What New Year’s resolutions did you make this year? Like many people, you probably started off the year hopeful and determined to make changes that you desire – and you should be commended for that. However, studies have shown that as many as 91 percent of people give up on their resolutions in less than three weeks! We’re now just a few days into the new year, how are you doing so far?

Are you on your way to becoming part of that 91 percent, or are you determined to be part of the 9% that keep going past the end of January?

Full article: www.movebeyond.net/know-no-limits/life/5-essential-steps-to-a-successful-new-year

Over the past few days I’ve been training the Ski Club’s new crop of volunteer ski leaders for 2011. Coming from a wide range of backgrounds from tree surgeon’s, to photographers, to management consultants, to plastic surgeons – they’re all in the French Alps for 12 days embracing their shared passion for the sport of skiing. The ski club leaders are all volunteers who love the sport and give up their time each winter to share their love of the mountains and skiing with others – leading them to the best snow.

On the leaders training course the new candidates are learning the wide range of skills required to lead on snow for the club. My role has been to equip them with the core leadership understanding and skills they need to perform the leadership and communication aspects of the role, and over the next 10 days their training continues with a top team of mountain guides, ski instructors and ski club staff. This year’s trainees are a friendly bunch, willing to jump in and try new skills and hungry to learn. Having taken this course myself 8 years ago, before I became a trainer on it, I know that this next 10 days will stretch them all in a multitude of ways and that they will learn lots and have a great time.

Over the past few days I’ve been impressed by their focus and commitment. I’ve had many, many laughs and thoroughly enjoyed my time training them and getting to know them. So as I travel back to the UK I leave with fond memories and wish them every success for the remainder of the course. I’m looking forward to hearing how they get on the remainder of the course and finding out what else they get up to whilst learning and playing in the white stuff…

Bon ski and good luck for the rest of the course to the class of 2011!

“At long last, a 2 point Spiritual Litmus Test to see whether or not any old religious doctrine or modern day “ism” is worthy of celebration:

1. Does it empower all, without conditions and favouritism?
2. Is everyone loved, forgiven, and accepted eternally?

Hallelujah!”

(from tut.com)

Reach for a star –
and never settle for less
Than you heart’s definition
of true happiness

Today loving wishes
and thoughts come to mind.
For a man who was born to be
one of a kind

Making his way
with a mind of his own
Making a difference
and making it known

That he has his own hopes
and dreams to pursue…

Thanks Mum! x

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Your sole job is to check in with your soul – it will update you on where you are with your friendships and those to move towards or away from. Your soul will always know what is in alignment with your highest good, so listen to it, trust it, then honour it.

Endings can be sad occasions, they can feel wrenching and lonely at times, especially when the other person does not see the world from the same angle as you. However, for each door that closes another one opens, and the new door will be more aligned with you on this segment of your life’s journey. So call upon us to comfort, assist and guide you to lovingly speak your truth – the love bonds of friendships can never be broken, and this your soul always remembers.

by Rachel Willis from Lightworker

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This passage is from the closing scene of the film CatWoman. When I listened to it the first time it resonated with me so strongly that I hit rewind on the DVD and wrote it down word for word. At that time I didn’t realise what it really meant, but as you will see one of the phrases within it ended up becoming the title for my blog.

Where do you draw your inspiration from? What ignites that spark deep within you? Please share your answers in the comments section below, I’d love to hear from you.

Listed below are our top tips for looking and feeling great!

• Drink more water – drinking an adequate amount of clean water is essential to maintaining your health and performance. You should aim to drink 30-35ml of water per kg of body weight, per day, eg: if you weigh 55kg, then you should drink approx 1.7 – 1.9 litres of water per day. Add a pinch of salt to each litre of water to improve taste and helps to maintain the correct salt balance in the body.
• DETOX – your body and your life at least once a year. De-toxing is a process of eliminating toxins from the body. Dealing with or eliminating toxic things from your life, such as unhealthy business/personal relationships can also give you a new lease of life. When making decisions, ask yourself: is this going to be ‘toxic or tonic’ for my life? (See Part 1 for more detailed information on ‘Detox’).

Read full article: www.movebeyond.net/know-no-limits/body/health-and-wellness-keys-to-success-part-2/

The first implicit assertion within ‘Lead Untamed and Unafraid’ is to be a leader – in your life, your family, your community, the wider world. I believe that leadership is a choice, not a position, and that we can all step into leadership. I also believe that in order for us to create the lives and the world we want, then we must do so.

Leading untamed has three key elements. Firstly, it’s about being fully, authentically, and unashamedly yourself, and bring all of you to your leadership. It’s about showing up fully, unedited, and shining brightly for all the world to see. Secondly, it’s about fully going after whatever you feel called to create/change as a leader – without apology. It’s full permission and full force. And lastly, and by no means least, it’s about encouraging and creating a space for others to lead untamed as well. After all, it’s only by each of us showing up as our best, brightest, selves that we can really lead and make a difference…

Which brings me to leading unafraid…

When you step into leadership then effectively you’re taking a stand for something. You have an agenda. So leading unafraid is really about putting yourself and your agenda, or leadership stake ‘out there’. It’s about going for it will 100% full-permission. It’s about making whatever you’re ‘up to’ more important than looking good, worrying what other people might think, or whether or not you’ll succeed. Going after it in spite of your doubts and fears, and trusting that the resources you need will become available. It’s also about staying in the game through, the good times and the hard times, and not giving up!

As with ‘living untamed and unafraid‘, leading untamed and unafraid is about leading with full permission – which has immense power and freedom to it. Which I fully encourage, AND in my view – with full permission comes responsibility – in this case what I call ‘responsibility for your impact’.

You may have heard the phrase ‘with great power, comes great responsibility’ which is most commonly attributed to the film/comic ‘Spiderman’, and is originally attributed to French writer, Voltaire. This is the type of responsibility that I’m referring to.

It’s not about leading full permission and to hell with the impact that has on anyone else – eg: leaving a trail of devastation in your wake. It’s about being aware of how your leadership impacts others and the world, and being ‘respons-able’ – it’s about leading fully, without dialling yourself down, and being able to respond to the impact you have. These two elements combined together are what really empowers leaders to make a positive difference.

Please share what ‘lead untamed and unafraid’ means to you below…