‘I came to Darren for coaching because I warmed to his open, easy-going and intelligent approach. I found Darren’s coaching to have the focus, imagination and precision I needed. I am appreciative of Darren’s huge intuition, his ability to stay with an issue and his aptitude for making important connections. I trust Darren’s judgment and would recommend him as an able coach.’ Ms. C.S. - Mi
‘Hiring a life coach is an investment. You invest time, money, energy, it can be emotionally engaging and you obviously expect a return on investment. It is so well worth it with Darren. In 6 months, not only has Darren helped me increase dramatically my level of self esteem but he has helped me successfully find my true life purpose. I have just received a positive answer for the job of my dreams, am moving to a city I love and can clearly visualize my bright future from now on. Darren is a genuine Master of Self Esteem, an inspirational and intuitive coach who can work wonders.
Ms G.H. - Wi
‘Darren is friendly, supportive, attentive and non judgmental thus he creates the optimum environment to speak openly and discuss issues. After a number of coaching sessions with Darren I felt clear about what I wanted out of my life and empowered to take things forward.
Mr. A.C. - Wi
‘I turned to Darren for help at a particular low point in my life. A senior and successful executive, I had been off sick for 3 weeks following what had been diagnosed as a series of panic attacks, together with general stress and anxiety. Having received little help from the medical world, I contacted Darren and asked if he was willing to help. I had my first session later that same day, and 8 sessions later, I can honestly say that Darren’s coaching was a real turning point from me. Whilst not yet entirely ‘panic attack free’, the attacks are fewer, further apart and much milder. Additionally, I am about to embark on an exciting new career fulfilling many long held ambitions, and am really positive about the future. Darren was a real catalyst for this change, and his support and guidance was key. Darren’s style is supportive, friendly, intuitive and totally non-judgmental. I cannot recommend him highly enough.’ Ms. M.A Il
‘Fantastic! Life coaching has helped me uncover a secret dream, buried since childhood, drop my limiting beliefs that I wasn’t good enough to go for it and provided me with the motivation to make the commitment and changes to pursue my dream career. I now have a goal! My life coach has been like a best friend, only better! Always listening, never judging, asking the right questions and providing me with constant encouragement. I could not have done it without him!! Thanks Darren’
Ms. H A - Il ‘I started working with Darren soon after coming out of a long-term relationship, and was in a place where I wanted to do something different with my life but I wasn’t sure what. Although I had many ideas, they were all big leaps from my current situation, and I didn’t have the clarity to follow any of them through. Darren has helped me go deep into myself, and re-evaluate who I am, by helping me define my core values, and what I’m deeply passionate about. This has helped me come to a much clearer understanding of where I am going, and the steps I need to take to achieve these goals. I find working with Darren very inspiring, and his style is warm and generous. I particularly liked the way he helped me delve deeper rather than just tackling the surface issues.
Ms R C - Tx
“It’s been one week since my first session and I still can’t believe how much better I feel about my life. The technique you taught to deal with difficult customers has worked beyond my wildest expectations. This week would have been one of my worst ever had we not talked, We had a major shipping failure and lots of late orders and irritated customers. All the things that usually drag me down were suddenly unable to phase me. I never would have believed that direct control over my emotions was possible at all, if I hadn’t experienced it. Over the years I’ve studied self help course and read books which have left me thinking I was incapable of change, after Hours of listening and hundreds of pages, nothing was working. But Darren, the hour you spent with me last week on the phone has changed me entirely… from a ticking time bomb to being in total control. If this isn’t a miracle, then it must be that you’ve shown me something very fundamental, profound and practical about the inner workings of emotion, and how easy it is to feel good about life.” Your New Friend,CD, Il
‘Darren is a true professional. I suffered from bad nerves all through my academic years and I needed help in staying calm in the preparation for and writing of my final accountancy exams. I was completely calm on the exam days - I couldn’t believe it was me ! Thanks Darren!’ SC Mo
‘I am a mother of two young kids and last year qualified as a beautician. I dreamed of setting up my own salon but didn’t really believe it would be possible for quite a few years. It was tough enough juggling all the balls already in the air! Thanks to Darren I now spend my time on the important things in life, I have quality time with the children and….I’m now living my dream! I couldn’t have done it without you.’ P.R. Ne
‘I’ve had a number of coaching sessions with Darren and found him to be incredibly helpful, both professionally and personally. Darren has a way of challenging entrenched ways of thinking, gently but persistently, and moving me on from why I can’t do something to setting specific achievable goals which are moving me incrementally in the right direction.’ Ms. AS - NY
Session Durations and frequencySessions usually last 60 minutes although half-day transformation sessions are also available (see below). Typically a program would last for 4-10 sessions with clients paying for batches of 4 sessions in advance. An initial 20min free consultation would be carried out to give the client a better idea of how many sessions would be required and also to assess which coach would best suit their needs or circumstances.
