How ‘1 degree actions’ can produce 100% results

As a Life Coach, I have the privilege of being with people as they make changes in their life.

It is becoming more and more apparent that it’s the little actions we take that have the potential for greatest change.

As an example, I’d like tell you the story of our daughter Clair’s growing business.

If you visit this link, at the bottom of the page you’ll see our gorgeous middle daughter Clair. She’s 23yrs and her full time work (along with her husband Prav) is being the Children’s Pastor of one of the largest churches in Australia. She runs a dynamic children’s church that has over 350 children from toddlers to tweens.

And on the side, she runs her Hire an Umbrella business. The story of how this came about is a wonderful example of small actions leading to something big.

Two years ago she and Prav were preparing to get married. She wanted some umbrellas in case it rained on the day. Now, most people would probably have gone and found the cheapest umbrellas that would last the day and have bought them. Instead, Clair decided to register a business name and buy them at wholesale price.

After the wedding, she was left with about 30 white umbrellas. What would you have done with these? Perhaps given them away (still unused) as presents, given them to a charity, stored them in a cupboard for a very wet picnic day? Not Clair, she decided to take another small action and with her registered business name set up a website offering these umbrellas for hire in Sydney….

…except that orders started to come in from Melbourne and Brisbane.

So, she bought some more umbrellas, black and white; organised some friends in Melbourne and Brisbane including her mum to arrange delivery for a share of the profit and suddenly she had a business in three states!

Now the orders started to come in thick and fast, so she bought heaps more, including some clear bubble umbrellas and bright pink ones for brides who like something different. With a little help from her Dad, she got ranked on Google #1 for terms like “hire an umbrella” and “umbrella hire”.

And now she is looking for someone to manage this business in Sydney as she’s missing out on orders due to working full-time as a Pastor!

Talk about small actions reaping enormous rewards! I think Prav is already imagining his retirement life in a few years time

This video says all the above in its message. It’s well worth a few minutes of your time to watch.

I hope today you are encouraged to take some 1degree actions that have the unseen potential of making massive change in your life.

If you have a story to tell about how this has already happened to you, please leave a comment so others are inspired.

Have a relaxing and enjoyable Easter Break

Carolyn

One of Carolyn’s Fun Intro Videos:

2009 - Understand backwards; Live forwards?

Today is the first day of 2009 and it’s stinking hot here in Brisbane! I’m guessing the cinemas will be full of people escaping the heat and anywhere near water will be crowded with swimmers. I’m doing neither. The house is finally quiet as family and friends have driven to find some air-conditioning so I thought I’d spend a few minutes saying Happy New Year to you all.

A few days ago I went to see the movie ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’. It is based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald inspired by Mark Twain’s quote ‘Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.’

Which caused me to question ‘Why do we have a problem with growing old?’ In our culture, we seem to have a distain for old age. Other cultures revere their elderly, acknowledging that, in general, their life has bought them experiences resulting in wisdom and insight that younger generations can benefit from. I like to think that as I grow older I too grow in wisdom that can be shared with others.

So, I’ve decided to approach 2009 inspired more by the following quote:

‘Often people attempt to live their lives backward. They try to have more things or more money in order to do more of what they want so they will be happy. The way it works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.’

(Author: Margaret Young)

What about you? Will 2009 be a year for you when you learn who you really are? Not an easy New Year’s Resolution but a worthwhile one.

Will it be a year of taking the steps to uncover and discard the layers that hide the real you by healing the hurts and resolving issues?

Will it be a year of self-discovery that leads to living a life of purpose and fulfillment?

What changes do you want in your life? - they all start with change in yourself.

During 2008 I’ve been on an incredible journey of learning who I really am and I’m determined to continue this walk even further during 2009. If you want to walk this journey too but don’t want to travel alone, then I invite you to visit my web site and contact me.

“Life can only be understood backward; it must be lived forward’
(The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - trailer)

Let’s live life walking forward!

Happy New Year 2009!

Carolyn