Dreams Really Can Come True!

I am really excited this week – my book was published. Launch day was Monday 24^th April and on that day I became an Amazon number one bestselling author in the UK! It proves that dreams can come true if you take action and seek support of friends, family and a coach. Yes I do have two coaches and two mentors who help and support me. As a good coach I like to ‘walk the talk’. I know how difficult it is to achieve great things alone – procrastination is real, fear of failure and success is real, not knowing what to do next is real. So I know what you are going through and I am in a great position to support  you to achieve  your dreams.

We are just about a third of the way through the year – what do you want to have achieved by December 31^st? You only have eight months left to achieve it – what are you waiting for?

Celebrating my dream becoming a reality - becoming an Amazon number one bestselling author. Photo by Alan Dent

So what are the important lessons I learnt from this experience?

Well, firstly, I had to say yes to an opportunity even though I didn’t really know whether I would be able to achieve it. It was certainly something I wanted to achieve, but I had no idea whether it was possible for me. So I took a risk and said ‘yes’.

Next, I realized that I couldn’t do it alone. I needed the support of a couple of coaches and mentors. They held me accountable for my actions. They were patient with me, but they expected me to follow through on the actions I said I would take. I asked for help and support from coaches and mentors – they held me accountable, which ensured I took action.

Then I had to ask for more help, this time from family, friends and colleagues.  I never would have been able to become an Amazon number one bestselling author without a lot of people buying my book! So I asked friends, family and colleagues for their help and support.

Finally I had to do the work – write the book (and edit, and edit), make the decisions, do the marketing – all the things that are out of my comfort zone, because as we all know – “Life begins outside your comfort zone”.

Yes, it was uncomfortable at times. Yes, sometimes I wanted to not bother because it was easier and safer and more comfortable to not take the risks. But I kept my goal front of mind and kept going. I believed it was possible for me.

Am I glad I did?

You bet!

Achieving a goal is a wonderful thing – especially when it means I get to celebrate with champagne!

Contact me at sue@successandimagecoach.co.uk to find out how I can help you achieve  your goals and Help you make your dreams come true in 2017.

30 Complaint-Free Days 

Day 3

Today I complained - long and hard about my new Fitbit tracker! Yup - technology got the better of me!

The thing is - all I actually wanted was a simple pedometer to track my steps each day and this Fitbit tracker seems to be so complicated!

OK, I accept that I haven't had great success with pedometers in the past. They have worked - spectacularly simply and easily. My challenge has always come in keeping them for very long. I seem to have spectacular success in killing them off! About half of my past pedometers have ended up falling down the toilet - nice! The rest have managed to pop off my waistband or belt as I have got out of the car and ended up either being trodden on by me or run over by passing cars! So I thought that the wristband might be a bit more secure. Though quite how something on my wrist can track my steps I can't quite imagine. The way I throw my arms about when I talk I imagine it could believe I have done several thousand steps before I have moved at all. 

But I remembered to think of a better feeling thought to stop the complaints and came up with 

1. I am very fortunate to have a Fitbit.
2. I am sure I will eventually come to love it and it will transform my fitness levels - necessary now I am 60 years old. I intend to grow old disgracefully and have fun and I need to be fit for that.
3. I am blessed to have a lifestyle that requires me to keep track of my activity. Most people in the world do so much walking just to survive that this is truly a 'first world problem'.

Then the traffic almost got the better of me. I decided to take the garden waste to the tip and it seemed that every time I wanted to do a right turn 'the world and his wife' were waiting to stop me! But I was not really in a hurry and clearly everyone else was, so I calmed down and decided to find it amusing.

So what are my thoughts and pondering on my complaining today?

Well, I can reach for better feeling thoughts when I realise I am about to get cross, I can do things that  make me happy, I can make sure I leave plenty of time so I don't have to stress when I get held up in traffic, I can see the funny side and I can try to do things to help other people. I just need to remember how very blessed I am and trust that everything will work out for the best in the end.

ON the plus side - I suspect there is little danger that this step tracker will drop down the toilet of fall under a passing car! That has to be cause for celebration.