Sessions are usually held weekly to begin with as this helps to establish a good momentum. Towards the end of the programme it may be appropriate to slow down the frequency in order to allow the client time to take the practical steps towards their goal (e.g applying for a new job).
Client Location
Sessions may be carried out in person or over the phone. Both methods are equally effective. At present our coaches are located Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin so it would be feasible to do face-to-face coaching in these locations. Usually clients will initiate the call at a pre-arranged time. 50 Caliber Coaching coaches have worked with several overseas clients and thanks to discounted telephone services in the US, it is possible for such clients to be called by the coach for a small additional fee ($12.50 per session). Half- Day Transformation Sessions
In the event that a client needs a quick turnaround in their lives but is not keen on the idea of doing a full programme, it may be more fitting for them to do a 4 hour intensive session (in person). The session would be carefully planned in advance by coach and coachee and may include Coaching, NLP and Hyponosis. These sessions are priced at $498. Homework
Clients are usually assigned practical tasks at the end of each session that will bring them closer to their stated goals. These will usually be suggested by the clients themselves as an outcome from the coaching session. Progress on the tasks is then discussed at the following session.
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” – Albert Einstein
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.” — Albert Einstein
“I want to know God’s thoughts; the rest are details.” – Albert Einstein
“The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” – Albert Einstein
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” — Albert Einstein
“The only real valuable thing is intuition.” — Albert Einstein
“A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.” — Albert Einstein
“I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice.” — Albert Einstein
“God is subtle but he is not malicious.” — Albert Einstein
“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.” — Albert Einstein
“I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.” – Albert Einstein
“The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.” — Albert Einstein
“Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.” — Albert Einstein
“Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.” – Albert Einstein
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein
“Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.” — Albert Einstein
“We cannot solve the problems we have created with the same thinking that created them.” — Albert Einstein
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” — Albert Einstein
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.” – Albert Einstein
“Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one’s living at it.” — Albert Einstein
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” – Albert Einstein
“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” — Albert Einstein
“God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.” – Albert Einstein
“The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.” – Albert Einstein
“Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.” – Albert Einstein
“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.” — Albert Einstein
“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.” – Albert Einstein
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” — Albert Einstein
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.” – Albert Einstein
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” — Albert Einstein
“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.” — Albert Einstein
“Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.” — Albert Einstein
“If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.” — Albert Einstein
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the the universe.” — Albert Einstein
“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” – Albert Einstein
“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.” – Albert Einstein
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” – Albert Einstein
“In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.” – Albert Einstein
“The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead.” — Albert Einstein
“Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.” – Albert Einstein
“Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how passionately I hate them!” – Albert Einstein
“No, this trick won’t work…How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?” – Albert Einstein
“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.” — Albert Einstein
“Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.” – Albert Einstein
“The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking…the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.” – Albert Einstein
“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.” — Albert Einstein
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.” — Albert Einstein
“A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.” — Albert Einstein
“The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.” — Albert Einstein
“Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” — Albert Einstein
“You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.” – Albert Einstein
“One had to cram all this stuff into one’s mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.” — Albert Einstein
“…one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one’s own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.” – Albert Einstein
“He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.” – Albert Einstein
“A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest… a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” — Albert Einstein
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” (Sign hanging in Einstein’s office at Princeton)
“It is best, it seems to me, to separate one’s inner striving from one’s trade as far as possible. It is not good when one’s daily break is tied to God’s special blessing.” — Albert Einstein
“It may affront the military-minded person to suggest a reqime that does not maintain any military secrets.” – Albert Einstein
“It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.” — Albert Einstein
“So long as they don’t get violent, I want to let everyone say what they wish, for I myself have always said exactly what pleased me.” – Albert Einstein
“Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.” — Albert Einstein
“Gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.” – Albert Einstein
“When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours that’s relativity.” — Albert Einstein
“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, scince for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despiceable an ignoreable war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.” — Albert Einstein
“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.”–Albert Einstein
Imagination is more important than knowledge. — Albert Einstein
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. — Albert Einstein
“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” - Albert Einstein
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.” - Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio, replied:
“You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.”
