Date: January 30, 2008
Publisher: Stacey Mayo
www.BalancedLiving.com
Circulation: 22,222
In this issue:
- Barefoot Success Summit – complimentary access
- Dream Survey 2008 - results and plans
- Tools for clarifying your passion and path
- How to subscribe/unsubscribe
Hello fellow dreamers,
At the beginning of January, I asked you to tell me about your Dreams for 2008. Thanks so much to all of you who participated. I really appreciate the time you took to give me your feedback. It has clarified some things for me in terms of what I can offer you to support you in your dreams that also matches with my gifts and passions. I will be discussing those ideas more over the coming month.
Below you will find an executive summary of the results of the Dream Survey that you can review in 5 minutes. :) I know your time is valuable and am giving you information in quick blurbs where I can. I have also listed the actual responses to some of the questions for those of you who would like to see that information. If you are not interested in that, just read the summary.
When you read the survey results, you will see that the timing couldn't be better to tell you about this MEGA EVENT that I am a part of with 11 other speakers...and I'm even MORE excited that it's F*R*E*E for you and you can participate from your home or office. It is designed especially for those of you who work at home and those who want to :) You can check it out here.
I also found a large percentage of you are still wanting to get clear on your passion or purpose in life, or change careers . Remember we have a whole array of tools for you too. These tools and programs have been enormously helpful in supporting people in making career changes. I have listed those below.
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Best wishes in living your dreams.
Center for Balanced Living
Barefoot Success Summit
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Results of Dream Survey 2008
Executive Summary of Results: (231 respondents)
The 3 most popular goals for the coming year among respondents are
- to grow an existing business,
- create passive or residual income and
- create great health and well-being.
When asked to pick one of these to focus on and get support on, there were 2 responses that stood out:
- to grow an existing business or
- identify your passion and/or change careers.
What I found most interesting about this, is that creating great health and well-being dropped significantly when asked to prioritize.
I think that is really common for people to put their health in second place behind their career and business goals. I know I certainly have done it and suffered for it.
One of my commitments to you in the new year, is to provide more tips and suggestions for creating great health and well-being in this newsletter. For truly there is nothing more important.
And if we don’t have our health, then we cannot create our dreams. So stay tuned for more on that subject soon.
I also asked you to state your biggest frustration in creating your dreams. I have listed some of the more common responses below.
Over 60% of you said that if you were going to take a program to support you in living your dreams, the most important aspect would be:
Monthly recorded teleseminars with coaching led by Stacey where all would benefit including steps to live your dreams, align with them, and get out of your own way.
There was also interest in interviews with guest experts, spot coaching and networking with each other among other things.
And 70% of you said you would be interested in participating in something like this. So watch for further updates soon – I am creating something I am really excited about to support you in moving through your challenges and living your dreams.
Here are some of your specific responses to the survey:
- How would you best describe the type of dream you want to achieve in 2008? If more than one, check your top three dreams for the year.
| Start a business |
16.0% |
Attract or improve personal relationships
|
33.8% |
| Grow an existing business |
45.0% |
| Create passive or residual income |
42.9% |
| Travel |
25.5% |
| Attract my dream home |
21.6% |
| Create great health and well-being |
44.6% |
| Identify my passion or purpose and/or change careers |
36.8% |
| Other |
10.4% |
- If you were going to pick one of these to focus on first and get support from a coach or mentor in making a reality in 2008, which one would you choose?
| Start a business |
8.2% |
Attract or improve personal relationships
|
4.8% |
| Grow an existing business |
33.3% |
| Create passive or residual income |
14.7% |
| Travel |
0.0% |
| Attract my dream home |
2.2% |
| Create great health and well-being |
9.1% |
| Identify my passion or purpose and/or change careers |
22.9% |
| Other |
4.8% |
- Have you been actively working on making this dream happen?
- How would you describe where you are with your dream you listed in #2 above (select one)?
| Still defining it |
15.2% |
| Just getting started |
17.7% |
| Making slow, steady progress |
23.8% |
| Made progress in the past but have hit a plateau |
13.0% |
| Am feeling stopped or blocked |
27.7% |
| Have lots of momentum, full speed ahead |
2.6% |
- If there was a monthly teleseminar/coaching program tailored specifically for dreamers like you, what would be the most important aspect of this group to you?
61% of chose monthly recorded teleseminars with coaching led by Stacey where all would benefit including steps to live your dreams, align with them, and get out of your own way as your first priority.
Interviews with experts, one-on-one spot coaching with me, networking with others and email tips were also popular.
- Nearly 70% of you said you would be likely to participate in such a program.
- I asked open ended questions about your greatest frustrations and challenges so I don’t have statistics for you, but some of the more common frustrations and challenges you voiced were.
Some of the more common frustrations were:
- Inconsistency in making it happen and procrastination
- Lack of clarity
- Confidence
- Lack of focus
- Belief in it coming true
- Not seeing results
- Not knowing how or which action to take
- Sabotaging self
- Time – making it and creating it
I will be addressing some of your specific frustrations and challenges in an upcoming teleseminar so stay tuned. :)
Tools for Clarifying Your Passions and /or Career Direction:
Since so many of you indicated that you are still trying to clarify your direction, I wanted to list for you some of the tools and support we currently have available to help with this.
- Is Your Ladder Leaning Against the Wrong Wall? Unlock Your Purpose and Passion in Life.
- Rockport Career Test - measures natural talents and abilities vs. asking you what you think you are good at.
- Career Seekers Coaching Group - takes you from clarifying purpose to career direction - next group starts in February.
- One-on-one coaching.
- Gifts and Talents questionnaire along with other complimentary resources.
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