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We all have egos. Even nations have big egos. Just a three letter word but it can cause so much anger, pride, vanity, conceit and pompousness. Remember how in our 20s this big monster Ego starts vacillating between inferior ego (lack of self confidence) and superior ego (aggressiveness)?  Well, there is another type of ego which CLI calls heavenly ego (wise actions).

In Inferior ego state we are easily swayed, can be bullied, and have low faith in self and others. In Superior ego, we can be disrespectful, unkind, intolerant and uncaring. Heavenly ego is the path of transformation where we are respectful, devoted, nonjudgmental, detached, patient and joyful. Sounds like a great place to visit, right?! As part of CLI’s Personal and Professional Development Program, participants discover how to self-coach and coach others to magically reduce the Inferior and Superior Egos. These tools are very useful at home and work when we wish to build stronger relationships.

What we have noticed is that it is both the Inferior and Superior egos which prevent us from achieving what we truly wish to achieve.  The doors to high achievement are locked!  However, by unlocking that door to personal power, wow, so many great things can happen in our world.  Try it.

Betska, The Guru Coach™
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“Diamonds are Forever” but what about the Diamond in each of us?

CLI’s Diamond Concept shows us that each issue in our life is like a Diamond with many facets. For example with the Diamond Concept a client may be looking at many facets of Anger in his life and may wish to work on becoming a better communicator in these different facets of his life.

What does this actually convey? One triangle facet – He has difficulty telling his wife he loves her. Second triangle facet – He wishes his wife would hug him. Third triangle facet – His boss is really bugging him. He wishes he had the courage to tell him the truth about how he is feeling. Fourth triangle facet – He is not communicating well with himself these days; he wishes he could pay more attention to his intuition and act on it.

In other words, there are many “facets” to an issue and we simply need to self coach or take the help of CLI Power Coaches until those facets are well polished wherein we feel peaceful about the issue and have solutions. As part of CLI’s Leadership Development Course we learn that each of us has “frustas” or frustrations (all the fears, feelings, distorted thinking, irrational thoughts and so on that are blocking us from moving forward). When we eliminate the frustras in each diamond of our life, we polish the diamond and come closer to having a happy life. Making our life shine again like a beautifully polished diamond is a marvellous gift to give ourselves.

Betska, The Guru Coach™
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Do you know that Whales communicate with each other via a whistle system?

If a whale is in Alaska he could (science has proven) communicate with his lady friend in Australia through this whistling system. However, whales are having difficulty communicating over long distances since humans have polluted and put in tons of garbage, stopping their whistles from reaching their destination. How frustrating that must be for these beautiful creatives when they cannot properly communicate with their loved ones.

In the human world, we have the same communication challenges as do the whales. Our phone lines to God are full of static. We cannot hear God clearly. Sometimes our prayers are not answered.

With polluted minds and polluted bodies, it is difficult to access our highest intuition because our access to it is filtered by the garbage we have created in the form of unconstructive beliefs in our subconscious mind and by what impure food and drink and such we put in and on our bodies.

Those wishing to clean up their clogged and constricting phone lines can begin with Life Coach Training and practice self coaching and meditation. God (in whatever form we know God to be in our hearts) is bound to answer our call.

Betska, The Guru Coach™
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Hmm… we spend most of our days in our respective offices. It makes sense then to put effort into making our time spent in the office and work environment enjoyable. Look up the best companies and “Google“ will surely figure in the top five. Why is working so much fun there?

A “fun atmosphere” provides employees a release valve, allows them an in-house platform to express themselves and facilitates their personality to flower. It enables employees to better deal with stressful situations and challenges with greater optimism and energy. Fun does not mean work is not taken seriously but by putting in place firm norms and right balance, work places can be more fun than homes.

Celebrating Birthdays,Employee Appreciation Days and having Fundoo Fridays or fun with on the spot games and quizzes can really liven up the atmosphere. However, the choice of humour in the office must not be offensive or gender targeted but plain old fun. In Betska K-Burr’s book, Creating Champions, you will find dozens of ways to bring more fun, humour and lightness to the workplace.

Betska, The Guru Coach™
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Faith is a matter of individual choice. So many feelings get evoked by this one CLI Value in our lives namely, trust, belief, tenets, reliance, religion, doctrine, confidence and dependence. Wow! Let’s simply pick up what Faith CAN DO to our daily life.

From a non-spiritual perspective, having ‘Faith’ means we have made a pledge to ourselves, to believe in ourselves against all odds and in spite of any obstacles, not to be swayed by temptations, easy money or favours. We can move mountains with our faith, courage, and compassion.

In a spiritual context, there is an old saying, “It is not our ‘faith’ in God that moves mountains but our faith in the greatness of God.” Until we are fully enlightened, we often need the hand of a self-realized Teacher who can show us HOW to find that Faith in ourselves. Their work is precious beyond measure.

Leaders who come to CLI’s Executive Coach Certification to learn coaching and mentoring skills in order to better engage their employees, discover (interestingly enough) that before they can be great role models for their employees they must first find their own Faith in themselves.

Betska, The Guru Coach™
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 ‘Respect’ is acknowledging the unique existence of others as gifted by God and honouring the other person’s many strengths by a combination of positive words, thoughts and actions. For example, the Japanese bow deferentially every time they meet.

When positive thoughts, words and actions become our main vehicles for communication, we demonstrate ‘Respect’ for self and others for what we and others are.

Teens often have difficulty respecting elders or accepting wise advice from their parents. As children grow older they start losing connection to their Higher Power (underdeveloped front lobes prevent them from being as logical as we would like them to be). While teens may appear to be rebellious, truly their rebellion is simply a cry for more love, ‘Respect’ and understanding from their parents. Conscious parents learn Life Coach Training skills to help teens self-discover their own solutions. In this way teens will not feel that parents are trying to fix them, control them or arrange their lives without mutual respect and dignity. Sign up today. You’ll be happy you did.

Betska, The Guru Coach™
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Coaching and Leadership International Inc.