“If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.” – Albert Einstein
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy. — Albert Einstein
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. – Albert Einstein
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein
“If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.” –Albert Einstein
“I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.” –Albert Einstein
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” –Albert Einstein
“Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.” –Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.” –Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.” –Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.” –Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” –A. Einstein
“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.” –Einstein, Albert
“A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.” –Einstein, Albert
“What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.” –Albert Einstein
“If one studies too zealously, one easily loses his pants.” –Albert Einstein
Through the release of atomic energy, our generation has brought into the world the most revolutionary force since prehistoric man’s discovery of fire. This basic force of the universe cannot be fitted into the outmoded concept of narrow nationalisms.
For there is no secret and there is no defense; there is no possibility of control except through the aroused understanding and insistence of the peoples of the world. We scientists recognise our inescapable responsibility to carry to our fellow citizens an understanding of atomic energy and its implication for society. In this lies our only security and our only hope - we believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death. A. Einstein, 1947 d.C.
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. Albert Einstein(1879 - 1955)
God is not dead but alive and well and working on a much less ambitious project. Anonymous, Graffito
The gods too are fond of a joke. Aristotle(384 BC - 322 BC)
Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers. Brenda Ueland
They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse. Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Slow but sure moves the might of the gods. Euripides(484 BC - 406 BC),The Bacchae, circa 407 B.C.
Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force. Flavius Josephus(37 AD - 100 AD), Life
Pray as if everything depended upon God and work as if everything depended upon man. Francis Cardinal Spellman (1889 - 1967)
I could prove God statistically. George Gallup(1901 - 1984)
The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside. Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
The gods, likening themselves to all kinds of strangers, go in various disguises from city to city, observing the wrongdoing and the righteousness of men. Homer(800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen. Homer(800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
If there’s one thing I know it’s God does love a good joke. Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, 05-01-04
Call on God, but row away from the rocks. Indian Proverb
What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive? Irv Kupcinet
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Martin Luther King Jr.(1929 - 1968), Strength to Love, 1963
As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss. Noam Chomsky (1928 - ), in a television interview
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), “Profiles of The Future”, 1961 (Clarke’s third law)
Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn’t have to experience it. Max Frisch
Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand. Putt’s Law
Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons. R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983)
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. Richard Feynman(1918 - 1988)
The computing field is always in need of new cliches. Alan Perlis
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don’t need to be done. Andy Rooney(1919 - )
The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn’t get bigger or heavier. Bill Gates(1955 - ), Business @ The Speed of Thought
If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee — that will do them in. Bradley’s Bromide
Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users? Clifford Stoll
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. Doug Larson
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. E. W. Dijkstra
Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers. Edward Shepherd Mead
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer. Farmers’ Almanac, 1978
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. Isaac Asimov(1920 - 1992)
Silence is a text easy to misread. A. Attanasio, ‘The Eagle and the Sword’
‘Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), (attributed)
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak. Ausonius
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread. Blaise Pascal(1623 - 1662)
Oppression can only survive through silence. Carmen de Monteflores
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right. Cato the Elder(234 BC - 149 BC)
Silence is more musical than any song. Christina Rossetti(1830 - 1894)
A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence. Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), The Divine Comedy
Life here is so elemental. So real. Without the interference of civilization you can really experience things like,…silence. Silence and darkness in its purity. Right now, right outside my window all I can see is a black void. Endless darkness. It’s totally exhilarating, and I feel very lucky to be here. Very, very lucky. Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Lost and Found, 1992
Life Coaching is for people that are truly ready to create a successful life for themselves. A life coach is skilled in helping you to make radical improvements in your life. If things are pretty good, but you want them to be great…Coaching is for you!
A Life Coach is not a therapist…more than a consultant… and not just a friend: Your Life Coach is your personal expert to help you realize your full potential! Don’t you deserve to have an expert committed to your success?
Anything you can do, you can do it faster and better with a coach!
