Healthy Self Esteem Allows You The Pleasure Of Enjoying Success

If you remember anything from this article, please remember this: Healthy self-esteem allows you the pleasure of enjoying and appreciating success.

You can acquire years of education, accumulate wealth, win prestigious awards, be blessed with the most loving relationships and still self-sabotage. Outside barometers of success and happiness won't satisfy you unless and until you like and approve of yourself.

Unhealthy self-esteem sabotages education, wealth, awards and relationships. You'll only achieve what your healthy or unhealthy self-esteem allows you to achieve.

Healthy self-esteem is the backbone of your success. Your self-esteem determines the level of success in both your personal and professional life.

Healthy self-esteem is not an automatic in life. It comes from how you are judging yourself as competent in the important areas of your life. Current self-esteem is based on what you're holding out to be important in your life today.

When working toward your goals, healthy self-esteem allows you to strive for greater success by:

* Giving you more energy and enthusiasm

* Accepting constructive suggestions with an open mind

* Controlling emotions to come from a stronger place of empowerment

* Allowing you to choose how you're going to achieve your goals

* Being a more accepting person

* Knowing who you are and what you want in life

* Having more self-confidence in yourself and your ability to succeed

Why are all those attributes important?

Let me share a story I remember reading a few years ago.

A few years back, during a figure skating championship, a highly ranked skater took a nasty fall at the every end of her original program. The crowd reacted negatively and she quickly became embarrassed, discouraged and disheartened.

Her coach was alarmed by her negativity and took her to a sports psychologist for a battery of tests. After several psychological exams it was reported to the media that each exam showed she was suffering from poor self-esteem.

During the second round of the competition, this magnificently talented skater lost her flair for the dramatic. She refused to try anything too risky and settled for safe. It was amazing how one fall changed the perception she had of her ability as a champion.

She ended up finishing far below her expectations, natural abilities and talents despite many flawless performances in the past.

A retired champion made an interesting observation. He said that if you want to be a champion, you can't allow outside negative forces to influence the mental picture you have of yourself.

He went on to say that this highly talented skater not only allowed the reaction of the crowd to affect her skating performance but, more importantly, she turned out to be her own worst enemy.

Food for thought: No opinion of you is more important than your own.

What's the internal picture you have of your ability to succeed and thrive? I'll say it again; healthy self-esteem allows you the pleasure of enjoying and appreciating success!

Sharon A. Michaels is an e-mentor to women who want to work for themselves. Sharon has over 20 years of business, speaking and writing experience on issues of ending self-sabotage, living in abundance and wealth and making money in network marketing. Sharon offers books, webinars and tele-conferences on how to give yourself the power to succeed. You can learn more about Sharon Michaels at http://SharonIsMyMentor.com Sharon A. Michaels is also the Editor of the Abundance and Wealth site on http://www.BellaOnline.com To read more of Sharon's articles and sign up for her weekly newsletter go to http://abundanceandwealth.bellaonline.com Copyright Sharon A. Michaels - When using this article please give full credit to Sharon Michaels and use the bio as written above.

Career Change - From Teaching to a Road Map to Success!

Many times after a few years teaching, teachers begin looking for a career change. Often the planned change may mean a breakaway from the stress of face to face teaching, or insensitive administrations and at times uninterested parents.

The majority of teachers find their jobs rewarding and the interaction with their charges fulfilling and satisfying, but some find the changes to the schooling environment leads to stress and the feeling they could be doing something better. After a few years, these teachers will begin looking for a career change.

A career change for teachers can mean a move sideways in their field. There are openings for teachers to change their field without really leaving their chosen occupation. From face to face teaching there are opportunities in distance education or in writing training books and developing the overall curriculum. Private tuition and tutoring are other means of finding a career change for Teachers. Then going behind the scenes and helping create the resources for the syllabus could be the direction to take.

If the career change for teachers is prompted by a need to leave the teaching field altogether, then the teacher can look at various other venues of employment that will utilize their specific skills. A teacher has a range of skills that will translate well into other fields. Good communication skills, research abilities, administration experience and people skills can help a teacher find new employment in another industry.

Teachers can find new careers in any field, if they need to hone skills required for a new career a good approach is to attend college locally while teaching. Distance and internet learning are other viable options.

A career change for teachers might involve getting away from interacting with students and concentrate on interacting with the public, or with the elderly. They may look for a career where they can work with their hands, creating things rather than sculpting young minds. The tactile thrill of woodwork, horticulture, art or writing might lead to a career change for teachers, with great results.

