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Life Coaching – Achieving More Has Never Been So Easy!
By Sharon Pearson
Life coaching is all about two people working together towards a common goal whilst inspiring each other and achieving much more than what one can do individually. Both the client and the life coach work single-mindedly towards the results and in almost all the cases achieve them! Life coaches try to remove the mental obstacles that hold the clients from moving ahead. They make you look at life with a fresh perspective-that of renewed vigor, enthusiasm and faith. The coach feels the way you do and tries to establish incredible results within your own environment
It basically requires an initiative on the part of the client to make an appointment with a life coach. The coach then makes a detailed observation of the client’s behavior, stress, relationships, current work nature and culture, and gives the client a detailed report of the same. This report serves as the basis of the future sessions, as now the coach identifies the things hindering the client and can find constructive ways to deal with it. The client too becomes more aware of his/her situation and thus does not remain shrouded in mystery, which in itself is a great relief. It gives the client hope that the difficult circumstances that they are stuck in can, if recognised, certainly be resolved. Next, the client is given exercises and other tasks to perform which the client should do diligently to gain maximum profits. As the difficulties are solved one by one the process progresses to a fruitful completion. The life coach helps the client to chart out a plan of action to follow, so that the client can work even without the help of the coach in future. The aim of life coaching is not to make the client dependent on the coach, but to make the client independent to tackle and deal with every situation in life or work and to become happy and successful even without the help of a coach. Life coaching can be about anything- relationships, business-related, career-related, etc.
Work or business related coaching targets boss-employee relationship, work and life balance, leadership skills, management
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Star-Advertiser will print Hawaii edition of USA TodayThe Honolulu Star-Advertiser said Friday that it will begin printing a Hawaii edition of USA Today next week that will condense the newspaper?s usual four sections into two and include two pages of local news.
The new Hawaii edition will be available on the date of publication, the Star-Advertiser said.
?We are delighted to have concluded this agreement with USA Today,? Star-Advertiser Publisher Dennis Francis said. ?It enables us to provide Hawaii with more timely access to a great national...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Crazy Shirts? T-shirt collection features Disney characters<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/Crazy_Shirts_Disney_LadiesMinnie*100.jpg?v=1'>Hawaii-based Crazy Shirts said Friday it is launching a new collection of speciality T-shirts featuring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Tinker Bell and other Disney characters.
The shirts, designed by Crazy Shirts Creative Director Eric Robison, feature 18 original, island-inspired designs. They are available at Crazy Shirts stores in Waikiki, Kaanapali and Wailea resorts on Maui, and the Waikoloa resort on the Big Island, the company said.
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</div>New chancellor eyes Pacific-12 Conference for HawaiiNew University of Hawaii at Manoa Chancellor-designate Tom Apple has some high hopes for the school?s athletics.
How high? Well, forget about being part of the Mountain West Conference because he is talking Pacific-12 Conference and competing against the likes of the University of Southern California, Stanford, Oregon and UCLA.
?I won?t go dreaming about where we might be, but there is a really good conference out on the West Coast that it would be wonderful to be part of, eventually,?...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>PBN Forty Under 40 class reflects Hawaii?s business communityThey?re small-business owners, company executives, attorneys, government employees and members of Hawaii?s nonprofit community.
They have two things in common: They?re all under the age of 40 and they all have been selected by outside judges to be members of PBN?s Forty Under 40 class of 2012. They will be honored at an awards reception at the Hawaii Convention Center on June 21.
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</div>PBN Forty Under 40 Class of 2012Here is the list of the Pacific Business News Forty Under 40 Class of 2012.
Click here to read about this year's Forty Under 40 event.
?Desirea Aguinaldo-Helsham, CEO, OneSource.
?Bronson Aken, vice president and chief engineering and technology officer, Pelatron.
? Kathy Custer, owner, Keiki Sitters & Ohana Helpers dba Aloha Sitters.
? Michael Dahilig, director, Kauai County Department of Planning.
? Carlos Di Ponio, partner, Sterling & Tucker.
? Luke Estes, chief operating officer,...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Star of ?Battleship? movie lives in Pearl HarborIf you want to see a movie star up close, you don?t have to hop on a plane to head to Hollywood.