A Life Coach usually works with you over the phone, often in weekly sessions, to partner with you in identifying what you want, finding your innermost values and goals, encouraging you to take action, and helping you achieve success. (Success to us, at its foundation, means being your best, most authentic self, living with integrity, doing work/activities that you love, health, financial freedom, happiness and loving relationships.) Whether you want help achieving a specific goal, finding a career direction, or buffing up your whole life, a Life Coach can help you get there faster.
Your Life Coach will ask you powerful questions that will help you focus in on what is most important for you right now. A Life Coach is skilled in clearing away the clutter and energy drains that keep you from being your best. Your coach can help you unleash your own greatness!
What do you think you could accomplish if you could release even 10% more of your potential? What about 25%, 50%, or 100%?!
Life Coaching can help with all aspects of your life: Family, career, finances, relationships, living environment, health and spirituality!
If you continue as you are right now, what will your future be like? What if you actively started to design your life starting right now?
Where would you like to be in 1 year, 5 years, 10 years? What would it be worth to you to accelerate your own growth and evolution?
Our Life Coaches all have experience helping people like you achieve their best. All will offer you a free initial session to discover coaching for yourself. You deserve to treat yourself to this powerful experience!
Are you TIRED of...
Being stuck in the same old problems with your time, space, relationships, career, money and healthy year after year after year?
Are you TIRED of...
Being unorganized, overwhelmed, under-appreciated, and lacking direction or focus on your goals?
Now Imagine…
… if you spent some time with a Life Coach, figuring out your highest priorities, your personal definition of success and happiness…
… and begin to live your life from that concrete perspective every single day.
How would your life change?
Yeah, I know!
I know it’s hard. With kids, and parents, and bosses, and bills, and laundry, and errands…and…on. and. on. and. on.
But I also know you’ve seen other people with a great life — A job they care about, happy relationships, able to take vacations or buy a new car or computer. Why not you?
D.C., Business Owner, Phoenix, AZ says…”You taught me one of the keys to motivating myself is understanding what I really value and setting goals so that I’m being pulled towards those values instead of constantly pushing myself with ’shoulds.’
But I don’t get it…How can talking to a Life Coach help me have a happier life?
That’s where you’ve got it wrong. It’s not about ‘talking’.
It’s about YOU taking ACTION on your life, your goals, your needs, your desires, your interests, your abilities, your talents, and EVEN your weaknesses.
It’s about YOU living your life from the concrete perspective of what’s important, and what’s not.
It’s about YOU making some decisions that will contribute every single day to the life you want.
It’s about YOU making yourself happy, not waiting on the lottery, or the perfect mate, or the beach house in Hawaii.
You see, you didn’t sit down one day and decide not to be happy…you just didn’t get around to deciding that you are in charge of being happy. And not in that joke-a-day, jumping-on-couches kind of way. But in a way that feels good, makes sense, gives you satisfaction even when you’re tired to the bone.
That takes choosing a lifestyle that fits WHO YOU ARE, what you believe, what matters to you.
With Coach Darren, you’ll better understand yourself, and how other people perceive you, so you can adjust when it best serves you. I can help you find and achieve a comfortable balance between expressing your needs and wants and emotions and self control.
I specialize in FOCUS and MOTIVATION. FOCUS is key. If you’re reading this, I know that you’re unhappy with some aspect of your life and you’re ready …
to make some progress toward a goal
to learn to FOCUS on your strengths instead of fighting to ‘overcome’
to live a life that makes sense, feels good, expresses who you are and what you find meaningful and important.
Are you ready…
… to bring your dreams into FOCUS?
I want everyone to EXPERIENCE THE POWER of Coach Darren.
I offer ..
Personal, Quality of Life Telephone Coaching
Coaching By Email
Ebooks
Here’s how to GET STARTED on your journey to a happier, healthier, easier life.
1. Express the same views as your target audience.
Bring up common likes and dislikes in your ad. This will create instant rapport with your audience. If your customers trust you, they will buy from you.
2. Add viral marketing into your promotional plans.
Allow your visitors to give away your free stuff, just include your ad somewhere on all the freebies. If you are doing an offline business, give away a product with your information on it and let the marketing message carry itself. For example if you sell Mary Kay, buy an eBook (with private Label rights if possible or resell rights) on skin care, or make up, put it on a cd and put your name and contact info on the CD Cover and CD label. Give the CD’s away at parties, as long as the info is good on the cd, you will gain customers, and people who are friends of customers or friends of friends will begin calling you. Cost per promotional items, if the eBook is 50-75 dollars, and you give it away to 100 people, your cost of advertising will be around 1 dollar a customer..compare that to running an ad.
