Who knew the subject of personal development was so rich, deep and satisfying?

Since my Intake Weekend with TCI and the recent Breakthrough to Business Success workshop, I've had the mantra Add Value...Add Value...Add Value...looping inside my head.

It definitely represents a raising of the bar for all aspects of my life.

Instead of asking what can someone do for me, ask how can I add value to that person.

That alone opens up the mind to all sorts of creative possibilities.

I can think of so many ways to pay it forward:

• taking on pro bono clients (doing, and want to take on more to accelerate my training)
  
• teaching students who are at the critical 13-20 year age range
  
• talking to school mums (who are generally concerned about their kids and are also at the season of life when they want to return to some form of paid work)
• writing articles about it (doing)
• showing a genuine interest in others and creating that friendly reciprocity (see Influence: The Power of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini) that will give me an opportunity to share what I'm learning and doing
  

The Diploma schedule is full on, with webinars almost every night, triads every week, lots of reading and study in between, and of course the one-on-one coaching, which in due course I plan to make a one-to-many model for sustainability and better use of my energy and focus.

Right now, I just want to pay my dues and get as many hours of coaching under my belt as possible.

I know I am making decisions that will determine the quality of my life, my relationships, my purpose, my work, my finances - everything - so I have to find a WHY that's so huge it'll be the thing that pulls me through when the dark times and valleys come.

And what bigger WHY than because I am the daughter of the King: created in His image, so loved that He sent His one and only Son to die for me, so blessed by people I love and people who love/like me and support what I do, things I enjoy and opportunities to grow, expand and serve.

Created in Christ Jesus to do good works and to sow my talent and multiply it many times over...that's me!