Page 31 - Pure Coaching Magazine - Issue 1

What springs to your mind when you
think of success? Perhaps it’s wealth,
ranking, having a dispensable income so
that you can purchase your dream car or
home and jet-setting across the world for
both work and pleasure. Or perhaps
success means having a close circle of
family and friends, a career promotion, a
cosy home, taking a few holidays a year, or
simply the fact that you go to sleep and
wake up feeling content with your life
and yourself?
When thinking of success, many people
assume that it is given by divine right to
some people and not others, yet nothing
could be further from the truth. For
example, there are some clients who have
everything money and ranking can buy.
However, contrary to popular belief, their
current success doesn’t buy them a one
way ticket to happiness. Alternatively,
other clients are so successful in their
careers or personal lives, yet they may feel
their success is a fluke and that they have
stepped through the back door to the VIP
room. Other clients may be an A-lister in
their professional lives but their personal
lives, relationships and wellbeing have
been neglected. Whilst other clients feel
their personal life is sorted, but have yet to
find that career which makes them want
to jump out of bed in the morning.
You have the choice and power to
redesign your life! But if you’re thinking
‘Sure it’s easy to say that and harder to
achieve’ then you’re right! It’s simply not
enough to just believe or think success
will just fall into your lap- because it
won’t! Success relies on understanding
and breaking through your limiting
beliefs, belief, action, a power plan,
willpower, dedication and the right
contacts and support.
The route to success is full of pot holes,
bends and stunning vistas. However, if
you’re willing to say ‘I deserve this’ and to
invest in yourself and your current and
future happiness, then success is
possible.
5 tips to start your mindset for success
1. Create a vision board of images and
colours of what the term ‘success’ evokes
or means to you. Then display it in a place
where you can start to actually visualise
how success feels and how you are going
to start taking action to get there.
2. Understand and bust those limiting
beliefs about what success evokes for you.
Ask yourself what’s holding me back?
How true are my limiting beliefs? When
have I succeeded before? What helped or
didn’t help me? How did it feel? And how
can I do it again?
3. Success doesn’t always mean aiming for
the big goals or being able to enjoy the
larger things in life, but it can also mean
taking action to enjoy the smaller things
every day. For example; add a few ten-
minute slots into your day when you can
give yourself some ‘me time’. This may
include breathing, taking a walk, having a
coffee or a treat, meditation, or meeting
up with a friend.
4. Remember that success doesn’t buy
you a one way ticket to happiness! Neither
is success that golden pot at the end of
the rainbow. Embracing success and
happiness means learning to surf the
waves, to adjust your technique and to
enjoy the ride.
5. Success is not exclusive or limited! With
the right mindset, laser vision, passion and
dedication, power plan and support,
anyone can start to experience and
achieve success.
- 31 -