3. Design your web site to be less confusing. Don’t use a lot of graphics, links and anything that takes away from your sales message. Keep your site focused on what you want to convey to your customers, they are easily distracted, and if an ad catches their eye, they just left your site.
4. Give your visitors the option of viewing your web site by autoresponder or printing it out. They might not have the time right then to look it over.
5. Increase your opt-in e-mail list quickly by giving away a product at no cost. Just require people to subscribe to your e-zine in exchange. When your list is built make sure you stay in touch with good information or courses. Build trust with your clients.
6. Joint venture your web business with other offline businesses. Look for businesses that have the same target audience and create a win/win deal with them. I have done Joint ventures with cookbooks and other items with several people, I offer a discount at my information store, they give the discount to their customers as a bonus, or they keep the commission depending on the deal, it must be a win-win.
7. Expand your target audience by adding a new product line or packaging your main products with other ones. You could also add-on extra services. Your future should not rely on one source of income ever, use multiple streams of income to grow your business rapidly. For example, if you sell pampered chef, why not also sell cookbooks, or other related tools or information that your customers are interested in.
8. Persuade your visitors to like you. People buy from people they like. You could tell them a joke, give them a compliment, give them a freebie, etc.
9. Submit the free stuff you offer to online freebie directories. They usually get tons of traffic because people like to get things for free.
10. Use headlines and sub headlines that are aimed directly at your audience. If you’re selling things to lawyers use a headline like “Attention All Lawyers!”.
What is the number one question I hear day in and day out? How can I make more money? Or What do I charge for my services?
Well, the answer is very complex in some ways, not really complicated in other ways. How is that for a non-answer?
In many ways, the answer depends on what you want, and what value you see in yourself. Amazingly the answer does not rely on what other people are charging for similar services.
Let me give you a common example from corporate America, anyone who has worked in an organization that has multiple people in similar positions, you hear this grumbling go on constantly, I don’t understand why Sally makes more money than I do, I work just as hard or do my job just as well as she does.
Here is the dirty secret, Sally makes more money because she believes she is worth more money, and has been able to convey that worth to her employer.
What is your worth? How much do you charge for your goods or services?
The answer is really an easy thing to calculate mathematically, how much do you want to earn?
Here is the math, I want to make $250,000 this year. I am in a service business so I know from experience, I will bill about 2000 hours a year. So the math is simple, if all I did was services, I would divide $250000 by 2000 and come up with $500 an hour. That is how much I need to make per hour to earn 250k this year. Ok, so my niche market currently doesn’t support $500 an hour so then what? Here are a couple of strategies you can use. First, you must manage your time in an extremely efficient way. This is critical because every one of those 2000 hours you waste or don’t bill for makes your cost per hour increase. So learn effective time management.
Next, put together a package, I earn a lot more selling a service than I use selling time. Selling a service may be a business assessment, or an improvement investigation. For corporate clients, they gladly pay 10-15,000 dollars for a business assessment to learn how to make more money, this service takes me about 3 weeks to complete, (40 X 3 = 120 hours X 500 dollars = $6,000 I picked up some extra revenues there), But the even better part is I can do the site ups and analysis after hours, and cut the time (from my original 2000 hours) from 120 to around 80 hours. This is just one example, and there are hundreds of others out there.
So the answer to how much to sell my services for is simply how much do I believe I am worth, and then convey that worth to your clients, either through service offerings in packages, product quality, or expertise, I know coaches who easily earn 1000 an hour, I know consultants who earn 10000 a day. I know people who make products that earn 400 an hour. Why? Are they better than you, smarter than you, better educated? Probably not, but they have a perceived value of themselves, and are able to convey that to others. They see themselves as premium service or product providers, and don’t waiver. But they also don’t sell their products or services on price, they sell their products and services as value.
