3 Keys to Conscious Choice

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What is the 1st key to conscious choice? When we are able to see/feel/hear the causal connection between our action “in the moment” and what happens in the future as a result of our action now, we are more likely to act consciously. For example, “If I eat this today, I know in a week I will have a cold and be out from work, sick.” OR “If I say this, I create a groove in my mind and a belief that affects how I interact with people, and may hurt someone’s feelings.” The further away in time or chain of events the result, the harder it is to see the connection. With practice and by starting with the small and obvious, we grow our ability to know even distant connections.

What is the 2nd key?
Once we are able to see/feel/hear the connection between our immediate action and future results, we must be able to step back from our desire for immediate gratification. “But I really, really want this pizza NOW.” How do I get up from the table, instead? OR “I’m mad and want to say this NOW.” How do I stick to right speech? OR “I really want to buy this geegaw, NOW.” How do we keep our money in our pocket? In all cases, the question is “How do I choose the path that gets me the long-term results I want?” Everyone has a different answer. Notice when you are able to step away from immediate gratification. Write down what works for you. Do it more often.

What is the 3rd key?
What if we are oblivious to what is right? Or we only think we’re right? How do we shift perspective so we DO see/hear/feel what is real? By asking ourselves questions about our underlying emotions and motivations, peeling away layers to discover new views of ourselves, and examining our views. The peeling and the examining help make our choices conscious. And there is always something new to discover, right here at home.

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Emotions ‘R’ Us – Or Are They?

Wholeness

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What is wholeness? Although we describe different things we want to do or have because we believe they will make us whole, wholeness is in fact a feeling rather than a doing or getting. Since we have quite a bit of influence over how we feel, wholeness rests largely in our own hands.

How do we feel wholeness? While wholeness is a feeling, there are actions we can take to create the feeling. We can state specifically that for which we are grateful. We can be content with who we are and what we have. We can accept what is and concurrently do what we can to create what we want, while releasing attachment to outcome.

How do we make wholeness a habit? Practice. Practice. Practice some more. We get better at what we want to accomplish when we practice. If we want to learn a foreign language, we don’t expect to become fluent by learning one word a month. Rather, we immerse ourselves. By practicing, practicing, practicing gratitude, contentment, acceptance, detachment, and creating, we immerse ourselves in wholeness. Life gets better. We get better. We become fluent. We feel wholeness.

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Three Keys to Conscious Choice

Giuseppe Meli New Worldwide SUN Training Director

Success Unlimited Network, LLC, (SUN) an International Coach Federation approved coach training program, announced that Giuseppe Meli, a Master Certified Coach (MCC) and Director of SUN Europe and South America, has accepted the position of world-wide SUN Training Director.

Teri-E Belf, the founder of SUN and first MCC, says, “The level of quality Giuseppe brings to SUN is a beacon to keep pulling us to more expansive and deeper levels of coaching. He has demonstrated continuing commitment and passion to learning and creating the leading edge, for himself, for SUN and for the coaching profession. His NLP [neurolinguistic programming], coaching and leadership experiences are most impressive. Giuseppe’s contributions to coaching go way beyond SUN.”

Giuseppe stated that, as SUN’s new training director for coaching, his focus is on growing the coaching profession to support humanity on its evolutionary path. He says, “I want to develop approaches that allow coaching to have a great impact to the world, for clients, and for experienced coaches to help them move to the next level of coaching, developing and integrating an attitude to evolve and become responsible for the role our profession can have in evolution of people, companies and the entire society.”

Giuseppe is a sociologist with a specialization in linguistics, and has specific training in adult learning from the two year program “Training Trainers” from AIF- The Italian Association of Professional Trainers, and Padova University. He studied coaching and NLP at NLPU with Robert Dilts and Judith DeLozier. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, he was in charge of training for a bank and then in charge of development of mangers and executive for an industry.

Giuseppe brought SUN to Europe, opening up possibilities for SUN to shine in many more places around the world.  He has certified 22 SUN Coaches in Italy and Spain, 6 of whom already have their Professional Certified Coach credential. As of this announcement Giuseppe has another 15 Coaches-in-Training.

Giuseppe’s contributions to the field of coaching include:

  • Serving as an assessor for ICF since 2004.
  • Speaking at ICF Conferences in the US, Switzerland, Spain, Italy.
  • Organizing wisdom circles on core competencies and marketing for the ICF International Conference in Montreal.
  • Chairing the Ethics Committee for ICF Italia, the ICF Italian Chapter.
  • Teaching core competencies in 4 different coach training programs in Italy.
  • Developed and using a methodology for team coaching with executive teams of national and international companies in Italy.
  • Teaching team coaching in Italy and Spain.
  • Actively coaching clients – more than 5000 client coaching hours.
  • Serving as a Mentor Coach and as a Supervisor for coaches who want to move towards excellence in the coaching field.
  • Developed and teaching a 30 day coach training program which
    • integrates NLP skills and the NLP attitude to coaching and
    • offers a coaching certification with the Society of NLP.
  • Offering coaching Master Classes, with international colleagues, in Europe.

The SUN training program for coaches was already extremely high quality, and with the addition of Giuseppe as Worldwide Training Director, SUN moves to an even higher level. SUN training is:

  • spirit-based;
  • primarily taught in a one to one, personalized instructional setting; and
  • designed to have coaching clients graduate from coaching with the skills to continue success.

To find your own SUN certified coach or to learn how to become a SUN coach yourself, contact me by email or by phone at 703-297-2224.

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