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Anne Walsh is a life coach based in Co. Galway. You receive a free 10 part e-course called “Personal Freedom” when you sign up to her free monthly newsletter: Bring your best self to light at http://www.annewalshcoach.com. You can also find many useful time management and stress tools at http://www.annewalshcoach.com/free_downloads.htm . She can also be contacted at anne@annewalshcoach.com. Comments and opinions always welcome--really!

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The Flavors of Fear and How to Choose the One That’s Yours
We are frequently told about how we should ignore fear and go for what we want and to some extent that’s really true. However, I think fear (like ice-cream) has more than one flavour and some fears can actually help us. There are times when fear is appropriate…like when we are faced with physical danger or someone is threatening one of our nearest and dearest. I like to distinguish between four types of fear. Read
By: Anne Walsh | 26/03/2007 | Motivational
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Training is a Journey, not a Destination
Training is not important. And I say this as a trainer with well over 10 years’ experience. What is important is that learners see how what they have learned can be integrated and implemented into their current experience. Read
By: Anne Walsh | 26/03/2007 | Motivational
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Your 1000 Day Vision
This piece is about choosing where you are going to be in 1000 days (i.e., three year’s time). Before you sceptics come up with your “yeah, buts,” let me say that part of me agrees with you! I’m usually wary about the idea of having a grand plan knowing that plans and reality can be very different. Real life can sometimes turn out to be much better than our plans! Read
By: Anne Walsh | 26/03/2007 | Motivational
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Al Gores’ Approach to Work-life Balance
If you “ain’t” got a life, work is not much good to you! I even think the word balance is a misnomer. We think of balance and think of everything being equal, being the same. I think a better description is that of equilibrium, and equilibrium is essentially a journey rather than a destination. Read
By: Anne Walsh | 26/03/2007 | Motivational
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Bullying and Boundaries
If you are the victim of bullying the chances are that you think the opening quote is harsh and unfair and not applicable to you. But I’d like you to think about it a little more…and realise how liberating it is in reality. Read
By: Anne Walsh | 27/02/2007 | Self Help
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Motivating yourself on Monday
I have a theory that everyone should work for a day or a week in a job that they truly, spectacularly detest. I think it would concentrate the mind deeply about doing work that you enjoy and help you remember that your current job is not all bad. Read
By: Anne Walsh | 27/02/2007 | Motivational
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10 Ways to Get Back Into the Confidence Club
The word for confidence in Gaelic is muinín (pronounced muneen) and it is also the word for trust. The English dictionary definition of confidence is "firm trust," "a feeling of reliance or certainty." So, self-confidence is really about trusting yourself. The question then is how can you learn to trust yourself. Read
By: Anne Walsh | 27/02/2007 | Motivational
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10 Ways for Contractors to Keep Their Current Customers Happy and Keep More Coming
More and more of us are becoming contractors (over 200,000 according to CSO), and one of the key skills to being successful is knowing how to treat our customers in such a way as they keep giving us repeat work (the easiest sort of work to get). Read
By: Anne Walsh | 27/02/2007 | Customer Service
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Five Keys to Setting Attractive Sustainable Goals
We’ve all been there. How many of you have set up new year’s resolutions only to discover that you have slipped after the first week or been to a workshop and sworn that this time you are really going to achieve those dreams you have had at the back of your mind? Read
By: Anne Walsh | 27/02/2007 | Motivational