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How to Create Clarity AND an Inspiring Vision
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I’ve already finished my business plan for the year, and now I’m wrapping up a visioning board that corresponds to that. A visioning board helps people create a visual representation of what they want so they can “see” where they’re going. Mine allows me take a look at my lifestyle, business and travel goals and to really set my sights—literally—on what I want to stay focused on.
It’s important to keep your overall focus in mind when planning for the year, and a visioning board can be helpful for creating the clarity you need. My clients have mentioned how advantageous it is to be clear about what they want to accomplish. Establishing this clarity has made a significant difference in their lives.
When you begin the process of creating your board, don’t just focus on your business plan. Be sure that you have a complete vision—one that takes into account what you want for yourself above and beyond your business.
Creating Your Visioning Board
Once you’ve selected a piece of paper or poster board to serve as the backdrop for your vision, follow these steps:
- Start with the idea of the lifestyle you want. That should influence your board and your business. (Remember, you want your board to influence your business and not the other way around. If you’re not careful, it’s easy to let your business take over. If you’re not in charge of your business, it will be in charge of you. That’s what has happened when you hear someone say, “My business is killing me.” or “My business doesn’t give me any time.”)
- Next, choose your images. Sit down with a collection of magazines, cutting out what appeals to you. If you want a new house, a new car or a great vacation, include pictures of each. The pictures will remind you to create new opportunities in support of what they depict.
- While working on #2, watch for words and phrases that represent your goals and dreams, and cut those out as well. Some of the ones I’ve collected include “dream big,” “indulge in the extraordinary,” and “it’s time for the vacation of a lifetime.” (One nice thing about working for yourself is that it’s easier to schedule vacation time.)
- Look at family dreams as well and create a family vision. Beth and I are working on the visioning board together.
- Don’t forget to include items representing your spiritual, intellectual, physical and emotional development.
- Put your board in a high-traffic area so you can look at it often. Remember that you’re doing this exercise to create the kind of life that you want. Seeing these words and images will remind you on a regular basis of what you’re working for. It stimulates you and reinforces what you want, so it should reside in a prominent location.
- Revise as needed. Your visioning board should a dynamic piece that you add to over the course of the year.
- Now that you know what you want, create a specific action plan for how you’re going to achieve it.
Sample vision board image courtesy Wikipedia / Cjboertjens
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I like to collect stories about belief change experiences. If you have any interesting ones, please share them below so I can comment on them in subsequent articles or posts.
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About Terry: Terry Hickey, M.S., is a Certified NLP Professional Coach, Business Trainer and Consultant, a Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the co-owner of NLP Advantage Group. Originator of the Belief Breakthrough Method™, Terry specializes in teaching coaches and entrepreneurs how to rapidly resolve limiting beliefs about wealth and success. His tips and strategies can help you launch yourself into the future you want… NOW. http://terryhickey.com/
In Memoriam: Salka
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For the first time in 42 years I come home to a house empty of dogs. I guess you can safely say dogs have been an integral part of my life. They have been my companions and teachers and fellow beings for a long time.
I just lost my final companion Salka, an exuberant, passionate Alaskan Malamute. Those of you who have followed me and have been reading my newsletter or have trained with me are familiar with Salka.
He was the last of our pack of three. His pack mates, Waiki and Munai, were all named in Quechua words that have deep emotional meaning for Beth and I. Salka means wild energy—the wild energy of the Eagle as opposed to the domesticated energy of the chicken. In Andean cosmology “salka” energy is the wild energy of creativity and passion.
My big boy could not have been better named. He was my traveling companion, breakfast companion and my biggest cheerleader, sitting excitedly on the sidelines watching me play soccer. We once did a road trip through Northern California, hiking near Lake Tahoe and exploring the small mining towns of the foothills.
He had an amazing facility to connect with people. An animal communicator told us that what Salka enjoyed most was making deep eye contact with people—the kind of soul gazing that creates meaningful connection with all kinds, especially children and the vulnerable.
Because of the way he connected with people, I began speaking about him in my newsletter and created a special section—Salka’s Notes—as a way to impart messages from the perspective of a wise being. When I would travel and meet people at different conferences, we often talked about the use of newsletters to communicate our message. Almost everyone commented on how they enjoyed Salka’s Notes. As you can see from the photos, he illustrates the importance of living fully.
As I write this, I acknowledge the tears, the deep breathing and the sense of loss. His loss has made me miss his pack mates even more. Every time I lost one of my companions, I wrote about the lessons that they had taught me. I think one of the roles of dogs in our lives is to be teachers. I can’t tell you how often I would tell stories about my dogs that really imparted meaningful, heartfelt lessons.
Salka’s ultimate lesson for me was to learn to love myself as much as he loved me and to always be willing to connect fully and completely with people I meet. Those of you who know of his loss have reached out to me because you know the depth of my connection with him, especially those of you who have had a Salka in your life.
