Ok. I've decided to get my little old self on video.
I'm no goddess or screen star-BUT-I do have something brewing just for you. And of course I have coached hundreds of people from all walks of life-Shhhh! I never mention names....
I'll be posting messages, tips and ideas ,all of which are designed to get you MOVING...in the direction you really would rather be going. Sometimes it will be a kick up the ass, and I might even 'set your trousers on fire' to move you fast-but mostly, yes mostly-it will be encouraging and motivational.
You see I want you to be a huge success, earn tons of money, be a famous artist or sportsperson or find the partner of your dreams-or, heck-just enjoy yor life more than you currently are.
Interested in that?
Hope so (or I'll be talking to myself). Of course if you want a specific question answering-feel free to drop me a line,and I'll reply via my video messages.
The taster starts here...with more tasty bites to come...
Amana
Straightforward Coach.
http://www.walkahead.co.uk/
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Football?-It's all in the head
Top flight football.
Everybody has an opinion on how should be played.
Very few get it right.
Gone are the days when a bit of fancy footwork would get you into the team, lot's of young lads can do that now.
It's amazing how a fabulously expensive team of players get out there and strutt their stuff, but end the game diasppointing and disappointed. Why don't they win? Why do they fail to impress?
Here's why.
Being a fantastic footballer only gets you to the starting line. Being fit is a given.
To stand out-you have to use your head.....more specifically, your mind.
Competitive 'edgeing' is increasingly about how you manage your thoughts, which control your emotions and behaviour-which when translated into footwork and movement-makes the difference. And Hell, what a difference it makes!.
Only the footballers who make the best of this combination, will set the world alight.
The ones who come onto the pitch visually 'hungry' to win. The ones whose body language is alive with passion and determination.
Some of them need help controlling their fire (Wayne Rooney?). It's not anger management they need-it's passion management.
There are some great football teams in our nation. But surprisingly, only a few individuals will ever really stand out.
And all because they don't take mindset management seriously enough. But they will, sadly for some, when it's too late. Football -and let's be honest, any other sport-the secret is, it's all in your head.
Amana
Straightforward, straighttalking Coach
Monday, 7 September 2009
Pricey Behaviour from Katie Price?
You know, I admire anyone (male or female) who makes something of themselves-and for that reason, Katie Price is amongst the best of them.
How she chooses to live, and who she chooses to be with, is nobody's business but her own.
How she behaves though-is everyone's business.
Having become public property (which serves her well), she is open to strutiny even when she doesn't want it-and that, especially when the public don't like what they see, is how the cookie crumbles.
It's all well and good her believing she is a normal girl living a normal life, but she isn't, is she?
If of course she starts to lose her support (is that happening now??) and fame-then she will become more like a normal girl-which she doesn't want. After all, she's worked hard for years to get where she is today.
Winning the 'game'.....
It's simple -but not easy. All her fans want to see is a girl who isn't self centred (I don't think she is really), someone who puts her children before everything, and someone who doesn't have to prove she can get any man she wants.
Sometimes, being stripped bare (no pun intended) is what's needed to rebuild your life, and win more support than ever. Then everyone-but mainly you- wins.
Emotions can only be covered up for so long. To win the game of support and likeability, you have to show a side that hasn't been seen before-vulnerability, humility-but still maintain your inner strength.
...Or you can ignore this, and carry on exactly the way you are....
Now that will be Pricey.
Amana
Straightforward,straighttalking coach
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
How to find your own x factor...an introduction to the book
If someone had said to me 20 years ago that I would one day, be the MD of my own, successful business, seriously, I would have laughed out loud!
Not because the suggestion is outrageous-just that, well, it would have been outrageous for me to achieve that. You see I was never one of those people who oozed confidence and actually had very little confidence in my own ability at one time. I didn’t like being the odd one out at school (when you’re young, you want to be in the cool gang) and I wasn’t cool or trendy, or even pretty for that matter. I had a funny name that the teachers used to pronounce wrong –causing the other kids to laugh, I qualified for ‘free school meals’ because we were poor-and I was embarrassed, to top it all I looked foreign-and, damn it, the boys were only interested in the blondes! In my school years I didn’t have reason to feel confident –I needed evidence but couldn’t find it.
It’s an inside job
But when I started working-I did find evidence. I was doing a job I enjoyed, and although only a trainee-I acted like I’d been there for years and knew what I was doing (I didn’t). I’d stumbled upon some of my key ingredients to standing out- ‘act as if you are doing the job you want to get’. Doing that, on it’s own, sounds like it could be really annoying for people you work with-but not when it’s mixed together with more of my key ingredients:
I was still humble and respectful, and I worked my little socks off to do a good job. And then I tried hard to be the one who was positive and pleasant to deal with –even if I didn’t feel like it. You don’t have a team when you’re a junior-but, I tried to imagine what I’d be like as a manager, setting a good example.
My confidence grew with each promotion I got, and I realised that all of it was planted and grown on the inside. I ‘imagined’ my evidence before I got it and that gave me all the confidence I needed. Throughout the rest of my life (and still now) I have goals-the things I next want to achieve. I’ve always dreamed big, not always about money and trappings-more about achievements. What’s the point of dreaming small when you want big?
Could never understand that!