That?s because Hawaii has a huge star right here at Pearl Harbor ? and her name is the USS Missouri.
The ship ? on whose teak deck Japan surrendered to the allies to end World War II ? is featured in the new movie ?Battleship,? taking on aliens with really bad attitudes. The ship was also featured in the movie ?Under Siege.?
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</div>Oahu's Dillingham Ranch on the market for $65MA 2,700-acre ranch on the North Shore of Oahu founded a century ago by Hawaii railroad tycoon Benjamimn Franklin Dillingham has gone on the market for $65 million.
The Dillingham Ranch in Waialua includes oceanfront property, Oahu?s North Shore polo grounds and a main lodge built in 1917 that recently underwent a multimillion-dollar restoration.
?This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire such an iconic landholding,? said Ed Rapoza of Island Land Co., who represents the listing along...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Energy Department to fund wave power test in HawaiiThe U.S. Department of Energy said Friday it would make $500,000 available for a year-long test of a wave energy conversion project at the Navy?s wave energy test site off the Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay.
The funding presents a new opportunity for a wave energy project at the Windward Oahu base, which has been the site of three test projects by Ocean Power Technologies, which recently removed a 40-kilowatt PowerBuoy from the waters off the base.
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</div>Erika Lacro named chancellor of Honolulu Community CollegeErika Lacro has been named chancellor of Honolulu Community College effective July 2.
Lacro, who is currently vice chancellor of academic affairs at HCC, was chosen by the University of Hawaii Board of Regents from a list of three finalists, who were announced last month.
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?I dedicated 18-and-a-half years to public policy,? Asselbaye told PBN. ?I was ready for a change. Like any family, when you get an opportunity to help another person, you do. This is my husband?s dream.?
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skills, conflict resolution skills, peer relationship skills, better communication skills etc. Just as every other profession follows some unconventional rules, so does this. By this we mean that there is no hard and fast rule that life coaching should always be conducted in person. Telephones, e-mails, instant messages are also being used to solve the real world problems by life coaches. In fact some coaching institutes offer a provision for a mixed sort of counseling, that is, in case of emergency clients can contact them by phone and at other times attend the regular sessions as arranged. This facilitates to build a strong trust between the client and the coach. Many coaching places offer training to their clients for a fixed period of time, so that the clients can enroll for these and try to solve their problems by themselves too. The client should bear in mind that an open-minded approach towards this new concept is a must. A skeptical mind not only hinders the client from making any progress but also burdens the coach with an additional problem -that of convincing the client of the benefits of life coaching as well as their actual current dilemma! Nevertheless, all coaching institutes have a policy that allows the client to discontinue the coach’s services if they do not foresee any gains from them. At the same time, it is necessary to realize that these programs do not function within a given time frame. It is obvious that if the situation took so long to build up to where it became problematic to the client, then it will probably take as much time for them to get rid of it completely. All that is needed is the full co-operation of the clients in the tasks they are assigned and to listen to the coach trustfully and follow their instructions with dedication. For if the coaches strive so hard to help, the clients might as well make it easier for them by co-operating! In this process the duration becomes secondary, as the gains are everybody’s foremost concern. So if you have the patience, service-oriented mind, perseverance and empathy in you to become a successful life coach, all you have to do is to enroll for the best coaching schools in town. Have a look around and you are sure to find plenty of them. Go ahead and enrich someone’s life and give yourself a highly satisfying and successful career, both at the same time. Article Directory: http://www.articlecube.com Sharon Pearson is a professional, accredited life coach, executive coach and business coach. She is the founder and CEO of The Coaching Institute, Australia’s leading accredited life www.thecoachinginstitute.com.au">coach training school, is a published author and an in-demand public speaker and trainer
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AAA said it expects about 34.8 million Americans to travel at least 50 miles over the holiday weekend. That?s an extra 500,000 drivers expected on the road between May 24 and May 28, up 1.2 percent over last year.
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Heart Association recognizes Memphis employee wellness programs
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The national organization today announced it has added three Memphis-area companies to the ranks of its Fit-Friendly Companies, naming Memphis Light, Gas & Water and Methodist Fayette Hospital as Gold level members. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare joined as a Platinum level member.