So this is as much a eulogy as it is a recommendation that you live the Salka life. Feel the creative passion, the heartfelt connections and always be ready to take a walk and enjoy nature.
Salka, I miss you.
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Terry Hickey, M.S., is a Certified NLP Professional Coach, Business Trainer and Consultant, a Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the co-owner of NLP Advantage Group. Originator of the Belief Breakthrough Method™, Terry specializes in teaching coaches and entrepreneurs how to rapidly resolve limiting beliefs about wealth and success. His tips and strategies can help you launch yourself into the future you want… NOW. http://terryhickey.com/
Differentiating Your Program: The Importance of Experiences
Posted by: | CommentsAs I mentioned in my newsletter, our upcoming trip to Peru represents the marriage of two things I love: training/intimate coaching and work with ancient traditions of healing. Though I had always thought it would be fun to combine the two, I didn’t see how that could happen. After witnessing a powerful response from those participating in the Coach Certification Training Kickoff, I finally recognized just how appealing this combination would be to some people.
One thing I’ve heard others talk about is how much people crave experiences. People talk about things that are meaningful to them. So how do you create the kinds of events that are meaningful? Some do it by wooing clients with private jets, limos, celebrity meetings and luxury accommodations. These activities create an experience, and participants talk about the experience as much as the learning.
When people talk about my Coach Certification Training Program, in addition to sharing what they’ve learned from me, they’ll also talk about the experience and what it was like to meet with the elders and the shaman.
When it comes to such group offerings, what we’re really doing is creating an experience that is meaningful to people—something that speaks to their heart and connects them to ancient things. With Peru that experience in the mountains is something they just can’t get anywhere else. I get to do something I love and share it with others, and when all is said and done, they’re getting a really great deal.
A number of people in my coaching program have already offered unique programs to their clients based upon this idea and are having remarkable results with them.
People want results AND experiences. What are your gifts that make you unique? What differentiates you from others? What do you say you love to do but have not yet packaged as an opportunity for clients?
If you want to create mastery-level coaching skills supplemented by working with ancient healing traditions, a combination that creates profound breakthroughs, and if this speaks to your heart or your gut, pick up the phone and call me at 520.237.4435 to see if this once-in-a-lifetime experience is for you.
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I like to collect stories about belief change experiences. If you have any interesting ones, please let me know or share them below so I can comment on them in subsequent articles or posts.
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About Terry: Terry Hickey, M.S., is a Certified NLP Professional Coach, Business Trainer and Consultant, a Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the co-owner of NLP Advantage Group. Originator of the Belief Breakthrough Method™, Terry specializes in teaching coaches and entrepreneurs how to rapidly resolve limiting beliefs about wealth and success. His tips and strategies can help you launch yourself into the future you want… NOW. http://terryhickey.com/
Don’t Miss These Transformational Experiences
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Intensive retreat location photo © Loews Hotels
Belief Breakthrough Method™
Coaches’ Intensive Program
January 25-26, 2014 in Tucson
Experience the mindset change that prominent 6- and 7-figure coaches attribute to their breakthroughs. Take advantage of this opportunity to work with Terry in a small group setting where you break through your own limiting money and value beliefs and learn the skills to do the same for your clients.
Because of the interest in the next Coach Certification Training program and Peruvian experience, we’re encouraging people to sign up early.
If you want to catapult your ability to change those troublesome beliefs that are stopping you and your clients in their tracks, register for this Intensive now!
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Belief Breakthrough Method™
Coach Certification Training Program
The current Coach Certification Training is already in progress, featuring…
- Intensive Group and Individual Mentoring so you will have immediate answers to your specific questions and the challenges preventing you from taking action for yourself and your clients.
- Featured Deliverable Modules as stand-alone programs that will expand your income and impact your clients in heartfelt and powerful ways.
- A Path to Coaching Mastery so you will be sought out for your unique skills.
The current program is really moving along, and we’re all getting excited about our trip to Peru in February. Part of the training will feature a once-in-a-lifetime experience working with a Peruvian healer and Shaman and interactions with the Quero tribe elders, “Keepers of the Ancient Wisdom.”
Participation in the next Certification Training experience requires that you attend an Intensive first, so if you want to ensure your eligibility, don’t miss the January Coaches’ Intensive Program!
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About Terry: Terry Hickey, M.S., is a Certified NLP Professional Coach, Business Trainer and Consultant, a Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the co-owner of NLP Advantage Group. Originator of the Belief Breakthrough Method™, Terry specializes in teaching coaches and entrepreneurs how to rapidly resolve limiting beliefs about wealth and success. His tips and strategies can help you launch yourself into the future you want… NOW. http://terryhickey.com/
Opportunities for Transformational Group Experiences
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Belief Breakthrough Method™
Coaches’ Intensive Program
October 12-13, 2013 Tucson
Experience the mindset change that prominent 6- and 7-figure coaches attribute to their breakthroughs. Take advantage of this opportunity to work with me in a small group setting where you break through your own limiting money and value beliefs and learn the skills to do the same for your clients.
