Repeat after me, "no fear"

You are a talented and gifted person. It takes courage to break out of the mental box of fear. Recently, I began to realize just how much fear stops us from reaching our potential. I fully believe that so much of who we are and what we can achieve for the benefit of others and ourselves gets swallowed up by fear.

No fear. Repeat after me, no fear.

You deserve to reach your true potential. Go for your dreams. Make a list of three of your fears and simply say “no fear” as you think about them.

This world needs your contributions. Don’t let mere emotions stop you.

Repeat after me, "no fear".

Repeat after me, "no fear"

You are a talented and gifted person. It takes courage to break out of the mental box of fear. Recently, I began to realize just how much fear stops us from reaching our potential. I fully believe that so much of who we are and what we can achieve for the benefit of others and ourselves gets swallowed up by fear.

No fear. Repeat after me, no fear.

You deserve to reach your true potential. Go for your dreams. Make a list of three of your fears and simply say “no fear” as you think about them.

This world needs your contributions. Don’t let mere emotions stop you.

Repeat after me, "no fear".

What Do You Do When Things Get Difficult?

What do you do when you face situations in life for which you feel and believe there is very little hope?

Who or what do you turn to when you are feeling down?

The circumstances we face daily can seem insurmountable. They can hit us hard. Such circumstances include job loss, loss of colleagues who for one reason or another leave our organization, drop in business, loss of customers, and relationship troubles. When these situations occur, we can feel the stress mount, despair set in and our sense of worth or value decline. It makes it difficult to function and contribute to our best. This affects our customers, colleagues, family and friends.

In such circumstances, we can feel that there is very little we can do to overcome and rise up again. There is hope. We always end up seeing how circumstances work out for good purposes in time. The choice we have when we are facing troubles is to recognize that everything will work out for the good. Somehow no matter how difficult things are we will see that there are good things coming around the corner. A friend of mine Stuart Leese a television director and producer, reminded me during one of these times, that there is always another bus coming around the corner.

A glass filled half way is always half full. This tactic of choosing to accept the positive out of any life circumstance helps us have gratitude for whatever life hands to us. When we face a situation that is tough, give thanks. We can be thankful for any situation because it is through the trials that we develop patience and perseverance.

As we look upon those aspects of our life that we are thankful including challenging circumstances, we can be happy and content knowing that all things do work together for the good. This will help us get back on the horse and ride again. Our family, customers, colleagues and friends all benefit as we carry on contributing to the needs of others. Oh yes, I should add that we benefit too because we receive when we we give to others.

Jeff Baldock, B.A., B.S.W., M.A.
Career Coach
Careersport Inc.
416.966.2001

How to Grow with Obstacles

As we move from one obstacle to another, we grow and develop.

Each day presents small and large opportunities setting goals for which to make a contribution to the lives and needs of others. As soon as we set the goals, obstacles begin to arise.

There are always solutions to address the obstacles we face. The process of addressing these obstacles, allows us to learn and develop skills, which we carry forward.

If we see that no matter what situation we face, there is a solution, we leverage each day to build for the future. As we realize that all things do work together for the good, we begin to see that the obstacles we face are opportunities which challenge our abilities and move us into victories which to bolster our confidence and self esteem.

A good friend of mine and gifted leader Cal Bosveld, always believes and looks for the solution to any problem he faces. When Cal faces a problem, I always say about him that "if he cannot go under it, he will go over it and if he cannot go over it he will go around it, and if he cannot go around it, he will go through it, but one way or another he will get the problem solved".

Like Cal much of your confidence comes from stepping in faith out of the boat to tackle the obstacles and learn from them.

Set your goals, tackle the obstacles to make contributions big and small.

Jeff Baldock, Career Coach
Careersport Inc.
416.966.2001
jbaldock@careersport.com

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Are You Ready to Advance in Your Career?

Most of us need a place to go where we can get prepared to become somewhat more experienced with who we are at our life stage and age. Even though we desire security, our need to relentlessly pursue our optimal performance seems to linger inside each of us. On one hand, it is survival that we endeavour to become more of what we are made for and capable of fulfilling. Yet there seems to be a sense of calling to our lives that must be heeded to in order to feel satisfied.

What is it that drives this unique desire to fulfill a calling or mission? It would seem that in spite of each of the daily and weekly difficulties we face, the opportunities that keep us from becoming the person we are capable of being are relentless.Each day that we can become more of aware of what and who we are, we advance. The word "advance" indicates walking steadilly toward becoming optimized. With the realization that there are people who need our services, we have a reason for developing our natural abilitities and expertise for the purpose of influencing others.

Our lives whether we realize it or not influence other people. Though we are rarely able to see or experience just how often, where or how much we touch the lives of others, the reality is that we do.This essential need to somehow find a way to connect our abilities to the lives and needs of people is what inspires us to achieve. When we are engaged with the needs of others, we are consistently able to resolve problems, overcome obstacles and make contributions. This results in bringing value to the needs and lives of others.

Daily we can connect with others and enage with them. It requires a complete resolve to allow becoming vulnerable enough so as to let others in, share gifts and continue to help.Have a great day "contributing, advancing and growing"

Jeff Baldock, Career CoachCareersport Inc.
416 966 2001
1 866 227 1358