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MBJ presents Small Business Award finalists
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/SBAlogo32small*100.jpg?v=1'>The Small Business Awards have served as a way for Memphis Business Journal to recognize and reward some of the most successful small businesses in the Memphis area for more than three decades.
MBJ presented its 32nd annual Small Business Awards finalists in this week's print edition. The winners in each category ? 1 to 20 Employees, 21 to 75 Employees, 76 to 350 Employees and Executive of the Year ? will be revealed at an event May 24.
See the 2012 Small Business Awards finalists
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Top of the List: Physician Practices
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/TopoftheListLogoPhysicianPractices*100.jpg?v=1'>Memphis Business Journal's emphasis in this week's print edition is on Health Care and we're giving web readers the top five from our Physician Practices list.
The list ranks the practices by local, full-time equivalent employees excluding physicians.
See the top five physician practices in Memphis
Research director Jason Bolton writes that acquisitions by Memphis' two largest hospital systems ? Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare ? have changed the complexion...<div class="feedflare">
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Behind the List: Physician Practices
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/TopoftheListLogoPhysicianPractices*100.jpg?v=1'>Acquisitions by Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare have changed the complexion of local physician practice ownership.
In a flurry of deals in 2011, Baptist added The Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation PLC and Family Cancer Center Foundation, which are all among the top 25 physician practices in the Memphis area. Baptist Minor Medical Centers is also an annual fixture on the list. In February 2012, Stern made an acquisition of its...<div class="feedflare">
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First-quarter housing affordability at record high
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/housing_affordability_price_550*100.jpg?v=1'>Though it?s been said many times before, consumers in the market for a new or existing home have the upper hand.
According to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index, housing affordability hit an all-time high for the second consecutive quarter during the period ending March 31, 2012. Still, a familiar foe stands in the way of prospective home buyers.
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Fitch downgrades Memphis airport
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/morning_call/Morning%20Call%20sun%20Memphis*100.jpg?v=1'>Fitch Ratings downgraded Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority's bond rating, but revised the rating outlook to Stable from Negative.
The airport's $415.5 million worth of bonds were downgraded to "A" from "A+" mostly due to Delta Air Lines Inc.'s service decline at Memphis International Airport. Local passenger traffic is projected to drop below 4 million, which translates into a more than 30 percent enplanement loss from the peak levels in 2008, according to Fitch.
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5 Memphis restaurants make Urbanspoon's high-end list
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/morning_call/Morning%20Call%20sun%20Memphis*100.jpg?v=1'>Memphis is well represented on Urbanspoon's list of "America?s most popular high-end restaurants" as five local restaurants are among 250 across the nation.
The Memphis restaurants named by the popular restaurant recommendation app Urbanspoon are: Flight Restaurant and Wine Bar, Acre, Houston's, Texas de Brazil and Restaurant Iris.
The list was compiled using millions of reviews from professional food critics, the Urbanspoon community and diners. More than "600,000 restaurants, millions of reviews,...<div class="feedflare">
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Commissioner Ritz says suburban Memphis schools will cost much more than advertised
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/morning_call/Morning%20Call%20sun%20Memphis*100.jpg?v=1'>Shelby County Commissioner Mike Ritz says suburban Memphis residents are being lied to about how much creating independent school districts could cost, WMC-TV reports.
Ritz questions the math on feasibility studies conducted for the various suburbs and says it could be off by as much as $1 million. Southern Educational Strategies, a school consulting firm, conducted all the surveys for six different municipalities around Memphis.
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Big Star member, Memphis financial planner Steve Rhea dies
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/morning_call/Morning%20Call%20sun%20Memphis*100.jpg?v=1'>Steve Rhea, a rock 'n roll drummer who went on to a successful career as a Memphis banker and financial planner, died Wednesday, The Commercial Appeal reports. He was 62 and had been diagnosed with cancer last year.
Rhea was a drummer in the legendary Memphis band Big Star, as well as several of the group's precursor bands. He also worked for Ardent Records before leaving the scene in 1970 to pursue a degree at Southern Methodist University. He was replaced in Big Star by drummer Jody Stephens.
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