Because of the interest in the next Coach Certification Training program, I’m encouraging people to sign up early for this Intensive. There’s a 10-person limit, and several people have already committed, so don’t wait…
»»»
Belief Breakthrough Method™
Coach Certification Training Program
The current Coach Certification Training is already in progress, featuring…
- Intensive Group and Individual Mentoring so you will have immediate answers to your specific questions and the challenges preventing you from taking action for yourself and your clients.
- Featured Deliverable Modules as stand-alone programs that will expand your income and impact your clients in heartfelt and powerful ways.
The current program is really moving along, and we’re all getting excited about our trip to Peru in February. Participation in the next Certification Trainingexperience requires that you attend an Intensive first, so if you want to ensure your eligibility, don’t miss the October Coaches’ Intensive Program!
Intensive retreat location photo © Loews Hotels
Honoring Munai
Posted by: | CommentsThis article is a departure from my usual “Insights,” but I think you’ll understand why I’ve shared it today.
It has been a little more than a week since Munai passed. Based on the kind comments many of you made on my Facebook page, I know that you understand deeply the significant relationships we have with animals and their heartfelt impact our lives.
When My Chow-Chow, Waiki, passed two years ago, I wrote about what she taught me. Now I’m doing the same for Munai.
Beth and I first saw her in the Pima County Animal Care Center, where we had gone to find a pack member for Waiki. We had lost our Golden Retriever, Wiser, about two months before and decided that we would adopt a rescue dog.
Well as many of you know, in a shelter setting a dog as much chooses you as you choose it. Munai was a six-month old little lab mix being kept with two other dogs. When she saw us she immediately came up and said in Doggie language, “I want to be in your pack.” She wasn’t the only one, but she was the most persistent, so we decided to bring her home.
After being spayed and treated for kennel cough, Munai came home. She was initially scared, but she settled in quickly as a result of being held close and Waiki’s willingness to welcome her into the pack. Her personality emerged. She was playful, loving and always a little scared, but she managed her fear by seeking reassurance.
We also discovered two other traits: she was very protective, and she was an exceptional hunter. One time we saw Munai catch a pigeon in flight by launching herself into the air and snatching it six feet off the ground. (We were able to release the bird, which then flew off.) She also never met a lizard she didn’t chase. The funniest memory of this particular characteristic was the time she caught a mouse in the house. We saw the mouse just as she did. It looked like she had it cornered, but then it disappeared. We thought it got away, but then we looked at Munai sitting quietly and noticed a tail emerging from her mouth. I told her to “OPEN,” and she did, only to have one scared and lucky mouse leap out and run off. I think it moved out of the house that very moment because we never saw it again.
With puppies and small dogs Munai was always loving and gentle, having a natural mothering aspect. She expressed this time and again. She was also affectionate and playful with kids and interacted well with other people, except when she sensed that Beth was concerned or wary about someone. In that case she was protective and fierce. She also used to support Waiki in the job of protecting the neighborhood from strange people and dogs.
What Munai was absolutely best at was being a loving friend. She would want to be there in the same room, close but not suffocating, just enjoying the closeness. She decided early on that her place at night was sleeping on the bed next to Beth; she wanted that connection. Munai did this until she was older and couldn’t jump on the bed any longer.
Munai also especially enjoyed the kitchen experience, where she took on the tough job of chief taster, a role she was not willing to relinquish to anyone else. When Beth and I changed our eating habits and went on an anti-inflammatory diet, that included a muffin made without wheat or sugars—one that had lots of fruit as its main component. Well, after one taste, Munai decided that this would be part of her diet, patiently waiting for her share every morning.
So what lessons did we learn from sweet Munai?
- Once you make a choice of the heart, do all you can to make sure that you honor it.
- Enjoy physical touch.
- Stay close to the people you love.
- Fully enjoy your relationships.
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I like to collect stories about belief change experiences. If you have any interesting ones, please share them below so I can comment on them in future posts.
P.S. Do you want to share this post? Please do. Just be sure that it remains intact and includes the following bio.
About Terry: Terry Hickey, M.S., is a Certified NLP Professional Coach, Business Trainer and Consultant, a Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the co-owner of NLP Advantage Group. Originator of the Belief Breakthrough Method™, Terry specializes in teaching coaches and entrepreneurs how to rapidly resolve limiting beliefs about wealth and success. His tips and strategies can help you launch yourself into the future you want… NOW. http://terryhickey.com/