Another quick example, a pampered Chef client I have was struggling with her new business opportunity. During our first session, I found she had no goals written down, she wanted to make a lot of money. She was struggling with parties, and was uncomfortable begging people to buy. So we worked on her goals, and helped her develop her self worth. She wanted to make $75,000 a year, and decided she could do 4 parties a month through some marketing methods we came up with. So 48 parties a year she needed to earn a little over $1500 a party. Well we worked on her self worth, and that confidence came out during her parties, and her sales sky rocketed, did she earn her goal of 75,000 no she didn’t but she did earn $68,000 the first year (not bad for a stay at home mom who hadn’t had a job in 8 years). And the most important thing is her income was increasing throughout the year, so as she learned and practiced her techniques, the sales continued to increase so next year her income will be even better.
“Have One Week, Will Relax” Your 7 days program to Stress management
They say there’s more than one way to skin a cat. The same goes when you start tearing your hair out with all the frustration, grief, anxiety, and yes, stress. It’s a state of mental conditioning that is like taking that bitter pill down your throat, causing you to lose your sense of self, and worse your sanity. Just thinking about it can drive anyone off the edge.
And they say that the proactive ones are already living off the edge.
As one stressed-out person to another, I know how it feels, and believe me there are many variants when it comes to stress. Coping with life, and carrying the problems that may or may not belong to you can scratch away the little joy and happiness that you can carry once you head out that door. You can’t blame them for being like that; they have their own reasons, so much like we have our reasons to allow stress to weigh us down. They say that stress is all in the mind, well, what’s bugging you anyway?
There are several ways to manage stress, and eventually remove it out of your life one of these days. So I’ll try to divide it into a seven-day course for you and I promise it’s not going to be too taxing on the body, as well as on the mind.
1. Acknowledge stress is good
Make stress your friend! Based on the body’s natural “fight or flight” response, that burst of energy will enhance your performance at the right moment. I’ve yet to see a top sportsman totally relaxed before a big competition. Use stress wisely to push yourself that little bit harder when it counts most.
2. Avoid stress sneezers
Stressed people sneeze stress germs indiscriminately and before you know it, you are infected too!
Protect yourself by recognizing stress in others and limiting your contact with them. Or if you’ve got the inclination, play stress doctor and teach them how to better manage themselves.
3. Learn from the best
When people around are losing their head, who keeps calm? What are they doing differently? What is their attitude? What language do they use? Are they trained and experienced?
Figure it out from afar or sit them down for a chat. Learn from the best stress managers and copy what they do.
4. Practice socially acceptable heavy breathing
This is something I’ve learned from a gym instructor: You can trick your body into relaxing by using heavy breathing. Breathe in slowly for a count of 7 then breathe out for a count of 11. Repeat the 7-11 breathing until your heart rate slows down, your sweaty palms dry off and things start to feel more normal.
5. Give stressy thoughts the red light
It is possible to tangle yourself up in a stress knot all by yourself. “If this happens, then that might happen and then we’re all up the creek!” Most of these things never happen, so why waste all that energy worrying needlessly?
Give stress thought-trains the red light and stop them in their tracks. Okay so it might go wrong - how likely is that, and what can you do to prevent it?
6. Know your trigger points and hot spots
Presentations, interviews, meetings, giving difficult feedback, tight deadlines…. My heart rate is cranking up just writing these down!
Make your own list of stress trigger points or hot spots. Be specific. Is it only presentations to a certain audience that get you worked up? Does one project cause more stress than another? Did you drink too much coffee?
Knowing what causes you stress is powerful information, as you can take action to make it less stressful. Do you need to learn some new skills? Do you need extra resources? Do you need to switch to decaf?
7. Burn the candle at one end
Lack of sleep, poor diet and no exercise wreaks havoc on our body and mind. Kind of obvious, but worth mentioning as it’s often ignored as a stress management technique. Listen to your mother and don’t burn the candle at both ends!
So having stress can be a total drag, but that should not hinder us to find the inner peace of mind that we have wanted for a long time. In any case, one could always go to the Bahamas and bask under the summer sun.
Do you have a plan for success? Do you have a marketing strategy, a strategy to get new clients or sell services?
Most online marketers, and many work at home entrepreneurs do not have a strategy to succeed. The entire plan in a lot of cases seems to be we built a web site and hope people buy it, or we sent emails to a list of people and hope to get responses. The strategy goes on and on, but does it work?