A teacher already has demonstrated skills in so many areas they are likely to find other employment relatively easy to find. So many areas of employment will necessitate some training. When a career change for teachers comes along, after finding employment the teacher could well find their special skill in communication and teaching becomes a bonus to their new employer. They can help train new employees, teach courses in customer service skills, demonstrate the company's products at trade shows and other venues, and add other information to the employee's knowledge base.

A career change for teachers can lead to a job where they are less stressed and likely get paid more. They can still use the skills they have developed and the knowledge they have stored over years of teaching experience. The outlook for a career change for teachers is good, if they have done the training to become a qualified teacher they are highly employable and will not find work hard to find in any field in which they have an interest.

John Groth is a former HR executive and career coach. On his web site find Career Change Ideas ,valuable articles and a Free seven day career planning guide. Discover up to date career and recruitment strategies at our Employment Ideas Guide all to assist you in advancing and managing your career.

You Are Creating Your States Of Procastination & Motivation!

Have you ever experienced the state of procrastination? All of us have one time or another! Procrastination is the number one killer of success.

It is the single most common state that keeps people from taking action Knowing that there is an important task at hand, you keep putting it off.

Have you ever had to start work on a project but kept doing everything else that would delay you in getting started? You cleaned your desk, got a drink of water, checked your emails, walked around and finally said, 'I think I will do it tomorrow!'

Has there been another time when you felt totally motivated in getting started on a project? A time when you just sat down and got it done immediately?

I believe we are aware that this situation rarely happens, never happening in times when we need to get something done.

We Create our States of Motivation and Procrastination

We have to understand that we create entirely different states using our physiology and internal re-presentation. When we understand this, we will be able to change, interrupt and change states whenever we need to.

When you were procrastinating, you were using your physiology in a particular way. Your breathing was probably slow and shallow. Your muscles were droopy, your eyes were looking down and your facial muscles were probably flaccid.

What about your internal re-presentation? You were probably seeing pictures of yourself having a tough time, being overwhelmed and getting frustrated. You were probably saying to yourself in the most weary and bored tone of life, "Must I do this now? Can I do it later?"

How do we create Motivation?

A question we have to ask ourselves, when we are in a motivated state, taking action and accomplishing our tasks, how did we create that?

Our physiology was probably different. We were sitting differently, breathing differently and moving differently. We were probably re-presenting the task very differently in our mind.

We were seeing ourselves getting results, having fun and doing things effortlessly. We were probably saying, "do it now!" "Let's get it done!" in a more excited, higher pitched tone of voice.

Remember, our states are hardly managed consciously. We do not consciously shift our physiology nor do we control our internal re-presentations with the intention of controlling our states.

Instead, our minds are allowed to run on autopilot causing us to lose control of our own states, ensuing in mediocre results that we are not to be pleased about.

Now that we are aware that states of motivation and procrastination are entirely created by us, the responsibility is on us to learn and take charge of our physiology and internal representation, propelling us to attain the greater results we desire.

Adam Khoo is an entrepreneur, best-selling author and a self-made millionaire by the age of 26. Discover his supercharged success secrets and claim your FREE bonus report 'Supercharge Your Success!' at Success With NLP.

The Anatomy of Acceptance

By Mohamed Farouk

Acceptance, The Vague Word!!
Sometimes the only solution to a problem is to accept it; for example, when the problem is the loss of someone, goals that weren't met or finding that your loved one is in love with someone else, then the only thing that can be done is acceptance.

But the problem with acceptance is that whenever you read an article about it, it keeps telling you about the importance of acceptance and how nice acceptance is but not how to do it.

We all know that acceptance can sometimes be the only solution to a problem, but still the question is how to accept? Is there a certain thing that I should do to accept a new situation faster?

There are many tips that can help you in doing this, but I have hidden them somewhere safe, about 3cm below the line you are reading now :)

A Guide to Acceptance
The main obstacle that will stand in your way when trying to accept a new situation is uncertainty. Uncertainty is simple not being sure that what you are currently facing is the truth. For example, if you bought some stocks at $10 each, and if their price went down to 5$, you may become sad or even depressed, but at the same time you won't be able to accept it. Why? Because you are still unsure whether the price will go up again or whether it will stay at the $5 level. So the conclusion is: as long as there is still the smallest sliver of hope left, you won't be able to accept the new situation.

