A copy of Curly's latest book was delivered this morning from the publishers. I had already read a manuscript of it and it is another outstanding piece of work by Curly Martin. Just one of the techniques in the book has changed so many situations for me in the last few weeks. I know that these situations would have prevoiusly remained less than satisfactory for me.

Thank you Curly! Well done!

Some powerful questions that can be asked are easy to formulate using Cartesian Coodinate Questions.

• What will happen if I do ‘X’
• What wont happen if I do ‘X’
• What will happen if I don’t do ‘X’
• What wont happen if I don’t do ‘X’

Get a piece of paper and divide it in half both horizontally and vertically with a line.

Label the first column "will" and the second "won't"

Label the first row "do" and  the second row "don't"

Now apply the question to the Cartesian Coordinates... For example "I wnat to give up working".

The top left square will be, "What if I do give up working?" The top right will be, "what will happen if I dont give up working?"

The lower left square will be, "What won't happen if I give up working?" The lower right will be, "What won't happen if I don't give up working?"

Practise asking questions using all the positions in the coordinates. Ask yourself, you will be suprised at the outcomes.

In 2003 a series of events lead me to the conclusion that I wanted to persue a more meaningful career. I decided to look into Life Coaching and after hours of research, I came up with the ideal Life Coach Training Company.  I had already given up working as a full time IT Contractor and had plenty of time on my hands to contact all the major coach training organisations.

I decided on Achievement Specialists and in July 2003, I attended the Life Coaching Handbook Coaching Diploma weekend module. The reason I chose Achievement Specialists was based firstly on reading Curly Martin's book "The Life Coaching Handbook". Secondly on the wealth of knowlwge and facts that she freely gives away on her website http://www.achievementspecialists.co.uk and lastly, because Curly Martin took the time out of her busy schedule to talk to me about Life Coaching.

The Weekend workshop was packed with the core requirements of becoming a life coach and there was plenty of hands on practise. The team that Curly had at the time were outstanding and made us all really welcome. After the weekend workshop, I decided that I would like to do it again and luckily Curly makes it possible for delegates to attend again. The criteria is to complete the workbook part of the course, write a 3000 word thesis and get fee paying clients. I satisfied the criteria quickly and attended the weekend again. This was it! I wanted to experience this more!

In one of Curly's modules, she talks about getting speaking engagements to publicise your services. She goes on to say, "What do you do if the organisation has all it's speakers lined up for the next 12 months?" The answer is to put your name down as a person who will step in at short notice. I decided to take that approach with Curly and got my name down as a person who would step in to crew her weekend at short notice. I soon got a call, and then another. After attending a few times, Curly noticed that I was really good at organising the team and dealing with the delegates, so she asked me if I would like to attend all the workshops.

I am now the course director for Achievement Specialists and attend all the Life Coaching Diploma Courses and carry out their EFT Training. There are new courses coming on line in 2009 and I will be involved with them too.

I am really pleased that I chose Achievement Specialists, it has been an incredible journey so far and I am looking forward to the rest of it. If you are thinking of training as a Life Coach and are wondering who to train with, take the time to talk to Curly Martin or me before you make your decision.