Most online businesses fail because they lack a clear plan of how to succeed. We all have heard the age old adage that there is lots of money to be made in this niche or that niche, and it is easy to succeed. Well I have good news and bad news for you, the adage is true, in virtually every niche online and offline there is a lot of money to be made, but the bad news is 98% of the people who set out to capitalize on that market fail.
Why do they fail? They fail to set up a good plan, and failing to plan is planning to fail.
How many times have people said this opportunity didn’t work or that is a scam because I set up the website, or I placed an ad and got no response so the whole system is bad, it must be a bad system, because you did your 30 minutes of reading about how to do it, and placed the ad, or put up a web site, told your friends about it, and waited 2 weeks, or a month and nothing happened so obviously the system doesn’t work…or does it.
Was Hope your strategy? Did you place the ad or web site up in hopes of someone purchasing something, well the obvious answer is of course. But if you look at the successful people online or offline, they are not using hope as a strategy, they are constantly marketing their service or site, they are redirecting the approach, if this approach doesn’t give me the desired result, I will do another, and keep trying until I succeed. Never is hope a strategy for the successful, the successful are constantly re-evaluating and re-directing the approach to meet their objective, they don’t try, they don’t hope. Life is a series of challenges, and the successful people are the ones who constantly adjust their approach to achieve their goals.
Did Abraham Lincoln hope he would get elected, he had failed many times in politics, but I will bet he never hoped to get elected, I’ll bet he planned to get elected and through a constant eye on his goal and ever re-directing his approach he succeeded, the same is true of Col Sanders, he failed many times to sell his now famous recipe for chicken, but finally after hundreds of failures he found the right investor and the rest is history.
Both of these examples illustrate situations where hope was not a strategy, and just as importantly failure was not an option. They constantly adjusted their approach and methods to achieve their goals, but neither were relying on divine intervention, or the universe would shine on them, they both acted very proactively to achieve their goals and succeeded.
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Experience has taught me that a commitment of 3 months is necessary to realize effective results from coaching.
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Initiating new behaviors may bring up some resistance, either external or internal. This is when continuity, support and reinforcement come into play. I will keep you on track, since I am fully committed to your success.
Real, long-lasting change takes time, practice and accountability.
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This is a day (about 5 hours) that you set aside to concentrate on the hard stuff that you keep putting off. It could be cold-calling, catching up on all kinds of details (if you are not a detail person), de-cluttering, marketing your business, etc.
Ah, but you say, but I already do these things! Well, if you are like most people, you intend to do them once a week, or twice a month, but how often do you actually get to them?
The difference with an Action!Day is that you do your hard stuff with a lots of accountibility! It is a planned day, with specific goals and lots of encouragement. You begin with a plan for the day, a pep talk about what you can accomplish, suggestions about plans, and specific goals you will set for each time segment. Then you call me each hour during the day to report on progress. The energy and motivation you receive is what makes an Action!Day so productive.
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Do Away With Indecision Soon And Choose A Definite Goal
Make up your mind what you desire of life, decide to get just that, picture it in your mind without substitutes and like magic you will have taken possession of one of the most priceless of all assets available to human beings. But your desire must be no mere wish or hope, it must be a definitive, measurable goal!
It must be a burning desire and it must become so definitely an obsession desire that you are willing to pay whatever price its attainment may cost. The price may be much or it may be little, but you must condition your mind to pay it, regardless of what the cost may be. If your goals are real and measurable, and you really want it you must be willing to pay any price, or overcome any obstacle to achieve it.
The moment you choose your Definite Major Purpose in life you will observe a strange circumstance, consisting in the fact that ways and means of attaining that purpose will begin immediately to reveal themselves to you. You will be able to break down your purpose into an action plan and achieve the goal in record time. If you want to lose 75 pounds, you must start with the first pound.
-A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step-
Opportunities you had not expected will be placed in your way. The cooperation of others will become available to you and friends will appear as if by a stroke of magic. Your fears and doubts will begin to disappear and self-reliance will take their place. Your goals will seem to be achievable as if by some magical fate, you will not be able to fail if you get them in your mind.
This may seem, to the uninitiated, a fantastic promise, but not so to the man who has done away with indecision and has chosen a definite goal in life. I speak not only from the observation of other men alone, but from my own personal experience.
I have transformed myself from someone who was not reaching his potential to a successful man and I have therefore earned the right to give you this assurance of what you may expect if you follow the roadmap provided by this philosophy.
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