My early years taught me a lot. I know what it’s like to struggle, and not have much. That’s why I like saying to people:
‘It doesn’t matter where you’re from-it’s where you’re going that counts’
.
It seems ironic that now, I know how to immediately help make people –many of them strangers-feel good. That’s not because I give people a load of ‘flannel’-I don’t believe in it (well I am from Yorkshire). No, it’s because I’m a damn good coach. I’ve learned how to find and help bring out a persons ‘special something’. Everybody has something special -it’s just that most people go through life not knowing what theirs is-and more importantly, how to use it.
And I absolutely walk my own talk-I now have a pretty nifty ability to ‘turn up the volume’ on my own confidence level. I’ve learnt how to become an expert at treading in scary waters.
Self assured, know where I’m going and practise what I preach.
God damn it- that sounds good! .. And Wow, some turn around eh?
But listen- I hate to admit it, yep- anyone can do this.
Not many do though.. Why? Because it’s not easy.......that's why you picked up this book.
To be continued...
Amana
Straightforward coach.
http://www.walkahead.co.uk/
Not because the suggestion is outrageous-just that, well, it would have been outrageous for me to achieve that. You see I was never one of those people who oozed confidence and actually had very little confidence in my own ability at one time. I didn’t like being the odd one out at school (when you’re young, you want to be in the cool gang) and I wasn’t cool or trendy, or even pretty for that matter. I had a funny name that the teachers used to pronounce wrong –causing the other kids to laugh, I qualified for ‘free school meals’ because we were poor-and I was embarrassed, to top it all I looked foreign-and, damn it, the boys were only interested in the blondes! In my school years I didn’t have reason to feel confident –I needed evidence but couldn’t find it.
It’s an inside job
But when I started working-I did find evidence. I was doing a job I enjoyed, and although only a trainee-I acted like I’d been there for years and knew what I was doing (I didn’t). I’d stumbled upon some of my key ingredients to standing out- ‘act as if you are doing the job you want to get’. Doing that, on it’s own, sounds like it could be really annoying for people you work with-but not when it’s mixed together with more of my key ingredients:
I was still humble and respectful, and I worked my little socks off to do a good job. And then I tried hard to be the one who was positive and pleasant to deal with –even if I didn’t feel like it. You don’t have a team when you’re a junior-but, I tried to imagine what I’d be like as a manager, setting a good example.
My confidence grew with each promotion I got, and I realised that all of it was planted and grown on the inside. I ‘imagined’ my evidence before I got it and that gave me all the confidence I needed. Throughout the rest of my life (and still now) I have goals-the things I next want to achieve. I’ve always dreamed big, not always about money and trappings-more about achievements. What’s the point of dreaming small when you want big?
Could never understand that!
My early years taught me a lot. I know what it’s like to struggle, and not have much. That’s why I like saying to people:
‘It doesn’t matter where you’re from-it’s where you’re going that counts’
.
It seems ironic that now, I know how to immediately help make people –many of them strangers-feel good. That’s not because I give people a load of ‘flannel’-I don’t believe in it (well I am from Yorkshire). No, it’s because I’m a damn good coach. I’ve learned how to find and help bring out a persons ‘special something’. Everybody has something special -it’s just that most people go through life not knowing what theirs is-and more importantly, how to use it.
And I absolutely walk my own talk-I now have a pretty nifty ability to ‘turn up the volume’ on my own confidence level. I’ve learnt how to become an expert at treading in scary waters.
Self assured, know where I’m going and practise what I preach.
God damn it- that sounds good! .. And Wow, some turn around eh?
But listen- I hate to admit it, yep- anyone can do this.
Not many do though.. Why? Because it’s not easy.......that's why you picked up this book.
To be continued...
Amana
Straightforward coach.
http://www.walkahead.co.uk/
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Everyone's a Winner
Michael Winner is right.
Everyone has confidence in them-we just need a push sometimes to bring it out, use it and enjoy ourselves.
That's where a coach comes in handy......
Life's too short to be afraid.
Amana
Straightforward,straighttalking coach
Friday, 26 June 2009
No time for living?
'I don't have the time to....'
This is one of the most common sentences I hear. We don't have the time to-go to the gym, spend with family,friends, relax, do what we want, eat, blah bla blah.
So we don't have time to live then really do we?
Every moment of every day is living time. When we give ourselves excuses-we are accepting that we don't have time to live our life.
Well guess what-I have good news for you.
Yes you do have the time. All you have to do is see it, and move other stuff away to use your time as you see fit. Really.
And what's the alternative?
We spend our precious time wishing what we'd like to do-and then we die without having done it.
Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett Majors have just died. Both would rather be here -spending their time wisely and living.
Sorry to be harsh-but you need it to get you moving.
Enjoy every moment of your weekend.
You're in charge, baby.
Amana.
Straightforward,straighttalking Coach.
Friday, 19 June 2009
Are you all talk?
'When all is said and done-more is said, than done'.
I love that-because it's true.
If you're not happy about something in your life-do something about it. Don't be a whinger.
Oh, I never said it would be easy-but then neither is living a life you're not happy with.
Take your pick, then act like you're on fire.
June is supposed to be hot isn't it?
Amana
Straightforward, straighttalking coach.
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