only fails to address the real issue, it carries dangerous implications for those of you who are among the less well off. There are 3 of these .

1. By encouraging you to see yourself as a victim, either of your circumstances or of someone else, you are led to believe it is beyond your power to do something about it.
2. You are encouraged to reject the advice of the very people best qualified, by experience, to help you;because you are led to believe that they are not to be trusted.
3. You are led to believe that being well off is a financial condition you should avoid because, if you don’t, you become one of those dreadful sharks of society, the man or woman who has achieved financial freedom and independence.

If you are overweight and you want to do something about it, would you seek the advice of a fitness coach, or someone who’s an 18 stone lump of lard? It’s a daft question isn’t it? Contrary to popular mythology, my contention is that there are large numbers of well off business people who would be only too delighted to coach the less well off to financial well being. So, how many financially deprived people are queuing up to get the advice of those who know how to manage money: to earn and save it?

It’s time they were encouraged to do so.

For more information on Life Coaching please contact Barry Jackson (BWJ Enterprise), accredited coach for effective communication skill development and self-improvement, based in Gloucestershire, UK.

Yes, what if?

What if we were to look deep into our eyes and real-eyes who and what we truly are?

What if we were to open our eyes to the potential and possibilities that are within us, just waiting to be realised?

What if we were to fulfil that potential and experience those possibilities?

What if we were to know that there is no time other than the present, your present. The present, which you have been given as well as the present that you give to your world?

What if we were to know that everything we do can only be right, now?

Yes, what if?

We all know that to achieve that which we perceive to be right; we have to do that which we perceive to be right. As you and I know, it can sometimes be such a challenge, knowing that we are right. Am I right?

THE WAY TO DO IS TO BE! _{Lao Tse}

Perhaps the question to be asked is whether or not we are aware of what we are doing and why we are doing whatever it is that we are doing. Are you aware? Are you right?

LIVING 100% WITHIN PREVENTS A LIFE WITHOUT! _{Steve Potticary}

When was the last time that you took stock of what you believe to be right? What YOU really believe to be right for you. Deep inside, perhaps, you have an answer, just waiting for a chance to experience the light of day which, however has been denied due to the curtains remaining firmly drawn, preventing any energy whatsoever permeating the stuff of dreams.  Just perhaps!

What if you were to open the curtains, allowing your dreams of happiness to see the light of day, what would your happiness look like?

Well, after all is said and done, is it not happiness that lies at the end of our rainbows, is it not happiness that we seek in all we do and say? Yes, a word that promises so much and yet, at times is so elusive. Just look around you, right now, do you see happiness? Look inside, do you feel happiness?

The only place, in which you can find yourself and your happiness, is where you are. _{Steve Potticary}

And yes, this life, your life is about you and your expression of everything you believe in.  And yes, if your idea of life or beliefs do not foresee happiness as a constant in your daily routine, you will not be in any position to experience that happiness, so, what if you were to suspend your beliefs for just a week or two and respond to everything you experience with a smile and an understanding that allows you to be happy? What if you were to consciously make yourself happy for those two weeks? What if you were to view living as more than reason enough to be happy?

For more information on Life Coaching please contact Steve Potticary (SIP Coaching) on 01823 354212

Mind Relief for business and life coaching as well as hypnotherapy in Swansea

Developing People in Business and Life

How many times have you thought “I wish I……

• Could communicate with my team more effectively.
• Had the confidence to talk in public.
• Enjoyed the interview experience.
• Didn’t panic when it came to exams.
• Could be great at my job.
• Wasn’t frightened of heights/spiders/flying…
• Could deal with all customer types effectively.
• Could be a better sales person.
• Could relate to my teenage family.

Mind Relief is an organisation based in Swansea specialising in NLP and Hypnotherapy techniques. We can share with you, the “tools” to have in your own personal “toolkit”, that will help you cope in a variety of situations both in your personal and business life.

Mind Relief works with individuals on a one to one basis, as well as delivering training seminars to groups. We work with customers who have personal agendas and we also work business to business to help organisations develop their staff, to support the CPD process that is vital in today’s rapidly progressing workplace.

CALL MIND RELIEF ON: 01792 366028

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Health Coaching UK for health and fitness in London

The Proven Way to

Get Fit and Healthy

Health Coaching UK provides health & life coaching, NLP and hypnotherapy to drive real behaviour change in individuals.

Transforming your life in easy steps.

Achieve what you never thought possible!

Your Coach will use a proven step by step process, keeping you on track, and holding you accountable. You will get in shape through ways that are fun, you will soon be living an active lifestyle, looking good on the outside and feeling good on the inside.

“Coaching is a highly effective and superior strategy in reducing total cholesterol and other coronary risk factors such as blood pressure, compared to patients who were prescribed medication but not coached.” Yale Study

Call now for a FREE Health Assessment!

CALL TREVOR AT HEALTH COACHING UK ON: 0800 043 2505

Featured Gold October 22nd 2009 in The National Pages UK Business Directory

BWJ Enterprise specialist CV Writer and Life Coach in Gloucester

What does communication

skills training mean to you?

Welcome to Barry Jackson’s Profile, accredited coach for the proven DISC system for effective communication skill development and self-improvement, based in Gloucestershire, UK.

When we work together on your communication and presentation skills, you’ll be drawing on my 34 years of sales and management training, personal coaching, communication skills and life skills training in the demanding world of professional selling.

Interpersonal skills and management training
People may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you make them feel.

To succeed in business and personal life, we must constantly develop and improve effective skills for communication with other people. Self improvement starts early with ongoing accumulation of communication skills continuing through life. Whether you’re a school-leaver seeking your first job interview or a senior executive running a global enterprise, your success depends on how effectively you learn and apply the required interpersonal skills and management training.

Effective communication skill can make a difference for you
From a conversation with your partner to effective sales negotiation, communication relies upon the correct match between your personality characteristics and someone else’s. Get it right and you both enjoy the rewards; get it wrong and communication can fail – with disastrous consequences.

It’s easy to enjoy the rewards from better communication skills

CALL BARRY: 07795 288490

Featured Gold October 8th 2009 in The National Pages UK Business Directory