August 2011 - Visioning the World

Near where I live, in Peckham, people have been putting post it notes full of love and positivity on a boarded up shop that was affected by the recent riots in London. I was very moved by this expression of love and positive energy in the face of violence and it made me reflect even more about the importance of people creating long term visions for what they are wanting - both for themselves and for the world (for more of my thoughts on the recent riots you go to http://practicalmysticmusings.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/seeing-the-london-riots-through-the-lens-of-polarity/ )

As I might have mentioned in a previous e-news, one of the things I now do with my coaching clients is a goal setting exercise I learnt from the inspirational Dave Ellis (if you are looking for a good self-help book do check out his book Falling Awake) who was the keynote speaker at a conference I helped to organise in May. He recommends, along with setting goals in our lifetime (i.e. 10 years, 25 years), we all set goals for things we are wanting for the world way past our lifetime - in 1000 years for example! Of course, we won't be around but if we were all to start articulating what we want the world to look like in 1000 years AND start to set some goals/actions that will contribute to this goal then WOW!

So why not start today? Get some of index cards and set out some goals (each on a separate index card) that you have for the world for 1000 years. What kind of world would you like to see in 1000 years? Once you have come up with several 1000 year goals, you can then look at goals for your lifetime - 25,10, 5 and 1year goals. And amongst the goals that you set for what you want for your work, relationships, home etc, you can include some goals that will help to achieve your 1000 goals (i.e. if you put that you want clean air and seas in 1000 years, what do you need to do in 5 years to help achieve this.)

Do let me know what you come up with!

In other news, I've started to develop my Body Centred Training for Retail/Hospitality Staff. I've had a few meetings with HR managers in the retail sector to see how the Body Centred approach could help front line staff and the response has been very positive. If anyone you know is in the retail sector, please pass along this link!

http://www.bodycentredleadership.com/programmes/body-centred-training-for-retail-hospitality-staff/

Enjoy the rest of the summer - and looking forward to connecting to you either in person or via email!

Warmly,

Beth Follini, CPCC, PCC
Life/Work Coach
http://www.ticktockcoaching.co.uk
http://www.creatingfrompolarity.com