END OF THE WEEK

Now it's been a hard week again. As I mentioned the other day I've interviewed a number of coaches for the academy who were less than inspiring. I may be prejudiced towards people who have actually run a business  who may be able to advise others, but when it comes to personal coaching we all have a lifetimes experience to offer other people.

Helene who is a fundamental force behind the project is one such person who has the communication skills and the drive to help people forward from a professional point of experience and expertise, as well as currently running her own business in weight loss.  If I contrast Helene's example with individuals who have never cut their teeth on the bones of a business, then I have to say if cloning was an exact science, ten Helene's would have made this a multiple million pound business a month ago.

But unfortunately good people seem rare at the moment, those that have vision and awareness of what needs to be done to get things done. So I'm actively looking for coaching talent and it may be  my search will have to stretch outside of London. Maybe the big city is a little like the Internet, too many people professing to be this or that, it muddies the waters for everyone so you spend too much time searching rather than seeing.

We have an event on Monday which is primarily to build the sales and marketing team as well as build a resource of staff for upcoming events. It's strange how people find communicating with each other so difficult, not least in their own business and personal lives. It really is easy to talk to people..even strangers as they are only for a fraction of a moment a stranger and then your into a conversation and funnily enough after two minutes you know more about them than your relatives. Remember if your at a networking event people want to talk to someone so they will be happy to talk to you if you learn how to engage someone in conversation, it's just the skill of words. If your at a social event it's just the same, people like talking, and making new friends, even more so if an opportunity opens for them at your hand.

This simple skill is all that is needed to achieve in The Success Game. And for coaches, entrepreneurs, salespeople and anyone involved in the business of engaging with people the game provides a unique training ground for the ambitious.