Here are a few examples that will further demonstrate the idea:

* She is in love with someone else: It feels so bad when you discover that your loved one is in love with someone else, but even after this discovery you will usually find yourself unable to accept the situation, simply because you still don't have enough evidence to prove it. At the same time, your mind will be striving to convince you that there is still some hope.

* I don't look like a super model: People who think that they should look better are usually struggling with an endless cycle of thoughts: each new comment they receive about their looks makes them repeat their calculations and repeat the same cyle of critical thoughts about themselves. If those people were certain about their looks, good or bad, they wouldnt have felt that bad.

* Is he dead?: I really feel sorry for anyone who loses someone close, and when the shock becomes intolerable some people start to deny that this death has happened and get stuck in uncertainties instead of accepting the truth.

It's the Uncertainty that Makes You Feel Bad!
Suppose that you had an emergency and had to run down the street in your pyjamas. If someone tells you "Man, you look awful! How can you dress like that in the street?", do you think that this situation will make you feel bad? Definitely not. Do you know why? Because you were certain that you were wearing something that looks bad in the first place, so it's natural that that be people's reaction.

Now, what if you were normally dressed and the same person told you the same thing, will you feel bad? Of course you will, but why? Because you are wearing something that should look good by itself, you became uncertain about your own looks!!!!

We can conclude something very critical from this story: knowing that you are bad is less painful than being unsure that you are bad!!! In other words, it's the uncertainty that makes you feel bad.

What to Do
Simply remove the uncertainty: find the evidence that proves that this situation is actually a new fact. Of course I am not telling you to give up so early or to admit defeat, but when you are sure that it's over, let go of your inner resistance and of this tiny hope because you know that it's not realistic. When you do this, your mind will accept what happened and it will signal for the healing process to start.

Don't Get Stuck
One of the main reasons for depression is getting stuck in a state of denial. In that case, the problem remains and the ability to accept it is hindered by this denial which will eventually lead to depression. What you need to do is to accept what happened and you'll find that you are no longer depressed and since you now know what acceptance means and how to do it, that should be no problem anymore.

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Coaching In The Workplace

Today organizations employ life coaches in the workplace so that the employees can achieve the desired results through proper guidance and training and therefore achieve increased efficiency at work. Hence whether it involves completing deadlines, attending meetings or planning out the next project a life coach can help you to use sophisticated tools and techniques to help all employees excel at their work and complete all the tasks allotted to them on time.

Today big corporates and multinational organizations make use of coaching sessions to train and empower their employees so that they understand their responsibilities and they are made capable to fulfill them. Coaching in the workplace results in learning from one's mistakes and not repeating them again. It becomes very important that each and every employee has a clear vision and an action plan in place so that he focuses on the same to achieve the end result.

Coaching at the workplace also helps to you to work in co ordination with your team. After all achieving the goals of an organization is a team effort and every member in the team should strive in his own way to achieve a common goal. Every team member's job is to be coordinated according a predetermined plan. Coaching also helps in isolating the important skills to succeed in your job. Exercises are performed in order to hone the skills of the employees. Next it is necessary to insure that the role an employee fills in an organization is the one that he is most capable of fulfilling. This is one of the most important aspects of coaching in the workplace as it leads to specialization which leads to maximum output and minimum wastage of time, effort and money.

Next coaching leads to assessing the true worth of an employee through regular performance appraisals. Rotate similar jobs so that the employees do not perform badly due to boredom. The coach can also suggest modified or new roles for the employees. A life coach will help the employee to understand the new responsibility entrusted on him and also help him put his best foot forward in fulfilling the responsibilities.

Communication in the organization is vital between different levels and between individuals at the same level. Coaching in the workplace will ensure effective communication at all levels leading to faster completion of work and harmony amongst the employees. Coaching helps decrease communication gaps as well as personal space boundaries and helps to build a better rapport and greater understanding between the employees.

Once the organization achieves the results, it is advisable to celebrate so that the employees are motivated to work harder than ever before. Hence coaching makes you aware that every successful project should be cherished. Actually coaching in the workplace helps to manage the most prized resource within the organization and that is the human resource. If human resources are well looked after then all other resources such as raw materials, capital, land, etc can be well maintained and be used optimally. However the opposite is also true. If you do not manage your people well, then the end result will be chaos.

Written by Gerard O'Donovan Founder of Noble Manhattan coaching Ltd http://www.noble-manhattan.com CEO of the European coaching Institute http://www.europeancoachinginstitute.com Europe's leading executive coach http://www.gerardodonovan.com