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Volume 9
Welcome to Volume 9 of Living on the Edge, the fortnightly newsletter from Living Edge Life Coaching, designed to inform, educate, challenge and inspire you!
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With only 3 weeks to go till the baby is 'due' this could well be the last edition I write before becoming a mother! WOW. That's exciting and daunting. Stay tuned for the next edition as it may well include another 'edition'!!
Annabel Varvel
Life Coach BA.LLB
COACHING CORNER
Step Up
I have just spent the last 2 days at a program for 14-18 year olds called Step Up. It is designed to inspire teenagers to become the best they can be in business and in life - to Step Up and become the greatest leaders this nation has ever seen.
This year about 450 teenagers attended Step Up! The Step Up Foundation has attracted huge support from many key professional public speakers (eg Adam Thompson from Chocolate Starfish, Shane Toohey, John McGrath, Cynthia Morton, Peter Spam, Trevor Hendy & Steve Bradbury) who give of their time to share their stories with the teens. Many of these speakers have come from poor or disadvantaged backgrounds and through hard work, determination and big dreams have pulled themselves out of the situations they have been in.
Through the various speakers and interactional exercises facilitated by coaches (people just like you & I) the teens are encouraged to do and be anything they want to! It's all about expanding their mindsets, their visions and helping them to believe in themselves! What a fantastic opportunity to learn these things as a teenager!!
Being there as an adult and being exposed to the same possibility thinking was mind stretching for me too. Most of the speakers talked about the importance of setting goals - long and short term - for ourselves. Without goals, we don't know where we are going, who or what we are trying to become.
I know that in previous editions of Living on the Edge I have talked about the importance of setting goals, however it's never too often that we can be reminded! Michael Sheargold who was the head 'coach' at Step Up had everyone do the following exercise which I thought I'd share with you.
It's an excellent tool to getting you thinking about all the different possibilities in your life - how can you Step Up??
Get a piece of paper and at the top write...
"What do I want to...."
Then underneath write the following words:
- Be
- Do
- Have
- See
- Give
- Create
- Achieve
Depending on how much detail you want to go into you could even write each word at the top of a new page...
Then, start thinking and dreaming - write down several things under each heading. Dream BIG! You might even want to come back to this a couple of times and just let your mind wander in between - helps get those creative juices (and your RAS) flow!
I'd love to find out some of your dreams and goals - if you would like to share some with me, send me an email - you'll be amazed in the power of just sharing your dreams with someone else! annabel@livingedge.net
Further info...
Step Up Foundation is a non-profit organisation which started in Brisbane in 2002. They have a vision of taking Step Up across Australia and the world. Step Up are planning a program in Sydney later in the year, so those of you in Sydney may want to get involved as a coach, volunteer or sponsor. I would highly recommend it! It's great to give to the next generation and you'll be blessed yourself from your involvement.
More information about Step Up can be found at www.stepupfoundation.com
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