NEW ARTICLES AND PODCASTS

Here's the latest podcast and articles released to The Personal Growth Network. Please post questions you have on the blog!

• Pass the Tombstone Test and Create your Life at 100
• Book Review – Stop Whining, Start Living
• Book Review - Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want
• Personal Insights Blog #2 – Having Time to Do it All – How to be productive
• An Overview of Personal Growth and Personal Development Coaching
• Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living
• Why Managers Shouldn’t Say ‘But’?
• Book Review – A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
• Edington’s Zero Trends – What Does this Mean for Wellness Coaching
• How to Pick a Life Coach
• This isn’t It – What’s your Basic Assumption?
• Book Review – Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken
• How to Grow and Stay Positive During a Global Recession

Take a look at above the book reviews I've written over the summer (see articles above).  This is but a fraction of the material that I study at any given point in time as I don't write reviews for every book that I go through.  Books that I read are written by life coaches, stress management and wellness experts, personal development guru's, successful entrepreneurs, and spiritual leaders.  

As I've collected hundreds of books on my bookshelf, the newness and mystery of what it takes to create lifestlye change and to grow and evolve as a person becomes less and less of a novelty.  While I'd like to say that knowledge is the means to the result one is looking for, the reality is that it is the application of the knowledge that creates positive movement in one's life.  

So what is it that all of our great leaders and coaches know?  The simplicity is profound - yet simple does not mean easy.  To sum it up in a nutshell here a short paragraph explaining what all great coaches know.  

You get what you truly want in life, not what you say you want in life.  The best indicator of what you truly want in life is your current life situation.  Health, wealth, satisfaction, life fulfillment, and the like all begin when you change your internal situation, not with a change in the environment around you.  To glean true results look within, stop thinking about what you want and start feeling what you want.  Feelings are a better indicator of what is truly important. One's life situation can change in an instant just by putting things in perspective - what's yours? Become clear for yourself with what you want - engage yourself in taking one action every day to get you closer to it and you'll find that your current internal reality will shift to the long term desired result instantaneously.

Sound like a just do it mentality?  Well almost.  Try out 'Just consciously do it'.  If you are struggling to bring your goals to reality, whether they are fitness goals, financial goals, relationship goals or personal growth goals; then that is an indicator that you're on the wrong track.  It's not that it should be easy to attain your goals, but the worthwhile goals are played for with the absense of struggle.  It takes real courage to face your fears of failure by giving 100% to the goal you really want when there are no guarantees of the outcome.  But what happens if you never try.  Or even worse - if you try half heartedly and you never give yourself a real chance.

All coaches - scratch that, all people know these simple truths to be true, its just whether or not we're willing to listen.  You've got the tools to create what you want in life - no one needs to tell you how to do it.  You already know how.  The question I pose to you now is whether or not you are ready let go of the struggle and create that which you know that you truly want.

Be Well

Written by
Doug Nau; MBA, PCC, SMC-C
www.coachforwellness.com, www.i-grow.net
Professional Life/Wellness Coach & Consultant

1. More Podcasts!  Sign up for my Podcast Feed!  Starting June, I'll be adding approximately two 5-10 minute podcasts per month to my website.  These podcasts will be audio versions of my most popular blog posts. So, if you've got an mp3 player but you haven't had the time to visit this site regularly, this is a fantastic way to automatically get quick and regular updates on my most empowering materials - all for FREE.

2. Book Reviews.  Each month I read or listen to at least 3-4 personal growth and development books and write reviews on the best of the most current offered on the market.  If you like to read, and are committed to physical, spiritual and financial growth, please visit the book review link.  This month's feature is Marcus Buckingham's - Go Put your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieving Outstanding Performance. Read a full review here!.  

3. As you know, I am continually striving to provide enhanced content for this website.  Approximately 85% of my readership comes from new google search queries, a significant portion of them regarding 'Wellness Coaching'.  Please send me an email and let me know what would be of most value to you the reader.  If you are new to this newsletter and are unfamiliar with its content, read through my articles i-grow.net: The Conscious Growth of Prosperity and Balance, The Six Components of Whole Person Wellness, and 10 Steps to Success.  Feel free to send me an email any time with questions as well.